The NUS Student Exchange
Programme (SEP) provides students
with the opportunity to study in an overseas partner
university, usually for a semester or two, with
approval of the School, to further enhance their
learning experience. Students from either
partner university pay fees only at their home
institution while on exchange. The new
experience provided by SEP is a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will enrich
the life of the student forever.Some
of the partner universities include Uppsala
University, University of British Columbia,
McGill University, University of California,
University of Melbourne and University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Our
students share their experience while on SEP
...
Yi Suqin
Chinese University of Hong
Kong
"....CUHK is in New Territories (one of the island in HK), personally I think this is the best campus in HK as the environment is wonderful! It is a big campus with wonderful facilities like gym, tennis court, indoor basketball / badminton / table tennis court and etc, fresh air everyday and lastly you see mountains everyday!!
For
the first month, I get to meet so many people,
mainly from my hall and other exchange students.
Students from all over the world came to this
school and during the welcome dinner, students
from different countries, different schools are
grouped together to seat in one table. English
is our common language, but soon we get to hear
people speaking in Dutch, French, Mandarin or
some other languages..."
"...Overall,
there are a lot of "first time" and a lot of
unforgettable events. Such
experiences are precious and
meaningful. I strongly encourage everyone to
walk out of his or her comfort zone and go for
exchange. even if it means graduating a semester
later, it still
worth it! (But if you map your modules well, you
will still graduate as per
normal).
Financial
problem is not an issue, throughout this whole
SEP, I did not take a single cent from my
parents. You can always apply for SEP award and
SEP loan. (With these two, you can at least go
to Asia countries like
HK/China).."
Leong
Hanyang
University of California
- Davis
"....Going
on a Student Exchange Program to University of
California, Davis
in United States is one of the highlights of my time in NUS.
The decision to embark upon this exchange
program definitely took me a great deal of
consideration and planning but on looking back,
it has definitely been a positive and greatly
enriching one..."
"..Interestingly,
there is also a large proportional of foreign
students, both international full time students
as well as exchange students, here, which
greatly adds to the vibrancy of the university
community. In fact, it was pretty common to be
walking around in campus and overhear
conversations in Korean, Japanese, Chinese and
Cantonese all around. It was truly a global
university in that
sense..."
