The SUTD PhD Programme offers you a chance to collaborate with the best minds in their fields and conduct breakthrough research that will make a difference to the world. Our fluid, stimulating and open setting creates an environment which places a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary and collaborative research and provides opportunities for industry internships, overseas research attachments and teaching experience.
Upon enrolment, students will pursue a PhD under these academic tracks:
- Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) – focusing on sustainable architectural and urban solutions to meet the present and future needs of buildings and cities
- Engineering Product Development (EPD) – focusing on innovative technology-intensive products that span multiple disciplines
- Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) – focusing on large-scale complex systems whose performance and function depend on their technology and socio-economic context
- Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD) – focusing on information systems that interact with the physical world, humans and machines
- Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) – focusing on wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research that is grounded in Science and Math fundamentals and with practical applications
- Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) – focusing on understanding social and technological transformations through empowering lenses of humanities and social sciences
Students who successfully complete the programme will graduate with a Doctor of Philosophy degree under the same academic pillar.