NUS Orbital

18/03/2026

Thank you for the overwhelming responses for Orbital 26.

The application period has ended on 18 Mar (Wed), 5pm as scheduled.

No late submission / re-submission will be entertained.

Successful applicants will be notified by mid-April.

Have a nice evening!

17/03/2026

Just a gentle reminder that the application deadline for Orbital 26 is 18 Mar (Wed, tomorrow!) at 5pm.

The form will be closed promptly at the deadline and no late submissions will be entertained.

Thank you!

11/03/2026

Thanks to those of you who have attended the briefing just now.

Many of the questions asked were really interesting. ^_^

Please remember to check out the updated briefing slides @ https://soc-n.us/orbital26-briefing .

The recording is now available @ https://soc-n.us/orbital26-brieing-zoom-recording. (You will need to sign in with your NUS account to view it.)

In addition, the application form for Orbital is now open @ https://soc-n.us/orbital26-apply and will be closed on 18 Mar (Wed), 5pm.

Please keep in mind that there is no rush to submit the application.

Instead, please make sure that you spend sufficient time thinking about the project and writing a good proposal. Don't forget to follow all the submission instructions correctly and completely.

For additional Q&A and teammate recruitment, please join the interim MS Team using the Team code: 440htum.

All the best!

10/03/2026

Hi all,

Tentatively, the application period for Orbital 26 is 11 Mar (Wed), 5pm to 18 March (Wed), 5pm.

Please refer to the preliminary slides for Orbital 26 briefing @ https://soc-n.us/orbital26-briefing for the essential information about the programme, the instructions for the application process and some FAQs.

There will be an online briefing / Q&A session via Zoom on 11 Mar (Wed) at 4pm @ https://soc-n.us/orbital26-briefing-zoom. Please feel free to join the session as needed.

For additional Q&A and teammate recruitment, please join the interim MS Team using the Team code: 440htum.

(Due to the scale of the programme, questions sent directly to the coordinator will not be entertained. Please use the MS team instead for better information sharing.)

All the best!

Orbital 26 Briefing Slides Available @ https://soc-n.us/orbital26-briefing If you have any questions, please check the FAQ section. For additional Q&A and teammate recruitment, please join the interim MS Team using the code: 440htum

23/01/2026

[Summary: To take part in Orbital 26, you will need to form a team of 2, come up with a project idea and submit your application in mid-March.]

Orbital is an optional, self-driven, hands-on, summer project course targeted mainly at year 1 students.
The mission of the course is to give you the opportunity to get some practical experience on software development while granting you academic units (along with other perks such as testimonials and prizes).
You will be working on a software project of your choice in teams of 2.

There are no formal lectures but two mandatory events:
- Lift-off (orientation), 11-18 May, online and with a negotiable schedule in general, submission required.
- Splashdown (project presentation + award ceremony), 26 Aug, physical, submission required.
You are also required to submit a progress report online and evaluate peer teams on a monthly basis.
Otherwise, it is independent learning and software development, under the guidance of our teaching team. (There will also be some optional online workshops at the beginning of the programme.)
Tentatively, the application for Orbital 26 will be open in mid-March.

For more information about the programme, please check out the following pages and watch out for our updates.
Official Website: https://orbital.comp.nus.edu.sg
page: https://www.facebook.com/nus.orbital/

A few quick notes on eligibility:
You won't be allowed to join Orbital 26 if you are going to
- take part in any internship registered under SoC/CFG for units (via CP3880/CP3200/CP3202/CFG2101), NOC, UG Summer Research Program (CP2107, a.k.a. Odyssey) during summer, or
- complete the introductory software engineering course (CS2103/CS2103T/CS2113/CS2113T) by the end of this semester.

Otherwise, it is generally ok for you to take up other commitments and / or be overseas during (part of) the summer as long as you meet all the required deadlines.

In addition, we generally do NOT accept any students who are in year 3 or above, or teams without any year 1 students.

The Orbital website on Facebook.

Orbital is the School of Computing’s self-driven programming summer experience.

01/09/2025

28/08/2025

In addition, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our advisers, tutors, mentors, judges, student group, and the tireless admin staff from the Undergraduate Office, Technical Services and Communications that make this happen. This programme does not happen anywhere else in the whole currently, so be proud that you are here in NUS SoC. Go SoC!

