Alumni Videos

Here are our proud alumni of the University Scholars Programme (USP) at NUS. They read very different majors at NUS and did very different things while at USP. We ask them a few questions about their USP experience and how it has impacted them. Check out their interviews below!

Lee De Yi ('17)

ENGLISH LITERATURE + USP

Phyllis Brown ('19)

GLOBAL STUDIES + USP

Particularly interesting is what they find challenging about USP. For Phyllis, it’s “overload”, not because USP students have to take extra modular credits to graduate (they don’t!), but that some, like her, opt to “overload” and take more classes, and capitalize on more opportunities. As for De Yi, it’s “a lot of opinions” in the USP community, which to him, is a good challenge and what he likens to as “sound”.

Cassandra Pee ('18)

POLITICAL SCIENCE + USP

Imran Shah ('18)

PHARMACY + USP

Particularly interesting is what they find memorable about USP. For Imran, he finds it "remarkable" to have conversations with people of different majors and backgrounds in USP. Like for instance, he had a conversation with a Computer Engineering professor and Physics professor discussing the use of Pharmacy. As for Cassandra, USP gave her space to explore the many ideas she had – one of which is "UnConference" which means Unconventional Conference. It was a one-day discussion with university students on the topic of interdisciplinary education.

Lim Cheng Lei ('18)

INFORMATION SYSTEMS + USP

Teh Chee Yang ('19)

LAW + USP

Particularly interesting is what was their favourite USP module. For Cheng Lei, his favourite was the Writing and Critical Thinking module as it allows him to think critically and question the conventional norms. As for Chee Yang, he likes the Sciences and Technologies module called "Pollution Control Engineering in Singapore" by Dr Edmund Low. As a law student, it was a humbling experience for him as he learnt that "law doesn't solve everything [problems], you need good scientist and engineers." He likes how Dr Low's module was also easy to grasp for a non-science student like him.

Desiree Lim ('18)

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN + USP

Esther Neoh ('18)

CHEMISTRY + USP

Particularly interesting is their advice for USP prospective students. Desiree and Esther advise prospective students to be open to learn new things, explore new opportunities, grow as an individual during their university life. USP community is one that will support your growth and learning.

Cheah Wen Jie ('19)

LAW + USP

Devesh Narayanan ('19)

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING + USP

Particularly interesting is why they join USP. For Devesh, it’s "anchor for interdisciplinary pursuits" while for Wen Jie, he was simply attracted by the USP values – Curious, Critical and Engaged (we recently added "Courageous") – which shapes what USP community is all about.