WHAT IS THE ASIAN UNDERGRADUATE SUMMIT?
The Asian Undergraduate Symposium (AUS) is a two-week programme organised by NUS College (NUSC) that brings together undergraduates from Singapore and across Asia, with a focus on ASEAN. AUS aims to give participants the opportunity for cultural exchange, networking, and capacity development.
Participants will engage with domain experts, be trained in project proposal writing, and nudged to collaborate with each other to propose projects based upon one of their chosen problem statements guided by the theme of the AUS symposium.
Initiated in 2015 by the NUS University Scholars Programme (USP) and supported by Temasek Foundation from 2015-2023, AUS serves as a platform for Asian undergraduates of diverse disciplines to engage in meaningful academic and intercultural exchange.
The AUS programme framework runs on the 1-4 Model (Inspire, Ideate, Intercultural, Implement), which combines Design Thinking and Open Space Technology principles.
AUS 2024 is co-organised with NUS Global Relations Office (GRO) as the NUS-AUN Summer Programme 2024.
OUR KEY STATISTICS
Across its 8 iterations, AUS has engaged:
1,262
participants
28
11
Asian countries
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AUS is a 14-day residential programme at NUS. It includes learning journeys and seminars by domain experts, combining critical thinking and experiential learning to develop participants’ knowledge and competencies.
NUSC academic mentors will work with participants to develop their proposal, writing, and presentation skills using the hackathon format. Participants will formulate a proposal based on the three symposium sub-topics and tackle a challenge they have identified. Up to five teams can be selected to receive further grant support for their project.
To download the 2024 programme brochure, click here.
- American University of Phnom Penh
- Pannasastra University of Cambodia
- Royal University of Law and Economics
- Royal University of Phnom Penh
- Kunming Medical University
- New York University Shanghai
- Peking University
- People’s Public Security University of China
- Zhejiang University
- Bandung Institute of Technology
- Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
- Hasanuddin University
- Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
- Universitas Gadjah Mada
- Universitas Indonesia
- Universitas Mataram
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
- Universiti Malaya
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Universiti Sains Malaysia
- Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
- Bhamo University
- National Management Degree College
- STI MYANMAR UNIVERSITY
- University of Yangon
- West Yangon Technological University
- Yadanabon University
- Yangon University of Economics
- Yangon University of Foreign Languages
- Nanyang Technological University
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore University of Social Sciences
- Chiang Mai University
- Chulalongkorn University
- Mahidol University
- Prince of Songkla University
- Thammasat University
- Cagayan State University – Carig Campus
- De La Salle University
- University of San Carlos
- University of Santo Tomas
- University of the Cordilleras
- University of the Immaculate Conception
- University of the Philippines Diliman
- University of the Philippines Los Baños
- University of the Philippines Manila
- University of the Philippines Open University
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