DUO-SINGAPORE EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP AWARD

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DUO-SINGAPOREEXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Annex E

• presented by
• Professor Brian Lee
• Director, International Relations Office
• Nanyang Technological University
• Singapore

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BACKGROUND

• DUO ASEM Fellowship Fund was endorsed by the
  Leaders at ASEM III Summit in Seoul in October
  2000.
• Aims to promote student and academic exchanges
  between Asia and Europe.
• Singapore Government pledged US 1 million over 5
  years to fund DUO-Singapore exchanges.

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ABOUT DUO-SINGAPORE EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP AWARD

• Aims to promote student exchanges between
  European and Asian ASEM member countries.
• Awarded by the Singapore Government to Singapore
  and ASEAN students studying in the three
  universities in Singapore namely Nanyang
  Technological University (NTU), National
  University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore
  Management University (SMU).

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• Students from European ASEM countries, currently
  studying in an institution where there is an
  exchange agreement with NTU/NUS/SMU on tuition
  fee waiver.
• No bond is imposed.
• A National Selection Committee has been set up to
  administer the selection process and disburse the
  financial awards to successful candidates.
• DUO-Singapore National Selection Committee
  comprises officials from Singapore Ministry of
  Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and
  representatives from the 3 Singapore universities.

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TERMS OF AWARD

• Tenable for one semester of up to four (4) months
  of study
• Each recipient will be awarded a maximum of 4,000
  Euros (used to be 6000 Euros for AY2002/03).
• Recipients need not pay any tuition fees to the
  host university but continue to pay the normal
  fees to home university.

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WHO IS ELIGIBLE

• Singaporean students from NTU/NUS/SMU.
• Students from other ASEAN ASEM member countries
  studying at NTU/NUS/SMU and who are not prevented
  by terms of their scholarship from going on
  exchange programmes.
• Students from European ASEM countries, currently
  studying in an institution where there is an
  exchange agreement with NTU/NUS/SMU on tuition
  fee waiver.
• Students have to be on a full-time undergraduate
  or postgraduate course.

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DUO AWARDS IN AY2002-03

• US200,000 has been set aside to fund 18 pairs of
  exchanges for AY2002/03.
• Each recipient will receive an award of up to
  6000 Euros.
• Each Singapore university would recommend 6 pairs
  of award.
• More than 180 applications were received from
  both Singapore and European universities.

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SUCCESSFUL DUO PAIRS BY COUNTRYAY2002/03
Country NTU NUS SMU
Denmark 0 0 1
Finland 0 0 1
France 0 1 4
Germany 0 2 0
Netherlands 2 1 0
Sweden 2 1 0
UK 2 1 0
Total 6 6 6
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DUO IN AY2003-04

• Due to an overwhelming response to DUO-Singapore,
  there is a need to give out more awards.
• Since one semester is equivalent to about 4
  months of study, based on DUO principle of
  awarding 1000 Euros per month for student
  exchange, the award was thus reduced to 4000
  Euros.
• 27 DUO pairs were created for AY2003/04.
• Based on the student population in each
  university, NTU is given 10 pairs, NUS 12 pairs
  and SMU 5 pairs.
• More than 300 applications were received.

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SUCCESSFUL DUO PAIRS BY COUNTRYAY2003/04
Country NTU NUS SMU
Austria 1 0 0
Belgium 0 0 1
Denmark 0 0 1
Finland 0 0 1
France 1 1 0
Germany 1 2 1
Netherlands 1 1 0
Sweden 4 3 0
UK 2 5 1
Total 10 12 5
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CHALLENGES

• Difficulty in forming university pairs.
• High cost of living in European ASEM countries.
• Significant language barrier persists.
• Complexities in matching course modules for
  allowable credit transfer.