Every department, one ecosystem
Nine schools and 70+ departments share one campus, one library and one set of core labs.
Nine schools, one ecosystem
Classical departments supply disciplinary depth. Cross-school programmes and shared facilities supply convergence.
Engineering & Technology
Design, build and scale technology.
Medical & Health Sciences
From bench to bedside and population health.
Physical & Computational Sciences
Fundamental discovery and computation.
Life & Biological Sciences
Living systems, food and forensics.
Environment & Climate
Sustainability science for a warming region.
Management, Commerce & Economics
Markets, enterprise and public value.
Humanities & Social Sciences
People, culture, learning and society.
Law & Governance
Justice, regulation and institutions.
Architecture, Design & Arts
Built environment, design and creative practice.
Grand challenges that cross schools
GC1 · Healthy Ageing
Medicine, engineering, economics — a coordinated programme on extending healthspan across Asia.
GC2 · Clean Energy Transition
Chemistry, physics, policy — materials, storage and the governance that gets them deployed.
GC3 · AI for Science
Computing, biology, materials — foundation models and scientific machine learning.
GC4 · Food & Water Security
Biology, environment, management — resilience for the region's most exposed systems.
The case for convergence
- Depth and breadth — Each school maintains world-class disciplinary standards while contributing to shared missions.
- Cross-school by default — Every scholar completes at least one cross-school project.
- Shared foundation — All schools draw on the same core labs, library and data platform.
- One degree, many disciplines — Doctoral tracks are supervised across schools where the question demands it.
Five routes, one degree standard
| Pathway | Duration | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated MSc–PhD | 5–6 years | PhD |
| PhD (full-time) | 3–5 years | PhD |
| PhD (part-time) | 4–6 years | PhD |
| Industry doctorate | 3–4 years | PhD (co-supervised) |
| Postdoctoral fellowship | 2–3 years | Fellowship |
Ready to apply?
A seven-step application, funded fellowship and a cross-school project.