2014 IARU Global Internship Program @NUS
Information for Applicants
Who is eligible to apply?
To be eligible to apply for the IARU Summer Global Internship Program @NUS, you must:
 be a current enrolled degree seeking student at one of the IARU universities (except National
University of Singapore): Australian National University; ETH Zurich; Peking University; University
of California, Berkeley; University of Cambridge; University of Copenhagen; University of Oxford;
The University of Tokyo; or Yale University;
 have completed at least one full year of university study; and
 be fluent in English.
How do I apply?
Complete the following Application Form and forward it electronically to the IARU Coordinator at NUS by
Friday, 28 February 2014, 2359hr Singapore time.
NUS may request for an interview via Skype or other medium during the selection process. Applicants
and their home universities will be notified of their application status by Friday, 14 March 2014.
Please note that shortlisted students will be required to respond to the NUS offer by Friday, 21 March
2014.
How do I enroll in NUS?
Upon acceptance of the NUS offer, successful applicants have to submit their online application by
Friday, 28 March 2014. Hard copies of supporting documents must reach NUS by Friday, 4 April 2014.
The links will be provided via e-mail. The list of hard copy supporting documents required for enrollment
is as follows:
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Printout of completed online application form, with a recent passport-sized photograph
Offer letter for internship in NUS
Academic transcript
Photocopy of passport particulars page
Letter by home university certifying approved internship
Failure to comply with the given deadlines may affect your internship.
For more information, please visit our website at
http://www.nus.edu.sg/iro/networks/prog/iaru-gipnus/index.html
2014 IARU Global Internship Program @NUS
Application Form
1. Personal Details
Home University
Student ID
Family Name
Given Names
Date of Birth
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Nationality/Citizenship
Sex
Term Address
(Address while at Home
University)
Permanent Address
Telephone Number
(including country code)
Mobile/
Cell Number
(including country code)
Email Address*
*Please note that email will be used as the primary method of contacting applicants
2. Special Requirements
Dietary and/or other
special requirements
3. Emergency Contact
Name
Relationship to you
Telephone Number
(including country code)
Mobile/Cell Number
(including country code)
Contact address
Email address
Male
Female
4. Internship Selection
Please select the internship which you are applying for.
Host Department: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science (DBS1)
Documentation and quantification of butterfly wing patterns
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science (DBS2)
The impact of Pleistocene climate change on South-east Asian bird diversification
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science (DBS3)
A bioeconomic modelling of ‘oil palm pests’ infestation in Southeast Asia
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (DSC1)
Using an equation to speed up cache simulations
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (DSC2)
Concurrency control for social network data
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (DSC3)
Equation-based flash allocation to virtual machines
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (DSC4)
On modeling 2-dimensional and 2-level caches
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Computer Science, School of Computing (DSC5)
Query optimization for social network data
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE1)
Wireless Sensor and Actuator Node Realization
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: NUS Museum (NM1)
Lee Kong Chian Collection Curatorial Research Intern
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
Host Department: NUS Museum (NM2)
T.K. Sabapathy Collection Curatorial Research Intern
(19 May – 11 July 2014)
If you are not able to come for the internship during the stipulated period, please indicate your available dates.
Any deviation from the stipulated period will be subject to the approval of the host department and availability
of the accommodation but must be within the NUS vacation dates of 12 May to 4 August 2014:
5. Academic Details
What is your degree program, major and current year of study?
6. Statement of Purpose
Please write a brief statement of purpose (maximum 500 words) detailing your reasons for applying for the
internship you have selected. This should include what you hope to get out of the internship. You may like to
include details of related courses you have previously taken, and/or the relevance of the internship to your
present course of study or professional/ personal development.
7. Other Information
Please list any other experience and/or extra-curricular involvement that may be relevant to your application
(e.g. work experience, volunteer activities, community involvement, sporting/cultural achievements).
8. Declaration
Please indicate your agreement to the following statements by clicking in each box to mark it with a cross.
I wish to apply to participate in the IARU Global Internship Program @NUS, and declare that all the
information submitted in this application is correct and complete.
I authorize my home university to obtain official records from any institution I have attended, and
acknowledge that NUS reserves the right to vary or reserve any decision regarding nomination made on
the basis of incorrect or incomplete information.
9. Submit your application
Please submit your completed application form via email to Ms Chu Tuyet Mai at iroctm@nus.edu.sg by Friday,
28 February 2014, 2359hr Singapore time .