Application Info

Your first step to an awesome start-up internship

Keen on the NOC programme? Here's what you need to know before submitting your application:

We open NOC applications twice a year - in April and October.

October 2024 Recruitment / Application

NOC AY24/25 Special Term - May 2025 Intake

Short Programme (3-month): Indonesia / Malaysia / Thailand / The Philippines / Vietnam

NOC AY25/26 Semester 1 - Aug 2025 Intake

Full Year Programme: Beijing / Chicago-Urbana-Champaign / London / New York / Santiago / Shanghai / Silicon Valley / Stockholm / Toronto-Waterloo
Short Programme (6-month): Chongqing / Indonesia / Japan / Malaysia / Munich / Norway / Paris / Singapore / Thailand / The Greater Bay Area / The Philippines / Vietnam

Due to the overwhelming number of applications we receive every year, we aim to select the most qualified students to the NOC programme. Therefore, it is important that you read the following information to see if you meet our requirements and to prepare yourself well for the application:

*please click on General Requirements, Full Year Programme, Short Programme and Documents Required below to find out more.

General Requirements

Full Year Programme

Beijing / Chicago-Urbana-Champaign / *London / New York / Santiago / Shanghai / Silicon Valley / Stockholm / Toronto-Waterloo

Students should be enrolled in full-time NUS undergraduate courses.
Students should have completed 4 semesters of study and/or individually gained about 70 and above Units 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.
First year undergraduate students are welcome to join the Friends of NOC network which you can learn more about the programme.
Students are allowed to fulfil Industrial Attachments (IA) or internship courses or Final Year Project (FYP) using NOC programme, however, subject to NOC's and Faculty's approval.
Students who previously held Chinese nationality are not eligible to apply for any NOC China location(s). Students of Chinese nationality are eligible only for NOC Shanghai and are not eligible for NOC Beijing.
*NOC London will be launching the pioneer batch in January 2025

Notes:

All students on NOC programme MUST have at least one remaining semester of study on upon return to NUS without exceeding their maximum candidature.
Students must have completed CS2103/IS2103/BT2101/CS2113/CS2103T/CS2113T courses at the point of departure of NOC programme (for SoC & CEG students only).
For Cohort 2016 to 2020, FASS students who have completed or are pursuing the year-long NOC programmes are not allowed to read FASS Internship Programme courses. This includes any combination of NOC programmes amounting to a year.
For Cohort 2021 and onwards, FASS students are not allowed to read FASS Internship Programme courses (FAS2551/2551A/2552/2552A/2553/2553A) while on NOC programme (for FASS students applying for NOC Full Year Programme or combination of NOC Programme amounting to a year). For more information, please refer to https://fass.nus.edu.sg/career-preparation/internship/fass-internship/overview-of-courses-fassip/

Short Programme

Chongqing / Indonesia / Malaysia / ^Munich / Japan / Norway / Paris / Thailand / The Greater Bay Area / The Philippines / Vietnam

6-month programme for January and July intakes.
Students should be enrolled in full-time NUS undergraduate or graduate courses.
Undergraduate students should have obtained 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.
Graduate students should have completed at least one semester of studies at NUS at the point of departure and 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.
First year undergraduate students are welcome to join the Friends of NOC network which you can learn more about the programme.
Students who previously held Chinese nationality are not eligible to apply for any NOC China location(s). Students of Chinese nationality are eligible only for NOC Greater Bay Area and are not eligible for NOC Chongqing.
Students are allowed to fulfil Industrial Attachments (IA) or internship courses or Final Year Project (FYP) using NOC programme, however, subject to NOC's and Faculty's approval.
^For NOC Munich candidates, you should have completed at least 2 years (4 semesters) of studies at NUS at the point of departure and that internship is a compulsory part of the undergraduate university studies. However for Escholars, we work with your department and our partner university TUM to help you get exemption from the above requirement due to your compressed academic schedule.
*Only applicable for undergraduate students.

Singapore

6-month programme for January and July intakes.
Students should be enrolled in full-time NUS undergraduate courses.
Students should have completed 2 semesters of study and/or individually gained about 40 and above Units at the start of the internship.
Students should have at least one remaining semester after the end of the programme.
Students are allowed to fulfil Internship Attachments (IA) or internship courses using NOC programme, however, subject to Faculty's approval.

Southeast Asia (Indonesia / Malaysia / Thailand / The Philippines / Vietnam)

3-month programme from May to August.
Students should be enrolled in full-time NUS undergraduate or graduate courses.
Students should have completed 2 semesters of study and/or individually gained about 40 Units and above at the start of the internship.
Students should have at least one remaining semester after the end of the programme.
Students will be awarded with 6 Units upon successful completion of NOC SE Asia 3-month programme.
NOC SE Asia internship does not qualify for the fulfilment of IA. If students would like to use it to fulfil VIP under self-source internship, they will need to request for approval from their faculty prior to the start of the programme.
Students who are in their final semester, are not eligible to apply as they will be graduating by then.

