Overview

Sociology graduates from Nanyang Technological University have gone on to academic teaching and research jobs in institutions such as the University of Glasgow (UK), Georgia Gwinnett College (USA) and the NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

Key facts

Our faculty members are highly active in research and specialise in a wide range of topics including (but not limited to): Ageing and Gerontology, the Sociology of Health and Mental Health, Cultural Sociology, Demography, Deviance and Subcultures, Economic Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Migration and Globalisation, Popular Culture, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Science and Technology, Social Inequality, Social Psychology, Sociology of Family, Tourism, and Urban Sociology. Our faculty’s research projects have included inequality and poverty in Singapore (A/P Teo You Yenn), nuclear leaks and governance in Fukushima (A/P Sulfikar Amir) and hip-hop culture amongst Muslim American youth (A/P Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir). Our professors are regularly featured in the media, in a wide range of outlets such as in The Straits Times, South China Morning Post (SCMP), BBC, CNN, The New York Times, Al Jazeera and Channel News Asia (CNA).Through the programme, you will form a strong theoretical foundation in Sociology, and build skills across various approaches to research, including quantitative and qualitative methods. You will also be given opportunities to teach – a sure way to ensure you are well acquainted with Sociology and gain valuable interaction with undergraduate students. There are also opportunities to connect with NTU’s partner universities, such as NUS and SMU, and funding opportunities for independent overseas research and conference attendance. Previous graduate students of the department have undertaken research on a wide range of topics, including online gaming, Star Wars, female labour migration, ethnic minority Koreans in China, and the politics of choral groups in Singapore.We encourage our graduate students to collaborate in research projects with faculty members. Students have published co-authored articles in journals such as Symbolic Interaction, Asian Anthropology and the International Journal of environmental research and public health. NTU offers a range of funding opportunities and schemes for students to pursue their postgraduate work, such as the NTU Research Scholarship (RSS) and the Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship (NPGS) for top candidates.

Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-31 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Singapore, Singapore

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

An undergraduate degree, preferably in Social Sciences, especially Sociology, from an internationally well-regarded University.
Students with little or no prior sociological training may be granted admission conditional on their satisfactory completion of additional reading courses. Students in this category will therefore be required to submit additional documentation concerning their undergraduate training. This should include official syllabi from their previous training, bearing the signature or stamp of the relevant authority or institution.

Applicants are encouraged to contact faculty members working on related research topics and discuss with them their proposal before submitting the application.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

40920 USD / year

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Citizens or residents

10450 USD / year

≈ 10450 USD / year

Living costs

Singapore

1878 - 3880 SGD / month

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Funding

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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Living costs

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