Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

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Available places: 1 place for Autumn semester 2025 (semester 1).

Established: 1981
Number of students: 33,500
Campus: The university has three campuses, main campus is located in the west of Singapore, Jurong, and the other two are in Novena and One-North. The Jurong Campus has been appointed one of the 15 most beautiful campuses in the world by Travel + Leisure Magazine and Business Insider. In 2014, the University launched the EcoCampus initiative that will lead NTU to one of the world's most environmentally friendly campuses by 2020.
Student life: Many arts and culture activities, as well as seminars, fairs and competitions are organised on campus.
International Student Center hosts more than 9,000 students from 80 countries each term. They organise a Buddy Program to help international students settle at the university. They also coordinate activities to broaden the students' understanding of other cultures.

About Singapore

Singapore is one of the smallest countries in the world, about half the size of Öland. The capital, which is also called Singapore, is largely the whole country. The population amounts to about 4 million people, making Singapore one of the populous countries in the world. The society is described as multi-ethnical where the lifestyle of an industrial society is combined with traditional values from the East. The population is one of the richest and most educated in the world. Singapore is known for its strict laws, you can for example get fined if you throw chewing gum on the street.

Information from Nanyang Technological University

Restrictions

Closed programmes/ Closed departments/closed subject areas
Nanyang MBA and Graduate Business Programmes
School of Computer Engineering Graduate Programmes
Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering
Graduate Diploma in Translation and Interpretation
Masters of Science in Project Management
Entrepreneurship courses offered by the Nanyang Technopreneurship Center
All courses from the five autonomous institutions
Inter-semestral session (Special Terms)
College of Computing and Data Science

All restrictions can be found on this website: (click on coursework) NTU restrictions

Limited access
All courses on Graduate level
Courses in Education
School of international studies
Earth Observation of Singapore
Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
Medicine
Nanyang Business School (NBS)

Undergraduate diploma needed
Students needs to provide a a bachelor’s degree certificate in order to apply for postgraduate (master) level courses, and also a Masters transcript. Students studying a Direct Masters programme (and have completed at least seven semesters), needs to be nominated as undergraduate students but will be able to access advanced undergraduate level courses in addition to Postgraduate courses.

Courses

Course levels

Undergraduate: 0000–4000
Graduate: 6000–7000

Course information: Course information Click on “Coursework”

Course types: Course types: 1-4 AU/course

Full time studies (corresponding to 30 hp):

Undergraduate level: 16 AU
Graduate level: 12 AU

Academic year

Term 1: August–Dec
Term 2: January–May

Additional costs

As an exchange student, you do not need to pay tuition fees. However, additional costs may incur.

Compulsory fees and other costs (click on Financial)

For example:
A fee of S$387.60 (Undergraduate) or S$430.60 (Postgraduate). This fee combines the prevailing miscellaneous and registration fees and helps to cover the cost of providing administrative/onboarding support and social activities.

Accommodation

Upon acceptance, students may apply online for on-campus housing before the stipulated closing date. Students are allocated randomly and requests for specific types of rooms will be determined on a case by case basis. Request for specific room-mates or preferred Halls is not allowed. Students with medical condition(s) and/or have specific requests will have to submit a doctor's letter certifying their condition which shall subsequently be verified by NTU's Medical Centre. Students are required to declare medical conditions and requests when submitting their application for GEM Trailblazer.

More information regarding accommodation: NTU accommodation (click on Housing)

Additional information

Students applying to NTU will need to have a CGPA of at least 3.3/5. This is something NTU will check after application to NTU and cannot give advance notice on.

GEM Trailblazer Exchange

Student support

Study with disabilities (umu.se)
Accessible education (NTU)

Student grants and loans for studies outside of Sweden

You may be entitled to student grants and loans from CSN when studying abroad.

As the cost of living and accommodation may be higher abroad, you can apply for an extra loan known as an additional loan for studies abroad.

You can also apply for an additional loan to cover additional costs, i.e. travel and insurance costs.

Latest update: 2024-10-11