Friday 10 April 2009

opportunities for engineering students

Most of the engineering students tend to select European or North American universities for undergraduate degrees. Here i would like to tell students that there are other opportunities around the world except for European or North American univesitites.

These univesitites tend be extremely expensive as compared to that in Asia which are comparable to these. I would like to name few of them like NUS(National University of Singapore) and NTU(Nanyang technological university) both of these are Singaporean. In terms of enginering degrees they are amongst the top 50 and according to some rankings they are even amongst top 10. And Malaysia is also a good cost effective choice of one wants to pursue an engineering degree.

Though there are many good universities in Asia but i will be concentrating my discussion on Singaporean universities. Firstly, I would like to start with NUS. Its engineering programme is amongst one of the best in the world. You can find more about its engineering programmes on its website www.nus.edu.sg

The best thing about NUS and other Singaporean universities is that they are much cheaper that their American and European counterparts with equally recognized and well established degree. One can take out a loan even as an international student. But it is based on ceratin conditions. Like one has to work in any Singaporean company for three years after graduating. Burt in my opinion its not a big deal. After getting loan its expenses are about Rs. 200,000 a year which I think is equivalent to expenses incurred in any Pakistani private university. So, I think with a minimal cost benefits are immense.

NUS comprise of excellent facilities for the students on campus.

Lecture Theater at NUS


It has an internationally recognized faculty. Its proximity to Pakistan is also one of the favorable factors. So , its like a win win situation. But here i would like to point out the fact that admission requirements are extremely competitive at NUS and there is some quota system as well. So, only the best from Pakistan can get into it.

for financial assistance info at NUS this link can be checked out www.admissions.nus.edu.sg/financialaid.html










NTU is also a good engineering university of Singapore. Its fee structure and financial aid requirements are similar to NUS. For more details its website can be checked out www.nus.edu.sg

For details on NTU financial assistance check out: www.admissions.ntu.edu.sg/FA/Pages/ForUndergraduate.aspx

I just made an effort to highlight few of the avenues that Pakistani engineering students can explore.