You can find out about NTU’s overseas partners here.

You can select from any of the partner universities that interest you, however, SCI only has exclusive partnerships with the following universities:

America
Ithaca College
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Maryland
Central Michigan University
Elon University

People’s Republic of China
Fudan University
Peking University
Communication University of China (CUC)

Taiwan
National Chengchi University

India
India Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA)

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University
Communication University of China (CUC)

Australia
Bond University

France
Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Toulouse (IEP Toulouse)

Please be aware that there are often only one or two placements available at each overseas university. This means that if you choose one of the universities on the NTU partner list which does not have a partnership with SCI, you will be competing with all interested NTU students, not just SCI students.

2.) Subject Matching

Subject matching is when you propose to replace a course at the overseas university with a course you are required to take in SCI or NTU. When proposing courses for subject matching, it is important that you meet the SCI curricular requirement, especially for the core courses. Compare the class description for the proposed class against the SCI class to identify a good match. You may download this proposed subject-matching form to assist in your subject-matching and upon completion, forward it to the and the exchange coordinator for approval.

We have done up 2 sample subject-matching databases for your reference when proposing your subject matches with the host university's curriculum. For universities which have exclusive MOUs with SCI, click here. For other universities with only NTU-wide MOUs, please click here. We’ll continue to update the database regularly to include new courses and information; but in general, you can see subject matches which have already been approved for previous cohorts of SCI students. The database is not exhaustive and not definitive. You should use it as a starting point. It is possible that you will find a class at the host university not in the database which you would like for us to consider as a subject match. Feel free to forward it along and ask us about it.

If you locate a subject match through the database, please let us know when you submit your subjects for approval.

When looking for subject matches outside the material listed in the database, you may not be able to locate a perfect match. Look at the course descriptions and consider whether or not the basic concepts are being covered. If you think so, propose it as a match. You do not need to limit yourself to subject matching in the communication program at the host university. Communication is an interdisciplinary field and you may locate good subject matches in anthropology, sociology, art, psychology, political science and economics.

SCI allows students doing CS as a minor to take up to 50% of their courses overseas. Since students need to read up to 16 AUS (totaling 4 courses) to constitute a minor in CS, this would mean that they can read up to 2 courses when they are on overseas exchange.

a.) What needs to be subject-matched:

Core courses, PEs, GER-PEs, anything for a minor or double major. For GER-PEs, make sure you get the approval from the subject coordinators of the respective schools where the courses originate.

b.) What does not need to be subject-matched:

Any course you want to take as a GE/UE.

SCI only approves subject matches for CS courses. If you want to subject match a course from another school (for your double major, minor or GER-PE requirements), you’ll need to contact the respective exchange coordinators from that school.

You can also subject-match upper division courses as well. If you want to subject match a course that is a PE for a specific track, you can do so. However, the credit status will initially be GE until you confirm track selection, at which point the credit can be converted to a PE.

Finally, you will notice that the AUs at your host university may not equate to the same number of AUS as our courses. Academic units of courses taken at the host university are determined based on contact hours and course content. Exact AUs will be apportioned after return from exchange and according to the official transcript issued by the host university. But usually, if the content and contact hours are similar to our courses, then typically the number of AUs awarded is likely to be the same as well.

3.) Scholarship opportunities:

Both IRO and GIP have scholarships and grants opportunities. You can go here for more information.

At SCI, there are two scholarship positions (S$4,000 each) for 2nd year students on INSTEP interested in going for an exchange at a Chinese university. Applicants shall be considered based on academic performance and financial circumstances.

To apply, complete the Application Form and submit by 30 October 2009 to:

Mrs Angeline Sim
Manager, Student Affairs
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718

4.) Who reviews the applications and what do they look for?

After determining that students' meet IRO's minimum requirements for exchange, IRO will forward the remaining applications to SCI for review.

SCI's exchange committee then reviews the applicants and gives their recommendations to the Chair, who reviews the material, approves the recommendations and forwards the material to IRO. If there are students competing for overseas spots on a university-wide basis, then the IRO will make the final placement selection. For SCI MoUs, the school selects applicants to fill those positions

All application and supporting documents will be considered. Although your academic performance carries substantial weight, it is not the only criteria considered, and the other aspects of your application are included in the decision process.

5.) What’s the notification process?

IRO will notify students about the final results of the selection and individual placements. This applies to all applicants, regardless of which host university you have selected is a SCI MoU or not.

6.) I got a placement, but it’s not one of the schools I selected and I’m not even sure I want to go!

If you didn’t receive one of your top three choices, this usually means that you were after a highly competitive spot and/or it was a very competitive year. IRO does it’s best to locate substitute placements for students, which is why you’re now staring at a university in Sweden or France whose name you can’t pronounce rather than one of the five universities in Australia you were hoping to get into.

Never fear! There are options. Often students turn down their placements for a variety of reasons, so it is possible that a placement somewhere you’d like to go may open up. For INSTEP, IRO holds a walk-in / second round selection process to allow students who are unhappy with their placements to see what else is available and make a decision as to whether or not they would like to shift to another university.