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| International Students in NUS | ||
| Ms Geraldine Lee | ||
| Office of Student Affairs | ||
| Over the last two years, there has been a significant increase in the number of international students in NUS. As of July 2000, matriculated international students numbered approximately 7,050 (3,350 undergraduates and 3,700 postgraduates). Enrolment is expected to increase as NUS strives to make 20% of the undergraduate student population international. Continue reading | ||
| Foreign Students in the Faculty of Business Administration | ||
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| The Faculty of Business Administration’s (FBA’s) first International Student Exchange Programme (SEP) was established in 1990. However, exchanges only commenced in 1993 when 9 students spent a semester abroad and 8 foreign students were hosted. Positive responses from early participants encouraged significant expansion in both the number of exchange partners and the numbers of students sent and hosted under the SEP. Continue reading | ||
| Managing Foreign Students: The Science Approach | ||
| Associate Professor Ang Siau Gek | ||
| Sub-Dean, Faculty of Science | ||
| The Faculty of Science has an extensive outreach programme to promote our courses through local and overseas promotional talks in our endeavour to bring in good quality students, both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Continue reading | ||
| The Challenges of Studying at NUS: A Mauritian Student's Perspective | ||
| Ms Nusrat Mukadam | ||
| Year III Student, School of Computing | ||
| Deciding to pursue my studies in NUS was an enormous challenge. Back home in Mauritius, NUS is considered to be one of the toughest universities to enter as only the best and most hardworking students are admitted. When I attended the NUS briefing that was advertised in the local newspaper, at first it was like any other university promotional talk. Continue reading | ||
| The English Language & the NUS Foreign Student | ||
| Dr Laina Ho | ||
| Centre for English Language Communication | ||
| What do these words mean to you: edit, published, compassionate, deferred? These are simple words, as they are common academic vocabulary. And yet, it is amazing how foreign students 1 in NUS can give them new meanings and interpretations, resulting in misunderstanding, mortification, and misery. Continue reading | ||