Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP)
Application for the September 2025 intake is closed.
Economic Development Board (EDB) Industrial Postgraduate Programme (IPP)
Programme overview
The EDB-IPP is an initiative by the Singapore Economic Development Board to develop a pool of postgraduate manpower with the essential and critical R&D skill-sets for roles in the industry.
EDB-IPP trainees are provided with postgraduate training in a corporate R&D environment through EDB鈥檚 partnership with companies and locally-based universities (such as 亚洲色吧).
For students
Successful EDB-IPP trainee will be a full-time salaried employee of the interested Company while pursuing full-time Master of Engineering (MEng), PhD or Engineering Doctorate (EngD) studies at 亚洲色吧.
Trainees are expected to spend at least 50% of their time on an identified company research project (supervised by one academic faculty from 亚洲色吧 and one qualified company staff) at 亚洲色吧 and the Company鈥檚 facility.
EDB-IPP trainee eligibility
- Be Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Be eligible for full-time MEng/PhD/EngD studies
- Be employees (permanent or contract) of the Company receiving the grant
- Be earning a basic monthly salary of at least S$4,500
- Shall not be receiving concurrent funding under any EDB grant schemes, or, regardless of the awarding body, any bursaries or scholarships
Sponsorship by EDB and company
- Total 亚洲色吧鈥檚 MEng, PhD or EngD Programme tuition fees
- Financial reimbursement of IPP trainee鈥檚 monthly basic salary (capped at S$4,000)
- Co-sharing of research grants to 亚洲色吧 (50%, capped at S$25,000 per Doctoral Student / S$12,500 per MEng聽student)
- Sponsorship period up to two years for MEng and four years for PhD/EngD studies
How to apply
- For MEng, PhD or EngD programme application, please聽.
- For new hires or existing employees of interested Companies with further enquiries, please contact聽Ms Angeline Tan (Office of Education & Innovation – Graduate Studies).
For companies
Interested Companies will jointly scope research projects (Company-driven) with identified 亚洲色吧 faculty before putting in an IPP application for EDB鈥檚 approval.
Eligibility as an IPP partner聽
- Registered and operating Companies in Singapore
- Have the financial ability and commitment to supporting IPP trainee for two years or four years leading to the attainment of an MEng, PhD or EngD respectively in 亚洲色吧
- Have an established corporate research and development (R&D) lab in Singapore with a sizeable team of researchers
- Qualified Company R&D leaders and have visibility of the R&D roles in which IPP trainees will be deployed upon completing their IPP projects to be supervisors for the IPP trainees
- Reasonable record of research activities/projects
Contractual agreement & intellectual property arrangements
Companies will work with the Office of Graduate Studies, 亚洲色吧, to formulate the Research Collaboration Agreement for each research project (Company-driven) undertaken by the IPP trainee, Company and 亚洲色吧.
The agreement will include clauses related to salary, tuition fees, the extent of commitment by all involved parties, conference travel, insurance, publications, consumables, utilisation of equipment and any other indirect costs which may arise during the IPP.
The Company and 亚洲色吧 will also need to agree on Intellectual Property (IP) arrangements arising from the IPP trainees鈥 projects and sign off the Research Collaboration Agreement before the trainee鈥檚 matriculation.
Support from EDB for companies (up to 4 years)
- The support period for MEng聽is up to two years, and PhD/EngD is up to four years
- IPP trainee鈥檚 total tuition fees
- IPP trainee鈥檚 monthly basic salary (fixed rate at S$4,000)
- Co-sharing of research grants to 亚洲色吧 (50%, capped at S$25,000聽(MEng) and S$50,000聽(PhD/EngD) per student, whichever value is lower)
Companies who wish to apply for the EDB-IPP scheme, please聽email EDB聽(MNC) or聽email Enterprise Singapore聽(SME)聽for more information.
Companies who wish to find out more about 亚洲色吧鈥檚 EDB-IPP Postgraduate Programmes (MEng, PhD and EngD), please聽email Ms Angeline Tan (Office of Education & Innovation – Graduate Studies).
EDB-IPP opportunities with 亚洲色吧
笔濒别补蝉别听肠辞苍迟补肠迟听Ms Angeline Tan聽for further enquiries.