Curriculum Overview

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NOC is academically neutral — students can earn the same number of units as a regular semester at NUS. Internship courses, entrepreneurship modules, and a reflection course count toward your degree.

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General

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The NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) internship programme offers selected NUS undergraduate or postgraduate students a unique opportunity in entrepreneurship education at more than twenty different locations: Silicon Valley and New York in the United States, Toronto-Waterloo in Canada, Shanghai, Beijing, and The Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou & Shenzhen) in China, Stockholm in Sweden, Munich in Germany, Nagoya in Japan, Singapore and Southeast Asia (Indonesia — Bandung, Jakarta & Yogyakarta, and Vietnam — Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City).

Students selected for the programme will do internships at innovative start-ups in the world's leading entrepreneurial hubs. At the same time, they will be taking classes at reputable and prestigious universities — Stanford University, University of Toronto, Fudan University, Peking University, South China University of Technology (SCUT), Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Universitas Indonesia, Vietnam National University-HCMC International University, Technical University of Munich, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), and others.

NOC curriculum structure

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The NOC programme is designed to be academically neutral, which means a participating student can earn an equivalent number of units to a non-NOC semester

There are 3 durations of the NOC programme

  • 12 month

    • 2 NUS semesters
    • up to 40 units

  • 6 month

    • 1 NUS semester
    • up to 20 units *

  • 3 month

    • NUS special term 1 & 2
    • up to 6 units

NOC programme consists of 3 parts

Internship Courses

Up to 32 units, depending on the duration of the NOC programme.

Up to 32 units

Entrepreneurship Courses

Up to 8 units, depending on college and partner university course offerings.

Up to 8 units

Discover Resilience & Purpose

For 6-month and 12-month programmes only — until NOC AY25/26 Sem 1 (Aug 2025) intake.

2 units

Discalimer

All selected NOC students are required to spend at least one regular semester in NUS upon their return from the programme.

Faculty notes

College of Design and Engineering (CDE) / School of Computing (SoC)

CDE/SoC students undertaking NOC internships (from NOC AY2014/15 Sem 2 onwards) that are relevant to their discipline or major — involving intensive technical design, research, development, or experimentation work, plus analysis of product, idea or service viability — may apply and seek approval from their faculty/department to collectively use NOC internship courses to fulfil degree major requirements.

  • What is required

    • Year-long: TR3201N/ETP3203L (8 units), TR3202N/ETP3201L (12 units) or ETP3206L (16 units), & TR3203N/E/P / ETP3202L/E/P (8 units) — up to 32 units

    • Short: TR3204S/T / ETP3204S (4 units), and TR3202S/T / ETP3201S (12 units) — up to 16 units

    • Students are to check with their faculty/department for updated mapping approval.

      Check CDE/SoC internship courses →

  • NUS Business School

    • NUS Business School students should refer to the BBA NOC mapping page for information on mapping NOC courses to Business requirements before applying to NOC.

  • Internship courses

    • For CDE and SoC students, the specific internship courses that can be mapped to your degree are listed on a dedicated page.

      View internship courses →
Universal credit mapping

Fulfilling degree requirements with NOC credits

For students admitted from AY2015/16 onwards, NOC courses can fulfil either Programme Requirements or Unrestricted Elective (UE) requirements. Mapping or substitution of any NUS course with another course taken under NOC must be submitted to the respective faculty for consideration and approval.

Semester NOC Components Units (Max) Programme Requirements (Faculty / Major) Unrestricted Elective Courses (UEC)
5th & 6th or 6th & 7th TR3201N Entrepreneurship Practicum / ETP3203L Innovation & Enterprise Internship Practicum (8 units) or TR3204S/T Entrepreneurship Practicum / ETP3204S Innovation & Enterprise Internship Practicum (4 units) 4 / 8 4 / 8 ⁂ (4 / 8)
TR3202N/S/T Start-up Internship Programme / ETP3201L/S Innovation & Enterprise Internship (12 units) or ETP3206L Innovation & Enterprise Internship (16 units) ♢ 12 / 16 12 / 16 ⁂ (12 / 16)
TR3203N/T/P/E Start-up Case Study and Analysis / ETP3202E/L/P/S Innovation & Enterprise Case Study & Analysis 8 8 ⁂ (8)
ETP2271 Discovering Resilience and Purpose course — until NOC AY25/26 Sem 1 (Aug 2025) intake 2 — 2
Entrepreneurship Courses 8 ✼ — 8
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For students who are unable to count the three internship courses (TR3201N / ETP3203L, TR3202N/S/T / ETP3201L/S, TR3203N/T/P/E / ETP3202E/L/P/S) towards programme requirements, they will be counted towards UE requirements.

