Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Friday, 12 April 2013
Data Science, Business Analytics
The new kid on the block - Data Science or Business Analytics.
NTU started the Mathematical Sciences (Business Analytics) under School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences two years ago. NUS has a new Business Analytics degree under School of Computing this year. SMU offers Master of IT in Business (Analytics) under School of Information Systems.
Data Science: The Numbers of Our Lives
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
The New York Times
Published: April 11, 2013
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW calls data science “the sexiest job in the 21st century,” and by most accounts this hot new field promises to revolutionize industries from business to government, health care to academia.
The field has been spawned by the enormous amounts of data that modern technologies create — be it the online behavior of Facebook users, tissue samples of cancer patients, purchasing habits of grocery shoppers or crime statistics of cities. Data scientists are the magicians of the Big Data era. They crunch the data, use mathematical models to analyze it and create narratives or visualizations to explain it, then suggest how to use the information to make decisions.
In the last few years, dozens of programs under a variety of names have sprung up in response to the excitement about Big Data, not to mention the six-figure salaries for some recent graduates.
In the fall, Columbia will offer new master’s and certificate programs heavy on data. The University of San Francisco will soon graduate its charter class of students with a master’s in analytics. Other institutions teaching data science include New York University, Stanford, Northwestern, George Mason, Syracuse, University of California at Irvine and Indiana University.
Rachel Schutt, a senior research scientist at Johnson Research Labs, taught “Introduction to Data Science” last semester at Columbia (its first course with “data science” in the title). She described the data scientist this way: “a hybrid computer scientist software engineer statistician.” And added: “The best tend to be really curious people, thinkers who ask good questions and are O.K. dealing with unstructured situations and trying to find structure in them.”
Eurry Kim, a 30-year-old “wannabe data scientist,” is studying at Columbia for a master’s in quantitative methods in the social sciences and plans to use her degree for government service. She discovered the possibilities while working as a corporate tax analyst at the Internal Revenue Service. She might, for example, analyze tax return data to develop algorithms that flag fraudulent filings, or cull national security databases to spot suspicious activity.
Some of her classmates are hoping to apply their skills to e-commerce, where data about users’ browsing history is gold.
“This is a generation of kids that grew up with data science around them — Netflix telling them what movies they should watch, Amazon telling them what books they should read — so this is an academic interest with real-world applications,” said Chris Wiggins, a professor of applied mathematics at Columbia who is involved in its new Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering. “And,” he added, “they know it will make them employable.”
Universities can hardly turn out data scientists fast enough. To meet demand from employers, the United States will need to increase the number of graduates with skills handling large amounts of data by as much as 60 percent, according to a report by McKinsey Global Institute. There will be almost half a million jobs in five years, and a shortage of up to 190,000 qualified data scientists, plus a need for 1.5 million executives and support staff who have an understanding of data.
North Carolina State University introduced a master’s in analytics in 2007. All 84 of last year’s graduates in the field had job offers, according to Michael Rappa, who conceived and directs the university’s Institute for Advanced Analytics. The average salary was $89,100, and more than $100,000 for those with prior work experience.
“This has become relevant to every company,” said Michael Chui, a principal at McKinsey who has studied the field. “There’s a war for this type of talent.”
Because data science is so new, universities are scrambling to define it and develop curriculums. As an academic field, it cuts across disciplines, with courses in statistics, analytics, computer science and math, coupled with the specialty a student wants to analyze, from patterns in marine life to historical texts.
With the sheer volume, variety and speed of data today, as well as developing technologies, programs are more than a repackaging of existing courses. “Data science is emerging as an academic discipline, defined not by a mere amalgamation of interdisciplinary fields but as a body of knowledge, a set of professional practices, a professional organization and a set of ethical responsibilities,” said Christopher Starr, chairman of the computer science department at the College of Charleston, one of a few institutions offering data science at the undergraduate level.
Most master’s degree programs in data science require basic programming skills. They start with what Ms. Schutt describes as the “boring” part — scraping and cleaning raw data and “getting it into a nice table where you can actually analyze it.” Many use data sets provided by businesses or government, and pass back their results. Some host competitions to see which student can come up with the best solution to a company’s problem.
University of San Francisco students have used data from General Electric to predict how much energy windmills could create. At North Carolina State, with data from the Postal Service, students have analyzed response rates to junk mail to find ways to improve its effectiveness.
Studying a Web user’s data has privacy implications. Using data to decide someone’s eligibility for a line of credit or health insurance, or even recommending who they friend on Facebook, can affect their lives. “We’re building these models that have impact on human life,” Ms. Schutt said. “How can we do that carefully?” Ethics classes address these questions.
Finally, students have to learn to communicate their findings, visually and orally, and they need business know-how, perhaps to develop new products.
“That’s one of the challenges,” said Terence Parr, program director of the analytics and computer science programs at the University of San Francisco. “To be successful, you need to have a wide range of skills that doesn’t fit in one department.”
The question, said Bill Howe, who teaches data science at the University of Washington, is whether it is even possible to instill in a single person all the skills needed, from statistics to predictive modeling to business strategy. The university’s offerings range from a free online course on Coursera to a nine-month certificate program to a Ph.D. track in Big Data.
“It remains to be seen,” he said, “but we’re still of the mind that a curriculum that aims to train data scientists is feasible.” He added: “What employers want is someone who can do it all.”
