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}}The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public collegiate and research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University.WEB, Singapore, National Library Board, National University of Singapore,weblink 2024-01-19, www.nlb.gov.sg, en, The university offers degree programmes in disciplines at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including in the sciences, medicine and dentistry, design and environment, law, arts and social sciences, engineering, business, computing, and music.WEB, National University of Singapore (NUS),weblink Top Universities, QS Top Universities, 14 January 2022, en, NUS's main campus is located adjacent to the Kent Ridge subzone of Queenstown.WEB,weblink History, NUS Bulletin, National University of Singapore, 29 January 2019, 12 March 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170312194046weblink">weblink live, The Duke–NUS Medical School is located at the Outram campus.WEB,weblink About Duke-NUS Medical School, Duke School of Medicine, The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. NUS's affiliated faculty members and researchers include one Nobel Prize laureate, one Tang Prize laureate, and one Vautrin Lud laureate.

History

(File:University Hall, National University of Singapore, February 2020.jpg|thumb|University Hall)In September 1904, Tan Jiak Kim led a group of representatives of the Chinese and other non-European communities to petition the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir John Anderson, to establish a medical school in Singapore.WEB, Loo Lay Yen,weblink National University of Singapore: A Brief Chronological History, Lib.nus.edu.sg, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160620012218weblink">weblink 20 June 2016, It was noted by Anderson that there were other petitions prior which were not successful due to concerns over having a sufficient number of students and support from the local community.WEB, 5 October 1905, GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR MALAYA.,weblink 29 October 2020, eresources.nlb.gov.sg, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 21 March 2021,weblink live, Tan, who was the first president of the Straits Chinese British Association, managed to raise 87,077 Straits dollars from the community, including a personal donation of $12,000.WEB, Zaccheus, Melody, 10 February 2019, Shedding light on life and legacy of Peranakan pioneer Tan Kim Seng,weblink 29 October 2020, The Straits Times, en, 21 March 2021,weblink live, WEB, A Legacy of Giving,weblink 29 October 2020, medicine.nus.edu.sg, 21 March 2021,weblink live, On 3 July 1905, the medical school was founded and was known as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. At Anderson's directions, the school was hosted temporarily at a recently emptied block at a Government-run asylum in Pasir Panjang while providing the staff required to run the school.In 1912, the medical school received an endowment of $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund, started by physician Lim Boon Keng. Subsequently, on 18 November 1913, the name of the school was changed to King Edward VII Medical School. In 1921, it was again changed to King Edward VII College of Medicine to reflect its academic status.WEB, King Edward VII College of Medicine {{!, Infopedia| last1 = Tan| last2 = Soo | first2 = Joanna Hwang| work = eresources.nlb.gov.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url =weblink| quote = }}WEB, Our History – NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 30 July 2021,weblink In 1928,WEB,weblink National University of Singapore website – Milestones, Nus.edu.sg, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120403024959weblink">weblink 3 April 2012, Raffles College, a separate institution from the medical school, was established to promote education in arts and social sciences.WEB, Raffles College {{!, Infopedia| last1 = Guay| last2 = Ling | first2 = Ee| work = eresources.nlb.gov.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url =weblink| quote = }}

University of Malaya in Singapore (1949–1962)

{{See also |University of Malaya#University of Malaya (1949–1962)}}On 8 October 1949, Raffles College was merged with King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya. The two institutions were merged to provide for the higher education needs of the Federation of Malaya.WEB, Our History, corporate@um.edu.my, um.edu.my, 30 July 2021,weblink The growth of University of Malaya was very rapid during the first decade of its establishment and resulted in the setting up of two autonomous divisions in 1959, one located in Singapore and the other in Kuala Lumpur.

Nanyang University (1955–1980)

In 1955, Nanyang University (abbreviated Nan-tah, 南大) was established on the backdrop of the Chinese community in Singapore.

University of Singapore (1962–1980)

In 1960, the governments of then Federation of Malaya and Singapore indicated their desire to change the status of the divisions into that of a national university. Legislation was passed in 1961, establishing the former Kuala Lumpur division as the University of Malaya, while the Singapore division was renamed the University of Singapore on 1 January 1962.

Present form

The National University of Singapore (NUS) was formed with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University on 6 August 1980.WEB,weblink National University of Singapore, History, 29 June 2019, 12 March 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170312194046weblink">weblink live, This was done in part due to the government's desire to pool the two institutions' resources into a single, stronger entity and promote English as Singapore's main language of education. The original crest of Nanyang University with three intertwined rings was incorporated into the new coat-of-arms of NUS.WEB,weblink National University of Singapore, Milestones, 11 August 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071015032203weblink">weblink 15 October 2007, dead, Most departments of the university were situated at the Bukit Timah campus, with the gradual shift to the Kent Ridge site starting in 1969 and completed in 1986. NUS began its entrepreneurial education endeavours in the 1980s, with the setting up of the Centre for Management of Innovation and Technopreneurship in 1988. In 2001, this was renamed the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC), and became a division of NUS Enterprise. NEC is currently headed by Wong Poh KamWEB,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120610195716weblink">weblink 10 June 2012, Start-up godfather, The Straits Times, Grace, Chng, 20 May 2012, and its activities are organised into four areas, including a business incubator, experiential education, entrepreneurship development and entrepreneurship research.NUS has 17 faculties and schools across three campus locations in Singapore – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram. NUS also collaborates with many other Universities around the world, such as the Georgia Institute of Technology

