Exchange study in Singapore

Civil Engineering M2 Student 2018/09/27

Yuri Saito

Contents
 About Singapore
 Reason to did exchange study Life in NUS
 About Class Travel Interesting points
 Glow up points

Exchange study in Singapore2017/08/03~2017/12/19 (5 months)

Exchange Study in NUS(National University of Singapore)Scholarship: ￥150.000 per month(×5)

About Singapore

Got dependence from Malaysia in 1965

City country

Area: 719.1 km2 (= 23 wards of Tokyo)

Population: 5,610,000

Always hot(Average temperature: 26~27℃)

English(Singlish)

2 years of military service

No freedom of speech

Singapore life

Clean country

Not allowed to chew gum

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Not allowed to eat and drink in train

Alcohol is expensive(Only sell from 7~22)

Medical expense is expensiveCar is expensive(100.000$~)

Dining-out culture

Gender equality

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Almost people live in apartment(not house)

A night person

Why I did exchange study and chose NUS
 Exchange study in Denmark(2015/08/22~2016/06/10, 10 months)
 4 Goals
To know about foreign people

To learn Environmental Engineering in DenmarkTo learn Development assistance in DenmarkTo speak English

 Research in Sri Lanka(2016)→Want to know more about Asia
 Why Singapore? Because I can look at Asia with a wide view.
 Why NUS? Because I want to go a University(Not technical)
 Goal : “To know more about Asia(and improve English) “About NUS
 Top university in Asia

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 Too big (1.5 𝑘𝑚 )(Oookayama campas:0.24 𝑘𝑚 )
 Many foreign students

University Town
Well equipped student town Swimming pool/Gym Supermarket
 Bookshop/Sport shop
 Drug store Hair salon Cafe(24 hours)
 2 School canteen

And, a lot of study spaceAccommodation:19th floor
Public space

KitchenShowerroom

WashstandToilet

Class schedule
MonTueWedThuFri
SE3227

12:00
14:00

16:00
18:00

No
class

SE3227

SE4217
CE5203

20:00

Civil and Environmental Engineering (Master)CE5203 Traffic Flow & Control (4 credits)
TP5027 Transport & Freight Terminal Management(Audit) (4 credits)

Southeast Asian Studies(Undergraduate)
SE4217 Southeast Asia in the Global Economy(5 credits)
SE3227 Maritime History and Culture of Southeast Asia(4 credits)

TP5027

CE5203 Traffic Flow & Control
 Civil and Environmental Engineering class(Master) Weekly class lecture(3 hours), 5 reports and final exam
 Learn
 Headways
 Speed distribution
 Platoon distribution
 Shock Waves
 Gap acceptance Traffic signals
 Simulation etc.

SE4217 Southeast Asia in the Global Economy
 Southeast Asia Studies(Undergraduate) Weekly class lecture(3 hours), 1 reports, 1 presentation and final exam
 Learn Globalization
 Science and Technology
 Transnational Organizations
 International trade Foreign labor Industrial development etc.

 Research paper“Social impact of smartphone
in Southeast Asia”

SE3227 Maritime History and Culture ofSoutheast Asia
 Southeast Asia Studies(Undergraduate) Weekly class lecture and Tutorial(2~4 hours), 1 reports, 1 presentation,

midterm exam and final exam
 Marine Archeology in Southeast Asia
 Interesting Tutorials(Museum)SE5027 Transport & Freight TerminalManagement

Food and sightseeing in Singapore
 Food in Singapore is very nice
 Not so many sightseeing spot

Travel8(7) countries

Interesting things Class in NUS was interesting Friends(student in NUS) and teachers were serious,

but confident, smart, know a lot of things(wideperspective) and interesting Learn about people and characteristics of Southeast

Asia countries(Include Singapore) Japanese I met in Singapore wereinteresting(Students, Workers, MBA etc.)

Grow up points
 Knowledge about Southeast Asia and wide perspective
 Experience to write a report(not technical)
 A little improve of English

Thank you for listening