{"id":558,"date":"2020-02-23T22:22:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/?page_id=558"},"modified":"2025-11-05T21:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:36:54","slug":"noc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/descholars\/faqs\/noc\/","title":{"rendered":"NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-faqs\"><li id=\"menu-item-13675\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/admission\/\">Admissions and what to do before entering the programme<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13680\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/mentorship\/\">Mentorship<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13684\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/ug-credits\/\">Undergraduate credits, Performance &amp; exit<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13683\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/scholarship-reimbursement\/\">Scholarship &amp; Reimbursement<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13679\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/graduate\/\">Graduate phase<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13676\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/e-scholars-and-concurrent-programmes\/\">E-Scholars and other concurrent programmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13681\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/noc\/\">NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13682\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/residential-programmes\/\">Residential programmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13677\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/escholars\/faqs\/general\/\">General<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\tFAQ\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\tNUS Overseas College (NOC) programme\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Can I go for one of the 1-year NOC programmes as part of the accelerated 3+1 pathway?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<p>E-Scholars are not precluded from joining any of the available 1-year NOC programmes. It is important to note, however, that, in order to still finish the B.Eng degree in 3 years, students must plan very carefully and very early. Only some of the credits that a student can clear during NOC can be mapped to core requirements. The remaining credits will be mapped to Unrestricted Elective (UE). Availability and usage of UE varies between different B.Eng programmes. E-Scholars are advised to consult their mentor early on and plan their course of study accordingly.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Am I guaranteed a place in the NOC programme?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<p>E-Scholars will have preferential access to NOC programme.\u00a0 The application process, including interviews will need to be completed in due course.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>When I choose an NOC location, am I guaranteed to actually go to that location?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<p>Generally, students will indicate their top 3 preferences of the NOC locations at the point of their application submission. 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However, NOC will normally engage each student before the application process to discuss and establish the best possible location based on a few factors, such as students&#8217; interest, skill set, discipline as well as company&#8217;s internship requirements.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admissions and what to do before entering the programme Mentorship Undergraduate credits, Performance &amp; exit Scholarship &amp; Reimbursement Graduate phase E-Scholars and other concurrent programmes NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme Residential programmes General FAQ NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme Can I go for one of the 1-year NOC programmes as part of the accelerated 3+1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-558","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme - Design &amp; 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