Thanks also go to our external collaborators: NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates, NUS Enterprise, TikTok, PayPal and ThoughtWorks!

28/08/2025

Congratulations also go to following the award winners:

Best Adviser awards:
- Hing Yen Xing and Ng Zi Xin

Best Poster award:
- Jaeden Thia Zhe Yi and Win Paing Oo of Tackle (Apollo 11)
****Project Poster: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/posters/2025/7511.png

Best Video award:
- Tan Xuan Xuan Kelly and Shang Yi Qian of ByteUs (Artemis)
**** Project Video: https://youtu.be/pv4C-AsLclw

Honorable Mention awards:
- Rajakumar Niranjana and Yang Siqian of Meow-nitor (Apollo 11)
**** Project Poster: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/posters/2025/7007.png
**** Project Video: https://youtu.be/29qeIT4j9Z4

- Tey Yee Siang and Roger Lim Bo Zu of RoamWise (Artemis)
**** Project Poster: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/posters/2025/7051.png
**** Project Video: https://youtu.be/gQKuRqk5Zhg

- Au Yeung Xuanfeng, Victor and Eunice Gwee Wan Xin of Stylo (Apollo 11)
**** Project Poster: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/posters/2025/7095.png
**** Project Video: https://youtu.be/aEv04WEp4VQ

Judge's Choice awards:
- Tan I-Hur and James Chin Jia Jun of Agar Agar (Artemis)
**** Project Poster: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/posters/2025/7267.png
**** Project Video: https://youtu.be/C1sj5TKObnQ

- Chua Kai Jie Emerson and Marcus Ng Zheng Han of NutriNexus (Artemis)
**** Project Poster: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/posters/2025/7143.png
**** Project Video: https://youtu.be/YeFW68AE2Mw

- Afshal Gulam and Pranav Janakiraman of PA Labs (Artemis)
**** Project Poster: https://nusskylab-dev.comp.nus.edu.sg/posters/2025/7493.png
**** Project Video: https://youtu.be/6yYbnwga2XI

28/08/2025

Congratulations to all of the 503 teams for completing the programme!

You're the big winners in forming your own projects and navigating through the difficult times to finish your projects. No doubt that you had wanted to call it quits at some point and wanted to have someone to help guide you a bit more closely. But you persevered, insisted that you would stay the course, and won the battle against yourself. You realised the only barrier to your progress was yourself and the fuel was your self-ignited passion. You return from your summer journey changed, more confident of your own abilities and clear about how you can find your path forward in any technical scenario.

Splashdown featured a number of ways that you can take your work in Orbital forward as mentioned by Centre for Future-ready Graduates and NUS Overseas Colleges. In addition, you might also want to follow up with TikTok on the internship opportunities they offer. Do weigh these opportunities and assess whether they are appropriate for you.

22/08/2025

Time flies! A total of 503 teams have completed their Orbital project since our last announcement.

Our closing event, Splashdown, will be a physical event hosted at NUS School of Computing, COM1 Building, level 2 on 27 Aug (Wed).

This event is open to the public and there will be poster presentations, an NOC booth, invited talks and an awards ceremony.

The schedule of the event is as follows:
18:00-19:00 Poster Presentation Session
18:00 Voting open / booth from NOC open
19:00-19:15 Intermission
19:15 Voting closed / booth from NOC closed
19:15-19:25 Programme Summary (by Jin)
19:25-19:35 Announcement of the Best Adviser Awards
19:35-19:50 Message from CFG
19:50-20:00 Announcement of the Best Poster and Best Video Awards
20:00-20:15 Message from NOC
20:15-20:25 Announcement of the Honorable Mention Awards
20:25-20:40 Messages from TikTok
20:40-20:50 Announcement of the Judges' Choice Awards
20:50-21:00 Closing remarks and photo taking

Please come down to join us in the celebration of achievement of our newly minted year 2 students and check out the projects they have completed during summer!

20/08/2025

We have just posted more photos from Splashdown 24 and the 2025 edition of the event is just around the corner.

Please stay tuned for more details!