National University of Singapore#University of Malaya in Singapore (1949–1962)

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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.{{cite web |author=Loo Lay Yen |url=http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/nusbiodata/history.htm# |title=National University of Singapore: A Brief Chronological History |publisher=Lib.nus.edu.sg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620012218/http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/nusbiodata/history.htm |archive-date=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.{{Cite web|date=5 October 1905|title=GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR MALAYA.|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk19051005-1.2.36|access-date=29 October 2020|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg|publisher=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125616/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk19051005-1.2.36|url-status=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.{{Cite web|last=Zaccheus|first=Melody|date=10 February 2019|title=Shedding light on life and legacy of Peranakan pioneer Tan Kim Seng|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shedding-light-on-life-and-legacy-of-tan-kim-seng|access-date=29 October 2020|website=The Straits Times|language=en|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125635/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/shedding-light-on-life-and-legacy-of-tan-kim-seng|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=A Legacy of Giving|url=https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/giving/why-give/a-legacy-of-giving/|access-date=29 October 2020|website=medicine.nus.edu.sg|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125636/https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/giving/why-give/a-legacy-of-giving/|url-status=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.{{Cite web| title = 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 = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1087_2011-01-21.html| quote = }}{{Cite web| title = Our History – NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine| author = | work = NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/about/our-history/| quote =}}

In 1928,{{cite web |url=http://www.nus.edu.sg/aboutus/milestones/1905.php#2 |title=National University of Singapore website – Milestones |publisher=Nus.edu.sg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403024959/http://www.nus.edu.sg/aboutus/milestones/1905.php#2 |archive-date=3 April 2012}} Raffles College, a separate institution from the medical school, was established to promote education in arts and social sciences.{{Cite web| title = Raffles College {{!}} Infopedia| last1 = Guay| last2 = Ling | first2 = Ee| work = eresources.nlb.gov.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1797_2011-03-15.html| quote = }}

{{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.{{Cite web| title = Our History| author = corporate@um.edu.my| work = um.edu.my| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.um.edu.my/our-history}}

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.

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In 1955, Nanyang University (abbreviated Nan-tah, {{lang|zh-Hans|南大}}) was established on the backdrop of the Chinese community in Singapore.

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.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) was formed with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University on 6 August 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.nus.edu.sg/nusbulletin/general-information/history/|publisher=National University of Singapore|title=History|access-date=29 June 2019|archive-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312194046/http://www.nus.edu.sg/nusbulletin/general-information/history/|url-status=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.{{cite web | url = http://www.nus.edu.sg/corporate/timeline/ | publisher = National University of Singapore | title = Milestones | access-date = 11 August 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015032203/http://www.nus.edu.sg/corporate/timeline/ | archive-date = 15 October 2007 | url-status = 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 Kam{{cite web|url = http://www2.straitstimes.com/Think/Story/STIStory_800832.html |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610195716/http://www2.straitstimes.com/Think/Story/STIStory_800832.html |archive-date=10 June 2012|title = Start-up godfather|work = The Straits Times|first = Grace|last = Chng|date= 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 Harvard University,{{Cite web |date=2024-08-01 |title=The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and the East Asian Institute (EAI) at the National University of Singapore Forge Academic Partnership |url=https://rajawali.hks.harvard.edu/articles/the-rajawali-foundation-institute-for-asia-and-the-east-asian-institute-eai-at-the-national-university-of-singapore-forge-academic-partnership/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Rajawali Institute |language=en-US}} Yale University,{{Cite web |title=Academic Partnerships |url=https://bschool.nus.edu.sg/partnerships/academic-partnerships/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=bschool.nus.edu.sg}} UCLA,{{Cite web |title=UCLA-NUS EMBA |url=https://ucla.nus.edu.sg/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=ucla.nus.edu.sg}} and Georgia Institute of Technology.{{Cite web |title=New Georgia Tech and NUS Center for Next Generation Logistics Launched {{!}} H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering |url=https://www.isye.gatech.edu/news/new-georgia-tech-and-nus-center-next-generation-logistics-launched |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.isye.gatech.edu}}

NUS has a diverse range of students and faculty stemming from distinct foreign nationalities. 65% of faculty and staff are foreign nationals, ranking it 3rd (tied with Nanyang Technological University) in terms of foreign representation among faculty across the top 100 universities according to QS.{{cite web|title=About National University of Singapore (NUS)|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/national-university-singapore-nus|access-date=2 February 2025}} It remains one of the few top 100 universities with more than 60% of foreign faculty. Likewise, 36% or 12,057 of students are foreign nationals, with 62% them being post-graduate students.{{cite web|title=About National University of Singapore (NUS)|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/national-university-singapore-nus|access-date=2 February 2025}}

The coat of arms of the National University of Singapore was adopted in 1980 and modernized 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nus.edu.sg/identity|title=NUS Identity}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nus.edu.sg/identity/evolution-of-nus-identity|title=Evolution of NUS Identity}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nus.edu.sg/identity/elements-of-the-nus-logo|title=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.

