Monthly Archives: August 2016

International Exchange Day 2016

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Hi students,

International Exchange Day is happening on the 8th of September (Thursday) at UTown from 9am.

http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/events/ied/index.html

Come join us at our very own FASS booth! Get your questions on studying abroad answered and learn more about the Partner University or Country you are interested in.

 

Here to answer your questions are of course the Study Abroad Team and your fellow school mates, those who had just returned from SEP and students from our Partner Universities currently studying at NUS.

Listed below is the schedule of Partner Universities and the countries represented throughout the day.

 

11:00am to 1:00pm

Ateneo de Manila University

Boston University

George Washington University

University of Leeds

Seoul National University

Simon Fraser University

University of Queensland

University of North Carolina

University of Gadjah Mada

University of Bonn

University of Mannheim

University of New South Wales

University of Oslo

University of Tokyo

University of Zurich

 

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Inst Tecn Y De Estudios Superiores De Monterrey

Keio University

Seoul National University

Tohoku University

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

University of British Columbia

University College London

University of Amsterdam

University of Auckland

University of Bristol

University of Calgary

University of Copenhagen

University of Washington

University of Waterloo

University of Helsinki

 

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Jagiellonian University

Kwansei Gakuin University

Shanghai Jiaotong University

University of California

University College London

University of Copenhagen

University of Gadjah Mada

University of Manchester

University of Mannheim

University of New South Wales

University of Oslo

University of Zagreb

 

Hope to see you there,

StudyAbroadFASS

Kwansei Gakuin University Intensive Japanese Language and Culture Study Program 2017

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Dear Students

In 2017, the Winter program will be held from February 8 to 25, and the Summer program from July 19 to August 5.

Students benefit from studying with KGU faculty and staff in the beautiful campus, and a chance to stay with a host family to learn more about the local culture. Every year, more than a hundred students from KGU’s partner institutions all over the world take part in the program, and enjoy learning the Japanese language while taking part in various hands-on cultural experiences such as calligraphy, flower arrangement, sumo wrestling, Japanese archery, and more!

Online application periods: 

Winter: October 12 – November 10

Summer: April 10 – May 22

Short program website: http://www.kwansei.ac.jp/c_ciec/c_ciec_008201.html

The syllabi for each level can also be found on the website.

【KGU】Intensive Japanese Language and Culture Study Program

Enquiries should be made to the Center for Japanese Language Education office: cjle_jimu@kwansei.ac.jp.

Thank you.

Call for Participation for Western University’s International World’s Challenge Challenge

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Dear students

This is an announcement on behalf of Western University through our International Relations Office.

Western University is inviting some of the world’s best universities tocompete in the first international World’s Challenge Challenge in 2016-2017. Interested NUS students can form diverse teams of three to choose a global issue and design a unique solution. The teams will then present their unique solutions to panel of academic and community leaders at NUS that will judge the presentations and ideas based on an established scoring rubric. The top team from each World’s Challenge Challenge partner will win a trip to London, Canada, in May 2017, to compete in the international finals. The tentative period of the competition at NUS (onsite) is projected from early October to mid-December; after which a panel of judges appointed by NUS will choose the winning team to head to Canada in May next year.

For more details about this challenge, please click here, here and here for more information. If you have any query, please write to Mr Jacob O’Quinn (irojdo@nus.edu.sg) for more information.