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the National University of Singapore was adopted in 1980 and modernised in 2001. It is the combination of the coat of arms of the former University of Singapore used since 1962 (consisting of an open book and a lion, which itself was derived from the former coat of arms of the University of Malaya used from 1949 until 1962, which featured a tiger instead of a lion), and the emblem of the former Nanyang University, three interlocking rings but without the star used since 1955.WEB,weblink NUS Identity, WEB,weblink Evolution of NUS Identity, WEB,weblink Elements of the NUS logo, It is blazoned: {{blockquote|Argent a lion passant guardant proper; on a chief azure dexter an open book also proper, bound, edged and clasped Or and sinister three annulets interlaced one and two Argent.}}The lion represents NUS as a Singaporean university, the open book represents knowledge and the three rings represents the university's role in creating, imparting and applying knowledge, as well as creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.The National University of Singapore is one of two public universities in Singapore to adopt its coat of arms, alongside the Nanyang Technological University, with which it has relations.

Reputation and rankings

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Overall Rankings

Globally, NUS was #8 in the QS World University Rankings 2024,WEB, QS World University Rankings 2024,weblink 28 June 2023, #19 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024,WEB, 4 October 2022, Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023,weblink 15 October 2022, Times Higher Education, #26 in the USNWR 2022–2023 Best Global Universities Rankings,WEB, 2022–2023 Best Global Universities Rankings,weblink #71 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2023,WEB, ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities,weblink 2023-12-20, www.shanghairanking.com, #29 in the SCImago Institutions Rankings 2020,WEB, SCImago Institutions Rankings – Higher Education – All Regions and Countries – 2020 – Overall Rank,weblink live,weblink 22 April 2019, 11 June 2019, www.scimagoir.com, and #26 in the Informatics Institute/METU's University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2022–2023.WEB, Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Informatics,weblink NUS was the 27th best-ranked university worldwide in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, as reported by ARTU 2023.WEB, Full Rankings {{!, Rankings |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=research.unsw.edu.au}} QS has ranked NUS among the world's top 15 since 2016. THE has ranked NUS among the world's top 30 since 2013. The joint THE–QS World University Rankings from 2004 to 2009 ranked NUS globally 18th (2004), 22nd (2005), 19th (2006), 33rd (2007), 30th (2008 and 2009). NUS was 19th in the THE World Reputation Rankings 2022,WEB, World Reputation Rankings 2022, 6 October 2022,weblink 20 November 2022, Times Higher Education, and was named the world's 10th most international university by THE in 2023.WEB, Most international universities in the world 2018: top 200,weblink live,weblink 21 March 2021, 7 June 2018, Times Higher Education, The World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University features numerous NUS researchers from a wide range of disciplines.WEB, World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (Oct 2023),weblink 2 November 2023, NUS Civil and Environmental Engineering, WEB, SIX ESI STAFF RANKED IN TOP 2% OF SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD (2023),weblink 2 November 2023, NUS ESI, WEB, Four NUS FoD researchers ranked in world’s top 2% most-cited by Stanford University,weblink 2 November 2023, NUS Faculty of Dentistry, WEB, Accolade for BIZ Faculty Listed among Global Top 2% of Scientists,weblink 2 November 2023, NUS Business School,

Subject/Area Rankings

In the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject, NUS ranked among the global top 10 for 19 subjects.WEB,weblink QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022, 23 March 2023, QS World University Rankings, In the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject, NUS achieved high global ranks in several subjects, being ranked 11th in Computer Science, 9th in Engineering, 11th in Law, and 15th in Business & Economics. In all subjects, NUS held the top spot nationally.WEB,weblink World University Rankings by subject, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, In the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, NUS exhibited strong global standing, being ranked among the global top 30 in 22 subjects.WEB,weblink ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023, Academic Ranking of World Universities, In most subjects, NUS achieved a national rank of 1.{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%"QS World University Rankings>QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024! Subject !! Global !! 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Graduate Employability Rankings

NUS graduates ranked 8th worldwide in the Times Higher Education's Global University Employability Ranking 2022,WEB, 2022-11-23, Best universities for graduate jobs: Global University Employability Ranking 2022,weblink 2022-11-29, Student, en, and 17th worldwide in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.WEB,weblink QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018, www.topuniversities.com, 7 June 2018, 7 January 2019,weblink live,

Academic Structure

NUS has a semester-based modular system for conducting undergraduate courses. It adopts features of the British system, such as small group teaching (tutorials) on top of regular two-hour lectures, and the American system (course credits). NUS has 17 faculties and schools across three campuses, including a music conservatory.WEB, National University of Singapore (NUS),weblink 30 July 2021, Ministry of Education, Singapore,

University Scholars Programme

The University Scholars Programme (USP) was an undergraduate academic programme established in 2001 in NUS, which comprised a compulsory general education programme. USP admitted 240 undergraduates annually.WEB, Overview – University Scholars Programme,weblink 30 July 2021, usp.nus.edu.sg, WEB, Residential Colleges,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110906063842weblink">weblink 6 September 2011, USP students resided in Cinnamon College at the NUS University Town.

