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Call for Application: INNOVATE 2013 – BEIJING & SHANGHAI

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Please note that this is an announcement on behalf of International Relations Office. Please contact them directly if you have query.

INNOVATE 2013 – BEIJING & SHANGHAI

(8 – 17 March 2013)

INNOVATE is an international academic immersion for engineering, science and business students, organised by the University of Pittsburgh, USA. To be held in the dynamic Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai in 2013, participants will examine the relationship between technology, globalisation, and leadership in the contemporary marketplace, with a focus on Asian economies. Through company site visits and meetings with key business, academic and government leaders, INNOVATE will help prepare participants to become tomorrow’s industry leaders.

Visit the programme webpage for more details: http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/others/out/innovate/index.html

1. What is the programme fee?

The estimated fee of participation is SGD 3,430 and includes airfare, ground transport, accommodation in 3/4-star hotels, most meals, company site tours, related events, cultural tours and special events, insurance, visa fees and personal expenses.  Eligible students can apply for financial assistance under the NASA Enhancement Bursary or Scholarship scheme.  Please visit the programme webpage for a detailed breakdown of the estimated costs and information about financial assistance.

2. Am I eligible to participate?

  • Undergraduates who are currently in Year 2 and above of their studies at NUS.
  • Must not be graduating at the end of Semester 2, AY 2012/13 or earlier.
  • Business, Engineering or Science majors.
  • Have a CAP of 3.0 and above.

3. How do I apply?

  • Check with your home faculty about the  need to apply for Leave-of-Absence to participate in this programme.
  • Complete the attached IRO Programme Application Form.
  • Attach a copy of your latest unofficial NUS transcript (downloadable via MyISIS).
  • Submit your application via email to irook@nus.edu.sg by 5pm on Monday, 12 November 2012
  • IRO will nominate eligible applicants to the University of Pittsburgh.
  • Visit this webpage for more details: http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/others/out/innovate/index.html

4. Questions?

Questions about the programme can be directed to:

Orion KEW (Mr)

International Relations Office

Email: irook@nus.edu.sg

 

Call for Applications – 2012 ASEAN Student Forum: Molding the ASEAN Mind

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This is an announcement on behalf of International Relations Office; please email them directly if any query.

Dear Students,

The NUS International Relations Office (IRO) is pleased to invite you to apply for “2012 ASEAN Student Forum: Molding the ASEAN Mind”, an international forum which will be hosted by Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, from 12 to 16 November 2012.

Objectives

This forum will be held as part of “Chulalongkorn University Academic Expo 2012”, a tri-annual event, which highlights on the kingdom’s pillar of the knowledge to follow the royal path of His Majesty the King and the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The forum aims to develop people-to-people minds among ASEAN citizen, to create a bond in ASEAN Community and to create a platform for undergraduate university students from all ASEAN countries to network and exchange their ideas with the ultimate goal to achieve a stronger ASEAN mind.

Criteria

  • Undergraduate students
  • Good academic results (equivalent to GPAX score of 2.5 or higher)
  • Good English communication skill (forum will be conducted in English)
  • Have basic knowledge about ASEAN
  • Possess leadership skill and/or proved to be an initiator 

Registration fee

Successful applicants who are selected to enroll ASF have to pay the participation fee of  US$100. This fee covers the cost of accommodation, sightseeing, seminar, activities and parties. Students may apply for a scholarship from the organizers

Application

Kindly complete and submit to the Organizing Committee (co.conchulavi55@gmail.com) the following documents:

1)      Forum Application Form (Sections I to III) in the ASF Delegate Application Package attached

2)      400-600 word essay about yourself (personal statement) as mentioned in application package

3)      (Optional) Scholarship Application Form, attached, with recommendation letter

 Deadline for Application

  • 26 September 2012 – for students that are applying for scholarship
  • 5 October 2012 – for students not applying for scholarship

Sponsorship

NUS International Relations Office  is pleased to provide a travel grant to offset the cost of economy class airfare to Bangkok. In the event that accepted students applied for and were not awarded the scholarship from the organizers, IRO will also sponsor the registration fee.

Accepted students can contact Ms Leong Wai Yee (irolwy@nus.edu.sg) of NUS IRO via email, attaching supporting documents/emails such as the confirmation of acceptance and result of the scholarship application from the organizers, to apply for the travel grant from IRO. Please note that this travel grant is administered separately by NUS IRO and up to 5 accepted participants will be awarded the travel grant on a first-come-first-served basis.

Further Information

You may visit the website (http://www.chulavichakarn2555.chula.ac.th/) for more information about the forum, or post your queries about the forum on the official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/2012AseanStudentForum).

For questions relating to the travel grant, please contact Ms Leong Wai Yee (irolwy@nus.edu.sg).

Invitation to NUS President’s Talk: “Living in the Present through Travel & Art” – 18 Sep (Tue), 4pm-5.30pm, LT13

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Dear FASS students,

You are cordially invited to the NUS President’s Talk at FASS. Truly a Renaissance Man, NUS President Prof Tan Chor Chuan’s many interests extend beyond science and academia to the arts and culture.

We are thus honoured to present to you his well-received talk, entitled “Living in the Present through Travel and Art”. Come join us for a session of tea and inspiration as Prof Tan shares his passion for landscape painting as well as insights he garnered from his travels and interactions with different cultures around the world. He will also share the photographs, sketches and paintings of the many memorable sights he took in China, India, England, Peru, Venezuela and many other places.

Don’t miss this opportunity to interact with Prof Tan and discover another side of the NUS President and Public Service Star recipient. Please register your attendance via the NUS Calendar (http://bit.ly/UmvSel).

