Doctor of Philosophy | Sociology 48 months PHD Programme By Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

48 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

40,920 SGDTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

SociologyMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Sociology

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Investigating the Invisible, Unveiling the Uncomfortable

Sociologists examine the taken for granted “facts” of society, often exposing unsavoury and under-investigated parts of contemporary social life. NTU Sociology provides research training through full-time and part-time M.A. and Ph.D. by research, designed to give you the academic training needed to pursue your interests and produce rigorous social science. Our graduates have gone on to academic teaching and research jobs in institutions such as the University of Glasgow (UK), Georgia Gwinnett College (USA) and the NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

Our faculty members are highly active in research and specialise in a wide range of topics including (but not limited to): Ageing and Gerontology, the Sociology of Health and Mental Health, Cultural Sociology, Demography, Deviance and Subcultures, Economic Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Migration and Globalisation, Popular Culture, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Science and Technology, Social Inequality, Social Psychology, Sociology of Family, Tourism, and Urban Sociology. Our faculty’s research projects have included inequality and poverty in Singapore (A/P Teo You Yenn), nuclear leaks and governance in Fukushima (A/P Sulfikar Amir) and hip-hop culture amongst Muslim American youth (A/P Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir). Our professors are regularly featured in the media, in a wide range of outlets such as in The Straits Times, South China Morning Post (SCMP), BBC, CNN, The New York Times, Al Jazeera and Channel News Asia (CNA).

Through the programme, you will form a strong theoretical foundation in Sociology, and build skills across various approaches to research, including quantitative and qualitative methods. You will also be given opportunities to teach – a sure way to ensure you are well acquainted with Sociology and gain valuable interaction with undergraduate students. There are also opportunities to connect with NTU’s partner universities, such as NUS and SMU, and funding opportunities for independent overseas research and conference attendance. Previous graduate students of the department have undertaken research on a wide range of topics, including online gaming, Star Wars, female labour migration, ethnic minority Koreans in China, and the politics of choral groups in Singapore.

We encourage our graduate students to collaborate in research projects with faculty members. Students have published co-authored articles in journals such as Symbolic Interaction, Asian Anthropology and the International Journal of environmental research and public health. NTU offers a range of funding opportunities and schemes for students to pursue their postgraduate work, such as the NTU Research Scholarship (RSS) and the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship (NPGS) for top candidates.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Sociology

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Investigating the Invisible, Unveiling the Uncomfortable

Sociologists examine the taken for granted “facts” of society, often exposing unsavoury and under-investigated parts of contemporary social life. NTU Sociology provides research training through full-time and part-time M.A. and Ph.D. by research, designed to give you the academic training needed to pursue your interests and produce rigorous social science. Our graduates have gone on to academic teaching and research jobs in institutions such as the University of Glasgow (UK), Georgia Gwinnett College (USA) and the NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

Our faculty members are highly active in research and specialise in a wide range of topics including (but not limited to): Ageing and Gerontology, the Sociology of Health and Mental Health, Cultural Sociology, Demography, Deviance and Subcultures, Economic Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Migration and Globalisation, Popular Culture, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Science and Technology, Social Inequality, Social Psychology, Sociology of Family, Tourism, and Urban Sociology. Our faculty’s research projects have included inequality and poverty in Singapore (A/P Teo You Yenn), nuclear leaks and governance in Fukushima (A/P Sulfikar Amir) and hip-hop culture amongst Muslim American youth (A/P Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir). Our professors are regularly featured in the media, in a wide range of outlets such as in The Straits Times, South China Morning Post (SCMP), BBC, CNN, The New York Times, Al Jazeera and Channel News Asia (CNA).

Through the programme, you will form a strong theoretical foundation in Sociology, and build skills across various approaches to research, including quantitative and qualitative methods. You will also be given opportunities to teach – a sure way to ensure you are well acquainted with Sociology and gain valuable interaction with undergraduate students. There are also opportunities to connect with NTU’s partner universities, such as NUS and SMU, and funding opportunities for independent overseas research and conference attendance. Previous graduate students of the department have undertaken research on a wide range of topics, including online gaming, Star Wars, female labour migration, ethnic minority Koreans in China, and the politics of choral groups in Singapore.

We encourage our graduate students to collaborate in research projects with faculty members. Students have published co-authored articles in journals such as Symbolic Interaction, Asian Anthropology and the International Journal of environmental research and public health. NTU offers a range of funding opportunities and schemes for students to pursue their postgraduate work, such as the NTU Research Scholarship (RSS) and the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship (NPGS) for top candidates.

Admission Requirements

319+
7+
105+
A good Master’s degree and Bachelor's degree in sociology or a closely related field from a recognised university and the ability to pursue research in the candidate's proposed field of advanced study.

GRE is not required.

4 Years
Jan
Aug

Domestic
10,450 SGD
International
40,920 SGD

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