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Globally, NUS was #8 in the QS World University Rankings 2025,{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024 |access-date=28 June 2023 |website=}} #17 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=4 October 2022 |title=Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking |access-date=15 February 2025 |work=Times Higher Education |quote=}} #22 in the USNWR 2024–2025 Best Global Universities Rankings,{{Cite web |title=2024–2025 Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings}} #68 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2024,{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2024 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}} #25 in the SCImago Institutions Rankings 2024,{{cite web |title=SCImago Institutions Rankings – Higher Education – All Regions and Countries – 2020 – Overall Rank |url=https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422183813/https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&country=all |archive-date=22 April 2019 |access-date=11 June 2019 |website=www.scimagoir.com}} and #26 in the Informatics Institute/METU's University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2022–2023.{{cite web |title=Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Informatics |url=http://ii.metu.edu.tr/}}

NUS was the 24th best-ranked university worldwide in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, as reported by [https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results ARTU] 2024.{{Cite web |title=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 2025,{{cite web |date=6 October 2022 |title=World Reputation Rankings 2025 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-reputation-rankings |access-date=18 February 2025 |work=Times Higher Education}} and was named the world's 10th most international university by THE in 2023.{{cite web |title=Most international universities in the world 2018: top 200 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/most-international-universities-world-2018# |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125626/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/most-international-universities-world-2018 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |access-date=7 June 2018 |work=Times Higher Education}}

The World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University features numerous NUS researchers from a wide range of disciplines.{{Cite web |title=World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (Oct 2023) |url=https://cde.nus.edu.sg/cee/news-detail/worldstopscientists/ |access-date=2 November 2023 |website=NUS Civil and Environmental Engineering}}{{Cite web |title=SIX ESI STAFF RANKED IN TOP 2% OF SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD (2023) |url=https://esi.nus.edu.sg/highlights/details/six-esi-staff-ranked-in-top-2-of-scientists-in-the-world-(2023) |access-date=2 November 2023 |website=NUS ESI}}{{Cite web |title=Four NUS FoD researchers ranked in world's top 2% most-cited by Stanford University |url=https://www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg/News/FOD_Researchers_2021.html |access-date=2 November 2023 |website=NUS Faculty of Dentistry}}{{Cite web |title=Accolade for BIZ Faculty Listed among Global Top 2% of Scientists |url=https://bizbeat.nus.edu.sg/community-news/article/accolade-for-biz-faculty-listed-among-global-top-2-of-scientists/ |access-date=2 November 2023 |website=NUS Business School}}

In the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject, NUS ranked among the global top 10 for 19 subjects.{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2022|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022|date=23 March 2023|website=QS World University Rankings}}

In the 2024 QS Global Executive MBA Rankings, NUS ranked 14th globally.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=QS EMBA Rankings - Global 2024 |url=https://www.topmba.com/emba-rankings/global |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=TopMBA.com |language=en}}

In the 2025 QS Global MBA Rankings, NUS ranked 25th globally.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=QS Global MBA Rankings 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/mba-rankings |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=World University Rankings by subject|website=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2023|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023|website=Academic Ranking of World Universities}} In most subjects, NUS achieved a national rank of 1.

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NUS's performance in the Business School Rankings by Financial Times:{{Cite web |title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com |url=https://rankings.ft.com/home/masters-in-business-administration |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=rankings.ft.com}}

NUS graduates ranked 8th worldwide in the Times Higher Education's Global University Employability Ranking 2022,{{Cite web |date=2022-11-23 |title=Best universities for graduate jobs: Global University Employability Ranking 2022 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Student |language=en}} and 17th worldwide in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/employability-rankings/2018 |title=QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018 |website=www.topuniversities.com |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107045021/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/employability-rankings/2018 |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web |title=National University of Singapore (NUS) |url=https://www.moe.gov.sg/post-secondary/overview/autonomous-universities/nus |access-date=30 July 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Education, Singapore}}

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.{{Cite web |author= |date= |title=Overview – University Scholars Programme |url=https://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/about/overview/ |access-date=30 July 2021 |work=usp.nus.edu.sg |quote=}}{{Cite web |title=Residential Colleges |url=http://utown.nus.edu.sg/about-utown/residential-colleges.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906063842/http://utown.nus.edu.sg/about-utown/residential-colleges.html |archive-date=6 September 2011}} USP students resided in Cinnamon College at the NUS University Town. This programme has since merged with Yale-NUS to become the NUS College.{{cite web |last1=Min |first1=Ang Hwee |title=Yale-NUS and University Scholars Programme to be combined into one new college from 2022 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/yale-nus-and-university-scholars-programme-be-combined-one-new-college-2022-2138826 |website=Channel News Asia |access-date=31 August 2024}}