NUS College

A modernized version of the University Scholars Programme, the NUS College today serves as the university's honors college, with a more rigorous application and a focus on global citizenship. The NUS College program notably involves foreign, service-based exchange around South-East Asia, guided by their core ideal that "Learning is a contact sport."WEB, NUS College,weblink NUS College, National University of Singapore, 28 January 2024,

Faculties and Schools

Business

The NUS Business School was founded as the Department of Business Administration in 1965.WEB,weblink Faculty & Departments, Bschool.nus.edu, 31 July 2010, 11 August 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110902021029weblink">weblink 2 September 2011, dead, The NUS Business School ranks 6th in the Forbes "The Best International MBAs: Two-Year Programs" and 21st in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2022. NUS also offers MBA double degrees in collaboration with overseas universities such as Peking University, HEC Paris, and Yale University.WEB,weblink Double Degree – NUS MBA, mba.nus.edu.sg, 1 January 2023,

Computing

The School of Computing established in 1998, has two departments: Computer Science; and Information Systems and Analytics.WEB,weblink NUS – School of Computing, Comp.nus.edu.sg, 11 August 2015, 21 March 2021,weblink live, WEB, NUS Computing – Master's in Computer Science, comp.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink

Dentistry

The Faculty of Dentistry traces its origins in 1929 as a Department of Dentistry within the King Edward VII College of Medicine.WEB,weblink NUS – Faculty of Dentistry,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101231030625weblink">weblink 31 December 2010, dead, The faculty conducts a four-year dental course leading to a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree.

Design and Engineering

The interdisciplinary College of Design and Engineering (CDE)WEB, College of Design and Engineering,weblink 16 December 2021, nus.edu.sg, was established in 2021, bringing together two pre-existing faculties, the School of Design and Environment (SDE) and the Faculty of Engineering (FoE). The School of Design and Environment has three departments: Department of Architecture; Department of the Built Environment; and the Division of Industrial Design.WEB, NUS School of Design and Environment,weblink 15 August 2021, nus.edu.sg, The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1968. It is the largest faculty in the university, and consists of several departments spanning diverse engineering fields.

Humanities and Sciences

The interdisciplinary College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS)WEB, Home Page – NUS College of Humanities and Sciences,weblink 17 April 2021, nus.edu.sg, was established in 2020. It comprises the two largest faculties, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Science, though both faculties are still branded independently, unlike CDE.WEB, Teng, Amelia, 8 December 2020, NUS launches new interdisciplinary College of Humanities and Sciences,weblink 17 April 2021, The Straits Times, en, The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has roots in Raffles College. Initially offering just four subjects: English, History, Geography and Economics, the Faculty now offers majors, minors and special programmes across 16 Departments.WEB, Role, Mission & Heritage – NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,weblink 2023-01-08, fass.nus.edu.sg, This includes the Centre for Language Studies, which teaches 13 different languages, and the Office of Programmes, which houses multidisciplinary fields and minor programmes.WEB, Departments – NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,weblink 2023-01-08, fass.nus.edu.sg, The South Asian Studies Programme is not officially classified as a department, but as a departmental entity.WEB, About the South Asian Studies Programme,weblink 2023-01-08, fass.nus.edu.sg, The Faculty of Science comprises multiple departments, spanning across natural and applied sciences. The first female Dean of the Faculty of Science was Gloria Lim, who was appointed in 1973. She served a four-year term and was reappointed in 1979, but resigned after one year to allow Koh Lip Lin to continue his post. In 1980, University of Singapore merged with Nanyang University to form NUS, resulting in overlapping posts.BOOK, Chan, Juliana,weblink Singapore's Scientific Pioneers, Chua, Grace, Sim, Shuzhen, Tan, Rebecca, 2015, Asian Scientist Publishing Pte Ltd, 978-981-09-5893-0, Singapore, 24 June 2020,weblink 21 March 2021, live,

Integrative Sciences and Engineering

The NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS) was established in 2003. The principal purpose of NGS is "to promote integrative PhD research encompassing both laboratory work and coursework programmes which not only transcend traditional subject boundaries but also provides students with a depth of experience about science and the way it is carried out."WEB,weblink NGS – NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, Nus.edu.sg, 3 August 2015, 11 August 2015, 21 March 2021,weblink live,

Law

The NUS Faculty of Law was first established as a Department of Law in the University of Malaya in 1956. The first law students were admitted to the Bukit Timah campus of the university the following year. In 1980, the faculty shifted to the Kent Ridge campus, but in 2006 it relocated back to the Bukit Timah site.WEB, History & Milestones – NUS Law, NUS Law, 30 July 2021,weblink The faculty offers LLB, LLM, JD, and PhD programmes, alongside continuing education and graduate certificate programmes.

