Hey guys, I'm currently doing an undergrad BSc in Bioscience with Chemistry in TAR UC, plan to take the dual award by Campbell University from USA.

My BSc is a general bio degree, therefore I plan to specialize into biomedical science in my MSc and PhD. My dream is to study in Europe, therefore I short listed some university mainly in UK. USA universities are under my consideration also since my Campbell cert will do me good in venturing into it...

But I'm not affluent enough to pursue my postgrad with self fund, living expenses in UK or USA will be a problem, therefore Singapore seems to be another good option. However, I'm confused over the information provided on NUS... I'm not sure how the NUS syllabus work for postgrad, undergrad from them is confusing also, since they run on a modular form.

So do you guys think that Singapore is a good opt ? How is the job opportunities as a biomedical scientist in Singapore? Is it easy to gain a PR there? Is the research environment in Singapore good? My sister is working in Singapore too.

Hi liewstone, in my opinion Singapore is indeed one of the better places in the world to pursue a PhD in biomedicine or pharmacology (my field). NUS ranks very highly in the pharmacology field (best in Asia). My impression is that Singapore is also a good place to pursue scientific research as a career but I cannot confirm this.

This post has been edited by Farmer_C: Apr 4 2015, 11:27 AM

Thanks for the reply.. Been waited for days... May I ask that when you're working in a pharmaceutical company, what you do in the lab is routine ? Will your company support any kind of research?

I've never worked in a pharmaceutical company as a researcher but I guess it would be the same as if you worked in academia as a researcher.

The main difference is that pharmaceutical companies are very rich and so your research will not run out of funding (until they decide the project is a dead end). You probably get paid more too. If you work in academia, you always have to compete and fight with other groups for funding from the government and we all know, no money = no research = no employment.

People in academia always judge researchers in industry as 'traitors' or 'sell-outs' because they work in a organisation that puts profit first and not science. I think that's a bit unfair though.

Study in NUS after your bachelor degree and do your postdoc in Oxford or Cambridge. Make sure u look for a productive supervisor to publish more papers in your study.

PhD in NUS is your ticket to travel around the world. You can easily get a postdoc position in Europe or US. Welcome to research world with lots of travel