

VSE Season 1, 2022-23
Explore and apply to a wide variety of online academic courses offered by APRU member universities across the Pacific Rim at VSE Season 1, 2022-23!
VSE Season 1, 2022-23 offers regular-term courses from July to December 2022.
Be sure to go through all the details on this page before making an application. Courses on offer this Season are listed at the bottom of this page.
VSE Seasons
Each year, the VSE offers three distinct study periods known as SEASONS:
Season 1: offers regular-term courses with starting dates from July to December
Season 2: offers regular-term courses with starting dates from January to June
Season 3: offers intensive, short-term courses between May and August
Participating Universities
Every APRU member university could participate in a VSE Season by:
- Offering courses to students from other VSE participating universities, and/or
- Allowing its own students to take course from other VSE participating universities.
The following table lists the participating universities at VSE Season 1, 2022-23 and shows whether they would offer courses and/or allow its students to take courses. You can also find out if your home university has limited the time period for you apply for a course during the current Season.
Participating University | Offers Courses | Home Students can Apply for Courses | |
From | To | ||
Chulalongkorn University | Y | – | Jul 22, 2022 |
Far Eastern Federal University | N | Throughout Season | |
Fudan University | N | Jul 1, 2022 | Aug 7, 2022 |
Keio University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Korea University | Y | Jul 18, 2022 | Aug 26, 2022 |
Kyushu University | N | Throughout Season | |
Nagoya University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Nanjing University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Nanyang Technological University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Osaka University | Y | Throughout Season | |
POSTECH | Y | Jun 2, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Y | Jul 1, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 |
Sun Yat-sen University | N | Throughout Season | |
Tecnológico de Monterrey | Y | Jun 14, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Y | Throughout Season | |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Y | Throughout Season | |
The University of Auckland | N | Throughout Season | |
The University of Hong Kong | N | Throughout Season | |
Tohoku University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Tongji University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Tsinghua University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Universidad de Chile | Y | May 31, 2022 | Aug 25, 2022 |
University of California, Santa Cruz | Y | – | Aug 15, 2022 |
University of Science and Technology of China | Y | May 16, 2022 | Dec 31, 2022 |
University of the Philippines | N | Throughout Season | |
UNSW Sydney | Y | Throughout Season | |
Waseda University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Xi’an Jiaotong University | N | Throughout Season | |
Yonsei University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Zhejiang University | Y | Throughout Season |
Eligibility
To apply for a VSE academic course, you must fulfill the following requirements:
- You are an undergraduate student currently studying at an APRU member university.
- Your home university is participating in the current VSE Season.
- Your home university allows its students to take courses at the current VSE Season.
Your home university, course offering universities and specific courses may have additional academic and language proficiency requirements .
Application and Enrolment
Refer to the Application section for detailed instructions on how to apply for a VSE academic course.
You can take ONE or TWO courses within a single VSE Season. To apply for a second course after submitting your first application, please submit another application through the VSE application system. We encourage you to save one of your two course quotas for a course that is offered later into the Season.
Course enrolment is subject to endorsement from your home university and approval from the course offering university.
Your home university may require you to go through an internal selection process before you can make an application through the VSE application system. For details, Please consult your home university’s VSE Coordinator.
Language Requirements
The majority of academic courses offered through the VSE are taught in English. However, some courses on offer are taught in other languages. The language of instruction of a course can be found on the course details page of each course offering university.
Some course offering universities require applicants to provide proof of language proficiency when they apply for a course. These requirements can be found on the course details page. Remember to upload the required proof when you make an application through the VSE application system. While some course offering universities do not specify language requirements, students are expected to be able to to understand and study the course materials in the course’s language of instruction.
Credits and Transcripts
Most academic courses offered through the VSE are credit bearing. Credits, if available, will be provided by the respective course offering university. If you are looking to take a VSE academic course and transfer the credits back to your home university, please make sure the following before you apply:
- The course is credit-bearing
- Your home university would approve the transfer of credits
- How credits would convert between the course offering university and your home university
Transcripts for credit-bearing courses will be sent to your home university and/or you directly. Certificates of participation or Pass/Fail Certificates are available for most non-credit bearing courses.
Fees

