| Welcome to the University Scholars Programme
(USP).
This webpage contains information that will be
useful to incoming exchange students who wish to read module(s)
offered by USP.
About the University Scholars Programme
The University Scholars Programme is designed to develop the intellectual, leadership, and personal potential of promising students enrolled at the University.
Modules in USP are designed
to reflect the interconnectivity of disciplines, to provide a platform
to try out new ideas, as well as to act as a test bed of experimental
learning taught by specially selected staff with qualifications
from top universities in the world.
USP is very much student-focused.
Classes are small and discussion-based, with modules designed to
ensure maximum student participation. Students thus enjoy close
interactions with their course mates and teachers.
We warmly welcome international exchange students
to participate in our classes and in an array of interdisciplinary
activities and seminars, thus enabling them to network with some
of the best students in Singapore and around the region, and make
friends from all over the world.
We invite you to read About Us to learn more about USP.
About the Scholars Programme Modules
USP offers modules in thirteen
areas of study, which encourages students to synthesize and integrate
knowledge from diverse disciplines, so as to arrive at a rich and
multi-faceted understanding of the inter-connectedness of human
knowledge. Students are exposed to three main Domains
and the thirteen Areas of studies in the Writing & Critical Thinking, Humanities
and Social Sciences, and Sciences and Technologies baskets at the
First-Tier level. The teaching of these modules
emphasizes the modes of inquiry in these various disciplines.
Exchange students are welcome to apply for any
of the modules under these thirteen areas of study, subject to acceptance
by the University Scholars Programme. We encourage you to take modules
outside your normal area of specialization, in order to follow our
ethos of expanding disciplinary horizons.
Eligibility to read Scholars Programme Modules
Exchange students who have registered themselves
with the NUS
Registrar's Office (at University Hall, Administration Building)
within the registration period specified in their Offer of Admission
letter will be eligible to apply for Scholars Programme module(s),
subject to approval by USP.
Module(s)
offered in the First-Tier curriculum; these modules are more intensive
and challenging than most introductory modules and may be equivalent
to 2nd or 3rd year modules in many universities. Note also that
modules are often offered on a rotational basis; as such, exchange
students are advised to check the webpage for the current modules
offered in that semester.
Exchange students must be proficient in both spoken
and written English to benefit from their studies in the Scholars
Programme, as the medium of instruction is in English, and all modules
involve active classroom discussion and written assignments.
Application to read USP Modules
Required Document : Non-Graduating (NG) Student Application Form – Decision Sheet
As exchange students are unable to register on-line,
you should approach the Student's Office of the University Scholars
Programme (located at Blk ADM, 6th Floor) to submit the abovementioned
applications forms for review by the Scholars Programme.
The application forms must be submitted to the
Office by the end of the normal module registration period for NUS
students. In the event that a preferred module choice cannot be
offered, allocation will be based on their next preferred choice.
After the review, exchange students will be notified via email to
collect the outcome of the application. They should then submit
a copy of this to the NUS Registrar's Office for the module to be
added to their record.
Note that it is the exchange student's responsibility to keep the NUS Registrar's Office informed of the module(s) that have been approved.
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