NUS CDE Semiconductor Club · Est. 2024

Bringing industry to learners.

Singapore builds a real share of the world's semiconductors. We're the NUS CDE Semiconductor Club that gets you inside the cleanroom, the fab floor, the design flow, the industry

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Mon, 19 Oct1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Behind the Scenes at ASM
Site visitASM, 4 Woodlands Height, Singapore 737860
Some layers in today's most advanced chips are just one atom thick, and ASM makes that possible. A global leader in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and epitaxy, ASM develops technologies that grow ultra-thin films with atomic-level precision. Join us for an exclusive visit to ASM's Singapore facility and see where this equipment comes to life, with a cleanroom tour, a look at careers and pathways at ASM, a fireside chat with the ASM team, and networking with ASM's hiring managers. Have your resume ready: it is required for registration. Open to all NUS students, and slots are limited. Selected participants will be notified before the event.
- ASM
Registration closed 12 Oct
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Tue, 20 Oct12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
TSMC: Insights from the Fab
Sharing sessionNUS E3-06-07
Curious about what it is like to work at the world's leading semiconductor foundry? Join us for a hybrid sharing session featuring TSMC's Global Talent Acquisition specialist, an NUS alumnus now a Process Integration Engineer at TSMC, and three NUS students who previously interned at TSMC. Hear their first-hand perspectives on internship and graduate opportunities, semiconductor manufacturing and process integration, the journey from NUS intern to full-time at TSMC, and life and work as an intern in Taiwan. Whether you are exploring internships, graduate roles or a future in semiconductor engineering, come along and hear directly from those who have experienced it.
- TSMC
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Fri, 23 Oct3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Designing Around Patents: A Constraint and an Opportunity
Sharing sessionNUS E7-03-07, Seminar Room 2
Join us for an exclusive sharing session with Mr Srinivasa Murthy, a medical device innovation and R&D professional with over 16 years of experience at Medtronic, Stryker and Phillips-Medisize. With more than 75 invention disclosures and over 30 patents granted, Mr Murthy will share how engineers read patent claims, avoid infringement, and design around existing patents to create new solutions. The session will end with a fireside chat and Q&A, so come ready with your questions. Don't miss this chance to learn how ideas become protected inventions, and how to think like an innovator in your engineering career.
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May to Jul 2027 · 10 weeks
Realtek IC Design Immersion Programme
ProgrammeHsinchu, Taiwan
Following the success of its 2026 cohort, Realtek Singapore is bringing back the IC Design Immersion Programme from May to July 2027, with an extended 10-week stint in Hsinchu, Taiwan. This is a rare opportunity to gain hands-on training from top engineers, receive dedicated coaching, and work on real-world projects inside a Top 10 IC Design House. Flights, accommodation and insurance are fully covered. Open to Singapore Citizens and PRs with a valid student pass, in Year 3 or 4 of an undergraduate degree or in a Master's or PhD, studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, AI or Machine Learning.
- Realtek
Singapore Citizens and PRs, Year 3 and up
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Mon, 16 Nov2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Inside GlobalFoundries: Site Visit
Site visitGlobalFoundries, 60 Woodlands Industrial Park D St 2
From keeping smartphones connected to helping cars sense their surroundings, chips do more than just compute, and GlobalFoundries manufactures the chips behind these capabilities. Join us for an exclusive visit to GlobalFoundries' Singapore site and meet the people turning semiconductor designs into reality. Explore its operations through an experiential room tour, hear about engineers' daily work and NUS graduates' journeys to GlobalFoundries, and connect with staff and engineers during open networking. Two-way transport runs from Marsiling MRT, with pickup at 1:45 pm. Refreshments provided.
- GlobalFoundries
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Recently

Where we've been.

