National University of Singapore
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| Motto | Towards a Global Knowledge Enterprise |
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| Established | 1905 |
| Type | Autonomous |
| Endowment | S$978 million [1] |
| Chancellor | President S R Nathan |
| President | Professor Shih Choon Fong |
| Faculty | 1,820 |
| Staff | 6,471 |
| Undergraduates | 22,031 |
| Postgraduates | 6,308 |
| Location | Kent Ridge, Singapore |
| Colors | Orange, Blue, White |
| Affiliations | Universitas 21, IARU, GEM4, ACU |
| Website | www.nus.edu.sg |
The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; Simplified Chinese: 新加坡国立大学; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Guólì Dàxué; Abbreviated 国大; Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் ேதசிய பல்கலைக்கலகம்) is Singapore's oldest university, and remains the largest in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered. It is a comprehensive, research-intensive university and since 1 April 2006, has become a not-for-profit university company limited by guarantee.
The university's main Kent Ridge campus is located in the southwest of Singapore at Kent Ridge, bounded by the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), Clementi Road, Buona Vista Road and Kent Ridge Park, with an area of approximately 150 hectares. The Bukit Timah campus houses its law faculty, while the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore is located at Outram campus.
NUS celebrated its 100th birthday in 2005. In celebration of this milestone, the university organised a year-long Centennial celebration which ended on 15 July 2006.
In the global arena, NUS plays an active role international global partnerships and alliances including acting as secretariat for the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), being a founding member of Universitas 21, and member of International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) and Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore University Alliance (S3UA), among others.
[edit] History
The university traces its origins to the founding of The Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School in 1905, a realization of a dream by the city's founder, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, in 1823. Its name was changed to King Edward VII Medical School in 1912 and to King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1921.
In 1929, Raffles College was established to promote arts and social sciences at tertiary level for Singapore students, and two decades later, was merged with the King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya on 8 October 1949.
In 1959, the University of Malaya was redivided into two divisions, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and University of Malaya in Singapore. The latter division finally split to form the University of Singapore in 1962.
The present institution was formed with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University in 1980. The original symbol of Nanyang University was three intertwined rings and was therefore incorporated into the new coat of arms of NUS.
[edit] Education
NUS has a semester-based modular system for conducting courses. It claims to adopt features of the British system, such as small group teaching and the American system system (credits). Students may transfer between courses within their first two semesters, enrol in cross-faculty modules or take up electives from different faculties. Other cross-disciplinary initiatives study programmes include double-degree undergraduate degrees in Arts & Social Sciences and Engineering; Arts & Social Sciences and Law; Business and Engineering; and Business and Law.
NUS offers 27 single-degree undergraduate and 115 masters, doctoral and graduate diploma programmes conducted by 13 faculties.[citation needed]
[edit] Faculties/schools
[edit] Arts and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is the second largest faculty in the university (according to student enrolment). FASS offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees (research and coursework) in a number of academic disciplines.
The faculty also offers a postgraduate degree programme in International Studies, and Minor programmes in China Studies, Cultural Studies, Economics, Gender Studies, English Studies, Religious Studies and Urban Studies. The Centre for Language Studies, which is part of FASS, offers introductory, intermediate and advanced courses on the Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese languages.
[edit] Business School
NUS Business School was founded as the Department of Business Administration in 1965. It has five departments: Business Policy, Decision Sciences, Finance and Accounting, Management and Organisation, and Marketing. Collectively, the five departments offer modules in the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)(B.B.A.(Hons.)) Programmes.
Graduate programmes offered include the Master of Business Administration (MBA), International MBA (conducted jointly with Peking University), UCLA-NUS Executive MBA Programme, Asia-Pacific Executive MBA (English and Chinese) and concurrent Master of Science (Management) Programme. The School also offers a Doctor of Philosophy programme, which is a graduate programme by research.
[edit] Computing
The School of Computing (SoC), established in 1998, offers six undergraduate degree programmes grounded in computer science fundamentals covering four main specialisations: biology, business, computer engineering and digital media. Also offered are graduate degree programmes by coursework or research with greater intensity in focus within these areas of specialisations.
