SUTD PhD Programme
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Part-time (48 – 60 months)
Doctor of Philosophy degree under the respective academic pillar
Course schedule
Sep 2025 trimester (15 Sep to 20 Dec 2025)
The course list below details all coursework schedules available for PhD, EngD and MEng students.
| Course code | Course title | Instructors | Date and time | Offered to |
| Professional development courses | ||||
| 01.918 | Skills & Tools for Conducting Literature Review and Research | Vijaya Lakshimi D/O Selliah | 15, 16 & 17 Sep 2025 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
All Graduate Students |
| 01.920 | Exploring AI: From Basics to Real-World Applications | Lim Kwan Hui | 06, 07 & 08 Oct 2025 9:00AM to 5:00PM |
All Graduate Students |
| Graduate courses | ||||
| 01.505 | Innovation by Design | Arlindo Silva, Jacob Kang | 1) Monday 2:00PM – 5:00PM
2) Tuesday 2:00PM – 5:00PM 3) Wednesday 2:00PM – 5:00PM 4) Thursday 7:00PM – 10:00PM 5) Thursday 2:00PM – 5:00PM |
PhD/EngD/MEng
*MTD course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| Engineering Product Development (EPD) | ||||
| 30.502 | Research Methods | >Foong Shaohui | Monday & Thursday 2:00PM – 3:30PM | PhD/EngD/MEng |
| 30.522 | Materials and Manufacturing Processes Selection in Design | Arlindo Silva | Thursday 9:30AM – 12:30PM | PhD/EngD/MEng
*MTD course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| 30.523 | Digital Manufacturing | Pablo Valdivia, Jacob Kang | Tuesday 9:00AM – 12:00PM | |
| 30.529 | Mechanics & Mechanisms | Soh Gim Song | Wednesday 11:00AM – 1:00PM Friday 11:00AM – 1:00PM |
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| 30.530 | Modelling & Control | Foong Shaohui | Wednesday 2:30PM – 4:30PM Friday 2:30PM – 4:30PM |
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| Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) | ||||
| 40.510 | Linear Optimization | Karthik Natarajan | Wednesday & Friday 10:00AM – 12:00PM | PhD/EngD/MEng |
| 40.616 | Special Topics in Games, Learning and Optimization | John Miao Lazarsfeld, Iosif Salkos, Anas Barakat | Tuesday & Thursday 10:00AM – 12:00PM | PhD/EngD/MEng |
| 40.590 | Research Seminar | Antonios Varvitsiotis | Wednesday 2:00PM – 5:00PM | PhD (ESD) |
| 42.500 | Data, Technology and Design | Shiva Venkatraman | Friday 2:00PM – 5:00PM | PhD/EngD/MEng
*MTD course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| 42.510 | Statistical Learning for Data Science | Bikramjit Das | 1) Monday & Tuesday 4:00PM – 6.00PM Recitation: Wednesday 11:00AM – 12.00PM2) Monday & Tuesday 7:00PM – 9.00PM Recitation: Tuesday 9:00PM – 10:00PM |
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| Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD) | ||||
| 51.501 | Computer Networks – Professional | David Yau | Monday 7:00PM – 10:00PM | PhD/EngD/MEng |
| 51.504 | Machine Learning – Professional | Soh De Wen | Tuesday 7:00PM – 10:00PM | PhD/EngD/MEng |
| 51.505 | Foundations of Cybersecurity – Professional | Zhou Jianying | 1) Friday 10.00AM – 1.00PM 2) Friday 7.00PM – 10.00PM |
PhD/EngD/MEng
*MTD course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| Design and Artificial Intelligence (DAI) | ||||
| 61.501 | Production-ready Machine Learning | Pritee Agrawal | Wednesday & Thursday 9:30AM – 12:00PM | *MDAIE course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) | ||||
| 99.503 | Nanoelectronics and Technology# | Shubhakar Kayla | Tuesday 3:30PM-6:00PM | PhD/EngD/MEng
*EngD & MEng – only students with electric background |
| 99.505 | Semiconductor Device Technology and Design: Silicon and beyond | Cheah Chin Wei, Ang Yee Sin | Tuesday 1:00PM-3:00PM Thursday 2.00PM – 4.00PM |
PhD/EngD/MEng
*MTD course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| 99.512 | Mathematics for AI | Yining Zhang | Wednesday & Friday 2:30PM – 5:30PM | PhD/EngD/MEng
*MDAIE course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| 99.590 | Research Seminar Series | Desmond Loke | Friday 3:00PM – 4:30PM | PhD (SMT) |
| Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) | ||||
| 02.514 | Financing Cities of the Future: Theory and Practice# | Jin Murakami | Monday 3:00PM – 6:00PM
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PhD/EngD/MEng |
| 02.532 | Human-Centered Design for Information Visualization | Mu Wenchuan | Monday 6:00PM – 9:00PM | PhD/EngD/MEng
*MTD course – remaining seats may be opened to other students |
| 02.533 | User Experience: Understanding Culture for Design | Lyle Fearnley & Maya Madhusoodan | >Wednesday 3:00PM – 6:00PM | |
| MUSPP courses | ||||
| 02.501 | Urban Theory I: Theory and Dynamics of Urban Social Processes | Jeffrey Chan | Thursday 3:00PM – 6:00PM | PhD
*Note: Students who wish to take MUSPP courses will require prior approval from MUSPP Programme Director along with their advisor’s support |
| 02.521 | Urban Data and Methods I: Analyzing Urban Futures | Jose Rafael Martinez Garcia, Dinithi Jayasekara, Deng Ruotong | Tuesday 10:00AM – 1:00PM | |
| 02.528 | Spatial Analysis of Urban Data | Bayi Li and Jingya Yan | Wednesday 10:00AM – 1:00PM | |
| 02.541 | Urban Planning and Policy I: Urban Planning & Socio-Spatial Thinking | Felicity Chan | Wednesday 2:00PM – 5:00PM | |
| 02.565 | Urban Psychology | Samuel Chng and Sarah Chan | Tuesday 2:00PM – 5:00PM | |
#UG-Cross-listed courses
PhD / EngD / MEng students may also access MSSD, MTD, MArch, MUSPP courses if available. Please refer to course information on the respective pages:
Information is correct as of 25 August 2025. Please check MyPortal for the most updated course schedule.
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