IEx Hackathon

How can we generate ideas? How do we solve problems upstream? How do we co-create practical, innovative solutions and what does it mean to create meaningful impact? IEx Hackathon is a key step in laying the foundations for projects that will span two years, where students will get to brainstorm with each other, hear from practitioners and get advice from faculty members.

(From left to right) A/P Peter Vail (NUSC), Masami Sato (Founder of B1G1, a global business giving movement), and Anil Kiran Nair (Philanthropy Ventures, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre) sharing their insights during the Panel Discussion at the 2023 IEx Hackathon.

Dr Jerome Kok (NUSC) brainstorming potential Science & Technology IEx projects with students at the 2023 IEx Hackathon Breakout Session.

Guest Lectures

Special lectures by distinguished servant leaders and eminent practitioners form an important part of NUS College’s vision to encourage and inspire action for positive change. From time to time, students and alumni may also get the chance to hear from luminaries, such as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, who visited NUSC in September 2022. He moved and inspired students with personal stories of overcoming challenges in his lifelong commitment and dedication in understanding problems and finding creative solutions.

IEx Networking session 

The IEx Networking Session is an annual event which facilitates the formation of IEx project groups. Started by an independent group of pioneering students in 2023, the networking session was curated out of the need to establish a peer-led networking opportunity for students to find potential group members to embark with on the flagstone 2-year IEx Project. The session is a one-stop platform for students to get to know fellow cohort-mates, seek guidance from seniors, hash out ideas, and find suitable group members with similar topic interests and working approaches.

Since 2024, the IEx Networking Session has been adapted into the official workplan of the NUS College Club (NUSCC) and is entirely student-run. The NUSCC is a constituent club of the NUS Students’ Union made up of the community of students enrolled in NUS College.

Year 1 students listening in rapt attention to a Year 2 mentor’s IEx journey.

Students walking around pitching their project idea to potential groupmates.

IMPACT FESTIVAL

Impact Festival is an annual event where students showcase their IEx projects. The first batch of IEx students will complete and present their projects at the inaugural Impact Festival in 2025.