Medicine

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS was first established as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School in 1905. The School uses the British undergraduate medical system, offering a full-time undergraduate programme leading to a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). For Nursing, the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) conducted by the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies is offered. The department also offers postgraduate programmes in nursing, medicine, and medical science.WEB, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies-Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine, 30 July 2021,weblink

Duke–NUS Medical School

The Duke–NUS Medical School (Duke–NUS) is a graduate medical school in Singapore. The school was set up in April 2005 as the Duke–NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore's second medical school, after the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and before the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. The Duke–NUS Medical School is a collaboration between Duke University in North Carolina, United States and the National University of Singapore.JOURNAL, Kamei, Cook, Puthucheary, Starmer, 21st Century Learning in Medicine: Traditional Teaching versus Team-Based Teaching, Medical Science Educator, 22, 2, 57–64, 2012,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131104212141weblink">weblink 4 November 2013, 10.1007/BF03341758, 56770146,

Music

The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM) is a collaboration between NUS and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Singapore's first conservatory of music, YSTCM was founded as the Singapore Conservatory of Music in 2001. The School was renamed Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music after a gift was made by the family of the late Dr Yong Loo Lin in memory of his daughter.

Public Health

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health is Singapore's first and only tertiary education institution for public health.WEB,weblink The School, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, 24 July 2017, 21 March 2021,weblink live, The school traces its origins to the University of Malaya's Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, formed in 1948.WEB,weblink Milestone, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, 24 July 2017, 21 March 2021,weblink live,

Public Policy

The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy was established in 2004 as an autonomous graduate school of NUS. Although the School was formally launched in 2004, it inherited NUS's Public Policy Programme, which was established in 1992 in partnership with Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.WEB,weblink Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 2015, 30 July 2021, NUS LKYSPP, www.nus.edu.sg,

Yale-NUS College

The Yale-NUS College is a liberal arts college in Singapore established in August 2013 as a joint project of Yale University and the National University of Singapore. It is an autonomous college within NUS, allowing it greater freedom to develop its own policies while tapping on the existing facilities and resources of the main university.WEB,weblink FAQs – Yale-NUS College, 3 June 2015, 21 March 2021,weblink live, Students who graduate receive a degree awarded by NUS. Pericles Lewis, a former professor at Yale, was appointed as the founding president in 2012.WEB, Karin, Fischer, Yale Scholar Will Be First President of New Institution in Singapore, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 May 2012,weblink 24 June 2020, 21 March 2021,weblink live, WEB, Sandra, Davie, Prof Pericles Lewis named president of Yale-NUS liberal arts college, 30 May 2012,weblink WEB, 'Not the job' of Yale-NUS College to tell students what to think, AsiaOne, 30 May 2012,weblink 9 June 2012, 21 March 2021,weblink live, NEWS, Yale's Pericles Lewis to be inaugural Yale-NUS president, Yale News, 30 May 2012,weblink 24 June 2020, 21 March 2021,weblink live, In August 2021, NUS announced that it was going to merge Yale-NUS College with the University Scholars Programme to form a new honours college, NUS College, by 2025WEB, Yale-NUS to be merged into a new college in 2025 as NUS seeks interdisciplinary education at scale, Yale News, 26 August 2021,weblink 4 January 2022, WEB, NUS College, NUS College,weblink 4 January 2022, The merger marks the dissolution of NUS's partnership with Yale University. The last class of Yale-NUS College students were those admitted in 2021, following which Yale-NUS would operate for several years until all of its students have graduated.NEWS, What's behind the decision to close Yale-NUS College?, Davie, Sandra, The Straits Times, 5 September 2021, 5 September 2021,weblink

Teaching centres

{{stack|(File:NUSHighSchool-entrance-20081201.jpg|thumb|NUS High School of Mathematics and Science Campus.)}}NUS has a variety of teaching centres including:

• Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL)WEB, History, Vision & Mission, Strategies,weblink's-mission-vision/about-us, 30 July 2021, nus.edu.sg,
• Centre for Instructional Technology (CIT)WEB, CIT – About, cit.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink WEB,weblink CIT – Quality, Cit.nus.edu.sg, 16 January 2003, 11 August 2015, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150910210910weblink">weblink 10 September 2015,
• Centre for English Language Communication (CELC)WEB, About Us, nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink
• Institute of Systems Science (ISS),WEB, About Us, iss.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink which offers professional IT continuing education
• Centre for Teaching and Learning CTL at Yale-NUS CollegeWEB, Yale-NUS College, teaching.yale-nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink

NUS High School of Mathematics and Science

NUS High School of Mathematics and Science is a school specialising in mathematics and science, and provides secondary and pre-tertiary education to students with inclinations to these fields.WEB,weblink NUS High School celebrates 10 years of math and science education, TODAYonline, 2019-03-21, WEB,weblink NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, 30 July 2021,

Research

The major research focuses at NUS are biomedical science, physical science, engineering, nanoscience, material science, information technology, humanities, social sciences, and defence.WEB, key areas, nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink WEB, Research Areas & Facilities, Materials Science and Engineering, 30 July 2021,weblink WEB, Home – Temasek Defence Systems Institute, Temasek Defence Systems Institute, 30 July 2021,weblink One of several niche research areas of strategic importance to Singapore being undertaken at NUS is bioengineering. Initiatives in this area include bioimaging, tissue engineering and tissue modulation.WEB, Research Areas, Biomedical Engineering, 30 July 2021,weblink The university has received a number of grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for research into areas including vaccine development,WEB, November 2021, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en, water treatment,WEB, June 2011, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en, WEB, March 2013, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en, mobile devices in healthcare,WEB, September 2021, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en, iris recognition,WEB, October 2011, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en, synthetic antibodies,WEB, October 2008, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en, tuberculosis,WEB, March 2017, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en, and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.WEB, June 2020, National University of Singapore,weblink live,weblink 15 June 2022, 2022-06-15, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, en,

Research institutes and centres

Currently, NUS hosts 21 university-level research institutes and centres (RICs) in various fields. Four of these RICs have been designated Research Centres of Excellence by the Singapore government — the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Centre for Quantum Technologies, Mechanobiology Institute, and Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials.NEWS,weblink New NUS research centre to study functional intelligent materials with uses such as in artificial organs, Shafeeq, Syarafana, 7 October 2021, The Straits Times, 10 October 2021, Besides university-level RICs, NUS also affiliates with other universities to establish research centres and institutes.WEB,weblink Research Institutes,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110903025113weblink">weblink 3 September 2011, dead, nus.edu.sg, The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific is a collaborative effort between NUS and the Georgia Institute of Technology for research and education in logistics.WEB,weblink Logistics Education at NUS, Edumaritime.com, 24 June 2020, 21 March 2021,weblink live, The Next Age Institute, a partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, is the most recent cross-university centre involving NUS, established in February 2015.WEB,weblink Home, www.fas.nus.edu.sg, 16 February 2020, 21 March 2021,weblink live,

Entrepreneurship

NUS began its entrepreneurial education endeavours in the 1980s, establishing the Centre for Management of Innovation and Technopreneurship in 1988. In 2001, this was renamed the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC), and became a division of NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of NUS. Its activities include entrepreneurial education and outreach, technology commercialisation, and a business incubator.WEB, S'pore start-up incubator sets up US hub,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161229103742weblink">weblink 29 December 2016, 29 December 2016, WEB, Our Purpose – NUS Enterprise, NUS Enterprise, 30 July 2021,weblink The NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programme was started in 2001, giving students the opportunity to experience, live, work and study in an entrepreneurial hub. Participants of the programme either spend 6 months or a year overseas, taking courses at partner universities and working in start-ups.NEWS,weblink Which university? Which course of study?, Tan, Eng Chye, 25 April 2016, The Straits Times, 7 December 2016, 21 March 2021,weblink live, The NUS Industry Liaison Office (ILO) is another department that is involved in the creation of deep tech start-ups. It manages the university's technology transfer and promotes research collaborations with industry and partners. ILO manages NUS intellectual property, commercialises its intellectual assets and facilitates the spinning off of technologies into start-up companies.WEB, 29 December 2016, 29 December 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161229170707weblink">weblink dead,weblink NUS researchers turn waste paper into oil absorbent,

Campus facilities and resources

NUS's main campus is located in the southwestern part of Singapore, adjacent to the Kent Ridge subzone of Queenstown, accommodating an area of {{convert|170|ha|abbr=on}}. The Duke–NUS Medical School, a postgraduate medical school jointly established with Duke University, is located at the Outram campus; and its Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.File:Mochtar Riady Building, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore - 20111104.jpg|Mochtar Riady Building, Business SchoolFile:NUS, Engineering 2, Nov 06.JPG|Engineering 2File:YST Conservatory, National University of Singapore, February 2020.jpg|Yong Siew Toh Music ConservatoryFile:National University Centre for Oral Health, February 2020.jpg|DentistryFile:Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, February 2020 (2).jpg|Faculty of ScienceFile:NUS SDE4, February 2020.jpg|SDE4File:NUS SoC COM1.jpg|School of ComputingFile:University Hall, National University of Singapore - 20070125.jpg|University HallFile:Entrance E of the National University of Singapore 20210426 165548.jpg|Entrance EFile:Yale-NUS College Facade - Aug 2019.jpg|Yale-NUS CollegeFile:NUS Law Campus.jpg|Bukit Timah campus which houses the Law and Public Policy schoolsFile:Li Ka Shing Hall, LKY School, February 2020.jpg|LKYSPP, Bukit Timah CampusFile:KRW Facade2 final.jpg|National University Hospital

