Thank you very much for showing interest in my research group. I am not sure if I am able to take students in Fall 2017 because every professor has a quota. But if you apply for the Jan 2018 intake, the chances will be higher as there is this industry funded PhD scholarship which does not impose much regulations on the quota.
谢谢你的建议,今天老师跟我回复了一个
The NUS PhD scholarships are very limited, so every staff needs to take turn to recruit PhD student sponsored by this scholarship. If you apply to Fall 2017, you will be awarded this scholarship and you cannot choose your supervisor. Supervisors will choose their students. But if you apply in Jan 2018, there is another type of scholarship which have more quota.
确实如果没有名额的话很尴尬,但是这个老师做的方向我很感兴趣,不想错过,不过我也会申请2017秋的,谢谢你