24 Sep 2026Site visitApplied Materials Tampines Campus
Behind the Scenes at Applied Materials
The club was the first university delegation to visit Applied Materials' Tampines Campus since it opened earlier this year. Students from undergraduate to PhD toured key areas of the facility and heard from Applied Materials staff on how automation, AI and engineering come together in semiconductor manufacturing, and how classroom learning carries over into work at that scale.
- Applied Materials
21 Sep 2026Site visitSTATS ChipPAC Singapore
Behind the Scenes at STATS ChipPAC
STATS ChipPAC's HR director opened with the state of the semiconductor landscape: its rapid growth, emerging innovations and the trends driving it forward. A senior R&D engineer then took students from conventional 2D packaging through hybrid bonding and 2.5D and 3D architectures, and a principal design engineer covered advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration, bringing different components together in one package for next-generation electronics. The afternoon closed with a tour of the facilities and the manufacturing processes behind semiconductor packaging.
SpeakersKoh Kiew Tay, Xiaomei Shen, FC Z.
- STATS ChipPAC
5 Sep 2026Industry eventNUS
SSIA Semiconductor Awareness Day at NUS
The club supported SSIA in bringing Semiconductor Awareness Day to NUS, with industry sharings and conversations from speakers at GlobalFoundries Asia Pacific, Applied Materials South East Asia and AMD on the career pathways across the semiconductor ecosystem. The highlight was a mentoring session where students spoke directly with industry professionals. Club members helped run the day: Botao Zheng moderated the fireside chat, Youngseo So emceed, and the rest of the team volunteered alongside SSIA to facilitate the mentoring sessions.
- SSIA
- GlobalFoundries
- Applied Materials
- AMD
21 Aug 2026Site visitMarvell Singapore
Behind the Scenes at Marvell Technology
Marvell engineers took students through silicon photonics and its place in next-generation connectivity, then through analog design verification and the rigour behind chip reliability. The visit opened all four floors of the office, including the post-silicon validation lab and the intern working spaces, alongside an introduction to Marvell's Singapore operations and its internship development programme. Two NUS alumni closed the afternoon with their own routes into the industry, one from test engineering into quality system management and one from an internship into the work itself, before a quiz, prize-giving and a networking tea break.
SpeakersSean Cheng, Hanzhi Tang, Rachel Benita, Tan Jian Xuan, Yihe Duan
- Marvell Technology
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Everything else we've run.
23 events so far: fab floors and cleanrooms, the engineers who work in them, and the people who hire into the industry. Each one has a recap and photos.
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What we do

Three ways in.

The club exists to close the distance between studying semiconductors and working in them. Everything we run is one of three kinds of access.

Site visits

Get past the lobby.

We take members into the places where chips are actually made and tested. You gown up, walk the floor, and see the tools that turn a blank wafer into product. It is the fastest way to find out whether the work looks like what you imagined.

AMD
UMC Singapore cleanroom

NUS CDE Semiconductor Club members in lab coats during a site visit to AMD

Seminars and fireside chats

Ask the people already doing the job.

Engineers, process specialists and managers sit down with members to talk about how they got in, what the day-to-day is really like, and what they would tell a student starting now. Small rooms, real questions, no recruiting script.

Open to all members
Industry speakers

Speakers at a fireside chat with semiconductor professionals, seated in front of club members

Industry events

Be in the room.

We bring members to industry days, exhibitions and networking sessions across Singapore's semiconductor scene. These are the rooms where companies, associations and the people who do the hiring actually turn up.

Industry days
Networking sessions

NUS CDE Semiconductor Club members at a semiconductor industry day exhibition

Our community

The people behind it.

The NUS CDE Semiconductor Club committee for AY 2026/27

In our words

Hear from us.

