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25 February 2008

8 PhD Scholarships (Singapore)

Category: Grants

What: PhD Scholarships in Information Science & Knowledge Management
Where: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
When: August 2008 and January 2009 admissions
Deadlines: 28 February 2008 (for August 2008); late applications may be considered for January 2009
Source: LISEA


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Eight scholarships for PhD studies are available at the Sch. of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for August 2008 and January 2009 admission.

PhD students are sought in the following research areas: - Knowledge organization: taxonomies, ontologies, human categorization behavior - Knowledge management - Digital libraries: information retrieval, collaborative querying, learning objects repositories, mobile applications, Web archiving - Natural language processing: information extraction, summarization, sentiment categorization - User and usability studies, human computer interaction - Information literacy, health information literacy.

The PhD students will be attached to the Division of Information Studies research clusters: - Digital Intelligence research cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/digital.html - Knowledge Management cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/management.html - Information Literacy cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/infolit.html - Knowledge Organization cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/knowledge.html

The scholarships include tuition waiver and monthly stipend of SGD2,000 (approx. USD1,380), which are tenable for 4 years. The stipend will comfortably cover living expenses for a single person in Singapore.

Minimum requirements: - A good Bachelor’s degree at a reputable university - Master’s degree in a related area - GRE - TOEFL is required only for applicants whose undergrad education is not in English.

Application procedure: - Application has to be submitted online at: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/GradStudies/Research%2BProgrammes/admission/ In the online application form, select “Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information” - Deadline: Feb 28th, 2008 for Aug 2008 admission. Late applications may be considered for Jan 2009 admission. - Application material includes a 2-3 page research proposal, that indicates the research area of interest

Background information: - The Division of Information Studies in the School of Communication & Information was set up in 1993 to offer the only LIS professional program in Singapore. It now offers 3 MSc programs in Information Studies, Knowledge Management and Information Systems, with a total of about 400 graduate students. More information about the MSc programs: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/graduate/information_studies.html The Division’s faculty pages are available at: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/about/directory_is.html - Singapore is a modern multiracial “garden city” that is safe and easy to live in. The main languages are English and Chinese. - Nanyang Technological University is a research-intensive university that started as an engineering school but is developing into a comprehensive university. The medium of instruction is completely in English.

Queries can be directed to Dr Abdus Sattar Chaudhry at: h-dis at ntu.edu.sg

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