[edit] Dentistry
The Faculty of Dentistry had its early beginnings in 1929 as the first Dental School in the Far East set up by the British Government. The Faculty conducts a four-year dental course leading to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S) degree. The undergraduate programme comprises two pre-clinical (first two years) and two clinical years. Two types of graduate programmes are conducted: a research-based programme leading to the Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); and a clinical residency training programme leading to the Master of Dental Surgery (M.D.S).
[edit] Design and Environment
The School of Design and Environment (SDE) comprises three departments: Architecture, Building and Real Estate. Degree courses in building and estate management were first offered in 1969 in the then Department of Building and Estate Management. This was subsequently changed to the School of Building and Real Estate. In June 2000 the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Real Estate changed its name to the School of Design & Environment. As a result of this change, Building and Real Estate were established as separate departments.
SDE offers four undergraduate programmes: Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) (Hons.), Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) (Hons.), Bachelor of Science (Project & Facilities Mgt) (Hons.), and Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) (Hons.). Graduate programmes offer specialisations in Achitecture, Building, Building Science, Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, Estate Management, Environmental Management, Industrial Design, Project Management, Real Estate, and Urban Design.
[edit] Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering (FOE) was launched in 1968. It is the largest faculty in the university. FOE offers undergraduate and graduate degree programmes leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Bachelor of Technology (Honours), Master of Engineering, Master of Science, NUS-UIUC Master of Science (Chemical Engineering), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) FOE comprises eight major departments: Bioengineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Civil Engineering; Electrical & Computer Engineering; Environmental Science & Engineering; Industrial & Systems Engineering; Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
[edit] Law
The Faculty of Law is staffed by a permanent faculty with law degrees from more than a dozen jurisdictions.[citation needed] It was once located next to the Arts and Social Sciences and Business faculties, but has relocated to its original site in Bukit Timah.
Students at the law school may study many subjects including Asian legal studies, banking and finance, biomedical law, commercial law, comparative law, corporate law, criminal law, intellectual property, international law, law and social justice, legal jurisprudence, legal process and skills, public law, and transportation law. The school has created a dual degree program with the New York University School of Law called NYU@NUS. This program will allow students to earn Master of Laws LL.M. degrees from both institutions.[citation needed]
In the 2003-04 academic year, students in the Law Faculty came from 26 countries.[citation needed] In addition, the law school plays host each year to students from more than 20 student exchange partners, and sends more than a third of its own third-year students on student exchange programs to destinations such as Canada, the United States of America, Australia, and China. The faculty has also been very successful in international mooting competitions, such as the Philip C. Jessup Cup and the Manfred Lachs Space law Moot Competition.[2]
Finally, the faculty has a variety of student-run sub-clubs, such as the LSIRC, the Singapore Law Review, the Mooting and Debating Club, and the re:productions film society. Yearly traditions of the faculty include Christmas Charity and Law IV.
Its current dean is Tan Cheng Han.
[edit] Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine was first established as the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School in 1905. The School comprises the departments of Anaesthesia, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Community, Occupational & Family Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Medicine, Microbiology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Paediatrics, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychological Medicine, and Surgery. The School offers two full-time undergraduate programmes leading to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.,B.S.), and Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (conducted by the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies). Graduate programmes include:
- Master of Medicine specialising in Anaesthesiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Occupational Medicine, Ophthalomology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology Paediatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Public Health, and Surgery
- Research-oriented MSc or PhD degree programmes to train biomedical scientists
- MBBS-PhD Programme to train medical-scientists for academia and industry
- Part-time Graduate Diploma programmes in Dermatology, Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Occupational Medicine
- Master of Nursing
[edit] Science
The Faculty of Science (FOS) began as a single department in Raffles College in 1929 with just 10 students and 3 staff. It comprises the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Pharmacy, Physics, and Statistics & Applied Probability, and the Centre for Computational Science & Engineering.
The Faculty offers three undergraduate degree programmes:
- Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Science (Honours) with majors in:
Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, Computational Biology, Life Sciences (with concentration in Biology), Life Sciences (with concentration in Biomedical Science), Life Sciences (with concentration in Molecular and Cell Biology), Mathematics, Physics, Physics (with concentration in Applied Physics), Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Statistics (with concentration in Biostatistics)
- Bachelor of Applied Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) with majors in: Applied Chemistry and Food Science and Technology
- Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy)/Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Honours)
The Faculty also offers a spread of minors, multidisciplinary programmes and special programmes and for the educational broadening and enhancement of our students.
