A Builder at Heart

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By Abdullah Khurshid, Year 3, School of Economics; UEH-UII Incubator Intern, Global Innovation Immersion (GII) 

Introducing Global Innovation Immersion Overseas Work-Study Elective

Si Hui was a Marketplace Intern at Pomelo Fashion in Bangkok, Thailand in 2019. Read on to find out about her GII experience!

Jamie Si Tho was a Operations & Strategy Analyst at Zinier in San Francisco in 2019. She is currently a Sales Operations Associate at Integral Ad Science. Read on to find out about her GII experience!

China. What comes to mind when one thinks of China are Great Walls, tradition, culture and history. While that is certainly in abundance in China, what many seem to not realise is the tech ecosystem in China is a thriving and booming economy.

Similar yet so different in crucial ways to its Western counterparts, the Chinese tech ecosystem lives on the famed Chinese culture of efficiency.

The Global Innovation Immersion (GII) programme was developed by Singapore Management University Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to give students at SMU a chance to have a different internship experience than the norm. Aiming to equip students with all the skills necessary to future-proof their career, SMU IIE has partnered up with start-ups across the world to bring the world to their students.