Lim Tiong Lee FrancisPresident, AY 2026/27
Most of us joined the club knowing semiconductors only from lectures, videos, or headlines. Here, that curiosity becomes firsthand experience through industry visits, company talks, and conversations with the people building the technology. You don't need to know everything to start. You just need to be curious.
Zhang JucaiSecretary, AY 2026/27
Once you put yourself out there, you realise what you are truly capable of. NUSSCC extends your ability to reach further into the industry, and it's up to you to grab ahold of your own potential. With NUSSCC, you can dive as deep and far as your imagination can take you.
Nooka SatyendraInternal Executive, AY 2026/27
Being part of NUSSCC has easily been one of the most rewarding experiences of my journey at NUS so far. From insightful industry talks and corporate site visits to invaluable mentorship and peer networking, the club continues to provide me with tremendous growth opportunities. I'm truly grateful to be part of such an impactful community!
Tran Quang Minh DuyVice President, AY 2025/26
There's always more than what you see at first. A snake is more than scales and instinct. A chip is more than silicon and circuitry. You only really appreciate them once you get closer. That was what drew me to semiconductors: understanding the technology, the people behind it, and the industry shaping what comes next.
Chua Tse HuiPresident, AY 2024/25
The club is not meant to be just a place where students and industry converge, but a community of individuals, companies, and organisations, etc. brought together by a shared interest or connection to semiconductors, rich with opportunities for anyone curious to step in, learn and grow... And just see where it takes you!
Ian Tay RongdeVice President, AY 2023-25
Our vision for the club is for it to become a useful bridge between the NUS community and the semiconductor industry, allowing students to obtain an insight into this dynamic and rapidly growing industry, as well as laying the foundation for future collaboration between the student community and companies in Singapore's semiconductor scene.
Muhammad Shalihin Bin FaizalFounder
The vision was never just to start a club but to build a lasting semiconductor community at NUS that brings together students, researchers and the industry, and to continuously create opportunities for all regardless of background.
Lim Tiong Lee FrancisPresident, AY 2026/27
Most of us joined the club knowing semiconductors only from lectures, videos, or headlines. Here, that curiosity becomes firsthand experience through industry visits, company talks, and conversations with the people building the technology. You don't need to know everything to start. You just need to be curious.
Zhang JucaiSecretary, AY 2026/27
Once you put yourself out there, you realise what you are truly capable of. NUSSCC extends your ability to reach further into the industry, and it's up to you to grab ahold of your own potential. With NUSSCC, you can dive as deep and far as your imagination can take you.
Nooka SatyendraInternal Executive, AY 2026/27
Being part of NUSSCC has easily been one of the most rewarding experiences of my journey at NUS so far. From insightful industry talks and corporate site visits to invaluable mentorship and peer networking, the club continues to provide me with tremendous growth opportunities. I'm truly grateful to be part of such an impactful community!
Tran Quang Minh DuyVice President, AY 2025/26
There's always more than what you see at first. A snake is more than scales and instinct. A chip is more than silicon and circuitry. You only really appreciate them once you get closer. That was what drew me to semiconductors: understanding the technology, the people behind it, and the industry shaping what comes next.
Chua Tse HuiPresident, AY 2024/25
The club is not meant to be just a place where students and industry converge, but a community of individuals, companies, and organisations, etc. brought together by a shared interest or connection to semiconductors, rich with opportunities for anyone curious to step in, learn and grow... And just see where it takes you!
Ian Tay RongdeVice President, AY 2023-25
Our vision for the club is for it to become a useful bridge between the NUS community and the semiconductor industry, allowing students to obtain an insight into this dynamic and rapidly growing industry, as well as laying the foundation for future collaboration between the student community and companies in Singapore's semiconductor scene.
Muhammad Shalihin Bin FaizalFounder
The vision was never just to start a club but to build a lasting semiconductor community at NUS that brings together students, researchers and the industry, and to continuously create opportunities for all regardless of background.
Lim Tiong Lee FrancisPresident, AY 2026/27
Most of us joined the club knowing semiconductors only from lectures, videos, or headlines. Here, that curiosity becomes firsthand experience through industry visits, company talks, and conversations with the people building the technology. You don't need to know everything to start. You just need to be curious.
Zhang JucaiSecretary, AY 2026/27
Once you put yourself out there, you realise what you are truly capable of. NUSSCC extends your ability to reach further into the industry, and it's up to you to grab ahold of your own potential. With NUSSCC, you can dive as deep and far as your imagination can take you.
Nooka SatyendraInternal Executive, AY 2026/27
Being part of NUSSCC has easily been one of the most rewarding experiences of my journey at NUS so far. From insightful industry talks and corporate site visits to invaluable mentorship and peer networking, the club continues to provide me with tremendous growth opportunities. I'm truly grateful to be part of such an impactful community!
Tran Quang Minh DuyVice President, AY 2025/26
