SUTD PhD Programme

May 2023 Trimester (15 May to 18 Aug 2023)

Course Code Course Title Instructors Date and Time Offered to
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES 
01.912 Leadership and Organisation Management External Instructor 29 May (1.30pm – 5.30pm)
30 May (9.00am – 1.00pm)
1 June (9.00am – 1.00pm)
6 June (9.00am – 1.00pm)
8 June (9.00am – 1.00pm)
9 June (9.00am – 1.00pm)
All graduate students
GRADUATE COURSES 
Engineering Systems and Design (ESD)
40.530 Statistics Bikramjit Das Tue (9.00am – 11.00am)
Wed (9.00am – 11.00am)
PhD/EngD/MEng/MIBD

Jan 2023 Trimester (23 Jan to 29 Apr 2023)

Course Code Course Title Instructors Date and Time Offered to
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES 
01.902 Intellectual Property (IP) Clinic External Instructor TBA All graduate students
01.904 Entrepreneurship External Instructor 20 Feb - 22 Feb
(9.00am - 5.00pm)
All graduate students
01.907 Leadership with EQ External Instructor TBA All graduate students
01.912 Leadership and Organisation Management External Instructor TBA All graduate students
GRADUATE COURSES 
Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD)
20.802 Methods in the Study of Architecture Peter Ortner Fri (3.00pm – 5.00pm) PhD
Engineering Product Development (EPD)
30.505 Design Science Luo Jianxi Wed (6.00pm – 8.00pm)
Fri (6.00pm – 8.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
Engineering Systems and Design (ESD)
40.520 Stochastic Models Karthyek Murthy Tue (2.00pm – 4.00pm)
Wed (10.00am – 12.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD)
51.502 Systems Security - Professional Chen Binbin Thu (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
51.503 Secure Software Engineering - Professional Cyrille Pierre Joseph Jegourel Wed (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
51.508 Secure Cyber Physical Systems - Professional Zhou Jianying Fri (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT)
99.501 Science of Sound: Acoustics, Audio & Music* Chen Jer-Ming Tue (6.30pm – 9.00pm)
Thu (6.30am – 9.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
99.504 High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering* Dario Poletti Tue (6.00pm – 8.00pm)
Thu (6.00pm – 9.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
99.590 Research Seminar Series  Yang Shengyuan Fri (10.30am – 12.30pm) PhD/EngD
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
02.507 Unnatural Disasters* Lyle Fearnley Mon (4.30pm – 6.00pm)
Thu (10.00am – 11.30am)
PhD
02.509 Design in the Anthropocene* Jeffrey Chan Mon (3.00pm – 6.00pm) OR
Thu (8.30am – 11.30am)
PhD
02.522 Urban Data & Methods II: Computational Urban Analysis  Gu Lingyun Tue (9.00am – 12.00pm) PhD
02.526 Interactive Data Visualisation  Chan Chi-Loong Thu (5.00pm – 8.00pm) PhD
02.542 Urban Practice & Policy II: Urban Symposium - Leadership and Planning in Singapore  Harvey Neo Mon (10.00am – 1.00pm) PhD
02.546 Smart Cities: Digital Economies and Digital Societies Poon King Wang / Thijs Willems Wed (10.30am – 1.00pm) PhD
02.564 Interventions in Design, Technology and Society*  Lyle Fearnley Mon (3.00pm – 4.00pm)
Fri (11.30am – 1.30pm)
PhD
02.547 Transportation Technology and Policy in Urban Progress*  Jin Murakami Mon (3.00pm – 6.00pm) OR
Thu (8.30am – 11.30am)
PhD

* UG cross-listed courses

May 2022 Trimester (16 May to 20 Aug 2022)

Course Code Course Title Instructors Date and Time Offered to
GRADUATE COURSES 
Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT)
99.502 Brain‐Inspired Computing and its Applications* Desmond Loke
Angela Wang Bo
Mon (9.00am – 12.00pm)
Wed (8.30am – 10.30am)
PhD/EngD/MEng
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
02.513 Human Behaviour, Technology and Design* Yow Wei Quin Mon (4.00pm – 6.00pm) OR
Fri (11.30am – 1.30pm) 
PhD

