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General SEP Timeline

Semester 1 Exchange Semester 2 Exchange Activity
October/ November May/ June Eligible student notified by Undergraduate Studies Office to attend SEP Application Briefing and apply for SEP in EduRec
End January July Notification of SEP application outcome
End March End August Attend SEP briefing, collect SEP Certification Letter
Mid-February to March Mid-July to August Students going to USA to receive application instruction from the SEP partner universities
Mid-March to April September to end-October Students going to Canada, Europe, Asia & Oceania to receive application instruction from the SEP partner universities
April to September October to February Submit Course Mapping Worksheets
End December End May/ June Completion of SEP
March September Submit SEP official transcript to the Undergraduate Studies Office for credit transfer if receive transcript directly from the SEP partner universities (most of the partner universities will send the transcripts directly to students)
April November Verify credit transfer in EduRec using View Transfer Credit Report

Course Mapping Processing Timeline

15 March to July For students going on Summer Programmes
April to September For students going on SEP in Semester 1
October to February For students going on SEP in Semester 2
15 September to December For students going on Winter Programmes

Notes:

  1. Courses mappings which have been approved on the pre-approved Course Mapping List are subject to change, for instance due to syllabus changes.
  2. If the course appears on the pre‑approved Course Mapping List, enter the PU course CODE, TITLE, and UNITS exactly as listed. Accurate entry enables automatic approval by EduRec.
  3. Word document will NOT be processed if the submission is ahead of the above timeline (i.e., mapping requests submitted between January & March for SEP in Semester 1 or Summer Programmes will NOT be processed. Students have to re-submit their request from April onwards.)
  4. Submit your completed word document between the 1st and 14th of each month. SEP Team will process the submission and aim to provide an outcome before the next submission window. Response times may be longer during peak periods, such as the start of the semester and the Student Exchange application period.

Course Mapping Processing Timeline

Please be guided by User Guide for Students: Submission of Course Mappings on NUS Student Portal. The Course Mapping Worksheet will be routed to the faculty/school that offers the NUS course for review.

For mapping to NUS Business School courses,

  1. Select courses offered by the Partner University (PU).
  2. Search the pre-approved Course Mapping List in EduRec for the list of courses that had been pre-approved to NUS Business School courses.
    • If the course mapping is found in the List, please submit a Course Mapping Worksheet. All details on the Worksheet must be complete. It will be auto-approved.
    • If the course mapping is not found in the List,
      1. compare the PU course outline with BIZ course outlines, and proceed to steps b. and c. only if there are significant syllabus match
      2. email the detailed PU course outline in a Word document using this template (one course mapping per word document) to the SEP Coordinator*. All parts of the word document must be complete. Professor relies on this document to review the request.
        • Click here for mapping 1 PU course to 1 NUS course template
        • Click here for mapping 2 PU courses to 1 NUS course template
        • Click here for a sample
      3. submit a Course Mapping Worksheet in EduRec.
      4. the outcome will be updated in the Course Mapping Worksheet.
  3. For non pre-approved PU course mapping, students are encouraged to submit a maximum 5 mapping requests at one time, and only when they are certain that they would like to take the courses in the PU. The course mapping processing will be delayed for students who exceeded 5 requests.
  4. The onus is on the student to fulfill/adhere to the pre-requisite/preclusion (if any) of the mapped equivalent NUS course.

*SEP Coordinators by Region:

  • Asia, Oceania, & Middle East – Ms Aneesa Fazal
  • Europe – Ms Myra Alnawaz
  • North & South Americas – Ms Aneesa Fazal; Mr Thomas Low (for Course Mapping)

Please email the SEP coordinators at biz-ug-global@nus.edu.sg.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please refer to Office of the University Registrar Student Record Transcripts.

If you are proceeding to Year 4, you may go on SEP in your Year 3 Semester 2. Your final semester must be completed in NUS.

All courses taken overseas must have an equivalent existing NUS code if you are transferring the units back to NUS.

Course mapping is processed by course host. You will still need to submit the mapping request worksheet in EduRec. It will be routed to the non-business faculty for approval. Please refer to User Guide for Students: Submission of Course Mappings.

The extra (fifth) course option applies to specific partner universities in Europe that award 7.5 ECTS per course. Students who pass 4 courses (30 ECTS) at these universities are eligible for the fifth course. The same applies for students who pass 4 courses at specific partner universities in Oceania. The extra 4 units are optional and may be used to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives.

Detailed instruction will be provide at Outgoing Briefing.

You may transfer up to the NUS full course load of 20 Units.

No. Students should not assume that their courses taken overseas are mapped back to NUS as 4 Units courses. Courses, particularly language courses, may be mapped back as only 3 Units (or less). The onus to check is on the students.

As a business student, you may proceed to take a level-3000 course.

Yes, if the course offered can be mapped to a level-4000 business course. Please check your BBA curriculum requirement.

  • Cohorts AY2023/2024 and earlier: You may map and transfer credit to BSP3701.
  • Cohort AY2023/2024 (revised BBA curriculum; non-ACC and non-RE): You may map and transfer credit to BSP4701.
  • Cohorts AY2024/2025 and later: Capstone courses must be completed at NUS. Mapping or credit transfer to BSP4701 is not permitted.

Please click here for the list of accountancy courses that must be taken at the NUS Business School.

RE2701 Urban Planning
RE3702 Property Tax and Statutory Valuation
RE3705 Urban Planning
RE3706 Principles of Real Estate Valuation
RE3806 Advanced Real Estate Valuation
RE3902 Housing Markets and Policies
RE3903 GIS for Real Estate
RE4701 Real Estate Development
RE4702 Professional Practice and Ethics
RE4808 Urban Challenges and Policies
RE4811 Statutory and Advanced Real Estate Valuation
GES1024 Real Estate Development & Investment Law
GES1026 Urban Planning in Singapore

Approximately 2 to 4 weeks.

To enable more business students to go on exchange, participation in the SEP is limited to one semester per student.

Please verify your credit transfer using View Transfer Credit Report in EduRec according to the timeline.