NTU started the Mathematical Sciences (Business Analytics) under School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences two years ago. NUS has a new Business Analytics degree under School of Computing this year. SMU offers Master of IT in Business (Analytics) under School of Information Systems.
Data Science: The Numbers of Our Lives
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
The New York Times
Published: April 11, 2013
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW calls data science “the sexiest job in the 21st century,” and by most accounts this hot new field promises to revolutionize industries from business to government, health care to academia.
The field has been spawned by the enormous amounts of data that modern technologies create — be it the online behavior of Facebook users, tissue samples of cancer patients, purchasing habits of grocery shoppers or crime statistics of cities. Data scientists are the magicians of the Big Data era. They crunch the data, use mathematical models to analyze it and create narratives or visualizations to explain it, then suggest how to use the information to make decisions.
In the last few years, dozens of programs under a variety of names have sprung up in response to the excitement about Big Data, not to mention the six-figure salaries for some recent graduates.
In the fall, Columbia will offer new master’s and certificate programs heavy on data. The University of San Francisco will soon graduate its charter class of students with a master’s in analytics. Other institutions teaching data science include New York University, Stanford, Northwestern, George Mason, Syracuse, University of California at Irvine and Indiana University.
Rachel Schutt, a senior research scientist at Johnson Research Labs, taught “Introduction to Data Science” last semester at Columbia (its first course with “data science” in the title). She described the data scientist this way: “a hybrid computer scientist software engineer statistician.” And added: “The best tend to be really curious people, thinkers who ask good questions and are O.K. dealing with unstructured situations and trying to find structure in them.”
Eurry Kim, a 30-year-old “wannabe data scientist,” is studying at Columbia for a master’s in quantitative methods in the social sciences and plans to use her degree for government service. She discovered the possibilities while working as a corporate tax analyst at the Internal Revenue Service. She might, for example, analyze tax return data to develop algorithms that flag fraudulent filings, or cull national security databases to spot suspicious activity.
Some of her classmates are hoping to apply their skills to e-commerce, where data about users’ browsing history is gold.
“This is a generation of kids that grew up with data science around them — Netflix telling them what movies they should watch, Amazon telling them what books they should read — so this is an academic interest with real-world applications,” said Chris Wiggins, a professor of applied mathematics at Columbia who is involved in its new Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering. “And,” he added, “they know it will make them employable.”
Universities can hardly turn out data scientists fast enough. To meet demand from employers, the United States will need to increase the number of graduates with skills handling large amounts of data by as much as 60 percent, according to a report by McKinsey Global Institute. There will be almost half a million jobs in five years, and a shortage of up to 190,000 qualified data scientists, plus a need for 1.5 million executives and support staff who have an understanding of data.
North Carolina State University introduced a master’s in analytics in 2007. All 84 of last year’s graduates in the field had job offers, according to Michael Rappa, who conceived and directs the university’s Institute for Advanced Analytics. The average salary was $89,100, and more than $100,000 for those with prior work experience.
“This has become relevant to every company,” said Michael Chui, a principal at McKinsey who has studied the field. “There’s a war for this type of talent.”
Because data science is so new, universities are scrambling to define it and develop curriculums. As an academic field, it cuts across disciplines, with courses in statistics, analytics, computer science and math, coupled with the specialty a student wants to analyze, from patterns in marine life to historical texts.
With the sheer volume, variety and speed of data today, as well as developing technologies, programs are more than a repackaging of existing courses. “Data science is emerging as an academic discipline, defined not by a mere amalgamation of interdisciplinary fields but as a body of knowledge, a set of professional practices, a professional organization and a set of ethical responsibilities,” said Christopher Starr, chairman of the computer science department at the College of Charleston, one of a few institutions offering data science at the undergraduate level.
Most master’s degree programs in data science require basic programming skills. They start with what Ms. Schutt describes as the “boring” part — scraping and cleaning raw data and “getting it into a nice table where you can actually analyze it.” Many use data sets provided by businesses or government, and pass back their results. Some host competitions to see which student can come up with the best solution to a company’s problem.
University of San Francisco students have used data from General Electric to predict how much energy windmills could create. At North Carolina State, with data from the Postal Service, students have analyzed response rates to junk mail to find ways to improve its effectiveness.
Studying a Web user’s data has privacy implications. Using data to decide someone’s eligibility for a line of credit or health insurance, or even recommending who they friend on Facebook, can affect their lives. “We’re building these models that have impact on human life,” Ms. Schutt said. “How can we do that carefully?” Ethics classes address these questions.
Finally, students have to learn to communicate their findings, visually and orally, and they need business know-how, perhaps to develop new products.
“That’s one of the challenges,” said Terence Parr, program director of the analytics and computer science programs at the University of San Francisco. “To be successful, you need to have a wide range of skills that doesn’t fit in one department.”
The question, said Bill Howe, who teaches data science at the University of Washington, is whether it is even possible to instill in a single person all the skills needed, from statistics to predictive modeling to business strategy. The university’s offerings range from a free online course on Coursera to a nine-month certificate program to a Ph.D. track in Big Data.
“It remains to be seen,” he said, “but we’re still of the mind that a curriculum that aims to train data scientists is feasible.” He added: “What employers want is someone who can do it all.”