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."{{cite web |title=NUS College |url=https://nuscollege.nus.edu.sg/ |website=NUS College |publisher=National University of Singapore |access-date=28 January 2024}}

The NUS Business School was founded as the Department of Business Administration in 1965. Today, the school has over 280 distinguished faculty members and a vibrant community of 7,000 students, and is a recognised leader in business education and research across Asia.{{cite web |url=http://bschool.nus.edu/FacultyDepartments/tabid/122/default.aspx |title=Faculty & Departments |publisher=Bschool.nus.edu |date=31 July 2010 |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902021029/http://bschool.nus.edu/FacultyDepartments/tabid/122/default.aspx |archive-date=2 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} The NUS Business School ranks third in Asia for Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2024 and first in Asia-Pacific for QS Executive MBA Rankings 2024. NUS Business School offers a transformative experience for learners of all ages with programmes such as BBA, MSc, MBA, Executive MBA, PhD and Executive Education and collaborated with overseas universities such as Peking University, HEC Paris, CEMS and Yale University.

The School of Computing established in 1998, has two departments: Computer Science; and Information Systems and Analytics.{{cite web |url=http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/cs/ |title=NUS – School of Computing |publisher=Comp.nus.edu.sg |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125638/https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/about/depts/cs/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web| title = NUS Computing – Master's in Computer Science| author = | work = comp.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/programmes/pg/mcs/| quote = }}

The Faculty of Dentistry traces its origins in 1929 as a Department of Dentistry within the King Edward VII College of Medicine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg/faculty/history.html|title=NUS – Faculty of Dentistry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231030625/http://www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg/faculty/history.html|archive-date=31 December 2010|url-status=dead}} The faculty conducts a four-year dental course leading to a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree.

The interdisciplinary College of Design and Engineering (CDE){{Cite web|title=College of Design and Engineering|url=https://cde.nus.edu.sg/|access-date=16 December 2021|website=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.{{Cite web|title=NUS School of Design and Environment|url=https://www.sde.nus.edu.sg/|access-date=15 August 2021|website=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.

The interdisciplinary College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS){{Cite web|title=Home Page – NUS College of Humanities and Sciences|url=https://chs.nus.edu.sg/|access-date=17 April 2021|website=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.{{Cite web|last=Teng|first=Amelia|date=8 December 2020|title=NUS launches new interdisciplinary College of Humanities and Sciences|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/nus-launches-its-new-inter-disciplinary-college-of-humanities-and|access-date=17 April 2021|website=The Straits Times|language=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.{{Cite web |title=Role, Mission & Heritage – NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |url=https://fass.nus.edu.sg/about-us/role-mission-heritage/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=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.{{Cite web |title=Departments – NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |url=https://fass.nus.edu.sg/about-us/departments/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=fass.nus.edu.sg}} The South Asian Studies Programme is not officially classified as a department, but as a departmental entity.{{Cite web |title=About the South Asian Studies Programme |url=https://fass.nus.edu.sg/sas/welcome/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=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.{{cite book|last1=Chan|first1=Juliana|url=https://www.asianscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/SG50-Singapores-Scientific-Pioneers-non-commercial-distribution-only.pdf|title=Singapore's Scientific Pioneers|last2=Chua|first2=Grace|last3=Sim|first3=Shuzhen|last4=Tan|first4=Rebecca|date=2015|publisher=Asian Scientist Publishing Pte Ltd|isbn=978-981-09-5893-0|location=Singapore|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125527/https://www.asianscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/SG50-Singapores-Scientific-Pioneers-non-commercial-distribution-only.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2021|url-status=live}}

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."{{cite web |url=http://www.nus.edu.sg/ngs/welcome_msg.html |title=NGS – NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering |publisher=Nus.edu.sg |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125620/https://isep.nus.edu.sg/welcome_msg.html |url-status=live }}

{{main|NUS Faculty of 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.{{Cite web| title = History & Milestones – NUS Law| author = | work = NUS Law| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://law.nus.edu.sg/about-us/history-milestones/| quote = }}

The faculty offers LLB, LLM, JD, and PhD programmes, alongside continuing education and graduate certificate programmes.

{{main|Yong Loo Lin School of 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.{{Cite web| title = Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies-Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine| author = | date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/nursing/education-2/postgraduate/master-of-science-nursing/| language = | quote = }}

{{main|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.{{cite journal |last1=Kamei |first1=Cook |last2=Puthucheary | first2=Starmer |title=21st Century Learning in Medicine: Traditional Teaching versus Team-Based Teaching |journal=Medical Science Educator|volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=57–64 |year=2012 |url=http://www.iamse.org/artman/publish/article_663.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104212141/http://www.iamse.org/artman/publish/article_663.shtml |archive-date=4 November 2013|doi=10.1007/BF03341758 |s2cid=56770146 }}

{{main|Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of 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.

