Exchange Experience at NUS Business School

NUS MBA Experience: 7 new friends from 7 nationalities

Staying 4 months in Singapore was a great experience for me. I got to know lot of interesting people from around the world in the NUS MBA Program - and we had great fun partying, travelling and working together. When I first arrived in Singapore I was warmly welcomed by my fellow flatmates and peers. Their open attitude allowed me to find good friends soon and there was always someone willing to help with any kind of problems… ya any kind.. right from which restaurant to go to, in all price ranges, to how to make the cheapest call back home to Germany :-)

The classes tought in the MBA program had a high academic level. The interactive teaching methods were new to me at the beginning, but in the end I took a lot out of the various discussions and group works.

My exchange semester offered an ideal mixture of working, studying, partying and travelling and I can really recommend it to everybody looking for an opportunity to spend some time studying in South-East-Asia.

Melanie Oschlies, University of St. Gallen

NUS MBA Exchange Program Student, Jan - May 2007

8th Start-up @ Singapore – Finals!

Start-up @ Singapore is Singapore’s national business competition and is organized by the NUS Entrepreneurship Society. The 8th Start-up @ Singapore has received entries from 234 teams across the world and the age of the participants ranged from 14 to 56 years.

The 8th Start-up @ Singapore culminated with Grand Finals on 26th May 2007 and the awards ceremony on 30th May 2007. From the 234 teams that have participated, 6 teams were selected to the Grand Finals and the top 3 teams were awarded prizes at the awards ceremony. The team TMN Bio-fuels from NUS Business School represented by Kishan Karunakaran, Ankur Katiyar, Xu Niandan (NUS MOT) and Jordan Walsh (Exchange student) were adjudged the 2nd runner up in the 8th Start-up @ Singapore. TMN Bio-fuels is a venture involved in Bio-diesel production and emission reductions using Bio-fuels.

Picture featured on the first page of the Tamil Daily “Tamizh Murasu” on 31st May 2007 which included Assistant Professor Douglas Abrahams who has mentored the team for this competition.

Let’s extend our congratulations to the team!