Thursday, 4 April 2013
CN Yang Scholars Programme
Lim Min had the CN Yang Scholars Programme interview at 2 pm this afternoon. She received a call from NTU at 4+ pm that she has been offered the programme, which has an enrollment limited to 50 students per academic year :)
She has decided to accept the CN Yang Scholars Programme and to enrol in NTU's Mathematical Sciences, which covers many computing modules and has an interesting Business Analytics track besides the usual Pure Math, Applied Math and Statistics tracks. The curriculum structure is here.
Besides being awarded the Nanyang Scholarship, the CN Yang Scholars Programme has the following additional benefits:
- Guaranteed overseas exchange for one semester with one-time award of S$5,000.
- Guaranteed four years of stay in NTU halls of residence.
- Opportunities for research attachment with monetary allowance as early as year one.
- Opportunities for accelerated post-graduate study (PhD).
- Opportunities for attending an international conference with full subsidy.
- Opportunities to meet top leading scientists and academics.
- Participation in programmes offered by the NTU Institute of Advanced Studies.
- Every student will be assigned a mentor who will provide guidance for the student's whole academic programme at NTU.
She has decided to accept the CN Yang Scholars Programme and to enrol in NTU's Mathematical Sciences, which covers many computing modules and has an interesting Business Analytics track besides the usual Pure Math, Applied Math and Statistics tracks. The curriculum structure is here.
Besides being awarded the Nanyang Scholarship, the CN Yang Scholars Programme has the following additional benefits:
- Guaranteed overseas exchange for one semester with one-time award of S$5,000.
- Guaranteed four years of stay in NTU halls of residence.
- Opportunities for research attachment with monetary allowance as early as year one.
- Opportunities for accelerated post-graduate study (PhD).
- Opportunities for attending an international conference with full subsidy.
- Opportunities to meet top leading scientists and academics.
- Participation in programmes offered by the NTU Institute of Advanced Studies.
- Every student will be assigned a mentor who will provide guidance for the student's whole academic programme at NTU.
Offer from SMU
On 26 March Lim Min went for SMU Interview and on 1 April, she has been offered admission into the Double Degree in Accountancy and Information Systems Management.
Afternote on 30 April: Lim Min has been offered the SMU Scholars Programme, which is a bond free scholarship that covers annual tuition fees, annual cash allowance of $5,000, a one-off grant for the purchase of a notebook computer, a one-off overseas study trip with the destination determined by the Centre for Scholars' Development (CSD). All Scholars are required to undertake a compulsory local community service project as decided by the CSD, in addition to the compulsory community service requirement.
Afternote on 30 April: Lim Min has been offered the SMU Scholars Programme, which is a bond free scholarship that covers annual tuition fees, annual cash allowance of $5,000, a one-off grant for the purchase of a notebook computer, a one-off overseas study trip with the destination determined by the Centre for Scholars' Development (CSD). All Scholars are required to undertake a compulsory local community service project as decided by the CSD, in addition to the compulsory community service requirement.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
APhO 2013 Singapore Team
The following students have been selected to represent Singapore in the 14th Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO 2013) which will be held in Bogor, Indonesia, from 5 - 13 May:
Bay Wei Heng, HCI
Tan Wei Liang Byorn, NUSH
Lim Jeck, NUSH
Jonathan Ang Yun Hao, NUSH
Sean Seet Xiang En, NUSH
Pay Shieu Ming Daryl, RI
Daniel Mark Keat Kay, RI
Ashwin Venkidachalam, RI
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Graduate Employment Survey 2012 (Published March 2013)
Graduate Employment Survey (GES) 2012 By Average Gross Monthly Salaries (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)
Top Salaries
1. SMU Law (4-year programme) - Cum Laude and above - $5082 ($5450)
2. SMU Law (4-year programme) - $4975 ($5250)
3. NUS Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) – $4963 ($5200)
4. NUS Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – $4799 ($5300)
5. NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery - $4250 ($4400)
6. SMU Economics (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $4053 ($4314)
7. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – $3976 ($4000)
8. SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3946 ($4100)
9. SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3854 ($4167)
10. SMU Economics (4-year programme) – $3768 ($4075)
11. SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3765 ($4192)
12. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) – $3717 ($4000)
13. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) - $3683 ($4000)
14. NTU Business and Computing - $3651 ($4000)
15. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Engineering) - $3630 ($3942)
16. NTU Aerospace Engineering - $3578 ($3809)
NUS GES
NTU GES
SMU GES
Top Salaries
1. SMU Law (4-year programme) - Cum Laude and above - $5082 ($5450)
2. SMU Law (4-year programme) - $4975 ($5250)
3. NUS Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) – $4963 ($5200)
4. NUS Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – $4799 ($5300)
5. NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery - $4250 ($4400)
6. SMU Economics (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $4053 ($4314)
7. NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – $3976 ($4000)
8. SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3946 ($4100)
9. SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3854 ($4167)
10. SMU Economics (4-year programme) – $3768 ($4075)
11. SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3765 ($4192)
12. NUS Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) – $3717 ($4000)
13. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) - $3683 ($4000)
14. NTU Business and Computing - $3651 ($4000)
15. NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Engineering) - $3630 ($3942)
16. NTU Aerospace Engineering - $3578 ($3809)
NUS GES
NTU GES
SMU GES
Family Gathering March Holidays
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| From left: Lim Jeck, Jansen, Jaren, Sean, Lim Li, Surya, Ilakya, Lim Min, Ying Yi, Choong Yin |
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| From left: Ming Ai, Sudha & hubby, Dorothea, me, Michelle |
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Nanyang Scholarship and University Application
Lim Min has been offered the foremost Nanyang Scholarship by NTU.
