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Finding Thesis

Shows you how to locate & obtain a thesis in NUS Libraries.

NUS Final Year Project (FYP) and Academic Exercises (AE), Hons Year Thesis are available in print only. Older NUS Masters & PhD thesis are in print as well. However, papers from September 2003 would be on our online institutional repository ScholarBank@NUS.

 For Academic Exercises, Theses & Dissertations by students from Department of Chinese Studies

Availability of FYP,  AE and Hons Yr papers at the library varies, depending on what was provided by faculty/department/school. Note that some, such as those from SDE, may be kept at their department library IRC

Call Number of Departments/Faculties/Schools

(note: the Library will not have the hardcopy theses if they are not provided by the department/faculty/school)

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (Ph.D.) / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.) / Thesis (M.A.)

Subject

Call No.

American Studies Programme

E12

English Language & Literature

PR13

European Studies Programme

D900

History

D6

Linguistics

P121

Philosophy

B21

Social Work & Psychology

HV13

Psychology (2006-)

BF21

Southeast Asian Studies Programme

DS520.5

Theatre Studies

PN2020

Malay Studies

PL5100

Malay Studies (Research exercise)

PL5100*R

East Asian Institute

DS503.5

Economics & Statistics

HD30

Education

LB7

Geography

G58

Japanese

PL501

Information and Communications Management 

P90

Political Science   

JA36

Sociology

HM15

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.Sc.(Mgt.)) / Thesis (Ph.D.)

Subject Call No.

Centre for Financial Engineering
Dept. of Business Policy
Dept. of Decision Sciences
Dept. of Finance & Accounting
Dept. of Management & Organization
Dept. of Marketing

HF345

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (Ph.D.) / Thesis (M.Sc.)

Subject Call No.

Dept. of Computer Science
Dept. of Information Systems

QA76

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.Sc.) / Thesis (Ph.D.) / Thesis (M.Sc.Dent.) / Thesis (M.D.S.)

Subject

Call No.

Dept. of Preventive Dentistry
Dept. of Restorative Dentistry

RK24

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (Ph.D) / Thesis (M.A.(Arch)) / Thesis (M.Arch) / Thesis (M.A.(Architecture)) / Thesis (M.Sc.(Bldg.)) / Thesis (M.Sc.(Est.Mgt.)) / Thesis (M.Sc.(Bldg.Sc.))

Subject

Call No.

Architecture (Dissertation) 

NA25 *[year] A  - Older than 2002 only

Architecture (Architectural design thesis)   

NA25 *[year] B  - Older than 2002 only

Building

TH7 - Older than 2002 only

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (Ph.D.) / Thesis (M.Eng.)

Subject

Call No.

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
[Pre-2004: Dept. formerly known as Chemical and Environmental Engineering]

TP155

Civil Engineering

TA7

Environmental Engineering

TD7

Industrial & System Engineering

TA168

Electrical and Computer Engineering
[Pre-2000 : Dept. formerly known as Electrical Engineering]

TK7

Industrial Training Report

Final year students only

T175

M.Sc.(Material Science & Engineering)

TA403.6

Mechanical Engineering 
[Pre-2001: Dept. formerly known as Mechanical & Production Engineering]

TJ7

Transportation Systems & Management

TA1007

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (Ph.D.) / Thesis (LLM.) / Academic exercise, University Research Opportunities Programme (LLB.) / Assignment, University Research Opportunities Programme Directed Research Dissertation (LLB.)

Subject

Call No

Law

KE5009

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.D.) / Thesis (M.Sc.) / Thesis (Ph.D.) / Thesis (M.Sc.(Cl.Sc.)) Thesis (M.Sc. (Speech and Language Pathology)) / Thesis (M.Med (Orthopaedic Surgery)) / Thesis (M.Med (Otorhinolaryngology))

Subject

Call No.

Anatomy

QM5

Anaesthesia

RD80.9

Biochemistry

QH345

Community, Occupational &
Family Medicine (renamed Epidemiology and Public Health since Mar 2009)

RA422.5

Dentistry

RK24

Epidemiology and Public Health (formerly Community, Occupational & Family Medicine)

RA422.5

Law

RA1012

Medicine (incl. NUMI)

RC39

Microbiology

QR6

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

RG39

Ophthalmology

RE14

Orthopaedic Surgery

RD721

Otolaryngology

RF20

Pathology

RB6

Pediatrics

RJ23

Pharmacology

RM30

Pharmacy

RS41

Physiology

QP6

Psychological Medicine

RC435

Speech and Language Pathology

RC423

Surgery

RD11

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.Sc.) / Thesis (Ph.D.)

Subject

Call No.

Biological Science

QH9

Botany

QK3

Chemistry

QD3

Computational Science

Q183.9

Material Science

TA403

Mathematics

QA3

Molecular & Cell Biology

QR74

Physics

QC3

Statistics and Applied Probability

QA273

Pharmacy

RS41

Zoology

QL3

NUS Affiliated Institutes

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.Sc.)

Subject

Call No.

Institute of MaterialsResearch and Engineering (IMRE)

TA401

 

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.Sc.) / Thesis (Ph.D.)

Subject Call No.

Institute of Molecular Agrobiology

S401

Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.Sc.) / Thesis (Ph.D.)

Subject Call No.

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

QR74

(Formerly KRDL, Kent Ridge Digital Labs)
Selected degree abbreviations: Thesis (M.Sc.) 

Subject

Call No.

Kent Ridge Digital Labs

Q180.56