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Discover what it takes Singapore to become a thriving economic and enterprising city!  This annual summer programme, in its seventh year, is organized by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Entrepreneurship Centre, a unit of the NUS Enterprise.  Conducted over a two-week period, this programme offers a unique opportunity for participants to learn about Singapore: how one of the smaller nations in the world has progressed from a trading port into a destination for international commerce and investment. Singapore is now a dynamic and globally connected city-state and ranked as one of the most competitive economies in the world. Participants in this program will also get to experience its multi-cultural and cosmopolitan environment, interact with local students, understand how public policies are formulated, and gain insights on business practices and entrepreneurship development in Singapore.

Register by 30 April 2013 to participate in this year’s NUS Summer Programme and learn how the smallest nation in Southeast Asia has progressed from a trading port into a destination for international trading and investment. Organized by the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC), the annual NUS Summer Programme will be held from 8 to 19 July 2013.

Experience a year studying, working and living in leading global entrepreneurship hubs, when you participate in the NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme. The NOC is a highly innovative programme set to change the way you view the future.

NOC participants will intern for a year with start-up companies and will learn directly from the founders of these companies. At the same time, you will study entrepreneurship-related courses at prestigious partner universities such as Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania and Fudan University. Participants get the opportunity to interact with renowned entrepreneurs and individuals with a common passion for entrepreneurship.

Want to be at the heart of Singapore’s entrepreneurship ecosystem? The innovative Local Enterprise Achiever Development (iLEAD) programme allows students to intern at a local start-up, read NUS modules and go on an overseas study mission, all in 7 ½ months.

The iLEAD programme provides experiential learning opportunities for NUS students through a combination of work, study and overseas exposure. The programme aims to cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset of participants and develop their leadership skills.

Since August 2006, the Minor in Technopreneurship Programme has been offered by the NUS Business School, having been transferred from the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC). As part of NUS' Special Undergraduate Programmes, this Minor is open to all NUS undergraduates, including BBA students. Some Business modules have mathematics requirement as for BBA admissions.

The Graduate Certificate Programme in Management of Technology, GC (MOT), aims at enhancing the technological management capabilities of future managers / leaders for a technology-driven economy. The programme trains graduate-level science and technology based students or practising R&D managers in management of technology and educating them in best practices and emerging methodologies for MOT.

NUS Faculty of Engineering is making advances in many areas of research and breaking new ground by inventing capabilities that have not been known to humanity previously. The intent of these Technology Commercialization programs is to help researchers integrate market input into their research and develop paths to creating significant value for customers.