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health is Singapore's first and only tertiary education institution for public health.{{cite web |url=https://www.sph.nus.edu.sg/about/school |title=The School |website=Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125632/https://sph.nus.edu.sg/about/school |url-status=live }} The school traces its origins to the University of Malaya's Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, formed in 1948.{{cite web |url=https://www.sph.nus.edu.sg/about/milestones |title=Milestone |website=Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125631/https://sph.nus.edu.sg/about/milestones |url-status=live }} The School of Public health also hosts the Asia Centre for Health Security.{{Cite web |title=Asia Centre for Health Security |url=https://sph.nus.edu.sg/asia-centre-for-health-security/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=sph.nus.edu.sg}}

{{main|Lee Kuan Yew School of 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/docs/info/nusbulletin/AY201516_LKYSPP.pdf|title=Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy|year=2015|access-date=30 July 2021|author=NUS LKYSPP|website=www.nus.edu.sg}}

{{main|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/blog/2013/09/04/faqs/|title=FAQs – Yale-NUS College|access-date=3 June 2015|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125632/https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/faqs/|url-status=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.{{cite web | first=Karin | last=Fischer | title=Yale Scholar Will Be First President of New Institution in Singapore | website=The Chronicle of Higher Education | date=30 May 2012 | url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Yale-Scholar-Will-Be-First/132036/ | access-date=24 June 2020 | archive-date=21 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125630/https://www.chronicle.com/article/yale-scholar-will-be-first-president-of-new-institution-in-singapore/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | first=Sandra | last=Davie | title=Prof Pericles Lewis named president of Yale-NUS liberal arts college | date=30 May 2012 |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_804969.html}}{{cite web | title='Not the job' of Yale-NUS College to tell students what to think | website=AsiaOne | date=30 May 2012 | url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120531-349466.html | access-date=9 June 2012 | archive-date=21 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125628/https://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120531-349466.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news | title=Yale's Pericles Lewis to be inaugural Yale-NUS president | work=Yale News | date=30 May 2012 | url=https://news.yale.edu/2012/05/30/yale-s-pericles-lewis-be-inaugural-yale-nus-president | access-date=24 June 2020 | archive-date=21 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125635/https://news.yale.edu/2012/05/30/yale-s-pericles-lewis-be-inaugural-yale-nus-president | url-status=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 2025.{{cite web | title=Yale-NUS to be merged into a new college in 2025 as NUS seeks interdisciplinary education at scale | website=Yale News | date=26 August 2021 | url=https://news.yale.edu/2021/08/26/yale-nus-be-merged-new-college-2025| access-date=4 January 2022 }}{{cite web | title=NUS College | website=NUS College | url=https://nuscollege.nus.edu.sg/ | access-date=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.{{Cite news| title = What's behind the decision to close Yale-NUS College?| last = Davie | first = Sandra| work = The Straits Times| date = 5 September 2021| access-date = 5 September 2021| url = https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/whats-behind-the-decision-to-close-yale-nus-college| quote = }}

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NUS has a variety of teaching centres including:

• Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL){{Cite web |author= |date= |title=History, Vision & Mission, Strategies |url=https://nus.edu.sg/cdtl/about-us/director-s-message-cdtl's-mission-vision/about-us |access-date=30 July 2021 |work=nus.edu.sg |quote=}}
• Centre for Instructional Technology (CIT){{Cite web| title = CIT – About| author = | work = cit.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/cit/| quote = }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cit.nus.edu.sg/about/ |title=CIT – Quality |publisher=Cit.nus.edu.sg |date=16 January 2003 |access-date=11 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910210910/http://cit.nus.edu.sg/about/ |archive-date=10 September 2015}}
• Centre for English Language Communication (CELC){{Cite web| title = About Us| author = | work = nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.nus.edu.sg/celc/aboutus/aboutus.html#vnm| language = | quote = }}
• Institute of Systems Science (ISS),{{Cite web| title = About Us| author = | work = iss.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.iss.nus.edu.sg/about-us| quote = }} which offers professional IT continuing education
• Centre for Teaching and Learning CTL at Yale-NUS College{{Cite web| title = Yale-NUS College| author = | work = teaching.yale-nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://teaching.yale-nus.edu.sg/| quote = }}

{{main|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.{{Cite web|author-last1=Lai|author-first1=Charlotte|date=30 May 2015|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-high-school-celebrates-10-years-math-and-science-education|title=NUS High School celebrates 10 years of math and science education|website=TODAYonline|access-date=2019-03-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nushigh.edu.sg/our-dna/experiment-explore-excel|title=NUS High School of Mathematics and Science |access-date=30 July 2021}}