Nanyang Scholarship covers up to the normal programme duration on condition that the scholar maintains a record of good academic performance and conduct satisfactory to the University.
- Subsidised tuition fees (after Tuition Grant) will be fully covered
- Living allowance of S$6,000 per academic year.
- Book allowance of S$500 per academic year.
- Accommodation allowance of up to S$2,000 per academic year.
Applicable to scholars who reside in NTU hostels.
- Travel grant of S$5,000 (one-off) *
- Computer allowance of S$1,500 (one-off).
- Settling-in allowance of S$250 (one-off).
- Priority for Overseas Study Programme.
- No bond is attached to the Nanyang Scholarship apart from the three-year bond applicable to all Singapore PRs and international students under the MOE Tuition Grant Scheme.
Course Offered - Double Degree in Accountancy and Business (Direct Honours, duration 3.5 to 4 years)
Lim Min prefers a professional course (Accountancy) + a course that she has interest in or is confident of doing well (Computing/Math/Science). Unfortunately, NTU does not have such a double degree, so she ended up choosing NTU Accountancy + Business. Both Accountancy and Business are new to her, it is difficult to tell if she would be interested or if she will excel in these courses to earn a good honours degree at the end. She would be more confident of doing well in Math, Science and Computing modules, which has always been her pet subjects. By taking Accountancy and Business, it means she has to step out of her comfort zone into new challenges. The NTU offer is attractive - a good scholarship, with a double degree (in Accountancy and Business with direct honours) that takes only 3.5 to 4 years. Most other double degrees with honours from NTU and NUS would have required 4.5 - 5 years to complete. And according to the article above from NTU magazine Hey! Mar-Apr 2013 issue, the first batch of its double degree in Accountancy and Business who graduated last year are earning an average of $7k+ at the 90th percentile :O
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Results of application to NUS and SMU is pending. (SMU interview is scheduled for 26 March)
NUS - applied for Double Degree in Accountancy and Computing (with Honours, duration 4.5 to 5 years)
SMU - applied for Double Degree in Accountancy and Information System Management (with Cum Laude latin honours system, duration 4 to 4.5 years)
Nanyang Scholarship covers up to the normal programme duration on condition that the scholar maintains a record of good academic performance and conduct satisfactory to the University.
- Subsidised tuition fees (after Tuition Grant) will be fully covered
- Living allowance of S$6,000 per academic year.
- Book allowance of S$500 per academic year.
- Accommodation allowance of up to S$2,000 per academic year.
Applicable to scholars who reside in NTU hostels.
- Travel grant of S$5,000 (one-off) *
- Computer allowance of S$1,500 (one-off).
- Settling-in allowance of S$250 (one-off).
- Priority for Overseas Study Programme.
- No bond is attached to the Nanyang Scholarship apart from the three-year bond applicable to all Singapore PRs and international students under the MOE Tuition Grant Scheme.
Course Offered - Double Degree in Accountancy and Business (Direct Honours, duration 3.5 to 4 years)
Lim Min prefers a professional course (Accountancy) + a course that she has interest in or is confident of doing well (Computing/Math/Science). Unfortunately, NTU does not have such a double degree, so she ended up choosing NTU Accountancy + Business. Both Accountancy and Business are new to her, it is difficult to tell if she would be interested or if she will excel in these courses to earn a good honours degree at the end. She would be more confident of doing well in Math, Science and Computing modules, which has always been her pet subjects. By taking Accountancy and Business, it means she has to step out of her comfort zone into new challenges. The NTU offer is attractive - a good scholarship, with a double degree (in Accountancy and Business with direct honours) that takes only 3.5 to 4 years. Most other double degrees with honours from NTU and NUS would have required 4.5 - 5 years to complete. And according to the article above from NTU magazine Hey! Mar-Apr 2013 issue, the first batch of its double degree in Accountancy and Business who graduated last year are earning an average of $7k+ at the 90th percentile :O
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Results of application to NUS and SMU is pending. (SMU interview is scheduled for 26 March)
NUS - applied for Double Degree in Accountancy and Computing (with Honours, duration 4.5 to 5 years)
SMU - applied for Double Degree in Accountancy and Information System Management (with Cum Laude latin honours system, duration 4 to 4.5 years)
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Eindhoven Newspaper (The Netherlands)
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| Photo: The Singapore students follow different lessons on the Lorentz Casimir Lyceum to learn more about the Dutch education system. |
In Dutch. Translated to English:
East and West meet at Eindhoven
Four pair of eyes are focused on teacher Latin Fokko Ringeling. The almost empty packet of Hollandse stroopwafels is in the middle on the table. The pupils from the NUS High School of Mathematics and Science in Singapore, are in - equivalent to - year 5 and 6. Together with two teachers and the headmaster, they visit the Lorentz Casimir Lyceum. The purpose of the journey is the learning of the Dutch education system, in particular, teaching of Mathematics.
The answer to the question as to why the Singapore education produces high achievers, the headmaster does not know exactly. He believes that the Asian culture, and parents in Asia are very focused on the education and the performance of their children. As a result students were highly motivated. “The reason why our education is so good, is that we learn from other countries", said Dr. Hang.