IT and computing services

{{stack|(File:University Cultural Center, NUS, February 2020.jpg|alt=|thumb|University Cultural Centre.)}}NUS hosts NUSNET, an intranet, which is used in research, teaching, learning and administration. In 2004, a campus-wide grid computing network was deployed, connecting at least 1,000 computers. At the time, it was one of the largest of such virtual supercomputing facilities in the region.WEB,weblink NUS And SCS Unveil Biggest Supercomputing Grid in the Region, NCS, 16 November 2004, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130615233715weblink">weblink 15 June 2013,

Libraries

The NUS Libraries currently comprises seven libraries: the Central Library, Wan Boo Sow Chinese Library (), C J Koh Law Library, Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library, the Medicine+Science Library, Music Library and Yale-NUS College Library.WEB,weblink Landing Page, NUS Libraries, 26 July 2023,weblink 26 July 2023, live, As of June 2017, there were 2,354,741 unique titles, and 26,074 microform resourcesWEB,weblink Library Statistics 2016/2017, Libportal.nus.edu.sg, 11 August 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170708055203weblink">weblink 8 July 2017, dead, in the collection.WEB,weblink Library Statistics 2016/2017, ocr, 19 January 2018,weblink 20 January 2018, dead, This has since expanded to 3,018,572 unique physical titles, 94,446 electronic periodicals, 1,244,448 electronic books and 936 databases, as of 2022.WEB, 2022: A Year in Review — Pushing Boundaries [report],weblink NUS Libraries, 2022, 25 July 2023, File:NUS, Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library 3, Nov 06.JPG|Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library, 2006File:OpenSpace-NationalUniversityofSingapore-20080108.jpg|Open space outside Central Library, 2008File:Yale-NUS College Library - Jul 2019.jpg|Yale-NUS College Library, 2019File:Atrium of Medicine+Science Library.jpg|Medicine+Science Library, 2023

University Town

The NUS University Town (UTown) opened in August 2011. Located at the Kent Ridge campus, it was built on the site of a former golf course.WEB,weblink August 2011 start for UTown at NUS, Leow, Si Wan, 1 April 2010, Asia One, 25 June 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190103161232weblink">weblink 3 January 2019, dead, UTown hosts four residential colleges, a graduate residence,WEB,weblink About UTown, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100403003109weblink">weblink 3 April 2010, research institutes (such as the TUM CREATE), lecture theatres, restaurants, convenience stores, and a barber shop.File:EduSports Complex, University Town, National University of Singapore - 20140920-01.jpg|alt=File:CREATE Tower, University Town, National University of Singapore - 20140920.jpg|alt=File:University Town, National University of Singapore, February 2020 (2).jpg|alt=File:University Town Skyline from Northwest Kent Ridge Campus, National University of Singapore, February 2020.jpg|alt=

Transportation

The university has a free Internal Shuttle Bus system that operates across the Bukit Timah and Kent Ridge campuses.WEB, Getting around NUS,weblink live,weblink 21 March 2021, 25 February 2020, NUS Office of Campus Amenities, In late 2022, the university started to deploy electric bus in partnership with CDG.WEB, Transforming campus mobility through electrification,weblink 2023-03-13, Transforming campus mobility through electrification, en-sg, File:NUS Shuttle Bus PD564D at COM 2.jpg|alt=File:Campus shuttle bus arriving at the bus stop near the Forum along Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore - 20070125.jpg|alt=File:PD649T A2.jpg|alt=File:NUS Shuttle Bus PA9772B at UTown.jpg|alt=

Student accommodation

NUS has three types of student accommodation: halls of residence, student residences, and residential colleges. There are about 6,000 residential places distributed between halls of residence and student residences on campus, in addition to around 4,100 students who live in the residential colleges and graduate residences.WEB,weblink Graduates, NUS Office of Housing Services, 25 February 2020, 21 March 2021,weblink live,

Halls of residence

NUS has 7 Halls of Residence with about 3,000 residential places. A points system, based on co-currciular activities and leadership roles, is used to allocate residential places to students. Halls have their own interest groups and student productions in addition to university-wide student co-curricular activities. Halls compete with each other in the Inter-Hall Games.WEB, Home {{!, IHG 18/19| author = | work = IHG 18/19| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url =weblink| quote = }}The Halls of Residence are:WEB, NUS Halls of Residence,weblink 30 July 2020, National University of Singapore, 21 March 2021,weblink live,

• Eusoff Hall
• Kent Ridge Hall
• King Edward VII Hall
• Raffles Hall
• Sheares Hall
• Temasek Hall

File:NUS, Eusoff Hall, Nov 06.JPG|Eusoff HallFile:NUS, Kent Ridge Hall, Nov 06.JPG|Kent Ridge HallFile:Block 3 of Raffles Hall, National University of Singapore, at night - 20070116.jpg|Raffles HallFile:Main entrance to Temasek Hall, NUS.JPG|Temasek Hall