[edit] Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) was formally established in 2004 as an autonomous graduate school of the National University of Singapore. Although the School was formally launched in 2004, it inherited NUS' Public Policy Programme, which was established in 1992 in partnership with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. The School continues to maintain this strong partnership with Harvard and the Kennedy School of Government.
LKYSPP offers three master degree programmes:
- Master in Public Policy to expose students to a rigorous analytical toolkit from the economics, political-science and management disciplines
- Master in Public Administration prepares students for the challenges involved in taking on a managerial or leadership position in a variety of public, private and not-for-profit organisations.
- Master in Public Management to intellectually refresh and equip senior policy-makers with the latest thinking and best-practices in public policy. Students in the programme spend a full semester in North American universities, like Harvard and Columbia University.
[edit] NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering
NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS) is a university-wide endeavour aimed at spearheading world-class trans-disciplinary graduate education and research in science, engineering and related aspects of medicine. NGS is a talent programme with two thrusts:
- To offer top-quality students opportunities for inter-disciplinary research with eminent researchers, leading to breakthroughs at the intersection of disciplines; and
- To support this by providing cross-disciplinary, broad-based graduate education. At NGS, the education is highly personalized so that each student can have an individual coursework curriculum.
NGS offers the following programmes:
- Master of Science (Bioengineering)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Bioengineering)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Integrative Sciences & Engineering)
Students admitted to NGS will be offered either the A*STAR Graduate Scholarship or NGS Scholarship.
The Graduate Programme in Bioengineering (GPBE) is also under the aegis of NGS. GPBE is a premier joint initiative by the faculties of Engineering Medicine, Dentistry and Science to foster interdisciplinary opportunities in bioengineering research, leading to M.Eng., M.S. and Ph.D degrees. GPBE integrates engineering and the life sciences to nurture professionals for industry, hospitals, consulting, academic or research institutions, or as founders of start-up companies.
[edit] University Scholars Programme
The University Scholars Programme (USP) is a premier undergraduate programme at NUS designed to develop the intellectual, leadership, and personal potential of promising students.
Offering a rigorous broad-based multidisciplinary curriculum and exciting local and overseas research and beyond-the-classroom learning opportunities, USP fosters active learners who:
- can think and write critically, clearly and effectively;
- make path-breaking connections within a discipline and among diverse disciplines;
- excel in a global context; and
- reflect deeply on themselves and their place in society.
Students in the Programme graduate with an honours degree from their faculty or school and a certificate that recognizes them as University Scholars.
[edit] Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM) is a collaboration between NUS and the Peabody Institute of the 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 in recognition of a gift from the family of the late Dr Yong Loo Lin in memory of his daughter.
YSTCM provides students with a broad-based educational platform to prepare them as professionals in performing and creating music. The curriculum provides a strong base for further growth in a top graduate school or the performance arena at the highest professional and artistic level.
The Conservatory presently offers a Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree, with majors in Performance (Piano and Orchestral Instruments) and Composition. This is a four-year full-time music degree programme with an emphasis on music performance and music academics.
[edit] Teaching centres
[edit] Centre for English Language Communication
The Centre for English Language Communication (CELC) was established in 1979 as the English Language Proficiency Unit (ELPU). It is a non-faculty teaching department in the National University of Singapore. CELC's main aim are to:
- increase the students' English proficiency;
- develop the students' communication skills for academic and professional purposes;
- provide training in English for specific purposes; and
- research issues related to language teaching and learning.
[edit] Institute of Systems Science
A specialty training institute of NUS, the Institute of Systems Science (ISS) offers professional information technology continuing education to managers and IT practitioners. ISS is a life long learning centre for strategic IT management, software technology, and knowledge engineering. ISS offers postgraduate degree programs, professional development short courses and certification training programs such as the Certified Information Technology Project Manager (CITPM) course. ISS is also a research center in on-line education – its ISS Virtual Institute offers e-learning courses in IT Security and Object Oriented Analysis & Design/
[edit] Research vibrancy
As an institution of higher learning focused on achieving academic and research excellence, NUS seeks to create new knowledge and breakthroughs that can impact the socio-economic progress of the nation and world. Strategic research initiatives to help it achieve this goal include:
- Leveraging on available expertise to establish a base of research across a broad range of disciplines
- Building peaks of research excellence
- Growing global research links
- Forging strong links between research and graduate education
Among the major research focuses at NUS are biomedical and life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science and engineering, infocommunication and infotechnology, humanities and social sciences, and defence-related research.