Indeed, learning from each other is the crux of the visit. This applies not only to the chancellor but also for the pupils. The first and second grade students get a presentation of the Singaporean education system. Cooperation between both schools already exists before the visit. Dr. Hang’s school organizes the Singapore International Mathematics Challenge every two years. Last year the Netherlands was represented by four students from the Lorentz. During the competition, Dr. Hang was invited to come to the Netherlands.
Dr. Hang has yet another reason to be in the Netherlands. His students will be spending this weekend at the international finals of the mathematics Alympiade in the Gelderse Garderen. According to the headmaster, the goal is not to win. "The pupils should enjoy the experience and meeting new people. I think that is much more important than winning," said the headmaster.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
2012/2013 Local University Indicative Grade Profile & 2011 Graduate Employment Survey
Grade Profiles of the 10th and 90th percentiles of A-Level Applicants offered places for courses at NUS in Academic Year 2012-20132
NUS Courses
|
Representative Grade Profile 3H2/1H1
| |
|---|---|---|
10th percentile
|
90th percentile
| |
| Faculty of Law | ||
| Law* |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| School of Medicine | ||
| Medicine* |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Nursing* |
BCC/C
|
AAA/C
|
| Faculty of Dentistry | ||
| Dentistry* |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| School of Design & Environment | ||
| Architecture* |
ABB/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Industrial Design* |
BBB/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Project & Facilities Management |
BBC/C
|
ABB/C
|
| Real Estate |
BBC/B
|
AAB/B
|
| Faculty of Engineering | ||
| Engineering |
ABB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Bioengineering |
ABB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Chemical Engineering |
AAA/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Civil Engineering |
BBC/B
|
AAA/B
|
| Electrical Engineering |
BCC/B
|
AAA/B
|
| Environment Engineering |
BBB/C
|
AAA/B
|
| Engineering Science |
BBB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Industrial & Systems Engineering |
AAB/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Materials Science & Engineering |
AAB/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
ABB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| School of Computing | ||
| Computing (Computer Science) |
BBC/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Computing (Information Systems) |
BBB/C
|
AAA/B
|
| Faculty of Engineering & School of Computing | ||
| Computer Engineering |
BCC/B
|
AAA/B
|
| Faculty of Science | ||
| Pharmacy |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Science |
BBC/B
|
AAA/A
|
| School of Business | ||
| Business Admin |
AAA/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Business Admin (Accountancy) |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences | ||
| Arts & Social Sciences |
BBB/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Arts & Social Sciences (MT related) |
BBC/C
|
BBB/B
|
| Environmental Studies | ||
| Environmental Studies |
AAB/B
|
AAA/A
|
* Courses that require interview &/or test.
2 Double degrees are excluded from the table.
Grade Profiles of the 10th and 90th percentiles of ‘A’-Level Applicants offered places for programmes at NTU in UAE 2012
Graduate Employment Survey 2011 (Published in May 2012)
By Average Gross Monthly Salaries (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)
By Permanent Employment Rate (in brackets are the median salaries)
- NUS Bachelor Laws (LLB) (Hons) – $5,037 ($5,075)
- SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $4,294 ($4,783)
- NUS Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – $4,016 ($4,500)
- SMU Economics (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3,999 ($4,275)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) – $3,911 ($4,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – $3,871 ($4,200)
- SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3,777 ($4,100)
- NUS Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) – $3,677 ($3,900)
- SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3,671 ($4,125)
- SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – $3,637 ($4,150)
- NTU Computer Engineering – $3,577 ($3,800)
- SMU Economics (4-year programme) – $3,559 ($3,864)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial & Systems Engineering) – $3,539 ($3,950)
- NTU Aerospace Engineering – $3,489 ($3,900)
- SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – $3,450 ($3,700)
- NTU Computer Science – $3,425 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Engineering) – $3,421 ($3,682)
- NTU (NIE) Arts (with Education) – $3,407 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) – $3,393 ($3,500)
- NTU (NIE) Science (with Education) – $3,381 ($3,600)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) – $3,376 ($3,500)
- SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – $3,369 ($3,800)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) – $3,367 ($3,980)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Hons) – $3,346 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Bioengineering) – $3,334 ($3,800)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) – $3,327 ($3,600)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) – $3,286 ($3,515)
- NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – $3,276 ($3,500)
- SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – $3,267 ($3,600)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science & Engineering) – $3,255 ($3,500)
- NTU Business (3-yr direct Honours programme) – $3,245 ($3,600)
- NTU Electrical & Electronic Engineering – $3,243 ($3,500)
- NTU Mathematical Sciences & Economics – $3,226 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) – $3,215 ($3,300)
- NTU Economics – $3,209 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) – $3,203 ($3,250)
- NTU Information Engineering and Media – $3,196 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Communications and Media) – $3,175 ($3,300)
- NTU Mechanical Engineering – $3,152 ($3,385)
- NUS Bachelor of Arts (Hons) – $3,151 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) – $3,143 ($3,400)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration – $3,141 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Hons) – $3,138 ($3,450)
- NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery – $3,136 ($3,400)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) – $3,126 ($3,200)
- NTU Psychology – $3,125 ($3,450)
- NTU Mathematical Sciences – $3,125 ($3,200)
- NTU Civil Engineering – $3,115 ($3,400)
- NTU Bioengineering – $3,094 ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) – $3,088 ($3,350)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) – $3,075 ($3,500)
- NTU Sociology – $3,055 ($3,403)
- NTU Materials Engineering – $3,047 ($3,300)
- NTU Chinese – $3,044 ($3,300)
- SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) – $3,043 ($3,500)
- NTU Environmental Engineering – $3,034 ($3,300)
- NTU Physics & Applied Physics – $3,024 ($3,300)
- NTU Biological Sciences – $2,981 ($3,250)
- NTU English Literature – $2,976 ($3,200)
- NTU Communication Studies – $2,960 ($3,200)
- NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – $2,956 ($3,200)
- NTU Maritime Studies – $2,906 ($3,000)
- NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – $2,900 ($2,900)
- NUS Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) – $2,890 ($3,150)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) – $2,888 ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Arts – $2,763 ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Project & Facilities Management) – $2,760 ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) – $2,759 ($2,800)
- NUS Bachelor of Science – $2,741 ($2,900)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Nursing) – $2,718 ($2,800)
- NUS Bachelor of Applied Science – $2,647 ($2,800)
- NTU Art, Design & Media – $2,563 ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor Laws (LLB) (Hons) – 100.0% ($5,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – 100.0% ($4,000)
- NTU (NIE) Arts (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,300)
- NTU (NIE) Science (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,300)
- NUS Bachelor of Dental Surgery – 100.0% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) – 100.0% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Hons) – 98.9% ($3,300)
- NUS Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) – 98.6% ($3,500)
- SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – 98.6% ($3,225)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) – 98.1% ($3,400)
- NTU Maritime Studies – 98.1% ($2,800)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) – 97.2% ($3,000)
- SMU Accountancy (4-year programme) – 96.9% ($2,900)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Project & Facilities Management) – 96.7% ($2,770)
- NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – 96.3% ($2,700)
- SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – 96.0% ($4,200)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Nursing) – 95.6% ($2,750)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Engineering) – 95.5% ($3,100)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) – 95.5% ($2,700)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) – 95.1% ($3,000)
- SMU Information Systems Management (4-year programme) – 94.6% ($3,215)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) – 94.4% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) – 94.4% ($2,800)
- NTU Computer Engineering – 94.0% ($3,250)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) – 94.0% ($3,000)
- NTU Civil Engineering – 94.0% ($3,000)
- SMU Economics (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – 92.0% ($3,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science & Engineering) – 91.7% ($3,000)
- SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – 91.5% ($3,500)
- NTU Mathematical Sciences & Economics – 91.4% ($3,200)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial & Systems Engineering) – 91.1% ($3,500)
- NTU Information Engineering and Media – 90.6% ($3,200)
- NUS Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) – 90.3% ($2,800)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) – 89.4% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) – 89.2% ($3,300)
- NTU Aerospace Engineering – 88.9% ($3,500)
- SMU Economics (4-year programme) – 88.9% ($3,200)
- SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) – 88.5% ($3,000)
- NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – 88.4% ($3,200)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) – 88.4% ($3,100)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) – 88.4% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Business Administration – 88.1% ($2,975)
- NTU Physics & Applied Physics – 87.9% ($3,000)
- NTU Chinese – 87.7% ($3,100)
- SMU Social Sciences (4-year programme) – Cum Laude and above – 87.5% ($3,500)
- NTU Business (3-yr direct Honours programme) – 87.4% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Arts (Hons) – 87.3% ($3,200)
- SMU Business Management (4-year programme) – 87.3% ($3,020)
- NTU Electrical & Electronic Engineering – 87.2% ($3,100)
- NTU Mechanical Engineering – 86.8% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Science (Hons) – 85.3% ($3,000)
- NTU Computer Science – 85.1% ($3,200)
- NUS Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) – 84.9% ($3,000)
- NTU Environmental Engineering – 84.8% ($3,000)
- NTU Sociology – 84.5% ($3,150)
- NTU Psychology – 84.4% ($3,200)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) – 83.9% ($3,184)
- NTU Materials Engineering – 83.6% ($3,000)
- NTU Mathematical Sciences – 82.1% ($3,100)
- NUS Bachelor of Computing (Communications and Media) – 81.6% ($3,000)
- NTU English Literature – 81.1% ($3,100)
- NTU Communication Studies – 80.3% ($2,900)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Bioengineering) – 79.5% ($3,250)
- NUS Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) – 78.3% ($3,170)
- NTU Economics – 76.9% ($3,150)
- NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – 75.1% ($2,950)
- NUS Bachelor of Arts – 73.8% ($2,700)
- NTU Bioengineering – 72.7% ($3,000)
- NTU Biological Sciences – 71.8% ($3,000)
- NUS Bachelor of Applied Science – 70.6% ($2,500)
- NUS Bachelor of Science – 67.2% ($2,600)
- NTU Art, Design & Media – 55.8% ($2,500)
Monday, 4 March 2013
Student Exchange Programme with Lorentz Casimir Lyceum
Lim Jeck is participating in the Student Exchange Programme between NUS High School and Lorentz Casimir Lyceum from 3 - 10 March, in the Netherlands.
