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Where Can Students Find Singapore Universities Student Exchange Programme (SUSEP) Information?

Begin with your home university’s exchange office, then read the receiving university’s SUSEP page. The NUS Registrar directs NUS students to their home faculty’s exchange office for the Singapore Universities Student Exchange Programme, a route for studying at another local university.

Two useful host examples are NTU’s undergraduate SUSEP page and SIT’s inbound SUSEP page. Both require home-university nomination. This is not a direct application for a new degree or a transfer out of your home university.

Match the exact cycle and academic calendar. On 20 October 2026, SIT’s page displays AY2026 Trimester 2, the January 2027 cycle. Its nominee application instructions are dated 19 September–3 October 2026, already past. That notice does not establish availability for a later cycle.

Find your next step

Official local-exchange sources · Check nomination, courses and calendars · Prepare a home-university enquiry

Official sources at a glance

Your questionOfficial sourceWhat to check
Where do NUS students start?NUS Registrar: student exchangesHome-faculty route for SUSEP
What does NTU require?NTU SUSEP undergraduate inboundNomination, full or partial exchange and restricted courses
What does SIT require?SIT SUSEP inboundNamed trimester, current cycle and host application instructions
Start at the sending university; use the host page to check what a nominated student must do next.

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How to plan a local exchange accurately

Staying in Singapore removes the overseas destination question, but it does not remove academic approval, selection or timetable checks.

Get the direction of the application right

NTU states that it does not accept direct SUSEP applications: nominated students receive the host application link and instructions. Ask your own university when its nomination process takes place, since the home decision comes before the receiving university’s application.

Keep a small sequence in your notes: home application, nomination outcome, host application and host decision. Record the current instructions for each stage. A nomination is an important step, but it is not the same thing as final course registration.

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Compare full and partial exchange carefully

NTU describes a full exchange semester and a partial option combining at least one NTU course with study at the home university. Check what your home university permits and which option the actual offer concerns.

Did you know? A partial exchange can require two timetable checks, not one. Put teaching, assessments and travel between campuses on the same working calendar. Ask about a clash before accepting a combination that looks attractive only as a list of course titles.

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Use the host’s exchange course rules

NTU warns that restricted courses are unavailable and that course places are not guaranteed. Read the exchange restrictions as well as the general catalogue, check prerequisites, and obtain the academic advice required for your study plan.

Keep alternatives ready. Use eduKate’s university course-registration guide for the distinction between catalogue information and an allocated class, and the degree-progress guide to frame the requirement you hope the exchange course will meet.

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Do not turn a trimester into a semester by assumption

SIT describes its inbound SUSEP experience as one trimester, while NTU describes semester options. SIT also says its timetable is finalised close to the trimester start. Read the actual host calendar and timing notices, not simply the word “exchange.”

Ask how the proposed period fits your home study, including any compulsory course or project that follows. Keep the approved plan and any later course changes together. If you need postgraduate exchange information, do not reuse NTU’s explicitly undergraduate page as the relevant application guide.

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Your next step

Ask your home exchange office about the next SUSEP nomination opportunity, naming your degree, year and preferred host. Then open that host’s current instructions and draft a course plan with alternatives.

For an overseas semester instead, use the separate university student-exchange guide. Keep local SUSEP, overseas exchange and a permanent university transfer as different decisions with their own official routes.

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Official sources reviewed: 20 October 2026. SIT displayed the January 2027 cycle with nominee application instructions dated 19 September–3 October 2026. NTU’s general deadline months are indicative; obtain the current intake instructions.

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