Interested in spending part of your summer abroad? Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is ranked among the top 1% of universities worldwide. NTU's unique GEM Trailblazer summer programs provide a rigorous program of academic study combined with an enriching social program to help you explore the great diversity of Singapore’s culture and heritage.
The NTU GEM Trailblazer Summer Program offers five tracks:
Track 1: Chinese Language & Cultural Studies (6 credits)
This course aims to equip students with basic Chinese language skills and introduce students to China’s 5,000-year-old history and culture through lectures, hands-on experiences and cultural visits. Besides learning 260 Chinese characters and 300 common-used sentences, experiential cultural visits, Chinese Calligraphy lessons and Chinese pun rebuses are some of the activities not to be missed.
Track 2: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Asia (3 credits each course)
This track focuses on building entrepreneurship competencies and the challenges of setting up new ventures. Available through two courses, students will learn about entrepreneurship, creativity, writing business plans, business accounting, intellectual property, marketing strategy, risk evaluation, financial projection, securing finances and managing team members.
Track 3: Creative Design and Media (3 credits each course)
Students can select any courses in this series of 15 available courses. Through this series on animation, design, drawing, poetry, prose and film, students can explore and develop their own voice through creative writing; acquire knowledge of the rapid changing digital media industry in Asia; and broaden their global perspectives in design skills through insights into Asian cultures and heritage. Students will learn how to re-create and tell their own journeys through writing, editing and new media production tasks.
Track 4: Success in the Globalised Marketplace (3 or 4 credits each course)
In the context of a knowledge economy and the dynamism of the global business environment, it is important for students to develop a critical understanding of the skillsets required for the corporate world. This comprehensive offering of 9 courses includes leadership; cultural intelligence; marketing; business finance; accounting; management to cultural studies. The uniqueness of these courses lies in their Asian relevance and practicality in application.
Track 5: New Technologies., New World (3 credits each course)
Conducted by Dr Chua Chee Kai, Executive Director of the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing in NTU, this course introduces the world of 3D Printing and bioprinting and their applications in the real world. Students opting for the Introduction to Energy course would get a glimpse into the energy resources that power our world, and the challenges that revolve around using conserving, and sustaining them.
Students may choose to take up to two courses depending on their preferred time schedule. Upon completion, they will receive a Certificate of Participation, and an academic transcript to facilitate credit transfer.
Go to www.ntu.edu.sg/summerNTU for more details on the GEM Trailblazer summer program.
If you are interested in applying, or would like to get more information about this program option, email studyabroad@ithaca.edu to set up an appointment. Please note the following deadlines for summer applicants:
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