

VSE Season 2, 2023-24
Explore and apply to a wide variety of online academic courses offered by APRU member universities across the Pacific Rim at VSE Season 2, 2023-24!
VSE Season 2, 2023-24 offers regular-term courses from January to June 2024.
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 2, 2023-24 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 | – | Dec 16, 2023 |
Far Eastern Federal University | N | Throughout Season | |
Korea University | Y | Dec 22, 2023 | Feb 2, 2024 |
Kyushu University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Nagoya University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Nanjing University | N | Throughout Season | |
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Y | Students from NTU are not eligible to apply for courses at VSE Season 2, 2023-24 | |
Osaka University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Pohang University of Science and Technology | N | Throughout Season | |
Pusan National University | N | Throughout Season | |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Sun Yat-sen University | N | Throughout Season | |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Y | Throughout Season | |
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | N | Throughout Season | |
The University of Auckland | Y | Students from The University of Auckland are not eligible to apply for courses at VSE Season 2, 2023-24 | |
The University of Hong Kong | N | Throughout Season | |
The University of Queensland | N | Oct 9, 2023 | Dec 8, 2023 |
Tongji University | N | Throughout Season | |
Tsinghua University | Y | Throughout Season | |
Universidad de Chile | Y | Throughout Season | |
University of Science and Technology of China | N | Throughout Season | |
University of the Philippines | N | Throughout Season | |
UNSW Sydney | N | 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 2, 2023-24
(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

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Application Deadline: Nov 15, 2023
Classes Start From: Jan 15, 2024
CM5012 | Introduction to Forensic Science (Course Cancelled) |
DD2013 | Visualization of Cultural Heritage |
HY0001 | Ethics & Moral Reasoning |

Chulalongkorn University
Application Deadline: Nov 25, 2023
Classes Start From: Jan 8, 2024
0201151 | Our Environment |
0295110 | Wine Education |
2314255 | Elementary Food Technology |
5600184 | Entrepreneurial Finance for Innovators – Essentials for Venture Capital |
5600186 | Economic Concepts for Innovators – Selected Topics from Nobel Lectures in Economic Sciences, and its Implications to Current Issues in Innovation |

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
Classes Start From: Jan 8, 2024
ANTH2520 | Globalization and Culture |
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 |

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Application Deadline: Jan 7, 2024
Classes Start From: Feb 19, 2024
CHN0902 | Elementary Chinese 1 |
ECE2810J | Data Structures and Algorithms (Course Cancelled) |
ECE4710J | Introduction to Data Science |
ECON3515 | Bank Management |
ICE3402P | Data Structure |
MATH4405 | Lie Groups and Lie Algebras |
ME2110J | Introduction to Solid Mechanics |
MSE2602 | Materials Chemistry |
MSE2606 | Fundamentals of Materials Science Part 2 |
PJ187 | Net Zero-Carbon Fuels |

Zhejiang University
Application Deadline: Jan 10, 2024
Classes Start From: Feb 26, 2024
05125670 | Japanese Speech and Debate |
061B0010 | Ordinary Differential Equations |
58190150 | Mathematical Modeling and Applications |
74121100 | Ocean in Times of Intense Change |
86120360 | Robot Modeling and Control |

Yonsei University
Application Deadline: Jan 26, 2024
Classes Start From: Mar 2, 2024
IEE1154-01 | Korean Popular Culture and Korean Wave |
IEE2021-01 | Korean Traditional Music and Culture |
IEE2060-02 | Principles of Marketing |
IEE3107-01 | Pre-modern Korean History |
IEE3108-01 | Modern Korean History |
IEE3300-01 | Contemporary Korean Cinema and Society |
IEE3326-01 | Korea-US Relations |
IEE3328-01 | International Business Communication |
IEE3371-05 | Understanding K-pop |
IEE3372-01 | Understanding of Digital Media |

Osaka University
Application Deadline: Feb 20, 2024
Classes Start From: Apr 10, 2024
881160 | Negotiation Workshop |
881164 | Statistics for Social Research |
881183 | Introduction to Japanese Law |
88A070 | Design Studies - Creative Process and Methods |
88A072 | Ethical and Regenerative Cities |
88A073 | Science Communication: Effectively Communicating Your Science & Research |
88A074 | Special Topics in Design |