

VSE Season 2, 2021-22
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
Eligibility
To enroll in VSE academic courses in Season 2, 2021-22, you should be an undergraduate student currently studying in one of the APRU member universities participating the current VSE Season. Please note that your home university may limit the period in which you could apply to the VSE.
Participating Universities of VSE Season 2, 2021-22
Your Home University | Application Period set by Your Home University | |
Start Date | End Date | |
Chulalongkorn University | – | Dec 10 2021 |
Far Eastern Federal University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Keio University | Nov 1 2021 | Feb 28 2022 |
Korea University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Kyushu University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Nagoya University | Nov 1 2021 | Mar 31 2022 |
Nanjing University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Nanyang Technological University | Nov 19 2021 | Mar 31 2022 |
Osaka University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
POSTECH | Oct 15 2021 | Jan 14 2022 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Tecnologico de Monterrey | Nov 3 2021 | Jan 15 2022 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
The University of Auckland | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
The University of Hong Kong | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
The University of Sydney | Oct 18 2021 | Feb 11 2022 |
Tohoku University | Nov 24 2021 | Feb 28 2022 |
Tsinghua University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Universidad de Chile | Nov 24 2021 | Jan 29 2021 |
Universitas Indonesia | Oct 28 2021 | Jan 6 2022 | University of California, Santa Cruz | Oct 1 2021 | Dec 3 2021 |
University of Science and Technology of China | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
UNSW Sydney | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Waseda University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | |
Xi’an Jiaotong University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | Yonsei University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 | Zhejiang University | Open throughout Season 2, 2021-22 |
Additional academic and language proficiency requirements may apply to some course offering universities and their specific courses.
Application and Enrolment
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 final approval from your home university and the course offering university.
Credits and Transcripts
Most academic courses offered through VSE are credit bearing. Academic credits, if available, will be provided by the course offering universities. Credits earned from VSE academic courses may be transferred back to the home university, subject to approval from your home university.
For credit-bearing courses, your course offering university may send your transcript to your home university and/or you directly. Certificates of participation or Pass/Fail Certificates are available for most non-credit bearing courses.
Additional Application and Enrolment Requirements
Please observe any internal instructions and deadlines, set by your home university for application and enrolment of VSE academic courses. To see such details, please refer to your home university’s website, or contact your Study Abroad Office.
University-specific Restrictions
Courses offered by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Courses offered by HKUST are open to students from HKUST exchange partners only, i.e. not open to students from the following universities: California Institute of Technology, Far Eastern Federal University, Nagoya University, The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Universiti Malaya, University of Chile, University of Indonesia, University of Oregon, University of Science and Technology of China, University of the Philippines. |
Courses offered by University of California, Santa Cruz | In VSE Season 2, 2021-22, UC Santa Cruz offer courses from both its Winter 2022 and Spring 2022 quarters. However, VSE students can only apply for ONE course from either (NOT both) the Winter 2022 quarter OR the Spring 2022 quarter. If you have made more than one application to courses offered by UC Santa Cruz, only the FIRST course application will be processed. Subsequent applications will be automatically withdrawn. |
Students of University of California, Santa Cruz applying for VSE Season 2, 2021-22 academic courses | Students of University of California, Santa Cruz can only apply for ONE academic course over VSE Season 2, 2021-22, either during the Winter 2022 quarter or Spring 2022 quarter. If a UCSC student has made more than one application courses offered at VSE Season 2, 2021-22, only the FIRST course application will be processed. Subsequent applications will be automatically withdrawn. |
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
When can I expect to receive my application result?
Your application, if endorsed by your home university, will be sent to the corresponding course offering university after that university’s application deadline. 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 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, your selected course offering university will have the final decision to approve applications from postgraduate students.
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.
List of Academic Courses
Season 2, 2021-22
(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

UNSW Sydney
Application CLOSED on Oct 31, 2021
Classes Starts From: Feb 14, 2022
BABS1111 | Big Fat Myths |
COMM1000 | Creating Social Change: From Innovation to Impact |
GENC3004 | Personal Finance |
GENE1500 | Creative Entrepreneurship |
GENL0231 | Law in the Digital Age |
PHYS1160 | Introduction to Astronomy |
PSYC1062 | Psychological Science of Wellbeing |

Chulalongkorn University
Application CLOSED on Nov 25, 2021
Classes Starts From: Jan 10, 2022
0295110 | Wine Education |
2145312 | Aerodynamics II |
2305109 | Plant Growing Technology |
2305151 | Organic Gardening |
2601322 | Auditing |
2800316 | Creative Writing for Printed Matter |
2800474 | News, Editorial, Feature Writing and Editing |
5600161 | Stakeholder Engagement for Innovators |

Nanyang Technological University
Application CLOSED on Nov 26, 2021
Classes Starts From: Jan 10, 2022
AB5101 | Business Valuation: From Theory to Practice |
BS2011 | Equations of Life |
BU5601 | Fundementals of Management |
CH4305 | Special Topics in Biotechnology |
CS5210 | Media Literacy & Society |
CS5300 | Science Fiction Film |
MH1101 | Calculus II |
HY0001 | Ethics and Moral Reasoning |