The major research focuses at NUS are biomedical science, physical science, engineering, nanoscience, material science, information technology, humanities, social sciences, and defence.{{Cite web| title = key areas| author = | work = nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.nus.edu.sg/research/key-areas| quote = }}{{Cite web| title = Research Areas & Facilities| author = | work = Materials Science and Engineering| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/mse/research-areas-facilities-2/| quote = }}{{Cite web| title = Home – Temasek Defence Systems Institute| author = | work = Temasek Defence Systems Institute| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://tdsi.nus.edu.sg/| quote = }}

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.{{Cite web| title = Research Areas| author = | work = Biomedical Engineering| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/bme/research/research-areas/| quote = }}

The university has received a number of grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for research into areas including vaccine development,{{Cite web |date=November 2021 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2021/11/inv037608 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615021839/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2021/11/inv037608 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }} water treatment,{{Cite web |date=June 2011 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2011/06/opp1037488 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615023452/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2011/06/opp1037488 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }}{{Cite web |date=March 2013 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2013/03/opp1069475 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615023109/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2013/03/opp1069475 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }} mobile devices in healthcare,{{Cite web |date=September 2021 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2021/09/inv022514 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615022458/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2021/09/inv022514 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }} iris recognition,{{Cite web |date=October 2011 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2011/10/opp1045894 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615023222/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2011/10/opp1045894 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }} synthetic antibodies,{{Cite web |date=October 2008 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2008/10/opp51698 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615023446/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2008/10/opp51698 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }} tuberculosis,{{Cite web |date=March 2017 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2017/03/opp1162136 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615022816/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2017/03/opp1162136 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }} and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.{{Cite web |date=June 2020 |title=National University of Singapore |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2020/06/inv005598 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220615022639/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2020/06/inv005598 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en }}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-nus-research-centre-to-study-functional-intelligent-materials-with-uses-such-as-in|title=New NUS research centre to study functional intelligent materials with uses such as in artificial organs|last=Shafeeq|first=Syarafana|date=7 October 2021|newspaper=The Straits Times|access-date=10 October 2021}}

Besides university-level RICs, NUS also affiliates with other universities to establish research centres and institutes.{{cite web | url=http://nus.edu.sg/research/research/institute.htm | title=Research Institutes | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903025113/http://www.nus.edu.sg/dpr/research/institute.htm | archive-date=3 September 2011 | url-status=dead | website=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.{{cite web |url=https://www.edumaritime.net/singapore/national-university-of-singapore |title=Logistics Education at NUS |publisher=Edumaritime.com |access-date=24 June 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125601/https://www.edumaritime.net/singapore/national-university-of-singapore |url-status=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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/nai/|title=Home|website=www.fas.nus.edu.sg|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125638/https://fass.nus.edu.sg/nai/|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web |title=S'pore start-up incubator sets up US hub |url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/spore-start-incubator-sets-us-hub |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229103742/http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/spore-start-incubator-sets-us-hub |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016}}{{Cite web| title = Our Purpose – NUS Enterprise| author = | work = NUS Enterprise| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/about-us/our-purpose/| quote = }}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/which-university-which-course-of-study|title=Which university? Which course of study?|last=Tan|first=Eng Chye|date=25 April 2016|newspaper=The Straits Times|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125605/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/which-university-which-course-of-study|url-status=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.{{cite web | access-date=29 December 2016 | archive-date=29 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229170707/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nus-researchers-turn/2483016.html | url-status=dead| url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nus-researchers-turn/2483016.html | title=NUS researchers turn waste paper into oil absorbent}}

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 School

File:NUS, Engineering 2, Nov 06.JPG|Engineering 2

File:YST Conservatory, National University of Singapore, February 2020.jpg|Yong Siew Toh Music Conservatory

File:National University Centre for Oral Health, February 2020.jpg|Dentistry

File:Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, February 2020 (2).jpg|Faculty of Science

File:NUS SDE4, February 2020.jpg|SDE4

File:NUS SoC COM1.jpg|School of Computing

File:University Hall, National University of Singapore - 20070125.jpg|University Hall

File:Entrance E of the National University of Singapore 20210426 165548.jpg|Entrance E

File:Yale-NUS College Facade - Aug 2019.jpg|Yale-NUS College

File:NUS Law Campus.jpg|Bukit Timah campus which houses the Law and Public Policy schools

File:Li Ka Shing Hall, LKY School, February 2020.jpg|LKYSPP, Bukit Timah Campus

File:NUH Medical Centre (2025) - img 02.jpg|National University Hospital

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ncs.com.sg/media-detail?page=scs-16-nov-04 |title=NUS And SCS Unveil Biggest Supercomputing Grid in the Region |publisher=NCS |date=16 November 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615233715/http://www.ncs.com.sg/media-detail?page=scs-16-nov-04 |archive-date=15 June 2013}}

