Nanyang Technological University (NTU)-Singapore

Singapore is one of the last real city-states in the world. Over 4 million people live on the roughly 425 square mile island, which is located at the foot of Malaysia. It is a bustling cosmopolitan known for food (all types of Asian and western cuisine) and shopping. Singapore is always thought of as clean, efficient and modern, and has a great public transportation system. It is a great jumping-off point for traveling south east Asia as well. Students will be studying at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was founded in 1955, and has quickly established itself as a well-known and important university in Asia. While NTU has one of the largest engineering colleges in the world, it also includes a top-ranked business school, and the more recently established College of Science, and College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.  NTU is ranked in the top 25 technology universities in the world, and well within the top 100 comprehensive universities in the world. NTU has 20,000 undergraduate and almost 9,000 graduate students; 4,000 of those students are internationals.

This exchange program is a one semester program

• The fall semester runs from early-August to early-December.
• Spring semester runs from mid-January to early-May.

• This exchange program will work for many majors. Students have access to the Nanyang Business School and the top notch facilities of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information in addition to the rest of the colleges and schools at NTU; and
• Singapore Academics
• All courses taught in English
• Students take 4 or 5 classes

*All grades from abroad are transferred and calculated into your Loyola GPA; no courses can be taken as pass/fail

• Studying in a highly ranked international school
• Living with internationals from all over the world
• International Student center and Student Affairs office
• Airfare is included
• Study abroad Orientation
• Medical, dental and counseling services available

 

Students may consult the study abroad office on campus.

• Majors best served: Psychology, Communications, Business, Sociology, Political Science.
• Nearly all
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Timeline to apply online:

• Fall- May/June
• Spring- October/November

The Halls are set up in the traditional dorm style with double-occupancy rooms. Rooms are furnished.

• There are common bathrooms on each floor by gender, and communal facilities like TV rooms, reading rooms with AC, kitchenettes equipped with cooking utensils and laundry rooms with washing machines; and   
• There are also convenience stores and a supermarket on campus.
• Request for specific roommates not allowed
• Transfer to a different hall not allowed

*Meal plans are not available at NTU

Loyola financial aid applies and students are eligible for consideration for all forms of federal, state, institutional and private sources of aid except the Federal Work Study Program. Students studying abroad for either a semester or full academic year will forfeit the value of a Federal Work-Study assignment for the semester/s that they go abroad. If the student qualifies for federal work study, they can use the award for the semester they are on campus during their abroad year.

If you receive GI/Veterans benefits, please contact our Registrar’s office as soon as possible before you apply!!

Students/parents pay to Loyola the following charges:

• Loyola Tuition
• Study Abroad Program fee
• International Insurance Premium

Students pay to NTU:

• Housing 
• Student pass (visa and applied to via online)
• NTU Group Hospitalization & Surgical insurance (GHSI)

NTU Group Hospitalization & Surgical insurance (GHSI)

Medical insurance is provided for all students during the program term by Loyola University Maryland through Chubb Insurance. This insurance coverage includes medical evacuation and repatriation, as well as 24-hour support services for medical issues. This insurance functions as a primary insurance while abroad.

Students are required to submit a copy of their U.S. health insurance card/policy. Please be sure not to cancel your US insurance policy while abroad since the provided insurances only function while on program and outside of the US.

Once accepted into the program, students must call their bank and credit card carriers to tell them that they will be abroad for the semester. Students should carry debit or credit cards with them. Both Visa and MasterCard are widely accepted forms of payment, Discover and AmEx are less commonly accepted. 

Students apply for the pass (visa) online.

Loyola will arrange group travel to and from Singapore. While we encourage students to stay for the duration of the program, if necessary, students can change their return date upon completion of final exams, but it would be at their own cost. Loyola does not pay for any flight deviations or tickets changes.

Students are respoinsible for transportation to the dorms upon arrival to Singapore Changi Airport.

Application Requirements 

Students must submit an online application AND a Course Planning form by 11:59 pm on the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving break of their sophomore year to study abroad in the fall or spring term of junior year. 

• Attend a Study Abroad 101 information session.
• Declare a major before applying to the study abroad program.
• Discuss with your major advisor the possible courses you could take abroad and see if there are any potential problems, he/she sees with your plans to study abroad; Students cannot be on disciplinary probation nor have a history of serious disciplinary problems.

Criteria for Acceptance

• Minimum cumulative CQPA average of 3.00.
• Students who can find courses which fit their Loyola program and allow full-time participation and who are neither on disciplinary probation nor have a history of serious disciplinary problems.
• ROTC candidates can apply as freshman to study abroad in the spring of their sophomore year. 
• An academic interview with the program coordinator at Loyola University Maryland is required.