National University of Singapore Dorm Tour | Utown Residence 

You're so welcome!

hahah no way!! are you living in 18-203 then?

Its 12-253 in the S.Tower. I could see my room when you tried to show the UTown green from your room. Luckily the blinds were drawn :D

haha that't awesome! I didn't know we were there at the same time!

Hi David! I absolutely loved my experience in Singapore. I actually just made a NUS FAQ, so feel free to take a look here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2-nKMJT3Iag.html

But anywhere in UTown is definitely where I'd choose to go

Thank you very much Jamie !

David Jireh Souza Naranjo hi jamie fr which course uh applied?

I applied for industrial engineering major classes!

Hey Alice! I'm not sure how hard it is to get into. But a lot of the exchange students do get placed in any of the utown residences. But if you don't get in, you should apply to change! And there are options for AC and non-ac rooms! The AC rooms are more expensive though

Hi Sherina! Yes they do! They clean the common area and bathroom twice a week and give us new toilet paper rolls once a week. And pretty much! by the end of the semester my roommates and i learned how to make rice in the microwave so we also did that and then ate noodles hahah :)

Jamie's Corner thank you for letting me know! I am actually struggling between choosing utown or PGPR. Do you remember how long it takes to get from the mrt to utown and from utown to the campus? As far as I know you need to take the bus haha

Sherina!! Definitely choose Utown!! Don't choose PGPR. PGPR looks nice from the outside but it's hot, humid and old on the inside hahah. That's what all my friends from PGPR have told me. I personally loved Utown Residence because I got my own apartment and roommates! In PGPR, you have a single room to yourself and it's hard trying to talk to people on the same floor because their doors are pretty much closed. And everything happens in Utown (events, cafeteria, classes, exchanger's parties)! it'll take about 10 min from Utown to the Kent Ridge MRT but it's honestly not an issue because busses run every 15 minutes or so. It's about a 10 min walk from PGPR to Kent Ridge but the busses will be able to take you anywhere from Utown. Utown is more pricey than PGPR but I highly recommend it!!! haha I can't stress this enough except by my exclamation marks. Choose Utown!!!! :D

Thank you very very much for your advice!!! :D You made Utown sound so much better now haha!

of course!! I had such a great time there so I want you to be able to do the same!! :)

Yay I'm glad you like it!

I studied for 4 months, which is a one semester!

Hi! I had some baby cockroachese in my room haha but honestly they don't really do anything and by the end of the semester i got used to them. Just don't leave any food out and you should be good!

I highly recommend any residences in Utown. The central/newest area of the NUS campus is called UTown but there is also a residence hall called UTown Residence which is in UTown. UTown Residences are only apartment style and dont have a dining hall. Aside from this are also residence halls called Cinnamon, Tembusu, CAPT, or RC4 which are all in UTown. These all have dining halls and meal plans you have to pay for and they all have the option of apartment style as well as individual rooms. Then there are other older halls like Raffles and Sheere's Hall that has more local students and are located in the other part of campus. There's also Prince George's Park Residences. Don't pick here, it's hot and there are a lot of bugs and it's far from a Utown. I highly recommend picking any of the residence halls in Utown! It's the newest part of campus and the dorms are really nice. Here's a picture of my dorm at Utown Residence. There is a mix of local and exchange students in Utown but to my knowledge this is where a lot of exchange students are located. Check out this link where you can take 360 degree tours of the residences. nus.edu.sg/osa/housing/undergraduate/hostel-options.html. I hope this helps :)

Hi Isabelle! I actually applied through USC, my current college for a study abroad exchange program. So I didn't apply directly to NUS. But once I got accepted by my home university, it was an automatic in for NUS. And it wasn't too hard to get accepted by USC. I just applied and wrote about why I wanted to study abroad. However, I was told that usually 1-2 people get accepted to go abroad. But also like 1-3 people apply each year so I think everyone who applies gets in?

Hi Soumik! According to what NUS told me, I was not allowed to work because I had a student visa. You have to have a work visa to work in Singapore. I don't think you can have both visas simultaneously but I'm not 100% sure. You should ask once you get to your university!