The NUS Libraries currently comprises seven libraries: the Central Library, Wan Boo Sow Chinese Library ({{lang-zh|s=雲茂潮中文图书馆}}), C J Koh Law Library, Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library, the Medicine+Science Library, Music Library and Yale-NUS College Library.{{cite web |url=https://nus.edu.sg/nuslibraries |title=Landing Page |publisher=NUS Libraries |access-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726060956/https://nus.edu.sg/nuslibraries |archive-date=26 July 2023 |url-status=live}} As of June 2017, there were 2,354,741 unique titles, and 26,074 microform resources{{cite web |url=http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/web/about-nus-libraries/statistics/library-statistics-2009-2010 |title=Library Statistics 2016/2017 |publisher=Libportal.nus.edu.sg |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708055203/http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/web/about-nus-libraries/statistics/library-statistics-2009-2010 |archive-date=8 July 2017 |url-status=dead}} in the collection.{{cite web |url=http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/web/about-nus-libraries/statistics/library-statistics-2016-2017 |title=Library Statistics 2016/2017 |publisher=ocr |date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070745/https://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/web/about-nus-libraries/statistics/library-statistics-2016-2017 |archive-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=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.{{cite web|title= 2022: A Year in Review — Pushing Boundaries [report]|url= https://nuslibraries-highlights2022.shorthandstories.com/index.html#group-section-Library-in-Numbers-17VV4MO6JO |work=NUS Libraries|date=2022 |access-date=25 July 2023}}

File:NUS, Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library 3, Nov 06.JPG|Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library, 2006

File:OpenSpace-NationalUniversityofSingapore-20080108.jpg|Open space outside Central Library, 2008

File:Yale-NUS College Library - Jul 2019.jpg|Yale-NUS College Library, 2019

File:Atrium of Medicine+Science Library.jpg|Medicine+Science Library, 2023

Digital Gems digital newspaper archive database was established by the National University of Singapore NUS Library and contains various digitized collections, including Chinese-language newspapers published in Southeast Asian countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently, 152 types are included, including Chinese newspapers from Singapore and Malaysia. The newspaper collection is the most abundant. In addition, the platform also includes many historical documents on China and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Most of these documents are publicly accessible resources and are open to readers around the world for online reading, downloading and printing. They provide valuable information for scholars who are committed to Southeast Asian history and overseas Chinese research. Access to historical materials.{{Cite web |title=152種東南亞近代華文報紙公開資源：National University of Singapore Libraries Digital Gems |url=https://asmhlibref.blogspot.com/2024/04/152national-university-of-singapore.html |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=152種東南亞近代華文報紙公開資源：National University of Singapore Libraries Digital Gems}}

In addition to newspaper archives, this database also contains periodicals and books from the 20th century and is available to the public for free.

Chinese newspapers from six Southeast Asian countries from 1887 to 1985, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. There are also newspapers in English and Malay from Singapore and Malaysia.

Singapore Law Documents (1867–1962), Singapore and Malaya Medical Journals and Books (1911–1959), Malay Literature (1812–2017), Pre-war and post-war Japanese studies of Southeast Asia (1889–1954), Historical map of Singapore (1846–2010) and Singaporean and international private documents.

Famous Singaporean actor Yan Boyuan (Bai Yan) (born and died from 1920 to 2019)

CarlA. Trocki, Australian historian of Southeast Asia and China Carl Anthony Trocki (born and died 1940–2024)

British Southeast Asian biologist Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy (1933-)

Malaysian banker Yeap Chor Ee (born and died 1867–1952)

Personal documents of WangZengshan (born and died 1903–1961), the head of the Chinese Islamic Mission to the Near East (1937–1939) and the Director of the Civil Affairs Department of the Xinjiang Provincial Government of the Republic of China (1945–1949).

Just go to the official website of the National University of Singapore Library and click "Digital Gems", scroll down on the main page, then click on the Chinese newspaper entry among the entries, then click on the nationality of the newspaper, and finally click on the one you are looking for The newspaper type and time are completed.

https://digitalgems.nus.edu.sg/

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100331-207717.html|title=August 2011 start for UTown at NUS|last=Leow|first=Si Wan|date=1 April 2010|website=Asia One|access-date=25 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103161232/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100331-207717.html|archive-date=3 January 2019|url-status=dead}} UTown hosts four residential colleges, a graduate residence,{{Cite web|url=http://utown.nus.edu.sg/about-utown.html|title=About UTown|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403003109/http://utown.nus.edu.sg/about-utown.html|archive-date=3 April 2010}} the Yale-NUS campus, research institutes (such as the TUM CREATE), lecture theatres, restaurants, convenience stores, and a barber shop.

