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

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

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

Too big (1.5 𝑘𝑚2)(Oookayama campas:0.24 𝑘𝑚2)

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

Public space

Kitchen

Shower room

Washstand

Toilet

Accommodation:19th floor

Class scheduleMon Tue Wed Thu Fri

12:00

No class

SE3227

14:00

16:00SE4217

SE3227

18:00CE5203 TP5027

20:00

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

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

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 of Southeast 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 Terminal Management

Food and sightseeing in Singapore

Food in Singapore is very nice

Not so many sightseeing spot

Travel

8(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(wide

perspective) and interesting

Learn about people and characteristics of Southeast

Asia countries(Include Singapore)

Japanese I met in Singapore were

interesting(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