Jan 2022 Trimester (24 Jan to 30 Apr 2022)

Course Code Course Title Instructors Date and Time Offered to
PREPARATORY COURSES 
01.911 Teaching at SUTD: Engaging the Learners Nachamma Sockalingam Thu (2.00pm – 4.30pm)
Week 1 – 9 (TBA)
PhD
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES 
01.902 Intellectual Property (IP) Clinic
External Instructor
25 Jan (5.00pm – 7.30pm)
27 Jan (5.00pm – 7.30pm)
9 Feb (2.00pm – 6.00pm)
16 Mar (2.00pm – 7.00pm)
All graduate students
01.904 Entrepreneurship External Instructor Week 7 All graduate students
01.907 Leadership with EQ External Instructor 21 Feb (9.00am – 6.00pm)
23 Feb (9.00am – 6.00pm)
25 Feb (9.00am – 6.00pm)
All graduate students
01.912 Leadership and Organisation Management External Instructor TBA All graduate students
GRADUATE COURSES 
Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD)
20.802 Methods in the Study of Architecture Peter Ortner Fri (3.00pm – 5.00pm) PhD
Engineering Product Development (EPD)
30.504 Computational Science & Engineering Javier Gomez Fernandez Mon (1.00pm - 3.00pm)
Wed (1.00pm - 3.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
30.505 Design Science Lucienne Blessing Mon (3.00pm – 5.00pm)
Wed (3.00pm – 5.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
30.515 Digital Signal Processing* Cai Kui Tue (9.30am – 12.00pm)
Thu (6.00pm – 8.30pm) 
PhD/EngD/MEng
Engineering Systems and Design (ESD)
40.520 Stochastic Models Karthyek Murthy Tue (2.00pm – 4.00pm)
Wed (10.00am – 12.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
40.614 Metaheuristic Optimization Nuno Ribeiro Tue (10.00am – 12.00pm)
Thu (10.00am – 12.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD)
51.502 Systems Security - Professional Chen Binbin Tue (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
51.503 Secure Software Engineering - Professional Cyrille Pierre Joseph Jegourel Wed (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
51.508 Secure Cyber Physical Systems - Professional Zhou Jianying Fri (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT)
99.503 Nanoelectronics and Technology* Shubhakar Kalya Tue (3.30pm – 6.00pm)
Thu (8.30am – 11.00am)
PhD/EngD/MEng
99.590 Research Seminar Series  Yang Shengyuan Fri (10.30am – 12.30pm) PhD/EngD
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
02.504 Environmental Humanities*  Sayan Bhattacharyya Wed (9.00am – 10.30am)
Fri (11.30am – 1.00pm)
PhD
02.509 Design in the Anthropocene* Jeffrey Chan Mon (3.00pm – 6.00pm) OR
Thu (3.00pm – 6.00pm)
PhD
02.516 Urban Economics Fredrik Roger Daniel Hansson / Harvey Neo Tue (2.00pm – 5.00pm) PhD
02.522 Urban Data & Methods II: Computational Urban Analysis  Nam Le / Simon Yanuar Putra Mon (6.00pm – 9.00pm) PhD
02.526 Interactive Data Visualisation  Chan Chi-Loong Mon (2.00pm – 3.00pm)
Thu (6.00pm – 8.00pm)
PhD
02.542 Urban Practice & Policy II: Urban Symposium - Leadership and Planning in Singapore  Harvey Neo Wed (2.00pm – 5.00pm) PhD
02.546 Smart Cities: Digital Economies and Digital Societies Poon King Wang Tue (10.00am – 1.00pm) PhD
02.564 Interventions in Design, Technology and Society* Gabriel Tusinski / Lyle Fearnley Mon (3.00pm – 4.00pm)
Thu (3.00pm – 5.00pm) Or
Fri (11.30am – 1.30pm)
PhD

* UG cross-listed courses

Sep 2021 Trimester (13 Sep to 17 Dec 2021)