No additional fees are required to take VSE courses. Pay your regular tuition to your home university only. Any additional fees, if required, will be detailed under each course or program.
FAQs
I am a postgraduate student. Can I apply to VSE academic courses?
You can apply to VSE academic courses if it is approved by your home university. However, the corresponding course offering university will have the final decision to approve applications from postgraduate students.
I have made an application but I need to submit additional documents. What should I do?
Please send your additional documents to [email protected] with your full name and application number in the subject line. DO NOT start another application to submit additional documents.
When can I expect to receive my application result?
Your application, if endorsed by your home university, will reviewed by the corresponding course offering university. The time for course offering universities to review and approve your application varies, but you will be informed by the VSE Central Office of your application result (successful/not successful) before the first day of class of your selected course.
I have only taken one course in the current VSE Season. Can I take three courses in the next Season?
Untaken course quotas cannot be carried over to subsequent VSE Seasons.
I have applied to two academic courses at the current VSE Season, but one of the applications was not successful. Can I apply to another course?
You may apply to another VSE academic course within the same Season, if that course is still open for application and if doing so will not exceed the enrolment limit of two courses per Season.
I am informed that my application is unsuccessful. May I know the reason(s) why?
Your unsuccessful VSE application could be due to your application not being endorsed by your home university, or not being approved by the course offering university. The course offering university evaluates VSE applications based on their own criteria, which may include (but not limited to) the following:
1. Spaces available for VSE enrolment in the course
2. Academic attributes (year, major, GPA etc.) of the applicants
3. The applicant’s proficiency in the course’s language of instruction
List of Academic Courses
Season 1, 2022-23
(Click university name to access full course details)
The list below is sorted by application deadlines, and will be updated from time to time with new course offering universities and courses.
Application Closed

Zhejiang University
Application Deadline: Jun 28, 2022
Classes Starts From: Nov 1, 2022
03121351 | Studying International Education Policies |
04129880 | Contemporary Western Epistemology |
12121620 | Engineering Elasticity |
12195660 | Green Building |
17120930 | Comparative Physiology: What Mice can Tell about Human Disease |
20124440 | Strategic Management |
20125050 | Leadership Development |
24122920 | Land and State Governance |

Chulalongkorn University
Application Deadline: Jul 1, 2022
Classes Starts From: Aug 8, 2022
0201171 | Effective Career Management |
0201212 | Sport Ethics |
0201251 | Pollution Prevention and Control (P2 Control) |
0295106 | Wellness and Life Extension |
0295110 | Wine Education |
2800210 | Art Appreciation |
2800451 | Seminar in Communication and Current Social Issues (SEM COMM/SOC ISS) |
3503101 | Classical Music on Screen |
5600161 | Stakeholder Engagement for Innovators |
5605208 | Business and Organizational Models for Smart Cities |

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Application Deadline: Jul 13, 2022
Classes Starts From: Aug 8, 2022
DL1023 | Innovation and Creative Processes |
EC1018 | Anticorruption in Government, Firms, and Society (Course Cancelled) |
EH1012 | Ethics, Sustainability and Social Responsibility |
EH1013 | Cultural Heritage of Mexico (Course Cancelled) |
H1057 | The Myths that Inhabit Us: from Prometheus to Marvel |
HI1025 | Spanish I |
MA1042 | Mathematics and Data Science for Decision Making |
P1013 | Mexican Politics: Evolution and Challenges (Taught in Spanish) |
RI1016 | Gender, Society and Human Rights (Course Cancelled) |

Yonsei University
Application Deadline: Jul 27, 2022
Classes Starts From: Sep 1, 2022
IEE1154 | Korean Popular Culture and Korean Wave |
IEE2084 | Korean Food and Culture |
IEE3103 | Introduction to Korean Studies |
IEE3107 | Pre-modern Korean History |
IEE3108 | Modern Korean History |
IEE3121 | Traditional Korean Society & Modernization |
IEE3300 | Contemporary Korean Cinema and Society |
IEE3317 | Media Communication in Korea |
IEE3326 | Korea-US Relations |
IEE3372 | Understanding of Digital Media |

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Application Deadline: Aug 9, 2022
Classes Starts From: Sep 1, 2022
CHEM1008 | Introductory Chemistry (Course Cancelled) |
CHEM1030 | General Chemistry II (Course Cancelled) |
ELEC3500 | Microelectronic Devices and Technology |
ENTR1001 | Entrepreneurship 1001: Building Your Own Future (Course Cancelled) |