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The university has a free Internal Shuttle Bus system that operates across the Bukit Timah and Kent Ridge campuses.{{Cite web |title=Getting around NUS |url=https://uci.nus.edu.sg/oca/transport-logistics-carpark/getting-around-nus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125611/https://uci.nus.edu.sg/oca/transport-logistics-carpark/getting-around-nus/ |archive-date=21 March 2021 |access-date=25 February 2020 |website=NUS Office of Campus Amenities}} In late 2022, the university started to deploy electric bus in partnership with CDG.{{Cite web |title=Transforming campus mobility through electrification |url=https://news.nus.edu.sg/transforming-campus-mobility-through-electrification/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Transforming campus mobility through electrification |language=en-sg}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://uci.nus.edu.sg/ohs/future-residents/graduates/utown/|title=Graduates|website=NUS Office of Housing Services|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125639/https://uci.nus.edu.sg/ohs/future-residents/graduates/utown/|url-status=live}}

NUS has seven halls of residence with about 3,000 residential places. A points system, based on co-curricular 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.{{Cite web| title = Home {{!}} IHG 18/19| author = | work = IHG 18/19| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://interhallgames.wixsite.com/ihg1819| quote = }}

The halls of residence are:{{cite web|title=NUS Halls of Residence|url=http://nus.edu.sg/osa/residential-options/halls-of-residence|access-date=30 July 2020|publisher=National University of Singapore|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321125650/https://nus.edu.sg/osa/residential-options/halls-of-residence|url-status=live}}

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

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NUS has two student residences – Prince George's Park Residences and UTown Residences – for undergraduate and graduate students.{{cite web |title=Student Residences |url=http://www.nus.edu.sg/osa/housing/acc/ug_sres.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215044724/http://nus.edu.sg/osa/housing/acc/ug_sres.html |archive-date=15 February 2009 |access-date=11 August 2007 |publisher=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.{{cite web|url=http://utown.nus.edu.sg/about-university-town/graduate-residence/|title=UTown Residence " University Town|publisher=Utown.nus.edu.sg}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://nus.edu.sg/osa/docs/default-source/e-open-house-2020/nus-residential-options.pdf?sfvrsn=67bab7de_2|title=Your residential options @NUS|access-date=30 July 2021}}

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.{{Cite web| title = Cinnamon College (USP) – University Scholars Programme| author = | work = usp.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/life-at-usp/usp-housing-and-support/cinnamon-college-usp/| quote = }}

Starting from the 2025 academic year, Cinnamon Wing will house Acacia College, NUS' fifth residential college, with a focus on artificial intelligence{{Cite web|title = Acacia College: New Residential College at NUS to explore the fundamentals of artificial and human intelligences| author = | work = news.nus.edu.sg| date = 28 January 2025| access-date = 2 May 2025| url = https://news.nus.edu.sg/acacia-college/|quote = }}.

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.{{Cite web| title = About – Tembusu College| author = | work = tembusu.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://tembusu.nus.edu.sg/about| language = | quote = }} 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.{{Cite web| title = Professor Tommy Koh – People – Tembusu College| author = | work = tembusu.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://tembusu.nus.edu.sg/people/tommy-koh| language = | quote = }}

Formerly called the Angsana College, 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.{{Cite web| title = About Us {{!}} The College of Alice & Peter Tan| author = | work = The College of Alice & Peter Tan| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://capt.nus.edu.sg/about-us| quote = }}

Residential College 4 (RC4) is another Residential College in NUS with a thematic focus of systems thinking. Engineering Scholars Programme students are offered accommodation at this RC.{{Cite web| title = RC4 Experience – NUS Residential College 4| author = | work = rc4.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://rc4.nus.edu.sg/about/rc4-experience/| quote = ,}}

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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.{{Cite web| title = Ridge View Annex (RVA) – NUS Office of Estate Development (OED)| author = | work = uci.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://uci.nus.edu.sg/oed/projects/capital-projects/ridge-view-annex-rva/| quote = }}

Below is a list of presidents throughout the history of the National University of Singapore (and its predecessors).{{Cite web |title=Founded by the community |url=https://www.nus.edu.sg/about/founded-by-the-community |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=NUS}} The office of the President of Raffles College was renamed Principal of Raffles College from 1938.{{cite web |author=Loo Lay Yen |url=http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/nusbiodata/honour.htm |title=Our Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors : a biographical sketch : Roll of Honour |publisher=Lib.nus.edu.sg |access-date=11 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107050542/http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/nusbiodata/honour.htm |archive-date=7 November 2015}}

