* NUS has partner universities in the following European ASEM-member countries:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Croatia
- The Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Lithuania
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russian Federation
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
** NUS students from the following ASEAN-member countries can apply to DUO:
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- The Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Quantum
Each selected undergraduate student will be awarded €4,000 for one semester or one year of exchange. This will partially subsidise the cost of airfare, accommodation, living expenses, etc. This award carries no obligatory bond period.
Eligibility Criteria
Full-time NUS undergraduate students from Singapore and ASEAN members states going to European universities on the Student Exchange Programme (SEP),
OR
Full-time undergraduate students from partner universities in Europe coming to NUS on SEP
DUO is given to pairs of students coming from and going to the same countries on SEP. As such, students are selected by pairs of exchanges and based on merit. Final nomination is made by the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is the awarding body.
Terms & Conditions
- This award must not be concurrently held with another exchange award administered by NUS.
- Students who are receiving external scholarships must ensure that they are not prevented by the terms of their scholarship to go on exchange programmes and to receive concurrent scholarships or awards.
- Due to the nature of this award, if any student from a pair of awardees choose to withdraw or does not complete the exchange programme, both awardees from the pair will automatically be ineligible for the award and their DUO Awards will be retracted.
- This award carries no obligatory bond period.
Application Period
Open from 1 Feb till 31 March '24 for Academic Year 2024/25.
Application Procedure
There are 2 parts to the application.
Application Part 1 (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
All students who have been offered SEP to a partner university in a European ASEM-member country by their faculties/schools in Semester 1 and/or Semester 2 of each Academic Year are able to apply once applications open.
For the application to be considered as fully complete, please complete an application (download the application form here).
Duly completed applications can submitted here with the subject title: DUO-Out: [SEP Country]-[Semester] (e.g. DUO-Out: France-Sem 1).
Application Part 2 (Only shortlisted applicants need to proceed to Part 2)
This award is very competitive with hundreds of applications for the selection of three pairs of incoming and outgoing students. Due to the high number of applicants, only shortlisted candidates would be informed to provide supporting documents. Those who do not receive any email notification by end-April can conclude that their applications have been unsuccessful.
Instructions to shortlisted candidates would be provided separately via email.
Please note that the DUO is NOT a separate exchange programme. It is a form of financial aid that aims to defray the students’ overseas cost. Only students who have already been selected for SEP by their faculties/schools and assigned a partner university in a European ASEM-member country need apply.
Results
Applicants will be notified of their application outcomes via their NUS email addresses.
Disbursement
Awardees will be informed of the disbursement date during the announcement of the result.