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
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