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experiential learning

Every year, our graduate and undergraduate students work closely with a range of industries on consulting projects and hands-on activities. This helps them to acquire a fundamental understanding of real-world challenges in the industry, while honing their competencies to be resourceful and enterprising in exploring effective solutions in a safe environment.

Launch Your Transformation
THE NUS MBA
120 hours

Launch Your Transformation

Master the power of influencing others to become a better leader. Kick off your transformative journey with this high-energy, high-impact, intensive 5-day boot camp. Through facilitated role-playing exercises, you’ll receive instant, constructive feedback, and emerge with stronger communication and influencing skills which you can apply across a range of personal and professional situations.

MBA Survival Kit
THE NUS MBA
12 hours

MBA Survival Kit

Learn to work effectively in teams and manage business across cultures. Equip yourself with a consulting toolkit – apply hypotheses-led thinking to project planning, structure and present a value creation model, then acquire the skills necessary for effective solutions delivery such as problem solving, gap analysis, and crafting a value proposition. The MBA Survival Kit will empower you with a set of critical skills that will help you to excel in the MBA and beyond.

MBA Consulting Project
THE NUS MBA
10 hours

MBA Consulting Project

Apply what you have learnt to solve a business problem or tap into growth opportunities. Working in small teams and closely with key business stakeholders, you will research and analyse issues and recommend a comprehensive, in-depth, strategic business plan that incorporates financial, marketing, operational and strategic recommendations.

This intensive, hands-on module takes place over 3-4 months (a total of 130 hours), and has offered over 300 projects across 12 different industries with more than 150 companies in sectors including Fintech, Banking & Finance, Consulting & Professional Services, Technology, Hospitality & Tourism, Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing, FMCG, and Retail.

Gobi Desert Challenge
THE NUS Executive MBA (Chinese)
7 days

Gobi Desert Challenge

Held in Mo-Kia-Yen Gobi Desert on the border of Gansu Province and Xinjiang, the Gobi Desert Challenge is an annual competition, with EMBA-C students participating from more than 30 top global Chinese business schools.

The 112-kilometre endurance test is inspired by the journey of Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, a central character in the novel Journey to the West.

This experiential ‘classroom’ allows students to learn through nature and strengthen their resolution, health and stamina for any challenges they may face. They experience first-hand the journey Xuanzang made in pursuit of truth, and better understand the keys to success: vision, action and perseverance – qualities also important for leadership.

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Field Service Project
THE NUS MBA
Varies

Field Service Project

This is team-based project module for BBA Honours students only.

Students will learn about an organization’s business model, value propositions, operations and imbibe the entrepreneurial passion and leadership from the CEO and other leaders. They will provide an informative and diagnostic report to the organizations to help propel them forward in today’s challenging business environments.

Many projects have been highlighted annually in the Enterprise 50 awards and featured in The Business Times. Some students have worked closely with multinational companies like L’Oreal, government-related bodies such as Singapore Tourism Board, as well as small- and medium-sized companies.

Bizad Leadership Development Programme
THE NUS MBA
Varies

Bizad Leadership Development Programme

This module provides BBA students additional development opportunities to realise their leadership potential and emerge a more holistic and outstanding graduate.

Students will gain rich, in-depth experiences through attachments to captains of industry over the course of a few weeks, during which time they engage in multiple one-on-one discussions with the CEOs. They will also undergo an intensive two-week module on business leadership case analysis.