<p>Does anyone know if you can 100% study in English for the study abroad programs in Hong Kong and Sinapore or do you need to know Chinese? Did anyone go there from Viterbi and how was it?</p>
<p>Marshall has programs in both and we don't need to know anything other that English. For Viterbi, not too sure but here's my best guess. </p>
<p>In Singapore, it's pretty much guaranteed to be in English because that's the official language and I was at NUS last semester and everything was English.
I think that in HK, majority of classes are in English, but not all. There should be enough variety for you to find classes you like that are in English.</p>
<p>Where is NUS? Was it worth the time and money to go there? Did you enjoy your semester abroad?</p>
<p>NUS is in Singapore...about 20 min away from the city center
Def. a lot of fun...money wasn't as big an issue. I actually got additional grant money, and housing was about $200 USD/month so I spentTravel is really affordable, buses into Malaysia, budget flights to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.
Visited HK on my way back home, and either city would be a great study abroad location (though if you want to travel around China, Japan etc. HK is a better situated)
Both places have great transportation systems and are very safe...can't really recommend one over the other.</p>
<p>My sister is married to a Singaporean and she lives in Singapore but she prefers Hong Kong. I think most people would find Hong Kong more interesting and exciting. Singapore is VERY safe, clean, and rich but it's also a facist state--boring, artificial, and very controlled.</p>
<p>Hey! I think fascist is a bit of a stretch.</p>
<p>Depends, I’d personally reccomend Singapore though. Although HK is NOTHING like the rest of China (the system wise, not culture), still, China’s artificial and communist policies are slowly extending into it. </p>
<p>Singapore on the other hand, is always rated one of the highest places on earth. This thing whose name I forget about were to invest for business rated Singapore #3. Most major companies have branches in both places. </p>
<p>I’d personally go to Singapore for MUCH higher diversity (Indian, Chinese, Malay).</p>
<p>Thread’s really old, but I love Singapore!</p>
<p>Singapore rocks, and everyone there speaks English anyway (lived there for 3 years and only needed to use one language), so you should be set to go there. Hong Kong, on the other hand, requires a healthy amount of Cantonese (not Mandarin) to get to the real good stuff.</p>
<p>I went to a Model UN conference in Singapore back in November and that place is BOMB!! I TOTALLY want to study abroad there. That or Hong Kong, but I think I’m leaning towards Singapore.</p>
<p>This is just to note that USC students who wish to study abroad have many options, not just in Asia.</p>
<p>The university offers overseas study in 27 countries on five continents. There are more than 40 programs. Some interesting choices I thought were: Caicos Islands, Atenas in Costa Rica, Dunedin in Australia and Aberystwyth in Wales.</p>