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Special Term 

Welcome

From AY 2007/2008, you can join us as as a Non-Graduating (Exchange or Non-Exchange) student during our special term.

The Special Term comprises two parts, each of which lasts six weeks:

  • Part 1 – May to June
  • Part 2 – June to August

 

Dates of Special Term

The dates for the two 6-week parts of the Special Term are as follows: 

Special Term

Period

Examination Dates

Part 1

13 May to 22 Jun 2013 (6 Weeks)

21 to 22 Jun 2013

Part 2

24 Jun to 3 Aug 2013 (6 Weeks)

2 to 3 Aug 2013

 

Module Selection & Enrolment

A non-graduating student is allowed to register for a maximum of two modules in each part of the Special Term. The list of modules available in each Special Term is published in good time for Modules Registration.

For more details on the class timetable (lecture, tutorial and laboratories if any), please check with the respective Faculties/Schools who offer the module.

Dropping of Modules

Timeline for dropping module(s) for Special Term

Penalty

Fee Payment

Part 1
Part 2

20 Mar to
19 May 2013

5 to
30 Jun 2013

No penalty

Fees not payable

20 to
26 May 2013

1 to
7 Jul 2013

'W' grade for modules(s)

Fees payable#

From 27 May 2013 onwards

From 8 Jul 2013 onwards

'F' grade for modules(s)

Fees payable#

#Fees payable are applicable for Non-Exchange Students only.

Application Procedures

Exchange students must obtain formal approval from your home university (student exchange co-ordinator) to attend NUS.  Exchange applications will only be accepted on the basis of official nominations from a partner university.

Please read the general instructions before proceeding to apply online.

Print out a copy of your completed online application form and submit it along with the required supporting documents (click here for the checklist) well in advance of our application deadlines below:

Intake

Submission deadline of Online Application

Submission deadline of Supporting Documents

NUS Special Term
(May - Jul)

1 Feb to 1 Mar

15 Mar

An email acknowledgement will be sent to you upon receipt of your application and supporting documents.
 

Fees

If you are an Exchange student, your tuition fee is waived but you are required to pay for the Student Activity & Services fee and the Health & Insurance Scheme.

If you are a Non-Exchange student, you are required to pay tuition fees as well as the Mandatory Miscellaneous Fees.

For modules in the following Faculties/Departments/Programmes

Tuition fee per module
(per part of term )

University Scholars Programme

S$10,950

Master of Business Administration

S$4,000

Master of Financial Engineering

S$3,000

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

S$1,990

Arts/Building/Real Estate/CELC

S$2,590

Business

S$2,650

Law

S$2,790

Music

S$7,000

Computing/Industrial Design/Engineering/Science/ NUS Graduate School (NGS)

S$3,330

Architecture

S$3,370

Pharmacy

S$3,410

Nursing

S$3,430

Medicine/Dentistry

S$10,800

Research Project/Attachment

Tuition fee (per term or part thereof)

All nationalities

S$900

Mandatory Miscellaneous Fees

Amount

Registration

S$16.05

Academic Related (CLASS + Computer Account)

S$9.18

Student Activity & Services (Sports + Internal Shuttle Transport)

S$14.45

Health & Insurance Scheme

S$29.45

Notes:

  1. All fees shown here are inclusive of prevailing GST and are valid from AY2010/2011. Fees for Special Term AY2009/2010 can be found here.
  2. Audited modules are charged as per table above.
  3. If student extends period of study to Semester 1 of the following academic year, Mandatory Miscellaneous Fees (except for Registration Fee) and Tuition Fee (if applicable) for Semester 1 shall be payable.
  4. Fees may be subject to revision from time to time.

Application Outcome

With the above application schedule, you will be notified of the outcome in the 3rd week of April.

Enquiries

Should you have further queries, please contact the following:

Country of Home University

Administrator

Email

Australia, New Zealand,

Asia, Hong Kong, Japan & Korea

Mr Ho Shi Ning Simon

reghsns@nus.edu.sg

USA, Canada, Mexico

Central and South America, The Caribbean

Ms Chow Mun Kit

regcmk@nus.edu.sg

Europe, Africa & Middle East

Ms Martini Wanhar

regmw@nus.edu.sg

Local Exchange Programme (SUSEP) with NTU and SMU

Ms Kendra Teng

regtaw@nus.edu.sg

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