Impact Experience
Overview
Here at NUS College, learning doesn’t just happen in our classrooms, but we also take learning out into the world. Impact Experiences (IEx) is a key part of that mission and is designed as a compulsory capstone course that is all about the way we make a positive difference to the world.
IEx is envisioned as a two-year course so that student groups, stakeholders, partners, and community, can have more time to realise the impact of their projects. Students will work in interdisciplinary teams to collaborate with partners and innovate future solutions for the benefit of communities and society – in Singapore and beyond. Within these two years, students will also be pushed beyond their artistic limits. Under the guidance of the Creative Practices Collective, students must reinvent and reconceptualise their IEx work through creative lenses.
IEx culminates at the end of the two years at the Impact Festival where project works, reflections and findings are showcased in carefully-curated exhibits which fully embody the core of IEx: Impact.
Local & Regional IEx Projects
IEx projects happen both locally and regionally. Local projects are carried out with and for communities in Singapore, while regional projects engage with various communities across Southeast Asia. As of 2026, there are IEx Projects currently being executed or in plans for execution in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos.
Regional IEx projects require travel to project countries during recess and/or vacation weeks for studies, fieldwork and working alongside communities. Therefore, students who take on regional IEx projects will be considered to have fulfilled both the NUSC Impact Experience and NUSC Global Pathways graduation requirements.
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IEX PODCAST
Tune in to Impact Experience: An NUSC Podcast and hear about the many facets of University-driven community engagement and service-learning. The podcast features interviews with university students, faculty, staff and alumni who will share their IEx experience, projects and ideas about how the College serves as an incubator and catalyst for positive social change.
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CREATIVE WORK
As part of the Impact Experience (IEx) project, every group will develop a creative work that represents their team’s collective journey and experience. The creative work, such as an exhibition, publication or performance, is the students’ reflection on the execution of their IEx project and the voice of the community they engaged with. These creative works are celebrated annually at the Impact Festival, a public showcase of the students’ IEx projects.
Reimagine Education Awards 2025 Silver Winner
Our Impact Experience programme has achieved world-class recognition in educational innovation, being selected as one of the top applications from a pool of 1,600 submissions in the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2025. The awarded application demonstrated exceptional innovation, impact, and scalability, successfully progressing through four rigorous evaluation rounds conducted by a panel of 1,300 international higher education and edtech experts.
