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Accessibility

• is available through NUS's Office of Student Affairs.
• Student wellness supports are available at the , where students can speak with a Student Wellness Manager or Peer Student Supporter. 
• The features NUS's Counselling Services, where students can receive free counselling and psychological services. 

Credits

Credits at NUS:

• Full-time option (7.5 UVic units): 20 credits per term at NUS 

Course Evaluations at UVic: 

• Before departure, UVic students will be able to submit exchange courses to UVic for evaluation. The results will indicate how many UVic units each exchange course is worth, as well as the course equivalency.
• Students must use the evaluation results to ensure their exchange courses credits add up to the equivalent UVic units. The total number of units for each exchange term should be 4.5 UVic units for part-time exchange or 7.5 UVic units for full-time exchange.
• This course evaluation process will be made available and explained in detail during the pre-departure session in early October for Spring exchange terms and in late March for Fall exchange terms. Evaluations take 2-6 weeks to complete and will be emailed to students. 
• Course evaluations results are tentative until the end of the exchange term, when a second, final evaluation is conducted by OREM using the students’ exchange transcript, and the results are applied to their UVic record. 

Medical Insurance, Immigration & Fees

Medical Insurance: 

• Medical insurance via NUS is mandatory for all exchange students. 
• Coverage details and costs are available on NUS's . 

Student's Pass (STP):

• The STP is required of all students studying at NUS. Once you have been accepted by NUS, they will provided STP application instructions to students. The application involves gathering . Once the STP application is approved, students will be issued an In-Principle Approval Letter for entry to Singapore. Then, once arriving in Singapore, the student will need to have the STP issued through Off-Site Enrolment Sessions offered by NUS Office of the Registrar.  

Fees:

• All exchange students must pay miscellaneous student fees to NUS each term:
  • Student Services Fee (SSF) (Exchange) -- S$66.44
  • Health Service Fee (HSF) -- S$132.50

SDGs-in-Action

Add a United Nations CIFAL qualification to your international experience (and your CV!) by taking the SDGs-In-Action challenge.  Below are resources and some of the many ways to get involved at National University of Singapore.

• Fancy studying at a campus in a tropical rainforest? NUS is expanding the Ridge, a young secondary forest in the centre of campus, with a large scale tree planting initiative.  This includes campus-wide tree-planting events. Read more about the university’s plan on their  

• is an annual festival showcasing the university’s sustainability efforts through workshops, symposiums and events. 

• There are at NUS, with NUS SAVE the leading environmental group on campus hosting workshop, upskill events and socials. 

• Find out about past sustainability events hosted by the NUS community, from a vegan food sampling bazaar to a student video competition, at the