RO.

177/2002
(Updated on 4 Feb 2005)

NOMINATION OF EXAMINERS FOR THESIS OF GRADUATE RESEARCH CANDIDATES

1. This form is to be completed by Head of Department and submitted to Faculty’s Vice-Dean (Graduate Studies)
at least 3 months before thesis is expected to be submitted for examination so as to avoid delay in
the examination process.
2. Number of examiners required:
• Master’s thesis – 2 examiners (either 1 internal examiner and 1 external examiner or 2 internal examiners)
• Doctoral thesis – 3 examiners (at least 1 external examiner)*
*Please note that the oral examination panel will be a subset of the thesis examination panel,
of which 2 of them must be resident at the time of the oral examination.
3. To ensure that there is no conflict of interests, proposed examiners –
a) must not be related (by family) to the candidate or the supervisor,
b) must not be the candidate’s research collaborator/co-author or involved in the research project, and
c) preferably should not have common supervisor as the candidate’s supervisor(s).
4. Examiners are given two months (from the date of receipt of thesis) to submit the examination report on the
thesis.
5. Particulars of Candidate:
Name: GU YING Registration No.:
HT050143N
Degree: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department: RI/RC attached to:
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Thesis Title: Mechanisms in dendrite pruning of Drosophila Expected Submission Date:
dendritic arborization neurons 8 October 2009
(150-word abstract of thesis to be attached)
Supervisor(s DR YU FENGWEI
):
ASSOC PROF LOW BOON CHUAN
6. Proposed Internal Examiner(s):
a) Internal examiner refers to NUS staff (including adjunct staff). The examiner should be notified before
nomination.
b) Members of the Thesis Advisory Committee (except for the supervisor) can serve as an examiner, though in
particular cases where the committee member has been highly involved in the supervision of the thesis, this
should be avoided. If a supervisor is proposed as an internal examiner, a separate sheet stating reasons
must be attached for the Dean’s consideration .
Name (in full) & (1) LIM Kah Leong, Assoc Prof (2) YANG Xiaohang, Assoc Prof
Present Title:
Department: Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Department of Anatomy
NUS Staff Number:
(if applicable)

7. Proposed External Examiner(s):

a) The proposed external examiner can be from local institutions/organisations outside NUS, e.g. local
universities, national-level research institutes, hospitals etc.
b) To save time, consent of the proposed external examiner should be sought informally before
nomination.
c) Honorarium for external examiner - S$300 for master’s thesis and S$500 for doctoral thesis.

(1) (Dr/Asst Prof/Assoc Prof/Prof/Emeritus Prof*) (2) (Dr/Asst Prof/Assoc Prof/Prof/Emeritus Prof*)
Name & Title:

Present Designation &

Institute Attached To:
Mailing Address:

Email:
Research Interests or
Representative
Publications:
(use separate sheet,
if necessary)

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 Education:
(Degrees with
institutions & dates)

To be appointed as
( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Yes ( ) No
Oral Panel Member?
Examiner’s consent
( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Yes ( ) No
has been sought?
(3) (Dr/Asst Prof/Assoc Prof/Prof/Emeritus Prof*)
Name & Title:

Present Designation &

Institute Attached To:
Mailing Address:

Email:
Research Interests or
Representative
Publications:
(use separate sheet,
if necessary)
Education:
(Degrees with
institutions & dates)

To be appointed as
( ) Yes ( ) No
Oral Panel Member?
Examiner’s consent
( ) Yes ( ) No
has been sought?

8. Reserves (if any):

(1) (Dr/Asst Prof/Assoc Prof/Prof/Emeritus Prof*) (2) (Dr/Asst Prof/Assoc Prof/Prof/Emeritus Prof*)
Name & Title:

Present Designation &

Institute Attached To:
Mailing Address:

Email:
Research Interests or
Representative
Publications:
(use separate sheet,
if necessary)
Education:
(Degrees with
institutions & dates)

To be appointed as
( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Yes ( ) No
Oral Panel Member?
Examiner’s consent
( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Yes ( ) No
has been sought?

9. Head of Department’s Comments:

I confirm that the proposed examiners –
[ ] are not the candidate’s research collaborators or co-authors or involved in candidate’s research project.
[ ] are not related to the candidate or the supervisor.
[ ] did not have common supervisor as candidate’s supervisor(s).
Remarks (clarify/justify if an examiner does not meet any of the above conditions):

________________________________________________ ____________________
Head of Department’s Signature Date

10. Dean’s or Nominee’s Decision: (Once nomination is approved, to send a copy to RO for follow-up)

a) Proposed internal examiners: b) Proposed external examiners:

[ ] Approved [ ] Not Approved [ ] Approved [ ] Not Approved

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 Remarks (if any):

________________________________________________ ____________________
Dean’s or Nominee’s Signature Date

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