Dear Students,
Thank you for taking time off to attend this morning’s briefing session. Here’s the presentation slides for your reference. Do check your email regularly for updates.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Waseda Summer Session 2014
Dear Students,
This is a message posted on behalf of Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Please email them directly if you have any query.
Warm greetings from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan!
Starting on June 23 – July 18, 2014, we will offer a 4-week summer session for international and Waseda students at the undergraduate level. Students can take part in 2 courses out of 6 which are wide aspects of business, culture, history and politics in the context of Japan and Asia pacific, offering 4 credits for 2 courses. The classes are taught in English by experienced faculty members from Waseda and visiting professors from other institutions. Japanese classes can be taken as optional courses.
We will also organize extracurricular activities such as field trips and cultural events to experience Tokyo and Japan.
Online application is from February 17 to April 17, 2014.
More detailed information about courses, tuition & fees and housing are available on our website:
The brochure is available for download below: Leaflet_WasedaSummerSession14_final
Japanese government scholarship has been applied for and we will know the outcome in the end of February. As we will update the scholarship information accordingly, please check our website for updates.
We warmly welcome your students to “Waseda Summer Session 2014.” Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at anytime at summersession@list.waseda.jp
IRO ‘Go Away’ fair
Organised by the NUS International Relations Office (IRO), “Go Away!” is an informative fair allowing NUS students who keen to go on overseas programmes to find out more about available programmes, destinations, and partner-universities.
Head on down with your friends to come view our different ‘country-booths’, listen to student-sharers, and check in with NUS seniors, as well as native students (who are on exchange here in NUS) on what their schools and countries are like, their culture, cost of living, and more!
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
5.30pm-7.30pm
Yusof Ishak House Student Lounge (Level 4)
*2 floors above Food Junction
Register for the event here http://tinyurl.com/GoAway2014
FASS IRO Summer Info Session, 21 Feb 2014 (Fri)
Planning a summer abroad but not sure where to go?
Or need some advice for summer schools?
Come hear what IRO has to offer this summer!
IARU Global Summer Programmes
Dear Students,
This is a message from IRO. If you have any questions regarding this programme, please email IRO directly.
IARU Global Summer Programmes 2014 is open for application and the deadline for this year will be 28 February 2014. More information can be found here: http://nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/summer/iarugsp/index.html.
This year 20 courses are offered by the world-renowned members of the IARU Networks, among which are ANU, ETH Zurich, UC Berkeley, Peking University, Cambridge, Oxford, University of Copenhagen, University of Tokyo and Yale University. Course selection covers a wide variety of academic topics ranging from Nanoscience, to Foreign Policy, to Media and Environment.
IRO will organize a briefing this Thursday to allow students ask questions about the programme.
Student Briefing: 2014 IARU Global Summer Programmes to World-top Universities
LIBRARY THEATRETTE 1
Thursday, 13 February 2014
2:30pm – 4pm
Registration: https://aces01.nus.edu.sg/CoE/jsp/coeMain.jsp.
SEP Drop In Clinics by IRO
As with past semesters, the IRO PALs will be running SEP Drop-In Clinics for students interested in going out on exchange.
IRO SEP Drop-In Clinics:
Days: Mon, Tue, Wed, weeks 5-10 (excluding Recess Week).
Times: 11am-1pm
Venue: International Relations Office, 03-03, Shaw Foundation Alumni House, 11 Kent Ridge Drive
Peer Advising Leaders will be on hand to answer questions to prospective outgoing NUS students about researching SEP, where they can go, and the student perspective on the opportunities.
Call for Application: King’s College London Summer School 2014
The King’s Summer School 2014 is now open for application . This year, KCL has over 65 courses available with fantastic range of new and existing courses which will be of interest to you. Particular areas of interest include business and management, law, health and arts, literature and culture. Please see the following link to view the 2014 courses.
This summer, KCL once again welcome a selection of unique collaborative courses with famous London institutions. We will see courses with the world famous Victoria & Albert Museum, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the Museum of London and the Royal United Services Institute.
Summer School Dates
The Summer School sessions for 2014 are as below:
- Session One: 7 – 25 July 2014
- Session Two: 28 July – 15 August 2014
Tuition Waiver & Discount
KCL is offering 6 tuition-waiver places for FASS students whereby each nominated student is entitled to a fee waiver for one session. Costs for any extra session will have to be borne by individuals. In addition, students who are not nominated can also enjoy a 10% discount on tuition fees for this summer school.
The 6 tuition waiver places will be selected based on merit and the criteria are as follows:
- CAP of at least 3.5 ( Please note that this is only a minimum CAP)
- Must be Singaporeans or PRs
- Preferably with no other overseas educational experience such as SEP and other summer schools etc
- Must be prepared to transfer credits
- Must be a full-time enrolled student before embarking on the summer school. If this is your last semester in NUS, you are not eligible for the tuition waiver application.
Application Process
To apply, please fill up the KCL application form below and email to studyabroadfass@nus.edu.sg, titled ” KCL Summer School 2014 Application” with a copy of your latest transcipt. Please also indicate if you have any previous and/or upcoming SEP or overseas summer school experience in your email.
Application Deadline: 5pm (Friday), 4th April 2014.
Nominated FASS students for tuition waiver will be notified by the Dean’s Office 2 weeks after the application deadline.
All applications received by the above deadline will receive an application fee waiver and priority placing in the programme by KCL .
KCL Summer School Info Session
Organized by IRO, students are invited to attend the info session and meet the Deputy Head of KCL Summer Programmes, Mr Ian Fielding.
Date: 6 Feb 2014 (Thu)
Time: 11.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: Central Library Theatette 2
Please RSVP at http://nus.edu.sg/iro/index.html