Unis to offer more stints with start-ups overseas

SMU and NTU have introduced programmes over the past year to allow students to intern at start-ups overseas while taking classes at partner educational institutions. SMU's Entrepreneurship Immersion Programme lasts 10 to 12 weeks during the school's summer term. Its students had been attached to Emory University in Atlanta in the US and iMinds in Flanders, Belgium, an infocomm technology research lab. They were also matched with start-ups in both places. SMU will be introducing two new locations - China and India next year. It hopes to send 40 to 60 students on the programme.