Year 3 was really a great and memorable year. Exchange and Industrial Attachment, my CAP did not move an inch during this entire year.
Year 3 Semester 1
Embarked on the coveted Student Exchange Programme (SEP) to KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Why should you go on a Student Exchange Programme?
- You get to experience a student life in another university. Such an experience is very different from travelling to a country on a holiday.
- You get to freeze your CAP. All modules taken while on SEP will be graded on a Pass/Fail basis and will not be counted towards your cap. You will just have to pass the modules which you took. (So take all the difficult technical elective modules while on SEP!)
If you're afraid of the cost, here's a breakdown of my total expenditure during the semester. Note that my living expenditure was very low because I did not travel or eat out. I cooked every meal and was very prudent on my spending.
Expenditure
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Accommodation
5 months
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$3,300
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Living
expenditure
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$1,700
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Air Tickets
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$1,100
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Total:
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$6,100
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Of course you may apply for funding and bursaries to offset this amount. I applied for the NASA Exchange Scholarship through NUS (I heard that NUS gives this funding to almost everybody, not too sure). This effectively offset my expenditure by $2,500.
Year 3 Semester 2
EG3611 Industrial attachment (Internship) semester. I did not take any evening modules because I reckoned that I would be too tired after work to even concentrate.
