Currently, about 40% of its students get to go overseas, and the university says it is on track to reach its target of 50% in the next year or two.

NUS’ premium international programme is its overseas college scheme. Its five colleges abroad – in California’s Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Philadelphia, Stockholm and Bangalore – focus on different areas, such as telecommunications, manufacturing and biotechnology.

Students work full time for a year as interns in companies and take part-time courses in NUS partner universities.

	Student Entrepreneur: Ms Goh Yiping set up her own company, World Indigo, while still an intern in an NUS programme that “grows” businessmen in Philadelphia’s Bio Valley. Her company is the first wireless network operator to specialise in providing text messaging and email services to mobile phone users on board ferries, trains and aircraft worldwide.

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