Reviews of National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore

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Elodie C

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Housing

Type of housing: On campus

Arranged by: Host university

If returning, I would choose: On campus

Why?

The major part of the students live on campus, so it's the best way to be part of the university life.

Personal assessment

Cost

Facilities

Location

Cleanliness

Space

Personal comments

Very good experience.

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Elodie C

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Student life

Describe host city:

Activities: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment

Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment

Personal social experience

Activities

Nightlife

Travel

Overall

Personal comments

boat Quay, Clarke Quay, womad festival in september, african palace (apparently has closed since then), china jump, American Embassy every other Friday, etc.

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Elodie C

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

I had not enough information from my home university, and had to contact directly the host university to get things done before coming (inscription, housing, etc.).

In my opinion:

I loved it but I'm not sure everybody would.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

2

Culture

3

Costs

2

Activities

3

Campus life

3

Party / people

3

Weather / location

1

Personal recommendation

Very good courses, very good environment, lots of ctivities and things to do to meet other students (exchange students or NUS students)

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

3

Final comments

If I wanted to give advice to futur exchange students at the NUS, that would be: "Really enjoy life over there. Travelling to Malaysia or Indonesia is very easy and not expensive at all. You can easily meet many NUS students and keep a lot of contacts.

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Elodie C

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

I wished the courses were more "internationally" oriented, or at elast "regionally" oriented, and not only focused on Singapore.

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

none

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

Overall

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Elodie C

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Local people usually speak madarin to each other, but they are al very fluent in English. There were absolutely no problem to communicate.

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Elodie C

HEC Paris, Paris, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Other

Work opportunities:

I didn't explore any work options

Personal spending habits

Food: really not expensive (except if you really want to eat Western food). Nightlife, travel: I wanted to take advantage of being in Singapore to meet other persons, to travel, to discover and understand better the culture.

Overall, Nightlife, Travel:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing, Telephone:

was the same price as at home.

Food:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items