Programme for the Student Exchange Programme
- Classroom observations
- School-based activities
- Math competition (Wiskunde Alympiade)
- Sight-seeing in Holland
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| Delegation from NUS High - (from left) Dr Hang, Ling Yan Hao, Lim Jeck, Jonathan Ang, Dee Pei Fang, Mr Low Chin Han |
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| Ms Joyce Seow Chwee Loon (in white blouse with black cardigan) is also part of the delegation. |
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| Yan Hao's parents on the left, Jonathan's parents on the right |
- Classroom observations
- School-based activities
- Math competition (Wiskunde Alympiade)
- Sight-seeing in Holland
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Friday, 1 March 2013
GCE 'A' Level Results
The results of the 2012 GCE 'A' Levels were released today. Lim Min did well, scoring 7 Distinctions. Her results are as follows:
H1 General Paper - B
Calculation of University Admission Score (UAS):
4 H2 A - 20 x 3 + 10
PW A - 10
GP B - 8.75
Total - 88.75
Add H1 Chinese A - (88.75 + 10) x 0.9 = 88.875
Final UAS = 88.88 (maximum score 90)
Well done, Lim Min :)
H2 Physics - A
H2 Chemistry - A
H2 Mathematics - A
H2 Economics - A
H3 Numbers and Matrices (NTU) - Distinction
H1 General Paper - B
H1 Project Work - A
H1 Chinese - A
Calculation of University Admission Score (UAS):
4 H2 A - 20 x 3 + 10
PW A - 10
GP B - 8.75
Total - 88.75
Add H1 Chinese A - (88.75 + 10) x 0.9 = 88.875
Final UAS = 88.88 (maximum score 90)
Well done, Lim Min :)
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Home Tuition
*Important Note: from 1 August 2013 onwards, this post is no longer valid*
Interested in having home tuition for your kids?
We are a group of ex-students from RI(JC) giving home tuition. We teach in the North, West, East, North-East, Central (Redhill-Queenstown area).
We teach the following subjects:
Pri 1-3: Math, English
Pri 4-6: Math, Science
Sec 1-4: Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology
JC 1-2: Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Economics, History
Grades of tutors will be provided upon request, please be rest assured that we get As (or A* for PSLE) in the subjects which each of us are teaching, and that we are confident enough to teach them :) :) Most of us have prior teaching experience too (home tuition or relief teaching).
Interested, please email me (Lim Min) at happybalamjl@gmail.com
Posted by Lim Min
Interested in having home tuition for your kids?
We are a group of ex-students from RI(JC) giving home tuition. We teach in the North, West, East, North-East, Central (Redhill-Queenstown area).
We teach the following subjects:
Pri 1-3: Math, English
Pri 4-6: Math, Science
Sec 1-4: Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology
JC 1-2: Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Economics, History
Grades of tutors will be provided upon request, please be rest assured that we get As (or A* for PSLE) in the subjects which each of us are teaching, and that we are confident enough to teach them :) :) Most of us have prior teaching experience too (home tuition or relief teaching).
Interested, please email me (Lim Min) at happybalamjl@gmail.com
Posted by Lim Min
Bollywood movie - 3 Idiots
I have watched this Indian film recently on Youtube.
3 Idiots is easily one of the best Bollywood films that I have watched. One important theme in the movie is "follow your heart". In Singapore, it is common for parents to want their children to pursue a degree in Medicine or Law, hoping that they will become successful doctors or lawyers in the future (after watching the movie, I guess in India, the most prestigious job is Engineer). It is as if other degrees/jobs are considered inferior.
I would strongly urge all high school students and their parents to watch this movie. Parents - do let your children pursue their dreams! Passion leads to excellence!
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Saturday, 26 January 2013
QS World University Ranking 2012/2013 (NUS vs NTU, World Top 3)
2013/2014 ranking is here.
| QS World University Rankings | 2012 / 2013 | |||||
| Top 50 at a Glance | (Full Listing) | |||||
| NUS | NTU | World #1 | World #2 | World #3 | ||
| Overall | # 25 | # 47 | MIT | Cambridge | Harvard | |
| Medicine | # 21 | Harvard | Oxford | Cambridge | ||
| Biological Sciences | # 31 | Harvard | MIT | Cambridge | ||
| Psychology | # 15 | # 42 | Harvard | Cambridge | Stanford | |
| Pharmacy/Pharmacology | # 3 | Harvard | Cambridge | NUS | ||
| Physics & Astronomy | # 29 | MIT | Harvard | Stanford | ||
| Mathematics | # 11 | MIT | Harvard | Stanford | ||
| Environmental Sciences | # 11 | # 45 | Stanford | UCB | Harvard | |
| Earth & Marine Sciences | Harvard | Cambridge | Princeton | |||
| Chemistry | # 13 | MIT | UCB | Harvard | ||
| Materials Sciences | # 7 | # 31 | MIT | Stanford | Cambridge | |
| Comp Science & Info Sys | # 9 | # 26 | MIT | Stanford | Carnegie M | |
| Chemical Engineering | # 7 | # 30 | MIT | UCB | Cambridge | |
| Civil Engineering | # 5 | # 13 | MIT | Tokyo U | UCB | |
| Electrical Engineering | # 11 | # 31 | MIT | Stanford | UCB | |
| Mechanical Engineering | # 5 | # 16 | MIT | Stanford | Cambridge | |
| Philosophy | # 43 | Oxford | Cambridge | Harvard | ||
| Modern Language | # 10 | Harvard | Oxford | Cambridge | ||
| Geography | # 5 | Oxford | UCB | Cambridge | ||
| History | Oxford | Cambridge | Harvard | |||
| Linguistics | # 38 | MIT | Harvard | UCLA | ||
| English Lang & Literature | # 22 | Cambridge | Harvard | Oxford | ||
| Statistics & Ops Research | # 5 | # 18 | Stanford | UCB | MIT | |
| Sociology | # 13 | Harvard | UCB | Oxford | ||
| Politics & Intl Studies | # 12 | Harvard | Oxford | LSE | ||
| Law | # 10 | Harvard | Yale | Oxford | ||
| Economics & Econometrics | # 16 | MIT | Harvard | U Chicago | ||
| Accounting & Finance | # 8 | # 32 | Harvard | MIT | London Bus | |
| Comms & Media Studies | # 3 | # 23 | Stanford | Columbia U | NUS | |
| Education | # 20 | Harvard | Stanford | Cambridge |
NUS - National University of Singapore
NTU - Nanyang Technological University of Singapore
Congratulatory Note from NTU
Lim Min has received an offer of a place in the NTU Double Degree programme in Accountancy and Business.
