VSE Season 2, 2024-25

Explore and apply to a wide variety of online academic and language courses offered by APRU member universities across the Pacific Rim at VSE Season 2, 2024-25!

VSE Season 2, 2024-25 offers regular-term courses from January to June 2025.

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 & Virtual Language Center (VLC)

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
VLC: offers training in a number of languages with course schedules falling into the above VSE Seasons.

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, 2024-25 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 UniversityOffers CoursesHome Students can Apply for Courses
FromTo
Chulalongkorn UniversityY (Academic)Dec 14, 2024
Kyushu UniversityNThroughout Season
Nagoya UniversityY (Academic & VLC)Throughout Season
Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeY (Academic)Students from NTU are currently not eligible to apply for courses at VSE Season 2, 2024-25
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityNOct 23, 2024Dec 4, 2024
Osaka UniversityY (Academic)Throughout Season
Pusan National UniversityY (Academic)Throughout Season
Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityY (Academic & VLC)Feb 17, 2025
Sun Yat-sen UniversityNThroughout Season
The Chinese University of Hong KongY (Academic & VLC)Throughout Season
The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyNThroughout Season
The University of AdelaideNThroughout Season
The University of Hong KongNThroughout Season (a maximum of two academic/language courses)
The University of QueenslandNOct 27, 2024Dec 10, 2024
Tongji UniversityNFeb 24, 2025Aug 31, 2025
Tsinghua UniversityY (Academic)Throughout Season
Universidad de ChileY (Academic)Throughout Season
Universidad San Francisco de QuitoY (Academic)Throughout Season
University of Science and Technology of ChinaY (VLC)Throughout Season
University of the PhilippinesNThroughout Season
UNSW SydneyY (Academic)Throughout Season
Yonsei UniversityY (Academic)Throughout Season

Eligibility

To apply for a VSE 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 course.

You can take ONE/TWO academic courses and ONE/TWO language courses within a single VSE Season. (subject to your home university’s requirements) To apply for a second academic/language 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 understand and study the course materials in the course’s language of instruction.

Credits and Transcripts

Most 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 course and transfer the credits back to your home university, please make sure the following before you apply:

  1. The course is credit-bearing
  2. Your home university would approve the transfer of credits
  3. 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 courses?

You can apply to VSE 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 be 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/language courses in the current VSE Season, but one of the applications was not successful. Can I apply to another course?

You may apply to another VSE 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 academic/language courses per Season.

My application to a VSE course has been approved but due to some certain reasons, I would like to withdraw. What will I have to do?

You may withdraw your VSE application before or after your application is approved. You must seek approval by writing to the APRU VSE Central Office and the VSE coordinator of the course-offering university if you have changes of your study plans and request to withdraw from the course.

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 its own criteria, which may include (but not limited to) the following:

1. Spaces available for VSE enrolment in the course
2. Academic attributes (e.g., year of studies, major, GPA) of the applicant
3. The applicant’s proficiency in the course’s language of instruction

List of Courses
Season 2, 2024-25

(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 (Academic)

Singapore

Application Deadline: Nov 15, 2024
Classes Start From: Jan 13, 2025

*Each student can apply and enroll in ONE academic course offered by NTU in VSE Season 2, 2024-25 only.

CM5012Introduction to Forensic Science
HY0001Ethics & Moral Reasoning

UNSW Sydney (Academic)

Sydney, Australia

Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
Classes Start From: Feb 17, 2025

PHYS1160Introduction to Astronomy

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Academic)

Hong Kong SAR, China

Application Deadline: Dec 2, 2024
Classes Start From: Jan 6, 2025

ANTH2520Globalization and Culture

Pusan National University (Academic)

Busan, South Korea

Application Deadline: Jan 24, 2025
Classes Start From: Mar 3, 2025

DB3500352Business Analytics (Course Cancelled)
DB1600346Principles of Management

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Academic)

Shanghai, China

Application Deadline: Jan 27, 2025
Classes Start From: Feb 17, 2025

*Each student can apply and enroll in ONE academic course offered by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in VSE Season 2, 2024-25 only.

CL025Two Thousand Years of Sino-foreign Cultural Exchanges
ECON3513Bank Management
HIS8703 Memory: A New Approach to China's 20th Century History
ICE3402PData Structure
MATH4405Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
MSE2602Materials Chemistry
MSE2606Fundamentals of Materials Science 2
PJ187Net Zero-Carbon Fuels

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (VLC)

Shanghai, China

Application Deadline: Jan 27, 2025
Classes Start From: Feb 17, 2025

*Each student can apply and enroll in ONE language course offered by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in VSE Season 2, 2024-25 only.

CHN0902-1Elementary Chinese 1
FL1007Academic Communications in English: Writing and Presentation

Osaka University (Academic)

Osaka, Japan

Application Deadline: Feb 25, 2025
Classes Start From: Apr 10, 2025

*Each student can apply and enroll in ONE academic course offered by Osaka University in VSE Season 2, 2024-25 only.

881160Negotiation Workshop
881164Statistics for Social Research
881183Introduction to Japanese Law
88A070Design Studies ― Creative Process and Methods
88A072Ethical and Regenerative Cities
88A073Effectively Communicating Your Science & Research

Nagoya University (Academic)

Nagoya, Japan

Application Deadline: Mar 3, 2025
Classes Start From: Apr 10, 2025

MAT2501 Game Theory
SGE2501Studium Generale B

Nagoya University (VLC)

Nagoya, Japan

Application Deadline: Mar 3, 2025
Classes Start From: Apr 10, 2025

JPN2501Academic Japanese (Listening & Presentation) 2B

University of Science and Technology (VLC)of China

Hefei, China

Application Deadline: Mar 20, 2025
Classes Start From: Mar 24, 2025

ENG01Basic English Writing