{"id":17046,"date":"2025-11-27T17:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/?page_id=17046"},"modified":"2026-01-05T06:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:54:10","slug":"graduate-research-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-research-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Research Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tResearch Programme\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Graduate students in the research-based programmes-Master by Research and PhD-combine independent research with structured coursework. Master&#8217;s students are required to complete 4 modules within their first two semesters, while PhD students must complete 6 modules within their first three semesters. Students are expected to complete all coursework requirements before formally commencing their thesis research. Modules are selected from a broad range of offerings tailored to support each student&#8217;s research direction and address any gaps in knowledge. Up to 2 modules may be taken outside the Department to encourage interdisciplinary perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Students work closely with one or more faculty supervisors and benefit from an active research environment that includes seminars, reading groups, and workshops. Depending on the project, students may conduct fieldwork locally or abroad and receive support to present at international conferences. Opportunities for joint PhD programmes and collaborations with partner institutions further enrich the research experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-graduate-side-navi\"><li id=\"menu-item-17481\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-research-programme\/\">Graduate Research Programme<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18093\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/application\/\">Application<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18098\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-modules-all-modules\/\">Graduate Courses<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-17484\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/prospective-students\/graduate\/joint-phd-programme-with-kings-college-london\/\">Joint Degree Programme<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18099\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/scholarships\/\">Scholarships<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/orientation\/\">Orientation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18097\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-workshop\/\">Graduate Workshop<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18095\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-awards\/\">Graduate Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17476\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-coursework-programmes\/\">Graduate Coursework Programmes<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18102\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/msc-in-applied-gis\/\">GIS Programmes<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-18101\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-programme-in-climate-change-and-sustainability\/\">CCS Programmes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\tExplore and Apply\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/application\/\" target=\"_self\">Application<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/application\/\"  target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Grad-Beta-Application-square-6e2a0cf9cec30f5d06ca32bfc9a43f0e-.png\" alt=\"Grad Beta Application\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"768\" width=\"1134\" title=\"Grad Beta Application\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-modules-all-modules\/\" target=\"_self\">Graduate Courses<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-modules-all-modules\/\"  target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Grad-Beta-Courses-square-45bfcefa7d02fb6761dbc328cb3b1f04-.png\" alt=\"Grad Beta Courses\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1044\" width=\"1242\" title=\"Grad Beta Courses\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/prospective-students\/graduate\/joint-phd-programme-with-kings-college-london\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Joint Degree Programme<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/prospective-students\/graduate\/joint-phd-programme-with-kings-college-london\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Grad-Beta-JDP-square-c3d88eafb9f51490510082b5f3c86d11-.png\" alt=\"Grad Beta JDP\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"426\" width=\"754\" title=\"Grad Beta JDP\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/scholarships\/\" target=\"_self\">Scholarships<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/scholarships\/\"  target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Grad-Beta-Scholarships-square-2db4cb3b471e8ef3dfe832b92c0392e1-.png\" alt=\"Grad Beta Scholarships\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"770\" width=\"1146\" title=\"Grad Beta Scholarships\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tGet Started\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/orientation\/\" target=\"_self\">Orientation<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/orientation\/\"  target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Grad-Beta-Ori-square-9c6a85e1a3c86c9652ae947bfef332b6-.png\" alt=\"Grad Beta Ori\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"746\" width=\"1058\" title=\"Grad Beta Ori\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-workshop\/\" target=\"_self\">Graduate Research Workshop<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-workshop\/\"  target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/bb-plugin\/cache\/GRW-1-square-f0f327b772cb9b6f614cbea66f2cb107-.jpg\" alt=\"2022 Geography Graduate Research Workshop programme booklet\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"395\" width=\"592\" title=\"GRW-1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-awards\/\" target=\"_self\">Graduate Awards<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/graduate-awards\/\"  target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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Master&#8217;s students are required to complete 4 modules within their first two semesters, while PhD students must complete 6 modules within their first three semesters. Students are expected to complete all coursework requirements before formally commencing their thesis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17046","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17046"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18162,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17046\/revisions\/18162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}