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The maximum units for Entrepreneurship Courses were 12 from AY2019/20 Sem 2 to AY2022/23 Sem 2 intake.

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ETP3206L Innovation & Enterprise Internship (16 units) is for students under the 12-month Programme from NOC AY2024/25 intake onwards.

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Specific mapping or substitution of any NUS course with another course (taken under NOC) is to be submitted to the respective faculty, school, or department for consideration and approval.

Preclusions

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Students who have taken a specific TR/BSN/BSP course at BIZ prior to joining NOC may be precluded from taking the equivalent course under the NOC programme. As part of the NOC requirements however, students are required to take at least one entrepreneurship course (refer to individual college curriculum for details on compulsory courses). If students have taken any of the compulsory TR/ETP courses under NOC requirements, check back with NOC for the latest preclusions requirements.

BIZ Course Taken (Course Code / Title) Preclusions under NOC NOC Course Code / Title Partnering University Course Code / Title
TR2201 Entrepreneurial Marketing NUS TR3003 / ETP3251 NUS TR2201 MS&E271 Global Entrepreneurial Marketing (NOC Silicon Valley) MS&E271 Global Entrepreneurial Marketing (NOC Silicon Valley) MANA130006 营销管理 Marketing Management (NOC Shanghai) MANA110056 市场营销导论 Marketing Introduction (NOC Shanghai)
TR3001 New Product Development NUS TR3001 MANA130058 New Products Development and Management 新产品开发管理 (NOC Shanghai)
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Internship Outcome

Only students with an internship and approved visa/residence permit may leave for the NOC programme. Those who don’t depart before the NUS semester starts must attend classes until their visa is issued and departure confirmed. They should drop courses once their departure date is set.

Engineering Scholars Programme (E-Scholar)

Engineering Scholars Programme (E-Scholar) will be enrolled in one of the 6-month NUS Overseas College Programmes (NOC). The NOC programme is designed to provide international industry exposure to students.

NUS courses outside of the NOC curriculum list

Students on the NOC programme are not allowed to enrol in NUS courses which are not part of the NOC curriculum, regardless of whether physical attendance is required.

National University of Singapore

North America

Europe

Asia

16 locations

Curriculum by location

Click a location to open its curriculum tables, programme notes, and grade requirements in a side panel.

Format · All
Intake · All
Region · All
[01] Beijing / China Peking University
Full YearAugustConsumer & web
[02] Indonesia / Jakarta / Yogyakarta Partner TBC
Short 3moShort 6moVariableEmerging markets
[03] Malaysia / Kuala Lumpur Partner TBC
Short 3moShort 6moVariableEmerging markets
[04] Munich / Germany Tech. University of Munich (TUM)
Short 6moAugustDeep tech
[05] Nagoya / Japan Partner TBC
Short 6moVariableHardware
[06] New York / USA Columbia University
Full YearJanuaryFintech & media
[07] Paris / France Partner TBC
Short 6moVariableCross cultural
[08] Shanghai / China Fudan University
Full YearAugustConsumer & web
[09] Shenzhen / China Sth. Uni. of Science and Technology
Full YearShort 6moJan - AugHardware
[10] Silicon Valley / USA Stanford University
Full YearShort programmeJan - AugAI & deep tech
[11] Singapore / Inbound National University of Singapore
Full YearJan - AugCross cultural
[12] Stockholm / Sweden KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Full YearJanuaryConsumer & web
[13] Tel Aviv / Israel Reichman University
Short 6moAugustDeep tech
[14] Thailand / Bangkok Partner TBC
Short 3moVariableEmerging markets
[15] Toronto-Waterloo / Canada University of Toronto + Waterloo
Full YearAugustAI & deep tech
[16] Vietnam / Ho Chi Minh City Partner TBC
Short 3moShort 6moVariableEmerging markets

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