NUS Overseas Colleges Silicon Valley - Bio Valley

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NUS Overseas CollegesSilicon Valley - Bio Valley
Shanghai - Stockholm

• Experience the Worlds Best

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Introduction
NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) aims to cultivate
dynamic and resourceful entrepreneurs by
immersing selected NUS students in leading
entrepreneurial-academic hubs around the world.

• 5 overseas colleges by 2006
• 4 (250) of each cohort to participate in the
  program
• Work as full-time interns in high-tech startup
  companies
• Study entrepreneurship- related
  discipline-based courses at partner universities

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NUS College in Silicon Valley (2002)Study at
Stanford work in the innovation habitat
NUS College in Bio Valley (Philadelphia) (2003)
Study at UPenn work in the US biotech
hotbed NUS College in Shanghai (2004)Study at
Fudan work in Chinas commercial hub NUS
College in Stockholm (2005)Study at KTH work
in Europes foremost ICT cluster
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NUS College in Stockholm
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Program Benefits for YOU

• ? Learn entrepreneurship through total immersion
  in a vibrant, start-up environment
• ? Real world, hands-on experience of startup
  operations
• ? Valuable networking opportunities in the
  corporate world - entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs,
  venture capitalists, investors, corporate
  executives and other professionals

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Feedback from NOC Students
The one-year NCBV program was AWESOME in various
ways. The internship experience in high-tech
startup company has been precious to inspire my
entrepreneur spirit. I take it as
a once-in-life opportunity through which I lived
my life to fullness. Cao Yuan, Engineering,
placed with Boomi, Inc Bosses in most of the
Bio Valley companiesare very approachable and
ever willing to impart their experiences and
knowledge. Foo Hui Fen, Major in
Microbiology, placed with Photon-X, Inc   NUS
trains you to be an excellent engineer. The NUS
College in Silicon Valley program equips you with
a business sense. Both combined together ensures
the start of an entrepreneurial journey. Ivan
Xieke, Computer Science, placed with Buildfolio,
Inc
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STUDENTS FROM NUS OVERSEAS COLLEGES
WINNING BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITIONS -
Interestingly, the two final-year students from
NUS met and conceived the winning proposal not in
Singapore, but in Philadelphia. They were
roommates while on the NUS Overseas Colleges
work-study project.
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WINNING BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITIONS - The plan
started out as a class project for a
technopreneurship course at Wharton, which the
trio attended last year as part of the NUS
College Bio Valley programme.
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STARTING COMPANIES - Four students, after
overseas stints, have started global high-tech
ventures
STARTING COMPANIES - All four young peoples
entrepreneurial involvement did not happen by
chance. It is the result of a three-year-old
programme at the National University of Singapore
(NUS) to grow businessmen.
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NOC STUDENT TAKES ON US TELCO GIANT IN 1BILLION
MARKET Goh Yiping, NCBV student, starts World
Indigo, Inc, the first wireless network operator
to specialize in providing text messaging (SMS)
and e-mail services to passengers' mobile phones
onboard ferries, trains and aircrafts worldwide.
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NOC STUDENT FINDS WEALTH IN US INTERNSHIP Ruey
Feng, NCSV student, co-inventor of more than 10
patents (to date), took a 6-month study leave to
work in SV with full salary of an Engineer
Vahid Saadat, Co-Founder and President of USGI
Medical, Inc. said "Ruey Feng's feat of being a
co-inventor of 6 US patents in a very short time
frame is truly remarkable. His excellent
performance in USGI is a clear reflection of the
capabilities of students from Singapore and the
NUS Overseas Colleges programme. Judging from the
rate Ruey is going, I am sure this young man will
have a bright future if he were to embark on an
entrepreneurial career!"
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_at_ NUS OVERSEAS COLLEGESWE WORK HARD
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ANDWE PLAY HARD
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DPM Tans views two years down the road
After my visit to the NUS College in Silicon
Valley, there is no doubt in my mind that the NUS
Overseas Colleges will be very successful in
enriching the education of NUS students here,
exposing them to a new culture and a new way of
work.Many students remark that the programme is
a life-transforming experience. NUS Overseas
Colleges has been very inspiring and I hope that
for many more years to come, more NUS students
will apply for this programme.
Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, Deputy Prime Minister,
Visit to NCSV, 27 Sept 2004