Singapore National University

[Dasz]

Hello,

does anybody have information about the National University of Singapore (NUS).

I want to apply as non graduating and non exchange student for one semester at the business faculty.

Do I have a real chance?
I have 250 in TOEFL and 4.5 in TWE.

[thaiva]

Hey Dasz,

I don't know to much about that university but I've found the offical website that would help solve any questions you may have check it out :

http://www.nus.edu.sg


You can contact them from their website with your questions.

Regards/ Best Wishes...

[miao9]

hi,

I graduated from NUS....arts faculty

thaiva's right, u need to contact the school directly
try this website: http://www.fba.nus.edu.sg/
they give out a list of contacts for enquiries (see "contact us")

[Dasz]

Can you tell me something about the university?
What kind of people are there?
Americans, Japanese, Chinese.... ?
Are there many people from europe?
Especially from UK, France or Germany?

Is it hard to get an admission? I have only applied for one semester on the business faculty.
Will I need very good academic background?

Thanks

[miao9]

Hi Dasz,
sorry for the late reply

NUS has a majority of Chinese students, just like its country Singapore. the other minorities are Indian & Malay...and increasingly, PRC students (from mainland China)...mostly in the engineering faculty

there are international students around as NUS is now encouraging exchange students (who study for a sem or 2). I did 1 cross-faculty business module (meaning external to my field of study which is Arts) and met great German frens who were there for 1 sem. one of them liked S'pore so much he even stayed here to work!! I just bumped into him a couple of days. I also met other nationalities like Dutch, American, UK, Indonesian..I helped to organize several foreign-local student outings back then..it was fun!! its not difficult to fit in as long as u're open to other cultures...if u stay in the hall (dorm), u mght meet quite a no of fun-loving pple. many of the internationals like S'pore cos its convenient to visit other parts of Asia eg thailand, vietnam, bali during the hols.


I would say, yes, u generally do need a good academic background
the S'pore students who are selected to do exchange studies in other c'tries are likewise required to have consistently good grades. but it really depends on the individual faculty. perhaps the business faculty may have a more proactive student exchange system where they welcome the cultural mix and injection of new ideas.

most of my foreigner frens like S'pore, its small (just a tiny dot on the map) but its unis enjoy international standing. and pple here speak English, the young r very westernized, u'll find all the shops really familiar (imported form overseas and its a stopping place for other Asian hot-spots.

hope this helps! feel free to ask me more
u can email me at miao9@singnet.com.sg too.

where do u come from? perhaps I can introduce u to my German fren in S'pore via email..
laura