Educating the Global Citizen

TAN Thiam-SoonVice-Provost (Education)

National University of Singapore

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Globalisation• Globalization – an oft-used word but meaning is

not always clear or consistently deployed. • Globalization is portrayed as an inevitable

development that educators should respond to. • Many view the need to equip their students to

become “global citizens” as a must!

• Just what does ‘global citizenship’ entail or what does ‘being global citizens’ mean in the education context?

InterconnectednessRapid Flows

Our world has changed

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Globalisation Rise of knowledge societies

Technology Ideas

Major shifts in the educational landscape ..

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Attributes expected of NUS’ students – guide curriculum development: • Creative and Critical Thinkers• Well-rounded mind and character• Resourceful and enterprising spirit – Agility• Effective communicators• Global citizens – Multi-cultural and interconnected• Constructive and responsible members of a

community - Integrity

Globally Competitive Students

Science and Mathematics

ProfessionalDisciplines, except Medicine & Dentistry

Experiential Learning

Management Learning

Entrepreneurship ***USP Entrepreneurial Development Track

Multi-disciplinary and Inter-disciplinary Learning ***USP Bicultural Immersion Track

Humanities and Social Sciences

1. Local and/or overseas Internships and Attachments

2. Student Exchange Programme, Summer Programmes

3. Residential Learning in Halls and Colleges4. Co-curricular Activities5. Service Learning

1. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programmes

2. Project-based modules3. Honours projects4. Independent Study Modules5. Special Programme in Science

1. Minor in Management2. Second Major in

Management3. Double Degree in

Business4. Masters in Management5. Masters in Public Policy

1. Modules offered by Centre for Technopreneurship

2. Minor in Technopreneurship3. Project in Startup4. NUS Overseas Colleges5. NUS Entrepreneurship Society

1. USP Core Curriculum2. University requirements3. Faculty requirements4. Minor5. Second Major6. Double or Concurrent Degree

NUS Education Framework

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Self-directed Learning ***USP Academic Inquiry Track

The ‘Global’ University

Clearly, the graduates of such a school will be prepared for:

Global settingsand not just

‘Local settings’

And they have to be: effective in diverse cultural settings

in a globalised world

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NUS’ approach‘Thinking’ graduate‘Thinking’ graduate

Global CitizenGlobal Citizen Effective in different cultural settings

Bring the world to NUS

Bring NUS students to the world

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NUS’ approach

Global CitizenGlobal Citizen

Highly diverse 20% undergraduates, 60% graduate students from abroad, 50% Professors foreign; 100 countries

Joint-degree programmes in NUS Some examples: Duke-NUS, MIT-NUS, Georgia Tech-NUSTsinghua-NUS, Peking-NUS, Fudan-Korea-NUS

Inbound exchange students >1,200/year

Effective in different cultural settings

Bring the world to NUS

Bring NUS students to the world

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Thinking graduate

NUS’ approach

Global CitizenGlobal Citizen

50% undergraduates go overseas; 20% for > 6 months

108 Joint- & Double-degree programmes with top universities around the world

Effective in different cultural settings

Bring the world to NUS

Bring NUS students to the world

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Thinking graduate

Reciprocal student exchange arrangements with 180 partner universities

6 NUS Overseas Colleges across the US, Europe, China and India

Graduate Level Joint/ Double PhD:• Joint NUS-Imperial College Ph.D. programme (NUS Computing,

Engineering, Medicine and Science)• Joint Ph.D. programme - FASS and the University of Edinburgh,

FASS and King’s College, London, • Technical University of Denmark, FoE and Eindhoven University

of Technology – Joint PhD• Ph.D. in Physics – FoS and Australian National University• LKYSPP – Columbia U / LSE / Science Po / Peking University /

University of Tokyo – Master in Public Policy/ Master of Public Administration / Master of Public Affairs

• Master of Laws in Law and the Global Economy, New York University and Master of Laws, FoL

• Master of Science (Logistics and Supply Chain Management), TLI-AP, and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech

Undergraduate JDP / DDP• NUS and Australian National University in Actuarial Studies and

Economics, History, English Literature, Philosophy, Theatre StudiesPhysics, Maths, Chemistry

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering), FoE, and University of Melbourne

• NUS and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Economics, English Literature, Geography, History, Political Science, Philosophy

• NUS and Waseda University - Bachelor of Arts/Social Sciences/Science (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts in International Liberal Studies

• Bachelor of Laws, FoL, and Juris Doctor, New York University• Bachelor of Engineering/Science/Computing (Honours) and Master

of Engineering/Science/Computing, NUS and the Diplomed'Ingenieur, French Grande École

Experiential entrepreneurship education Immersing NUS students in leading entrepreneurial hubs around the world.

• ONE year

• Full-time interns in high-tech startup/innovative companies

• Learn from the founders & entrepreneurs

• Take courses at partner universities

NUS Overseas Colleges

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NOC in Silicon Valley (2002)• Courses in Stanford• Focus on tech startups in Silicon Valley

NOC in Philadelphia (2003)• Courses in UPenn• Focus on bio/med tech

NOC in Shanghai (2004)• Courses at Fudan University • Focus on China-related business

NOC in Stockholm (2005)• Courses at KTH Royal Inst. of Tech.• Focus on mobile/IT

NOC in Bangalore (2008)• Courses at Indian Institute of Science• Focus on understanding/engaging India

NOC in Beijing (2009)• Courses at Tsinghua University

Six NUS Overseas College (NOC)

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