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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,{{Cite web| title = NUS: Faculty of Law – Alumni| author = | work = law1.nus.edu.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://law1.nus.edu.sg/alumni/news/2008/Rais_Yatim.htm| language = | quote = }} Malaysia's former minister of information, communications and culture, Ng Eng Hen, Singapore's minister for defence,{{cite web|url=https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-alumni-to-comprise-almost-half-of-14th-singapore-parliament/|title=NUS alumni to comprise almost half of 14th Singapore Parliament|date=28 July 2020|access-date=30 July 2021}} Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's minister for foreign affairs, and S. Jayakumar, Singapore's former deputy prime minister.{{cite web|url=https://news.nus.edu.sg/professor-s-jayakumar-appointed-as-nus-pro-chancellor/|title=Professor S Jayakumar appointed as NUS Pro-Chancellor|date=18 June 2020|access-date=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,{{Cite web| title = Chew Choon Seng {{!}} GIC Board of Directors| author = | work = GIC| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.gic.com.sg/who-we-are/board-of-directors/chew-choon-seng/| quote = }} CEO of the Hyflux Group Olivia Lum,{{Cite web| title = Olivia Lum, Hyflux Ltd: Profile and Biography| author = | work = Bloomberg.com| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3875194| quote = }} former CEO of the Temasek Holdings Ho Ching,{{Cite web| title = Ho Ching| author = | work = Forbes| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.forbes.com/profile/ho-ching/?sh=45e92aa232e5| quote = }} Chairman of SPRING Singapore Philip Yeo{{Cite web| title = Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976 – Alumni – Harvard Business School| author = | work = alumni.hbs.edu| date = January 2006| access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=2005| quote = University of Singapore}} and CEO of Razer Inc Min-Liang Tan.{{Cite web| title = Min-Liang Tan, Razer Inc: Profile and Biography| author = | work = Bloomberg.com| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/17139559| quote = }}

In international politics, NUS counts among its graduates former director-general of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan,{{Cite web| title = 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| author = | work = Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://sph.nus.edu.sg/2016/03/congratulations-to-dr-margaret-chan-one-of-cnns-19-most-important-women-in-the-history-of-science/| quote = }} former president of the United Nations Security Council Kishore Mahbubani,{{Cite web| title = About Kishore Mahbubani – Kishore Mahbubani| author = | work = Kishore Mahbubani| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://mahbubani.net/about/| quote = }} and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee Ng Ser Miang.{{Cite web| title = NG SER MIANG {{!}} Thomson Medical| author = | work = Thomson Medical| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.thomsonmedical.com/leadership/ng-ser-miang/| 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,{{cite web|url=https://law1.nus.edu.sg/alumni/pdfs/LawLinkJul-Dec08.pdf|title=LawLink|date=2008|access-date=30 July 2021}} the fourth Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon{{cite web|url=https://news.nus.edu.sg/60-years-of-legal-education/|title=60 years of legal education|date=24 October 2017|access-date=30 July 2021}} and the third chief justice of Singapore Chan Sek Keong.{{Cite web| title = CHAN Sek Keong – NUS Law| author = | work = NUS Law| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://law.nus.edu.sg/people/chan-sek-keong/| quote = }}

In academia, NUS faculty include former vice-president of finance for the University of Virginia, and Cornell University Yoke San Reynolds,{{Cite news| title = Yoke San Reynolds, U-Va.'s retiring vice president, saved the university nearly $1 billion| author = | newspaper = The Washington Post| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/yoke-san-reynolds-u-vas-retiring-vice-president-saved-the-university-nearly-1-billion/2012/05/25/gJQAfrGepU_blog.html| quote = }} and former vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong Wang Gungwu.{{Cite web| title = Wang Gungwu {{!}} Infopedia| last = Kumari | first = Sheena| work = eresources.nlb.gov.sg| date = | access-date = 30 July 2021| url = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1556_2009-08-18.html| quote = }}

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File:GohChokTong-WashingtonDC-20010614.jpg|Goh Chok Tong, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore

File:Tony Tan Keng Yam cropp.jpg|Tony Tan, 7th President of Singapore

File:President of Singapore SR Nathan.jpg|S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore

File:Mahathir Mohamad addressing the United Nations General Assembly (September 25 2003).jpg|Mahathir Mohamad, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia

File:Margaret Chan - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 crop.jpg|Margaret Chan, 7th Director-General of the World Health Organization

File: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 Singapore

File:NgEngHen2017.jpg|Ng Eng Hen, Singapore Minister for Defence

File:Graduationshaari.gif|Sha'ari Tadin, Member of Parliament and founder of Singapore Central Council (Majlis Pusat Singapura)

File:Wang Gungwu - 20101125.jpg|Wang Gungwu, historian

File: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 Singapore

File:K. Shanmugam in meeting with Iranian Parliament chairman Ali Larijani.jpg|K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, Singapore

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