Student residences

NUS has two student residences — Prince George's Park Residences and UTown Residences — for undergraduate and graduate students.WEB, Student Residences,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090215044724weblink">weblink 15 February 2009, 11 August 2007, National University of Singapore, The residences are arranged in clusters of 11 to 15 single rooms, with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. The UTown Residences also has apartments for students.WEB,weblink UTown Residence " University Town, Utown.nus.edu.sg,

Residential colleges

NUS also houses residential colleges, which are modelled after the college systems of universities. Like halls, residential colleges have unique co-curricular activities. Residential colleges also have their own academic programmes, with general education requirements differing from each other and the rest of the university. The academic programmes in residential colleges take place in seminars.WEB,weblink Your residential options @NUS, 30 July 2021,

Cinnamon College/West Wing

Cinnamon College housed the University Scholars Programme (USP) until the 2021 intake. Together with the current Yale-NUS College Campus (which has been renamed the "West Wing"), the college will house the NUS College from the 2022 intake onwards. USP students and faculty are accommodated in 600 rooms.WEB, Cinnamon College (USP) – University Scholars Programme, usp.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink

Tembusu College

Tembusu College was the second residential colleges in NUS University Town. Tembusu houses mainly first and second-year undergraduates, in addition to resident faculty, visiting scholars and graduate fellows.WEB, About – Tembusu College, tembusu.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink The former founding Rector of Tembusu College is Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large and former United Nations Ambassador Tommy Koh, who is also the former Dean of the NUS Faculty of Law.WEB, Professor Tommy Koh – People – Tembusu College, tembusu.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink

College of Alice & Peter Tan

The College of Alice & Peter Tan (CAPT) is a Residential College for all NUS undergraduates which emphasises active citizenship and community engagement. It provides a two-year academic programme.WEB, About Us {{!, The College of Alice & Peter Tan| author = | work = The College of Alice & Peter Tan| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url =weblink| quote = }}

Residential College 4

Residential College 4 (RC4) is another Residential College in NUS.WEB, RC4 Experience – NUS Residential College 4, rc4.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink

Ridge View Residential College

{{stack|(File:Ridge View Residential College, National University of Singapore, February 2020.jpg|thumb|Ridge View Residential College)}}Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) was formally established in April 2014, housed in the former Ridge View Residences. It is the only residential college that is situated outside University Town. The site was the former location for Kent Ridge Hall until November 2002. In November 2015, an annexe building to RVRC was constructed. It was completed in February 2017.WEB, Ridge View Annex (RVA) – NUS Office of Estate Development (OED), uci.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink

Vice-Chancellors & Presidents

Below is a list of presidents throughout the history of the National University of Singapore (and its predecessors). WEB, Founded by the community,weblink 2023-07-13, NUS, The office of the President of Raffles College was renamed Principal of Raffles College from 1938.WEB, Loo Lay Yen,weblink Our Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors : a biographical sketch : Roll of Honour, Lib.nus.edu.sg, 11 August 2015, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151107050542weblink">weblink 7 November 2015, {| class="wikitable"|+National University of Singapore!Period!President/Vice Chancellor/Principal|2018–present|Tan Eng Chye|2008–2017|Tan Chorh Chuan|2000–2008|Shih Choon Fong|1981–2000|Lim Pin|1980–1981|Tony Tan Keng Yam{| class="wikitable"|+University of Singapore!Period!President/Vice Chancellor/Principal|1975–1980|Kwan Sai Kheong|1968–1975|Toh Chin Chye|1963–1967|Lim Tay Boh|1962–1963|Baratham Ramaswamy Sreenivasan{| class="wikitable"|+University of Malaya (Singapore Division)!Period!President/Vice Chancellor/Principal|1961–1962|Baratham Ramaswamy Sreenivasan|1960–1961|Alexander Oppenheim|1959–1960|Arthur Anantharaj Sandosham{| class="wikitable"|+University of Malaya!Period!President/Vice Chancellor/Principal|1957–1962|Alexander Oppenheim|1952–1956|Sydney Caine|1949–1952George Vance Allen>George V. Allen{| class="wikitable"|+Raffles College!Period!President/Vice Chancellor/Principal|1948–1949George Vance Allen>George V. Allen|1946–1948|W E Dyer|1938–1941|George McOwan|1937–1938|Alexander Keir|1935–1937|Frederick Joseph Morten|1932–1934|James Watson|1928–1931|Richard O Winstedt{| class="wikitable"|+King Edward VII College of Medicine!Period!President/Vice Chancellor/Principal|1947–1949|Desmond William George Faris|1929–1947George Vance Allen>George V. Allen|1918–1929|George Hugh K MacAlister|1909–1918|Robert Donald Keith|1905–1909|Gerald Dudley Freer