Course Code

Course Title

Instructors

Date and Time

Offered to

PREPARATORY COURSES 
01.911 Teaching at SUTD: Engaging the Learners Nachamma Sockalingam Fri (2.00pm - 4.30pm)
Weeks 1 –7
PhD
01.910 Speaking Focus in the Academic Environment Joanne Chia Wed (9.00am - 10.00am) PhD
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES 
01.908 Presentation with Impact Khyati Kapai
(External Instructor)
1, 2 and 5 Nov (1.00pm - 5.00pm)
9 Nov (7.00pm - 9.00pm)
12 Nov (5.00pm - 9.00pm)
15 Nov (1.00pm - 5.00pm, 7.00pm - 9.00pm)
All graduate students
01.914 Robotics for Professionals Malika Meghjani 25 -29 Oct (9.00am – 6.00pm)
3 Nov (9.00am – 6.00pm)
All graduate students
GRADUATE COURSES
01.505 Innovation by Design Arlindo Silva Tue (7.00pm – 10.00pm) All graduate students
Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD)
20.590 PhD Pro-Seminar Peter Ortner TBA PhD
Engineering Product Development (EPD)
30.500 Applied Mathematics For Engineering Yang Shengyuan / Ai Ye Tue (9.30am - 11.00am)
Thu (9.30am - 11.00am)
PhD/EngD/MEng
30.502 Research Methods  Huang Shaoying Tue (5.00pm - 6.30pm)
Fri (5.00pm - 6.30pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
Engineering Systems and Design (ESD)
40.510 Linear Optimization  Antonios Varvitsiotis Mon (10.00am - 12.00pm)
Wed (10.00am - 12.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
40.613 Convex Optimization Antonios Varvitsiotis Mon (4.00pm - 6.00pm)
Wed (4.00pm - 6.00pm)
PhD/EngD/MEng
Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD)
51.501 Computer Networks – Professional David Yau Mon (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
51.504 Machine Learning – Professional  Soh De Wen Thu (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
51.505 Foundations of Cybersecurity – Professional Zhou Jianying Fri (7.00pm – 10.00pm) PhD/EngD/MEng
Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT)
99.500 Applied Mathematics For Engineering Yang Shengyuan / Ai Ye Tue (9.30am - 11.00am)
Thu (9.30am - 11.00am)
PhD/MEng
99.590 Research Seminar Series  Yang Shengyuan Fri (10.30am - 12.30pm) PhD
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
02.501 Urban Theory I: Theory and Dynamics of Urban Social Processes Jeffrey Chan Thu (3.00pm - 6.00pm) PhD
02.521 Urban Data & Methods I: Research Methodology for Urban Analysis Jose Rafael Matinez Garcia, Hou Yuting Tue (10.00am - 1.00pm) PhD
02.541 Urban Practice & Policy I: Techniques and Methods of Planning and Policy Harvey Neo, Brigid Trenerry Wed (1.00pm - 4.00pm) PhD
02.548 Advanced Urban Analysis Samuel Chng, Thijs Willems, Ung Meng Ieng Tue (3.00pm - 6.00pm) PhD

May 2021 Trimester (17 May to 20 Aug 2021)

Course Code Course Title Instructors Date and Time
01.911 Teaching at SUTD: Engaging the Learners Nachamma Sockalingam 18 May, 25 May, 1 Jun, 8 Jun, 15 Jun, 22 Jun
(2pm - 4pm)
01.913 Introduction to Machine Learning using Python Oka Kurniawan 6 Jul, 13 Jul, 22 Jul, 27 Jul for class
12 Aug for final presentation
3 Aug for project consultation
(10am – 4pm)
30.505 Design Science Lucienne Blessing Mon (11.30am – 1.30pm)
Thu (11.30am – 1.30pm)
40.530 Statistics Bikramjit Das Mon (9.00am – 12.00pm)
Wed (10.00am – 11.00am)
99.502 Brain‐Inspired Computing and its Applications Desmond Loke, Angela Wang Bo Mon (11.30pm – 1.00pm)
Thu (11.30am – 1.30pm)

 Jan 2021 Trimester (25 Jan to 30 Apr 2021)

