Exchange Programmes
Overseas Exchange Programmes allow students to read courses and/or to work overseas. Earned academic units will be counted towards graduation requirements. The benefits of such programmes include the nourishment of the learning experience of students through the following ways:
- experience of an international education
- developing global perspectives
- cultural immersion
- facilitates any learning of foreign languages
- networking opportunities
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Overseas Exchange Programmes Briefing 2022 (pdf)
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Course Matching and Credit Transfer Criteria (pdf)
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MAE Exchange Criteria (pdf)DownloadMAE Exchange Criteria (86 KB)
Important Information
Fee-paying Semester Exchange is NOT available. Students interested in semester exchange at NTU partner universities should apply via GEM-Explorer.
Course Matching:
The following course matching will not approved by MAE:
- EG0001 Engineers and Society/ EG1001 Engineers in Society
- Approval will not be given to course matching for courses no longer offer in NTU even if it was previously approved in Coursefinder. For instance, MA4877 Spaceflight Dynamics and Control.
-With effect from Summer 2020, HW0188 Engineering Communication and HW0288 Engineering Communication will not be allowed to take during overseas exchange/ summer studies.
- *NEW* From AY2022/2023 onwards, no Core Courses credit transfer is allowed for GEM Discoverer Summer Exchange.
AU Projection:
Please note the following time for each finalization purpose:
- Students must submit the AU Projection list within the deadline mentioned on the E-Notification.
- Finalization of AU projection only after you confirm all your registered courses at the host university. You can only submit this once.
- Submit credit transfer after you receive your official transcript (with University’s seal and signature)
Requirements
Semester/ Special Term | Outbound Programme | Minimum CGPA | Year of Study | Other Criteria |
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Semester Exchange | GEM Explorer | 3.3 | Priority is given to Singaporeans, followed by SPR and international students. | |
GEM Explorer (Research Attachment) | 3.3 | Year 3 standing | Subject to availability of projects | |
Overseas Internships Programme | N.A. | Year 3 standing | To meet all pre-requisites for attachment | |
SUSEP | 3.5 | | Students must have completed one semester of studies at the point of application and two semesters at the point of admission to the host University. Also, students must not have prior participation in the Singapore Universities Student Exchange Programme. | |
Special Term | GEM Discoverer (Summer & Winter Studies) | 2.0 | Refer to OGEM website | N.A. |
GEM Discoverer (Prelude) | 2.0 | Refer to OGEM website | N.A. |
Inbound Programme | |
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GEM Trailblazer | For inbound exchange students, click here for the latest list of course offering. |
NTU-India Connect Research Internship Programme | Research programme open to student pursuing his/her undergraduate studies in an Indian University/Institute who have not studied in NTU Singapore previously. |
Transfer of Credits
The credit transfer request for exchange in previous semester will be updated by end of the following semester (For instant, credit transfer for AY20/21 Semester 2 will be updated by end of AY21/22 Semester 1) as school can only start processing students' credit transfer request after received from OGEM/OAS a copy of your transcript for verification purpose.
Please note that student's study year will remained the same (For instance, Study Year 3 for AY20/21 Semester 2, same Study Year 3 will be used as the Study Year for you to do course registration for AY21//22 Semester 1) until the credit transfer have been processed and updated in your Degree Audit.
Please email [email protected] stating the course you want to read and the pre-requisites which you have completed overseas so that you can register for the course during your schedule course registration date/time or during add/drop period.
SUSEP
Exchange
GEM Explorer Exchange
Classification of Students by Study Year
Contact Us
Outgoing & Incoming Exchange Matters (School level administrative matters) |
A/P Sridhar Idapalapati Mr Tan Wei Zhe Ms Thaiyanayagee d/o Venugopalan (Ms Tiana) |