Notable alumni

Since its inception in 1905, NUS has had many distinguished alumni from Singapore and Malaysia, including two Singapore Prime Ministers and four Singapore Presidents, two Malaysian Prime Ministers, and many politicians, judiciaries, business executives, educators and local celebrities. It counts among its graduates, heads of state/government Abdul Razak Hussein, Benjamin Sheares, Goh Chok Tong, Mahathir Mohamad and S. R. Nathan. The first prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, attended Raffles College briefly prior to World War II.A number of its graduates are also notable politicians such as Rais Yatim,WEB, NUS: Faculty of Law – Alumni, law1.nus.edu.sg, 30 July 2021,weblink Malaysia's former Minister of Information, Communications and Culture, Ng Eng Hen, Singapore's Minister for Defence,WEB,weblink NUS alumni to comprise almost half of 14th Singapore Parliament, 28 July 2020, 30 July 2021, Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs, and S. Jayakumar, Singapore's former Deputy Prime Minister.WEB,weblink Professor S Jayakumar appointed as NUS Pro-Chancellor, 18 June 2020, 30 July 2021, Many of Singapore's business leaders come from NUS, including as former Chairman of the Singapore Exchange, and Singapore Tourism Board Chew Choon Seng,WEB, Chew Choon Seng {{!, GIC Board of Directors| author = | work = GIC| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url =weblink| quote = }} CEO of the Hyflux Group Olivia Lum,WEB, Olivia Lum, Hyflux Ltd: Profile and Biography, Bloomberg.com, 30 July 2021,weblink former CEO of the Temasek Holdings Ho Ching,WEB, Ho Ching, Forbes, 30 July 2021,weblink Chairman of SPRING Singapore Philip YeoWEB, Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976 – Alumni – Harvard Business School, alumni.hbs.edu, January 2006, 30 July 2021,weblink University of Singapore, and CEO of Razer Inc Min-Liang Tan.WEB, Min-Liang Tan, Razer Inc: Profile and Biography, Bloomberg.com, 30 July 2021,weblink In international politics, NUS counts among its graduates former Director-General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan,WEB, Congratulations to Dr Margaret Chan, one of CNN's 19 Most Important Women in the History of Science – Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, 30 July 2021,weblink former President of the United Nations Security Council Kishore Mahbubani,WEB, About Kishore Mahbubani – Kishore Mahbubani, Kishore Mahbubani, 30 July 2021,weblink and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee Ng Ser Miang.WEB, NG SER MIANG {{!, Thomson Medical| author = | work = Thomson Medical| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url =weblink| language = | quote = }}NUS had served as Singapore's only law school for half a century, until the SMU School of Law was set up in 2007. Many of Singapore's judges and lawyers come from the school. This includes Singapore's Minister for Law, and Home Affairs K. Shanmugam,WEB,weblink LawLink, 2008, 30 July 2021, the fourth Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh MenonWEB,weblink 60 years of legal education, 24 October 2017, 30 July 2021, and the third Chief Justice of Singapore Chan Sek Keong.WEB, CHAN Sek Keong – NUS Law, NUS Law, 30 July 2021,weblink In academia, NUS faculty include former vice-president of Finance for the University of Virginia, and Cornell University Yoke San Reynolds,NEWS, Yoke San Reynolds, U-Va.'s retiring vice president, saved the university nearly $1 billion, The Washington Post, 30 July 2021,weblink and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong Wang Gungwu.WEB, Wang Gungwu {{!, Infopedia| last = Kumari | first = Sheena| work = eresources.nlb.gov.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url =weblink| quote = }}File:Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore Making a Toast at a State Dinner Held in His Honor, 1975.jpg|alt=|Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of SingaporeFile:GohChokTong-WashingtonDC-20010614.jpg|Goh Chok Tong, 2nd Prime Minister of SingaporeFile:Tony Tan Keng Yam cropp.jpg|Tony Tan, 7th President of SingaporeFile:President of Singapore SR Nathan.jpg|S. R. Nathan, 6th President of SingaporeFile:Mahathir Mohamad addressing the United Nations General Assembly (September 25 2003).jpg|Mahathir Mohamad, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of MalaysiaFile:Margaret Chan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 crop.jpg|Margaret Chan, 7th Director-General of the World Health OrganizationFile:Kishore Mahbubani - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011.jpg|Kishore Mahbubani, President of the United Nations Security Council (2001–2002)File:President Halimah Yacob in 2019.jpg|Halimah Yacob, 8th President of SingaporeFile:NgEngHen2017.jpg|Ng Eng Hen, Singapore Minister for DefenceFile:Graduationshaari.gif|Sha'ari Tadin, Member of Parliament and founder of Singapore Central Council (Majlis Pusat Singapura)File:Wang Gungwu - 20101125.jpg|Wang Gungwu, historianFile:Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at the United States Department of State in Washington, DC. on June 16, 2023 - (cropped).jpg|Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs SingaporeFile:K. Shanmugam in meeting with Iranian Parliament chairman Ali Larijani.jpg|K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, Singapore

See also

• Education in Singapore
• National University Hospital
• Nanyang University
• University of Malaya
• S, a collaboration between seven universities and the Karolinska Institutet for training in bioinformatics and genomics

References

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External links

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• National University of Singapore official site

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