The list of updated companies will be provided to students after you have been selected and only during the placement period to indicate your preference.

Respective NOC programme managers will source for the internship companies and arrange the interviews accordingly. However, if you have a company in mind, you can discuss it with the respective programme managers so that they could get in touch with the company on your behalf.

Full Year Programme (1-year)
Only for Undergraduate students and they should have completed at least 4 semesters of study and/or individually gained about 70 Units and above at the point of departure and MUST have at least one remaining semester of study upon return to NUS without exceeding their maximum candidature. For Poly students admitted to NUS, you can use your Advanced Units to count towards this 70 Units application requirements.

Short Programme (6-month)
Undergraduate students should have obtained about 70 Units and above at the point of departure and Graduate students should have completed at least one semester of studies at NUS at the point of departure.

NOC Singapore (6-month)
Students should have completed 2 semesters of study and/or individually gained about 40 Units and above before the start of the NOC programme.

Note: All students on NOC programme MUST have at least one remaining semester of study on upon return to NUS without exceeding their maximum candidature.

Yes, Students may count the NOC internship to their NUS degree requirement as approved by their respective faculty.

Undergraduate students from CDE and SoC as well as CNM department can use NOC programme to fulfil their Industrial Attachment (IA) that is worth 12 modular credits. There could be other schools/ faculties or departments which offer internship course or IA which you can use NOC to fulfil your IA. Please do check with your department for possible mapping.

The NOC Programme is financially neutral. Students selected for the programme continue to pay regular tuition fees to NUS for the duration of the programme. At the same time, students are paid a monthly stipend by their internship company. Students however are expected to incur differing levels of personal monthly expenditure, depending on your destination, as costs of living differ across the respective colleges.

NUS Overseas Colleges will cover the following cost:

• Tuition fees for approved entrepreneurship courses at some of them NOC’ Partner Universities
• Consulting professors and mentors appointed to supervise student on internship and other NOC modules
• Travel grant given to students to cover basic medical and travel insurance, roundtrip economy air ticket, medical screening and visa application (this travel grant may vary based on the different NOC Locations. Some locations will not have this travel grant given to students.)

Students need to pay:

• Regular tuition fees and other miscellaneous fees to NUS
• Regular overseas living expenses
• Additional expenses incurred for interest/recreational activities