There's always more than what you see at first. A snake is more than scales and instinct. A chip is more than silicon and circuitry. You only really appreciate them once you get closer. That was what drew me to semiconductors: understanding the technology, the people behind it, and the industry shaping what comes next.
Chua Tse HuiPresident, AY 2024/25
The club is not meant to be just a place where students and industry converge, but a community of individuals, companies, and organisations, etc. brought together by a shared interest or connection to semiconductors, rich with opportunities for anyone curious to step in, learn and grow... And just see where it takes you!
Ian Tay RongdeVice President, AY 2023-25
Our vision for the club is for it to become a useful bridge between the NUS community and the semiconductor industry, allowing students to obtain an insight into this dynamic and rapidly growing industry, as well as laying the foundation for future collaboration between the student community and companies in Singapore's semiconductor scene.
Muhammad Shalihin Bin FaizalFounder
The vision was never just to start a club but to build a lasting semiconductor community at NUS that brings together students, researchers and the industry, and to continuously create opportunities for all regardless of background.
Lim Tiong Lee FrancisPresident, AY 2026/27
Most of us joined the club knowing semiconductors only from lectures, videos, or headlines. Here, that curiosity becomes firsthand experience through industry visits, company talks, and conversations with the people building the technology. You don't need to know everything to start. You just need to be curious.
Zhang JucaiSecretary, AY 2026/27
Once you put yourself out there, you realise what you are truly capable of. NUSSCC extends your ability to reach further into the industry, and it's up to you to grab ahold of your own potential. With NUSSCC, you can dive as deep and far as your imagination can take you.
Nooka SatyendraInternal Executive, AY 2026/27
Being part of NUSSCC has easily been one of the most rewarding experiences of my journey at NUS so far. From insightful industry talks and corporate site visits to invaluable mentorship and peer networking, the club continues to provide me with tremendous growth opportunities. I'm truly grateful to be part of such an impactful community!
Tran Quang Minh DuyVice President, AY 2025/26
There's always more than what you see at first. A snake is more than scales and instinct. A chip is more than silicon and circuitry. You only really appreciate them once you get closer. That was what drew me to semiconductors: understanding the technology, the people behind it, and the industry shaping what comes next.
Chua Tse HuiPresident, AY 2024/25
The club is not meant to be just a place where students and industry converge, but a community of individuals, companies, and organisations, etc. brought together by a shared interest or connection to semiconductors, rich with opportunities for anyone curious to step in, learn and grow... And just see where it takes you!
Ian Tay RongdeVice President, AY 2023-25
Our vision for the club is for it to become a useful bridge between the NUS community and the semiconductor industry, allowing students to obtain an insight into this dynamic and rapidly growing industry, as well as laying the foundation for future collaboration between the student community and companies in Singapore's semiconductor scene.
Muhammad Shalihin Bin FaizalFounder
The vision was never just to start a club but to build a lasting semiconductor community at NUS that brings together students, researchers and the industry, and to continuously create opportunities for all regardless of background.
Lim Tiong Lee FrancisPresident, AY 2026/27
Most of us joined the club knowing semiconductors only from lectures, videos, or headlines. Here, that curiosity becomes firsthand experience through industry visits, company talks, and conversations with the people building the technology. You don't need to know everything to start. You just need to be curious.
Zhang JucaiSecretary, AY 2026/27
Once you put yourself out there, you realise what you are truly capable of. NUSSCC extends your ability to reach further into the industry, and it's up to you to grab ahold of your own potential. With NUSSCC, you can dive as deep and far as your imagination can take you.
Nooka SatyendraInternal Executive, AY 2026/27
Being part of NUSSCC has easily been one of the most rewarding experiences of my journey at NUS so far. From insightful industry talks and corporate site visits to invaluable mentorship and peer networking, the club continues to provide me with tremendous growth opportunities. I'm truly grateful to be part of such an impactful community!
Tran Quang Minh DuyVice President, AY 2025/26
There's always more than what you see at first. A snake is more than scales and instinct. A chip is more than silicon and circuitry. You only really appreciate them once you get closer. That was what drew me to semiconductors: understanding the technology, the people behind it, and the industry shaping what comes next.
Chua Tse HuiPresident, AY 2024/25
The club is not meant to be just a place where students and industry converge, but a community of individuals, companies, and organisations, etc. brought together by a shared interest or connection to semiconductors, rich with opportunities for anyone curious to step in, learn and grow... And just see where it takes you!
Ian Tay RongdeVice President, AY 2023-25
Our vision for the club is for it to become a useful bridge between the NUS community and the semiconductor industry, allowing students to obtain an insight into this dynamic and rapidly growing industry, as well as laying the foundation for future collaboration between the student community and companies in Singapore's semiconductor scene.
Muhammad Shalihin Bin FaizalFounder
The vision was never just to start a club but to build a lasting semiconductor community at NUS that brings together students, researchers and the industry, and to continuously create opportunities for all regardless of background.