Notes:

All students on NOC programme MUST have at least one remaining semester of study on upon return to NUS without exceeding their maximum candidature.
Students must have completed CS2103/IS2103/BT2101/CS2113/CS2103T/CS2113T courses at the point of departure of NOC programme (for SoC & CEG students only; not applicable for NOC Singapore and Southeast Asia 3-month).
For Cohort 2016 to 2020, FASS students who have completed or are pursuing the year-long NOC programmes are not allowed to read FASS Internship Programme courses. This includes any combination of NOC programmes amounting to a year.
For Cohort 2021 and onwards, FASS students are not allowed to read FASS Internship Programme courses (FAS2551/2551A/2552/2552A/2553/2553A) while on NOC programme (for FASS students applying for NOC Full Year Programme or combination of NOC Programme amounting to a year). For more information, please refer to https://fass.nus.edu.sg/career-preparation/internship/fass-internship/overview-of-courses-fassip/

Documents Required

Students are required to submit the following documents to myEduRec > External Study Online Application (Under 2. Program Application > Supporting Document) before attending the interview:

1. Resume (1 to 2 pages)
2. Latest NUS Unofficial Transcript can be obtained from myEduRec. Please refer to the user guide for obtaining Unofficial Transcript for more information. Year 1 students who have just been admitted to NUS this semester may provide the NUS unofficial transcript at a later stage.

NOC reserves the right to withdraw your application if we do not receive the required documents before your interview.

Appeals

Please take note of the following if you intend to appeal after receiving the application outcome and read carefully on the terms and conditions for appeal:

Students must submit their appeals within 3 working days from the date of the application result being released. Any late appeals will not be considered.
Students should provide reasons for their appeal, specify the NOC college they are appealing for, and attach any additional supporting documents (e.g. at least 1 testimonial, any portfolio, project work which you have not submitted before during your application) to strengthen their appeal case.
Students need to complete this appeal form: https://forms.office.com/r/1TaEimKGv1. Please do not submit multiple appeals as this will delay the process.
Email appeals sent directly to NUS/NOC staff will not receive any reply / be processed.
For students who have already received an offer, any appeals for a change of college(s) and duration will not be accepted.
NOC will not provide any feedback or disclose details of interviews as they are strictly confidential.
The appeal outcome will be sent to students via email by early January 2025. You will receive an email on the outcome of your appeal regardless of whether it is successful or not.
Please do not email in to check on appeal status as such emails will not be replied.

Compulsory Courses / Preparatory sessions

Upon selected for NOC programme, compulsory attendance is required for the following courses / preparatory sessions in Singapore. NOC reserves the right to withdraw the offer should students fail to attend the courses / sessions. These dates are tentative and may be subjected to changes. The confirmed dates or schedule will be provided to students once you have been officially accepted the NOC Offer.

NOC Intake / Event

Students' Enrolment &
Curriculum Briefing

NOC Workshop - Discovering Resilience & Purpose

Send-off Briefing

NOC AY24/25 Semester 2 - Jan 2025 Intake
(All year-long & 6-month Programmes)

31 May 2024, Fri
3.30pm - 4.30pm

9 Dec – 13 Dec 2024
(Mon to Fri - Physical class and full day commitment)

16 Dec 2024, Mon
9am - 12pm
(Onsite)

NOC AY24/25 Special term - May 2025 Intake
(SEA 3-month Programme)

NOC AY25/26 Semester 1 - Aug 2025 Intake
(All year-long & 6-month Programmes)

13 Dec 2024, Fri (TBC)
11am - 12pm
(Online)

13 May – 17 May 2025
(Tue to Sat - Physical class and full day commitment)

19 May 2025, Mon
9am - 12pm
(Onsite)

Note:
In general, you are not advised to travel between Apr-Jul (for August Intake) / Oct-Dec (for January Intake) as there are NOC activities that require your presence (absence could result to withdrawal or you being not accepted by the NOC programme in the end). There will also be urgent NOC activities such as visa application, insurance briefing, programme manager’s briefing and CV writing workshop (for e.g.: CV writing workshop for NOC Israel will be conducted in Singapore) which will require you to be in Singapore. If you complete your internship placement, have applied for your visa and have also attended the NOC briefings, workshop and etc, there may be small windows where you can take a short vacation for a week or so prior to final pre-departure briefing, visa collection and departure. Selected students can only check for the available dates with programme manager after we link you up with the programme manager and of course after you have been officially offered by NOC.