Joint PhDs agreed with National University of Singapore

The University has recently agreed to offer joint PhDs with the National University of Singapore (NUS).

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was recently signed with the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) to offer a joint PhD programme, under which postgraduate students can pursue a PhD in any of the subjects offered by FASS or Edinburgh's Institute for the Study of Science, in the College of Humanities and Social Science.

Professor Dorothy Miell and Professor Brenda Yeoh at the signing

The MOU was signed by Professor Dorothy Miell, Vice Principal and Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science, and Professor Brenda Yeoh, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS.

The programme will allow students from both universities the opportunity to spend time at each other's campus, undertaking research activities and interacting with the faculty members there. Supervision of the candidate's thesis will be overseen by a joint committee comprising faculty members from both institutions who are experts in the candidate's field.

The College and FASS share a number of research interests, including Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (or Science, Technology and Society, as it is known in Singapore).

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