Brought to you by FASS Corporate Communications

Korea University International Summer Campus (KU ISC) Information Session Publicity

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 This is an announcement on behalf of International Relations Office.

Korea University will be conducting an information session for the Korea University International Summer Campus (KU ISC). We invite all FASS students interested in spending a summer in Seoul and Korea University to drop by!

 More information regarding the KU ISC can be found here: http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/summer/ku/index.html

 Korea University International Summer Campus (KU ISC) Information Session

Date: 18 September 2012 (Tuesday)

Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Venue: Auditorium, Level 2, University Hall (Lee Kong Chian Wing)

 Registration Link: https://aces01.nus.edu.sg:443/CoE/UserRegistration?actionParam=USERREG&eventID=48680

RSVP by: 14 September, 6pm

Please feel free to direct your queries regarding the KU ISC to Ms Joyce Ting (email: irojt@nus.edu.sg)

Graduate Exchange Programmes– MA by Research and PhD Students

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Dear all

In the midst of your vacation, I like to bring this to the attention of all the MA by research and PhD students. Currently FASS offers exchange opportunities to graduate students for reading courses as well as doing research, archival work or fieldstudies at a partner university. There is also possible funding for such activities. We have several such arrangements that may be of interest to you.

We do advise that the planning for such activities typically take about 6 to 12 months so we encourage students to think of such activities early and plan accordingly. However this sort of exchange cannot be carried out in the  final semester of studies.

Please visit this site for more details.

Graduate Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction 2012- University of Amsterdam

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Please note that this is an announcement on behalf of the University of Amsterdam; please write to them directly if you have a query. This is a summer school for graduate students only. Please apply directly to Amsterdam if you are interested. You may wish to know that you may apply for funding from Graduate Studies.  http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/intl/gradOverSeasEdu.html 

Last chance to join the world-renowned Summer Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam!!  There are still a few spots left with a partial scholarship of 400 Euro so send in your application before May 25, 2012.  : After this date, we will be unable to secure housing in the city center. 

  • The Institute’s classes are intensive seminars with discussions, excursions, faculty lectures and guest lectures by prominent people in the field, such as Dr. Wim van den Brink and Dr. Reinout Wiers (both from UvA), and many others.
  • Dr Harry Sumnall, Alice Rap project
  • Anja Busse, UNODC
  • Dr. Dennis McCarty will continue as the Academic Director.

Students have come from all over the world to attend the Summer Institute.  The Institute welcomes individuals with a focused interest in addiction research and treatment, Master’s and PhD students, NGO staff working on addiction-related issues, professionals in human services, practitioners and advocates.

The 2012 application can be found at the website (www.gsss.uva.nl/sia).

 

Announcement of 2 New Student Exchange Partners

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Dear students

I am pleased to announce the recent addtion of 2 faculty-level students exchange agreements for undergraduates: one with the College of Foreign Language and Literature at Fudan University.

The second is Institute of Political Studies Bordeaux, France or Sciences Po Bordeaux as it is more commonly known.

Exchanges to these destinations will be available for AY2013/14. The next round of SEP application will be in September 2012. Please look out in your email for the application announcement.

Information: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF KCUFS.

Greetings from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. With the cherry blossoms in full bloom our academic year has started. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as a newly appointed director of KCUFS International Office and inform you about our Intensive Japanese Language Summer Course (Summer Course) that is offered in August for four weeks.

This intensive course gives students opportunities to come in touch with the Japanese culture and the Japanese language in actual communication, and encourages them to improve their motivation for further study. We are now recruiting international students for the Summer Course 2012 until April 27, 2012.

Please find more detailed information:
http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/english/international/japanese_language_program.html

The brochure and the application form for the Summer Course 2012can be downloaded on the following Web page http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/english/international/jlp_summer2012.html

Should you have any question, please feel free to contact the International Office at the following:

Prof Ken Tamai, Director, International Office, Kobe City
international-office@office.kobe-cufs.ac.jp

 

University of Notre Dame London Summer Programme 2012

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Dear students

This is just an information announcement for the University of Notre Dame London Summer Programme 2012.

The Faculty is looking to nominate 2 students for this summer school. There is no financial assistance or fee waiver for this summer school except maybe possibly getting a travel grant from IRO or you can apply under FASS Financial Aid.

Points to Note:

  1. You must plan to arrive in London on May 17, 2012 and depart on 28 June 2012.
  2. Your must completed at least one year of university study prior to participation.
  3. The programme fee is  USD $ 5825 which covers tuition (two courses), accommodation, housing, insurance air travel, and admin fee.
  4. The airfare return Singapore and London is a separate cost that you need to fund.  

 Selection Criteria:

1. A CAP of 3.0 and above;

2. Must not be in your final semester of studies before embarking on the summer programme.

If you are interested to be nominated, please then send an email to studyabroadfass@nus.edu.sg c/o Ms Amy Tan by 4.00 pm, 17 April, Tuesday with a small paragraph (no more than 300 words) on why you want to go for this summer school and a copy of your latest CAP score.

If you wish to know more about module mapping and credit transfer for summer school courses, please refer to this weblink.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Summer of 2012

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Dear students

Ahhh…. the summer of 2012; it was a magical time. I recall with the fondest of memories.

It is not too late, seeing that it is only April, there is still time to make your 2012 summer a fruitful one. The Study Abroad @ FASS has helped to identify a list of about 66 summer schools that could be part of your beautiful memories of this summer. We encourage students to head for these summer schools and then write to tell us about it.

International Summer Schools from Top 100

Have fun this summer 🙂

Caveat: Really sorry but there is no tuition fee waiver for these summer schools or any form of financial assistance. This is just a friendly neighbourhood notice from the Study Abroad@ FASS team.