Monday, 14 January 2013
What's in store for 2013 ...
Since December 2012, Lim Min has been giving 1-1 home tuition, and she has 14-15 students so far. She is charging $20 - $30 per hour, and makes a princely sum each month, from these tuition assignments. Lately, there are more and more new tuition requests, and she has been passing them to her friends. From Lim Min's experience, it shows tuition industry in Singapore is certainly a lucrative business. I can't imagine how much full time tutors who charge much more, and who are giving group tuition, could earn each month. It is perplexing why the students do not approach their peers, seniors and school teachers for help/consultancy (free!) and instead, look to tutors for help (and incurring much of their parents' hard earned $).
Lim Min would be giving relief teaching at RI (JC). There is a confirmed 10-day assignment for her, to teach Math, from 18 Feb to 1 Mar. She intends to read a double degree in NUS, possibly Accountancy and Computing, or Engineering, or Math (any two of these four disciplines), and has applied for an NUS scholarship. The NUS new term will start in August 2013.
This year in his Year 6 at NUS High, Lim Jeck is in both the IMO and APhO/IPhO national training team. Training for IMO is held every Sat morning at NUS Math Dept, whereas training for APhO/IPhO is held on Wed afternoons and Sat mornings. He has decided to call it a day, for the IOI training which is supposed to start this week. Since both IOI 2013 and IPhO 2013 dates clash, and clearly it is not advisable for one to pursue 3 olympiads, naturally one has to go. Though both IMO 2013 (18 to 28 July 2013, at Columbia) and IPhO 2013 (7 to 15 July, Denmark) dates do not clash, if he were to be selected for both olympiads, I think he should perhaps pick only one to go. This is because the intensive training for both olympiads fall in the same period, June to July. If I were him, and if I qualify for both IMO and IPhO, I would opt for the latter. I feel that he had already won 2 IMO Gold medals, and had achieved #1 in the World and perfect score (that is, there is no more room for improvement), it is timely to retire at his peak, from IMO. However, if he indeed qualifies for both national teams (selection tests will be held in April and May 2013), the choice would be for him to make. Let's see what's his choice, when the time comes. [if he has cleared both selection tests, it means he has earned his right to participate in both competitions, shouldn't he be allowed/supported to take part in both competitions? Must he make a choice?]
For Year 2 NUS High, Lim Li has to select 2 out of 3 Art/Humanities/Music modules. As she has no affinity for Art, she opted for Music and Geography. In NUS High, one has to take all the core Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology modules for Year 1-4, and only 1 Art/Humanities/Music module in Year 3 & 4. I think she is likely to choose Economics or Geography then.
Lim Min would be giving relief teaching at RI (JC). There is a confirmed 10-day assignment for her, to teach Math, from 18 Feb to 1 Mar. She intends to read a double degree in NUS, possibly Accountancy and Computing, or Engineering, or Math (any two of these four disciplines), and has applied for an NUS scholarship. The NUS new term will start in August 2013.
This year in his Year 6 at NUS High, Lim Jeck is in both the IMO and APhO/IPhO national training team. Training for IMO is held every Sat morning at NUS Math Dept, whereas training for APhO/IPhO is held on Wed afternoons and Sat mornings. He has decided to call it a day, for the IOI training which is supposed to start this week. Since both IOI 2013 and IPhO 2013 dates clash, and clearly it is not advisable for one to pursue 3 olympiads, naturally one has to go. Though both IMO 2013 (18 to 28 July 2013, at Columbia) and IPhO 2013 (7 to 15 July, Denmark) dates do not clash, if he were to be selected for both olympiads, I think he should perhaps pick only one to go. This is because the intensive training for both olympiads fall in the same period, June to July. If I were him, and if I qualify for both IMO and IPhO, I would opt for the latter. I feel that he had already won 2 IMO Gold medals, and had achieved #1 in the World and perfect score (that is, there is no more room for improvement), it is timely to retire at his peak, from IMO. However, if he indeed qualifies for both national teams (selection tests will be held in April and May 2013), the choice would be for him to make. Let's see what's his choice, when the time comes. [if he has cleared both selection tests, it means he has earned his right to participate in both competitions, shouldn't he be allowed/supported to take part in both competitions? Must he make a choice?]
For Year 2 NUS High, Lim Li has to select 2 out of 3 Art/Humanities/Music modules. As she has no affinity for Art, she opted for Music and Geography. In NUS High, one has to take all the core Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology modules for Year 1-4, and only 1 Art/Humanities/Music module in Year 3 & 4. I think she is likely to choose Economics or Geography then.
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