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Global Experience Milestone (GEM)

Discover a dynamic NUS Business undergraduate experience beyond the core curriculum. Our Global Experience Milestone (GEM) opens doors to international exposure through Student Exchange Programmes, Summer/Winter Programmes, immersive study trips, and other programmes like the NUS Overseas Colleges for budding entrepreneurs. Build cross‑cultural agility and real‑world skills with overseas internships, community projects, and competitions. Expand your network, and elevate your learning through hands‑on, experiential opportunities across international markets.
Ignite your global mindset with the Global Experience Milestone (GEM)—a springboard for BIZ students to explore new countries and immerse in diverse academic, work, social and cultural environments. Aligned with Singapore’s standing as a global business hub, GEM equips you for careers that are increasingly regional and international.

To complete GEM, undertake a significant, approved overseas experience—starting from a minimum 5-day study trip with deliverables. Choose your pathway through the Student Exchange Programme, Summer/Winter Programmes, the Southeast Asia Friendship Initiative, and NUS Overseas Colleges, or go further with overseas internships, community projects and competitions. For existing students, please click below for general FAQs on GEM.

GEM FAQ

Check our general FAQ page for current students who want to find out more on the programme.

The NUS Business School’s Student Exchange Programmes (SEP) is one of the most vibrant and dynamic facets of student community life, which adds much international flavour to the academic experience.

Twice yearly, we send our BBA students around the world on exchange with our 80+ partner universities and schools offering more than 400 places for BBAs. Students typically spend one semester abroad taking courses worth up to 20 Units (5 courses) in their 2nd or 3rd year. During term time, we regularly have about 300 exchange students mingling with our undergraduate BBA students.

Students who participate in the exchange programme have the opportunity to experience a different learning environment. At the same time, they get to develop certain life skills during the exchange semester. This experience will also enable them to develop an awareness and appreciation of other cultures, as well as broaden their outlook and approach to doing business.

Click here to find out how to apply for the SEP.

Click here to read our FAQ.

Click here to learn more about financial aid options for NUS students going on exchange, including the various scholarships, awards, grants and loans available.

In addition to the regular semester Student Exchange Programme, students can also participate in the Summer/Winter Programmes to gain international exposure. The Summer Programmes will take place during the school vacation from middle of May to late July. The Winter Programmes will take place in December. For winter programmes that extend into the new academic semester, LOA will NOT be approved.

Click here to find out more about the Summer / Winter Programmes.

Study Trips For Engagement & EnRichment (STEER)

The NUS Study Trips for Engagement and EnRichment (STEER) programmes are designed to expose students to the diverse sociocultural environments of emerging regions through a mix of thematic classroom-based learning, experiential site visits and immersive interactions with various local communities.

Find out more about STEER.

Southeast Asia Friendship Initiative (SFI)

Experience Southeast Asia up close with the Southeast Asia Friendship Initiative (SFI)—a vibrant, residential-based programme that brings the region into your everyday learning. Each course spotlights a specific SEA country, explores real-world impact through the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Innovation & Enterprise, and culminates in an immersive study trip to the region.

Find out more about SFI.

NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) Programme

The NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programme is all about providing you with the entrepreneurial experience that you need to start-up your own journey. Gain access to over 15 global entrepreneurial hotspots, take on the role of an entrepreneur at innovative start-ups, while attending courses at our renowned partner universities. Be empowered with the know-how and skill sets you need to make a change in the world today!

Students selected for the programme will do internship at innovative start-ups in the world’s leading entrepreneurial hubs: Silicon Valley and New York in the United States, Toronto in Canada, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen in China, Stockholm in Sweden, Munich in Germany, Israel, Nagoya in Japan, and Southeast Asia (Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam). At the same time, students will be taking entrepreneurship classes at reputable and prestigious universities, namely Stanford University, University of Toronto, Fudan University, Peking University, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Technical University of Munich, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Reichman University and others.

Biz students going for the NOC programmes should read this before application.

For more information on the various NOC Locations, learn more here.