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Application CLOSED on Dec 3, 2021
Classes Starts From: Feb 14, 2022
AD2011 | Innovation, Markets and Technological Development |
CO1005 | Media, Culture and Society |
H1011 | Introduction to Mexican Culture |
HI1007 | Spanish as a Foreign Language I A (Basic Spanish 1) |
MT3023 | Global brands and product development |
NI1002 | Negotiation Techniques and International Trade |
NI2014 | Business Ethics |
P2012 | Citizenship and Democracy |
RH3012 | Human Capital Attraction and Retention |
TI1010 | Creativity and Innovation for Problem Solving |

Nanjing University
Application CLOSED on Jan 5, 2022
Classes Starts From: Feb 14, 2022
020205C01 | Advanced Industrial Economics |
030301D34 | Research on Health and Health Inequality |
030301D36 | Community and Cultural Identity |
28000340I | Intercultural Communication |
30000390 | Ethics in Artificial Intelligence |
610000670 | Appreciating and Curating Art |


Tsinghua University
Application CLOSED on Jan 9, 2022
Classes Starts From: Feb 21, 2022
00680042 | Government and Politics of China |
00701601 | Brief Introduction to Psychology |
10691412 | Confucius and His Critics |
30231002 | Probability and Stochastic Processes (1) |
30231053 | Electromagnetic Field and Wave |
30690552 | Foundations of Logic |
40511103 | Game Theory |

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Application CLOSED on Jan 13, 2022
Classes Starts From: Feb 4, 2022
CHEM 1004 | Chemistry in Everyday Life |
CHEM 1020 | General Chemistry 1B |
COMP 1029C | C Programming Bridging Course |
COMP 1029J | Java Programming Bridging Course |
COMP 1029P | Python Programming Bridging Course |
COMP 1029V | Excel VBA Programming Bridging Course |
ENTR 1001 | Entrepreneurship 1001: Building Your Own Future |
LIFS 2220 | Biochemistry II |
MGMT 3170 | Managing CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) |
OCES 1030 | Environmental Science |

The University of Sydney
Application CLOSED on Jan 14, 2022
(revised from Jan 26 due to overwhelming responses)
Classes Starts From: Feb 21, 2022
DATA1001 | Foundations of Data Science |
EDGU1007 | Food, Sustainability and Planetary Health |
GOVT1621 | Introduction to International Relations |
IBUS1102 | Cross-Cultural Management |
INFS1000 | Digital Business Innovation |
MKTG1001 | Marketing Principles |

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Application CLOSED on Jan 29, 2022
Classes Starts From: Feb 21, 2022
AI010 | AI Theoretical Basis and MindSpore Development Practice |
CHN0902-1 | Elementary Chinese 1 |
CL025 | Two Thousand Years of Sino-foreign Cultural Exchanges |
ECON3513 | Bank Management |
MA418 | Lie Groups and Lie Algebras |
MSE2602-1 | Materials Chemistry |
MSE2606 | Fundamentals of Materials Science 2 |
PHY2505-2 | Computational Physics |
VE281 | Data Structures and Algorithms |
VE427 | VLSI Design I |

Yonsei University
Application CLOSED on Feb 2, 2022
Classes Starts From: Mar 2, 2022
IEE1154 | Korean Popular Culture and Korean Wave |
IEE2021 | Korean Traditional Music and Culture |
IEE3108 | Modern Korean History |
IEE3300 | Contemporary Korean Cinema and Society |
IEE3326 | Korea-US Relations |
IEE3579 | International Politics of the Korean Peninsula |


Universidad de Chile
Application CLOSED on Feb 22, 2022
Classes Starts From: Mar 14, 2022
385250803-1 | Latin American Politics and World Affairs |
APELAN05 | The Chilean Political Crisis: Tools for Political Analysis |
D129C0714 | European Union Law & Latinamerican Integration |
ENECO487/01 | Environmental Economics [CANCELLED] |
ESCGOB01 | El Proceso Constituyente en Chile para la creación de una nueva constitución (class in Spanish) |
UCHILES201-TBA | History of Art: Chilean Heritage |

Keio University
Application CLOSED on Feb 23, 2022
Classes Starts From: Apr 7, 2022
49282 | Deep Culture Difference: Understanding Japan Through Cross-Cultural Comparison |
89368 | Japanese Linguistics in Sociocultural Context |
92485 | Otaku Culture in Japan and its Transnational Relations |
98369 | Cultural Presuppositions in Japanese Communication |



Tohoku University
Application CLOSED on Feb 28, 2022
Classes Starts From: Apr 1, 2022
CB11108 | Global Career Development on Japanese Management System |
CB12108 | Japanese Corporate Culture, Decision-Making |
CB13102 | Japanese Communication Behaviors: Business |
CB15101 | Universities in Japan and the World |
CB23107 | Practicum in Education for International Understanding |

University of California, Santa Cruz (Spring 2022)
Application CLOSED on Mar 1, 2022
Classes Starts From: Mar 28, 2022
CRES 101 | Research Methods And Writing In Critical Race And Ethnic Studies |
CRSN 151B: Section 01 | Hacking4Oceans [CANCELLED] |
CRSN 151B: Section 02 | Innovation and Professionalization for Sustainability Designers, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs [CANCELLED] |
EART 30 | Water in the Environment |
LING 80 | Invented Languages: From Elvish to Esperanto |

Waseda University
Application CLOSED on Mar 2, 2022
Classes Starts From: Apr 5, 2022