Jamie's Corner Thanks for the information!!

not in my opinion! I got used to the humidity ;)

I think so! www.sde.nus.edu.sg/arch/programmes/bachelor-of-arts-in-architecture/curriculum/ Check this out!

Thank you! :)

no :( not in Utown residence. Only a microwave and sink

Hi there! I think the waiting procedure is different for each home university. But I applied for a 1 semester non-graduating exchange student in October and heard back late November!

Thank you for your reply :)

Hey! Yeah you can ask them here

Hi! I'm so sorry I haven't checked my email :( But you can send them here and I can try to answer if you still need answers!

There are rooms with Ac in utown residence but I didn't apply for it since it was extra!

Hey Majd! I've been to CAPT but only to the single room dorms...personally I think that's too lonely since you don't have people living with you. So I would pick Utown residence. But you should ask yourself if you want to room alone or with people!

Thanks for the quick response! I think there are shared CAPT rooms now (6 person), I would prefer having people around, preferably fellow exchangees to travel around with, what do you think would be the best rez in that case?

@@nyeeeeeeeeeet then CAPT 6 person and utown residence with 4 people are the way to go! As long as you're sure you can get roommates i think that'd be better. But also keep in mind your roommates might also be local students who might not have as much time to travel as you do!

I paid around 1900 SGD for one semester which is 4 months! But it depends on which residence you get (I'm making a video about this now) I had my own bedroom but I shared the apartment with 3 other girls!

Jamie's Corner Thanks for responding! I badly want to study in NUS! Every time I visit Singapore it’s always a must for me to go to NUS. My dream University💛

Oh I hope you get to go! I had an amazing experience there. And it's such a beautiful city!!

Jamie's Corner I’d love to! Thank you for sharing a glimpse of your college journey in NUS. Now I have ideas if in case I will be admitted in the University. Hope I’ll get in touch with you😊

oh shoot I don't remember :( I think I got it off of soundcloud though!

i wanted to know the name of the song too

Hi there! I'm not exactly sure on the exact fees but if you type in NUS housing/student fees you should be able to find it online

yes there are options for AC! But I think it was like a price difference that I didn't want to pay for ahaha

Hey! oh man I actually forgot where I got it from. I'm sorry :(

Ok thanks

I'm really not sure! you'd have to directly message the admissions center! I went in as an exchange student and our requirements were pretty different

yep!!

The apartment was around 1800 USD for 4 months? Not sure about the exact numbers but NUS websites have that info for you!

hi there! I never took accounting or business management classes so I'm not sure :( But maybe dig around this website? www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/education-at-nus/undergraduate-education/fees.html

Thanks for your reply

Hi Hoang, I'm not too familiar with other universities outside of my home university (especially with the ones in Vietnam haha) but you can go ahead and ask your questions here!

haha I know right! Well Utown on the NUS campus is one of the newest parts of campus. It was great living there :)

not at all! In fact most of the people I met in Utown Residence were undergrad exchange students. So definitely apply there!!

thank you so much, i have just got the mail and i have been granted a room in Utown residence :)))

yay!!!! ahh I hope you'll have an amazing time!! Go to the exchanger's events (at least in the beginning) and meet cool people!! all the best :)

Jamie's Corner i wiiill, i can t wait to go, i still have 10days to wait 😂 i just have a small question, anout the bed, do u remember the dimensions? how big was it?

Hi Meriem! I don't know the exact dimensions but it's a normal twin sized bed. So it really only fits one person

hello! Since i was an exchange student, i paid the tuition from my home university instead of of the tuition from NUS. But i think there was like a 200 SGD fee i had to pay for being in engineering...that number might've changed so I suggest you contacting NUS' department specific office to find out!

Singapore!

it's a public university!

according to this link it does! www.sde.nus.edu.sg/arch/programmes/bachelor-of-arts-in-architecture/curriculum/

Yes!! NUS has free campus wifi. It sometimes disconnects though :(

It was around $1400 per semester for the apartment!

I'm not sure what you mean! haha