Application to UniSim and SIM GE

[alisterrox]

Hello fellow HWZ forum people, i have a few questions to ask regarding admission to either university

1) DO i apply after NS or before i enter NS?

I am personally not sure when to apply, as I have yet to serve NS and will be serving NS later this year. If i apply to before NS, does that mean they will "reserve" the course for me if i am successful and accepted in the application for the next 2 years till i ORD? Also, i read UniSim requires me to be 21 and 2 years of work experience, i am soon to be 20 and have no 2 years of work experience yet. Does NS count?

2) Course fees for UniSim Finance and marketing and Study Loans/Government Grants

Do i enjoy any government grants? As im a Singaporean, am i entitled to the 55% waiver of the total course fees? And what is the typical total course fees for the course too? And how does study loans work?

3) For SIM GE, do i get to enjoy same government grants?

I have seen the course fees and am wondering if there is any sort of study grant to help pay the exorbitant fees (ouch )

4) Which is the better Uni overall? Campus life and teaching standards wise?

Personally, I am not sure how campus life for university is in UniSIM and SIM GE. Is it similar to Polytechnic? I study in game design in a local poly here, and i am looking to branch out to the management and finance sector in the future.

5) Which course offers better career prospects locally?

I am interested in Finance and Marketing in UniSIM, but is also interested in Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) and Bachelor of Arts (Economics) From SIM GE awarded by University of Buffalo. However, the cost of the latter is too high for me, so i would like to ask which is better for me minding the cost of studying, or is there a similar course to the one offered by SIM GE.

Thanks alot and I appreciate the advice i can get! I personally am interested in economics, marketing and management in general, so i would like some advice on what i can choose to study in from those sectors, so if there is any advice i can get out there, thank you!

 

[taywk26]

Hello fellow HWZ forum people, i have a few questions to ask regarding admission to either university

1) DO i apply after NS or before i enter NS?

I am personally not sure when to apply, as I have yet to serve NS and will be serving NS later this year. If i apply to before NS, does that mean they will "reserve" the course for me if i am successful and accepted in the application for the next 2 years till i ORD? Also, i read UniSim requires me to be 21 and 2 years of work experience, i am soon to be 20 and have no 2 years of work experience yet. Does NS count?

2) Course fees for UniSim Finance and marketing and Study Loans/Government Grants

Do i enjoy any government grants? As im a Singaporean, am i entitled to the 55% waiver of the total course fees? And what is the typical total course fees for the course too? And how does study loans work?

3) For SIM GE, do i get to enjoy same government grants?

I have seen the course fees and am wondering if there is any sort of study grant to help pay the exorbitant fees (ouch )

4) Which is the better Uni overall? Campus life and teaching standards wise?

Personally, I am not sure how campus life for university is in UniSIM and SIM GE. Is it similar to Polytechnic? I study in game design in a local poly here, and i am looking to branch out to the management and finance sector in the future.

5) Which course offers better career prospects locally?

I am interested in Finance and Marketing in UniSIM, but is also interested in Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) and Bachelor of Arts (Economics) From SIM GE awarded by University of Buffalo. However, the cost of the latter is too high for me, so i would like to ask which is better for me minding the cost of studying, or is there a similar course to the one offered by SIM GE.

Thanks alot and I appreciate the advice i can get! I personally am interested in economics, marketing and management in general, so i would like some advice on what i can choose to study in from those sectors, so if there is any advice i can get out there, thank you!

Hi i have the smiliar doubt for qns 1 as you cos i am also about to serve ns soon like u after graduating for poly later next month, from what i know (i may be wrong), if u are enlisting ns soon this year, and intending apply to local uni, they will reserve u a place if u managed to land yourself in the local uni, but for priv uni like sim ge, u will have to wait until the final year of your ns and then apply for it, cos pri uni aint reserve place for ns boy. i think the 2 year exp and 21 years age doesnt apply to u.
the rest i am not so sure as i have yet to also apply for sim as i'm in my final year of poly

 

[Havok_ex]

1) DO i apply after NS or before i enter NS?

I am personally not sure when to apply, as I have yet to serve NS and will be serving NS later this year. If i apply to before NS, does that mean they will "reserve" the course for me if i am successful and accepted in the application for the next 2 years till i ORD? Also, i read UniSim requires me to be 21 and 2 years of work experience, i am soon to be 20 and have no 2 years of work experience yet. Does NS count?

For the normal local unis, you can apply before you enlist. They will reserve the spot for you. I believe unisim may work the same way. NS does count as 2 years of work experience. But from what I've heard, they are not too strict in enforcing the age limit and work experience.

2) Course fees for UniSim Finance and marketing and Study Loans/Government Grants

Yes you do enjoy government grants. University loans must be applied from the bank, but that can wait till after you are accepted. Typical course fees for local uni are usually around 30k and under for the whole 4 years.

3) For SIM GE, do i get to enjoy same government grants?

No, you don't.

4) Which is the better Uni overall? Campus life and teaching standards wise?

Not sure what the campus life is like. Better uni, hard to say. Unisim is local but its new and untested. But from what we know about local university, they gain recognition pretty fast, like SMU for instance. Took them only a few years to reach the same local recognition as NUS and NTU.

5) Which course offers better career prospects locally?


Locally, unisim will give you a better career prospect. Since its local, you can work in both government and private sectors. Private degree holders usually can only work in private sector and hard for them to break into the public sector.

 

[Bedokian]

With regards to point 4, it is very subjective, though objectively all degrees whose university is recognised by their home governments are given reciprocal recognition.

Sometimes luck does play a part here. Imagine a company that you applied to, the line department head/HR personnel happens to be an alma mater of your degree/PEI, and may call you up for an interview, simply because he/she knew what you went through and the knowledge gained.

That being said, a number of people chose to take DL degrees part time, gaining the work experience in between. And with that, there might be a better chance of aceing that job that requires a degree AND the work exeprience that they had.

 

[MeowEatsFish]

With regards to Point 1,yes you can apply before. But you have to pay for them to reserve your placing.

 

[Kyoji83]

Not so sure about working in government sector with UniSIM degree for GEO1 position with MOE as a fresh graduate.

1) DO i apply after NS or before i enter NS?

I am personally not sure when to apply, as I have yet to serve NS and will be serving NS later this year. If i apply to before NS, does that mean they will "reserve" the course for me if i am successful and accepted in the application for the next 2 years till i ORD? Also, i read UniSim requires me to be 21 and 2 years of work experience, i am soon to be 20 and have no 2 years of work experience yet. Does NS count?

For the normal local unis, you can apply before you enlist. They will reserve the spot for you. I believe unisim may work the same way. NS does count as 2 years of work experience. But from what I've heard, they are not too strict in enforcing the age limit and work experience.

2) Course fees for UniSim Finance and marketing and Study Loans/Government Grants

Yes you do enjoy government grants. University loans must be applied from the bank, but that can wait till after you are accepted. Typical course fees for local uni are usually around 30k and under for the whole 4 years.

3) For SIM GE, do i get to enjoy same government grants?

No, you don't.

4) Which is the better Uni overall? Campus life and teaching standards wise?

Not sure what the campus life is like. Better uni, hard to say. Unisim is local but its new and untested. But from what we know about local university, they gain recognition pretty fast, like SMU for instance. Took them only a few years to reach the same local recognition as NUS and NTU.

5) Which course offers better career prospects locally?


Locally, unisim will give you a better career prospect. Since its local, you can work in both government and private sectors. Private degree holders usually can only work in private sector and hard for them to break into the public sector.