Course Code Course Title Instructors Date and Time Venue

Common

01.911 Teaching at SUTD: Engaging the Learners Nachamma Sockalingam 26 Jan, 2 Feb, 9 Mar
(2.00pm - 4.00pm) 
TBA
01.902 Intellectual Property (IP) Clinic TBA 11 - 14 Jan (1.00pm - 4.00pm)
22 Jan (10.00am - 4.00pm)
18 Feb (1.00pm - 4.00pm)
TBA
01.907 Leadership with EQ TBA 24 - 26 Feb
(9.00am - 5.00pm)
TBA
01.909 Aspects of Artificial Intelligence TBA 17 Feb, 19 Feb, 3 Mar, 5 Mar, 12 Mar
(3.30pm - 5.00pm, and 5.30pm - 7.00pm)
TBA
01.508 Advance Materials and Technologies Pablo Valdivia Wed (7.00pm - 10.00pm) TBA
01.509 Manufacturing, Assembly and Design Arlindo Silva Tue (7.00pm - 10.00pm) TBA

Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD)

20.590 PhD Pro-Seminar Michael Budig TBA TBA
20.802 Methods in the Study of Architecture Michael Budig TBA TBA

Engineering Product Development (EPD)

30.504 Computational Science & Engineering Robert Simpson TBA TBA
30.505 Design Science Lucienne Blessing Tue (11.30am - 1.30pm)
Fri (11.30am - 1.30pm)
TBA
30.507 Functional Materials Wu Ping Mon (9.00am - 10.30am)
Tue (9.00am - 10.30am)
TBA
30.591 Research Seminar II Yuen Chau TBA TBA

Engineering Systems and Design (ESD)

40.520 Stochastic Models Karthyek Murthy Mon (10.00am - 12.00pm)
Wed (10.00am - 12.00pm)
TBA
40.590 Research Seminar TBA TBA TBA

Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD)

51.502 Systems Security - Professional Chen Binbin Mon (7.00pm - 10.00pm) TBA
51.503 Secure Software Engineering - Professional Cyrille Pierre Joseph Jegourel Wed (7.00pm - 10.00pm) TBA
51.508 Secure Cyber Physical Systems - Professional Jianying Zhou Fri (7.00pm - 10.00pm) TBA

Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT)

99.590 Research Seminar Series Yang Shengyuan Fri (10.30am - 12.30pm) TBA

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

02.522   Urban Data & Methods II: Computational Urban Analysis TBA TBA TBA
02.526   Interactive Data Visualisation Chan Chi-Loong Mon (2.00pm - 3.30pm)
Thu (2.00pm - 3.30pm)
TBA
02.546   Smart Cities: Digital Economies and Digital Societies Poon King Wang Thu (10.00am - 1.00pm) TBA

 Academic Year 2020/21 (14 Sep to 18 Dec 2020)

Course Code Course Title Instructors Date and Time Venue
For all Pillars
01.911 Teaching at SUTD: Engaging the Learners Nachamma Sockalingam Mon (2.00pm-5.00pm)
Week 8 –13
TBA
Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD)
20.590 PhD Pro-Seminar Michael Budig TBA TBA
Engineering Product Development (EPD)
30.500 Applied Mathematics For Engineering Yang Shengyuan / Ai Ye Tue (9.30am - 11.00am)
Thu (9.30am - 11.00am)
TBA
30.591 Research Seminar II Yuen Chau TBA TBA
Engineering Systems and Design (ESD)
40.510 Linear Optimization  Antonios Varvitsiotis Mon (3.00pm - 5.00pm)
Fri (3.00pm - 5.00pm)
TBA
40.590 Research Seminar TBA TBA TBA
Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD)
51.501 Computer Networks – Professional David Yau Mon (7.00pm – 10.00pm) TBA
51.504 Machine Learning – Professional Soh De Wen Thu (7.00pm – 10.00pm) TBA
51.505 Foundations of Cybersecurity – Professional Zhou Jianying Fri (7.00pm – 10.00pm) TBA
Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT)
99.500 Applied Mathematics For Engineering Yang Shengyuan / Ai Ye Tue (9.30am - 11.00am)
Thu (9.30am - 11.00am)
TBA
99.501 Science of Sound: Acoustics, Audio & Music Chen Jer-Ming Wed (11.00am – 1.30pm)
Fri (8.30am – 11.00am)
TBA
99.590 Research Seminar Series Yang Shengyuan Fri (10.30am - 12.30pm) TBA