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| Department of Accounting |
Candidates with the following attributes are invited to apply for admission into the PhD programme in accounting:
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We consider students with very strong academic records and are highly ranked within their cohorts.
Their bachelor’s/master’s degrees should be from technical fields such as mathematics, statistics, and engineering. Strong GMAT or GRE score [min 320 GRE (V+Q) and 3.5 (A)]. Shortlisted candidates should have a reasonably good command of the English language as indicated by their TOEFL scores and ad-hoc interview performance. |
| Department of Finance |
Applicants to the PhD programme in Finance need a solid grounding in quantitative methods in mathematics and/or statistics. Background in finance and/or economics would be additionally useful, but not necessary. Both undergraduate and Masters students will be considered. Research experience (either arising from a thesis at the undergraduate or master’s degree programme) will be a strong plus. Applicants who have successfully obtained admission in the past have had undergraduate or graduate degrees in diverse disciplines such as engineering, mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, real estate as well as business.
Strong GMAT or GRE score [Minimum GRE score of 320 (V+Q) and 3.5 (A)] Evaluation of the research statement written by the applicant will form an important part of the admission process. Applicants are expected to have spent significant effort in preparing this statement, both in terms of content as well as writing. A candidate’s proficiency and depth of understanding of his or her research statement will be tested during a phone interview (for shortlisted candidates). |
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Management & Organisation department looks for students that meets the following criteria
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| Department of Marketing |
In general, given the importance of good presentation skills to succeed in the job market, it would be good if the candidate has good oral communication skills (in English). Applicants need to have 90+ percentile on GMAT/GRE (95+ percentile in Quant/Analytical Reason and 85+ percentile in Verbal) and 90+. Minimum GRE score of 320 (V+Q) and 3.5 (A).
Percentile in TSE (Test of spoken English).Our programme provides training in two subfields of marketing – marketing modelling and consumer behaviour. An “ideal” Marketing Modelling candidate must have a strong math background. If the candidate is aspiring to be an analytical modeller, it would be good if she/he also has graduate-level economics background. If the candidate is aspiring to specialize in empirical/econometric modelling, it would be good if she/he has a solid statistics background. If the candidate is aiming to be econometric modeller, it would be good if she/he has prior exposure to programming in C/MATLAB. More specific criteria are listed below: Graduate-level Background: At the graduate-level, the following background would be good. Profile I: Graduate studies in Statistics/Math/Applied Math/Engineering from a very good university/institute. If the candidate lacks prior exposure to Economics and Marketing, she/he will be advised to do background readings in undergraduate Micro-Economics and Marketing before she/he arrives at NUS. Profile II:Graduate studies in Economics from a very good university/institute. Concern in this case will be lack of prior exposure to Marketing. The candidate will be advised to do background readings in Marketing before they arrive at NUS. Profile III: MBA from a very good university/institute. Concern in this case will be lack of prior exposure to Economics. The candidate will be advised to do background readings in undergraduate Micro-Economics before they arrive at NUS. An “ideal” Marketing Consumer Behaviour candidate must have a strong grounding in cognitive and social psychology. Candidates with a Communications degree are also encouraged to consider this research track. Undergraduate and graduate level exposure to information processing, experimental design, behavioural decision-making courses would be good. Statistical knowledge is essential with basic command in the popular social science statistical packages like SAS, SPSS, or STATA. |
| Department of Real Estate |
Our preferred applicants would have sound training in Economics and Quantitative Methods. They should be enthusiastic about research in areas relating to Real Estate, Finance and Investment, Urban Planning, or Urban Development policies.
Domain knowledge in these areas and research experience will be a plus. We consider applicants with either an undergraduate degree or a Master’s degree, who have strong academic records and a good command of English language. Minimum GRE score of 320 (V+Q) and 3.5 (A) |
| Department of Strategy & Policy |
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