Nanjing University
Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2022
Classes Starts From: Sep 5, 2022
030301D32 | Cultural Anthropology of China |
030301D31 | Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Society |
030301D33 | Social Science Research: Methods and Writing |
030301D38 | Gender, Family and Social Changes in China |
05000870 | Cinematic Sociology |
70000050 | Oral Chinese Communication |
70000090 | New Vision for Chinese Youth |

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Application Deadline: Aug 12, 2022
Classes Starts From: Sep 5, 2022
ANTH2350 | Meanings of Life |
CLCC1703I | Elementary Cantonese for Chinese Speakers |
CLCP1113C | Application of Vocabulary and Grammar I (Putonghua/Mandarin) |
FREN1001 | Invitation to French Online |
GERM1001 | First Step in German |
HKSL1001 | Hong Kong Sign Language Taster |
SPAN1001 | First Step in Spanish |

Universidad de Chile
Application Deadline: Jul 27, 2022 (for all courses except EPNANOTAGRISUS-1); Aug 15, 2022 (for EPNANOTAGRISUS-1)
Classes Starts From: Sep 5, 2022
EPNANOTAGRISUS-1 | Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture (Additional Course) |
CMG471-370 | History of Art: Chilean Heritage |
LIB522 | Asuntos Públicos, Género y Diversidad: Debates Actuales (Taught in Spanish) |
LIB526 | Introducción a la producción cinematográfica (Taught in Spanish) |
UCHILES12223-01 | Desafíos de la Globalización (Taught in Spanish) |
UCHILES12223-02 | Negociación y Toma de Decisiones (Taught in Spanish) |
UCHILES12223-03 | Pensamiento Político Latinoamericano (Taught in Spanish) |
UCHILES12223-04 | Política Latinoamericana (Taught in Spanish) |
UCHILES12223-05 | Government and Politics of Latin America |

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
Classes Starts From: Sep 1, 2022
AE8104 | Finite Element Analysis of Composites |
BUSS8030 | Introduction to Banking Industry in China |
ECON9004 | Advanced Econometrics: Time Series Analysis |
ICE6202 | Digital Image Processing |
LAW6828 | Chinese Foreign Trade Law |
MSE2605 | Fundamentals of Materials Science Part I |
MS331+MS333 | Quantum Information Technologies and A Practical Module |
MT319 | Materials Physics |
PE008 | Theory and Practice on Improving Immunity Based on Chinese Traditional Exercises |
VM211 | Introduction to Solid Mechanics |

Tsinghua University
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
Classes Starts From: Sep 12, 2022
00000171 | Modern Chinese Architecture and Urbanism: Building Types and Aesthetic Styles in the Global Context |
10460053 | 气候变化与全球发展 (Taught in Chinese) |
10700073 | Mind, Individual and Culture |
14720043 | 考古发现与《史记》 (Taught in Chinese) |
30690524 | Logic, Language and Philosophy Course |
40030942 | Traffic Analysis and Design |
40510673 | Empirical Finance |
40510973 | Labor Economics |
40690952 | Logic, Computation and Games |
61030132 | A Chinese Perspective on Global Development Issues |

Osaka University
Application Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
Classes Starts From: Oct 3, 2022
13A415 | Religion in Japanese Society |
881112 | Introduction to Earth and Space Science |
881226 | Media and Communications in Japan |
88A056 | Structural Organic Chemistry |
88A063 | Advanced Lectures from Science to Industry |
88A065 | Osaka University Anniversary Lecture |
88A068 | Climate Change in Asia Pacific - Science and Solutions |
88A069 | Introduction to Human-centered Design |
88A070 | Design Studies - Creative Process and Methods |
88A071 | Introduction to Chemical Engineering Science : Basic and Bio-Inspired Approach |

Keio University
Application Deadline: Aug 18, 2022
Classes Starts From: Oct 1, 2022
84878 | Otaku Culture in Japan and its Transnational Relation |
92394 | Japanese Linguistics in Sociocultural Context |
95905 | Crossing Borders: Adapting To Japan and Adapting To The World |
98589 | Cultural Presuppositions in Japanese Communication |

Tohoku University
Application Deadline: Aug 19, 2022
Classes Starts From: Oct 3, 2022
CB11201 | Global Career Development on Japanese Management System |
CB12201 | Japanese Corporate Culture, Employment Practices |
CB14212 | Japanese Communication Behaviors in Life: Intercultural Communication Perspectives |
CB23205 | Promoting Human Rights Education |
CB25203 | Japanese Universities and Students |
CB44204 | Learn about and Solve Problems of Local Companies in Sendai |