In a typical year, USP organises or supports between 30 and 40 overseas trips. These include:
• Trips to academic conferences to present research papers
• Exchange programmes
• Expeditions
• Field trips related to specific modules
Some of these trips include the following:
Project Himalaya
In May 2006, 24 USP students went on a field trip to explore biodiversity in the Himalayas. They explored issues such as sustainable development, the work of non-governmental organisations, and interdependencies between communities and ecology. The expedition was very popular and similar trips took place in 2007 and 2008, to Sikkim and Central Himalayas respectively.
“During evening discussions, we talked about the tension between development and conservation and how development could take place with ecological sensitivity. We observed and understood the concept of development sensitised to ecology, and how farming methods and agriculture determined the preservation of Himalayan biodiversity.”—Andrew Wang
NUS-in-Yale
Since 2006, USP students have gone to Yale University annually on a summer exchange programme themed “Economics, Politics, Philosophy, and Human Relations”. They experienced Ivy League undergraduate life on campus among international students.
“Classes were always delightful—for two to three hours, fifteen or so people annexed one large wooden table and engaged in intense exploration on various topics... This stint is really a dip into American education at its finest.”—Chelsea Wong
“My classes really blew me away... I made friends with people from all over the world and garnered a great deal of alternative perspectives from my fellow summer school attendees, which really broadened my intellectual dimensions.”—Low Hui Ping
USA
Harvard University
30 Jan - 7 Feb 2010
Exchange conference
8 students
USA
George Washington University
15 - 21 Feb 2010
Dialogue programme
9 students
Japan
Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka
22 Jul – 2 Aug 2009
USP module study trip
28 students
Canada
University of British Columbia
11 May – 12 Jun 2009
Academic summer programme
19 students
China, Hong Kong
Tsinghua University, Chinese University of Hong Kong
8 Jul – 5 Aug 2008
Leadership summer programme
12 students
Thailand, Taiwan
Bangkok, Taipei
13 – 30 May 2009
‘Buddhism in Asia’ study trip
11 students
China
Peking University Yuanpei College
Sep 2009 – Jul 2010
Cultural immersion programme
3 students
Japan
Waseda University
Sep 2009 – Jul 2010
Double degree programme
4 students
Australia
The Australian National University
Jan 2009 – Jul 2010
Joint degree programme
4 students
Mexico
Technológico de Monterrey
Jun – Jul 2009
AcquaSummer programme
2 students
Turkey, Malaysia
Fatih University, University of Malaya
13 Dec 2009 – 3 Jan 2010
Inter-civilisational study trip
10 students
Vietnam
Quang Nam, Danang
7 – 26 Dec 2009
Youth expedition
9 students
Cambodia
Siem Reap, Phnom Penh
19 – 25 Jul 2009
USP module study trip
17 students
USA
Princeton University
21 – 28 Feb 2010
Crisis simulation conference
10 students
India
Himalaya
16 – 30 May 2008
Conservation and biodiversity field trip
15 students
USA
Tufts University
15 – 21 Feb 2010
International symposium
13 students
South Korea
14 – 17 Aug 2009
Academic conference
1 student
Belgium, Thailand, Indonesia
Brussels, Bangkok, Jakarta
10 – 24 May 2008
EU-ASEAN study trip
13 students
UK
Imperial College London
1 Jun – 24 Jul 2009
Undergraduate research programme
2 students
USA
Yale University
Jun – Jul 2009
Academic summer programme
5 students