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. Another new field which holds much promise is nanoscience and nanotechnology. Apart from higher-performance but lower-maintenance materials for manufacturing, defence, transportation, space and environmental applications, this field also heralds the development of accelerated biotechnical applications in medicine, health care and agriculture.
[edit] Research institutes/centres
The University’s research vibrancy centres on areas of research excellence that include:
- 13 national research institutes with which NUS has a close affiliation for niche research in areas of strategic importance to Singapore such as bioengineering, microelectronics and molecular & cell biology;
- 12 University-level research institutes/centres in various fields ranging from research on Asia, mathematical sciences, nanotechnology, risk management, synchrotron radiation to marine science; and
- 80 faculty-based research institutes/centres engaged in research ranging from applied & policy economics to electronic commerce to tissue engineering.
[edit] Major research facilities
- Bioengineering and Nanobioengineering Corridor
- Compact Range to measure antenna radiation patterns
- Cyberart Studio
- Grid Innovation Zone (GIZ@NUS) and TeraScale Campus Grid (TCG@NUS) to harness grid computing power
- NUS Hollywood Lab
- Proton beam writer
- Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
- Remote sensing satellite ground station
- SONDRA (Supelec, Onera, NUS, DSTA Research Alliance) laboratory in Paris
- Structural Biology Research Corridor
- Synchrotron Light Source
- Xiada-NUS Joint Life Science Laboratory in Xiamen
[edit] Research at the leading edge
- 2-D carbon nanostructures
- DelphiPad portable PC for NASA
- Genomic blueprint of puffer fish
- Low-energy laser treatment for tooth decay
- In-vitro fertilisation
- Mixed reality – simulation of 3-D holographic images
- Proton beam micromachining for 3-D nanostructures
- Quantum cryptography
- Stem cells
[edit] Spirit of entrepreneurship
NUS is actively pursuing a course of integrating its core competencies in education and research with an enterprise role. In 2001, NUS Enterprise was launched as a platform to promote entrepreneurship and support creative enterprise. One of its first initiatives was to establish overseas colleges in entrepreneurial hubs around the world to nurture the spirit of enterprise and help students develop global outlook and aspirations. To date, five NUS Overseas Colleges have been set up in the United States, China, Sweden and India.
The spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation among the NUS community is also nurtured through the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC). Among the wide range of education and outreach activities organised by NEC are technopreneurship courses, workshops/forums and the well-established national business plan competitions such as Start-Up@Singapore.
The NUS Enterprise Centre in Silicon Valley (NECSV) is a university-level business incubator centre set up in California to facilitate smooth entry for start-ups venturing into the United States market. NECSV offers an array of business services ranging from providing low-cost office facilities for short- and medium-term tenancy to organising networking events and connecting tenants with a pool of established entrepreneurs for advice and mentorship. NUS@Shanghai, the University’s first one-stop business centre in China, was set up in 2005 to facilitate entry by NUS-linked and Singapore companies into one of the world’s fastest growing economies.
Efforts to inject an entrepreneurial dimension into the NUS community and culture have borne fruit. The University has helped students, alumni and staff in the formation of more than 60 spin-off companies engaged in the fields of engineering, IT and life sciences. With the venture support eco-system in place, NUS will continue to nurture their development into regional and global companies. Start-up companies which have helped expand the University’s entrepreneurial dimension include:
The NUS Overseas Colleges program allows undergraduates with academic ability and entrepreneurial drive to work as interns in start-ups in different parts of the world, and study entrepreneurship-related courses at partner universities. The program aims to cultivate and nurture them into successful entrepreneurs.
[edit] NUS College in Bio Valley
The NUS College in Bio Valley (NCBV) was started in June 2002. It is located in Philadelphia. The NCBV program is for students interested in the biotech and biomedical areas. The pioneer group of 14 students joined the NCBV program in January 2003. The College accepts 30 students per year.
[edit] NUS College in Silicon Valley
The NUS College in Silicon Valley (NCSV), started in July 2001, is based in Silicon Valley, California. It is the first overseas college to be established. The College allows NUS students to experience living and working amongst the high tech communities of Silicon Valley. The pioneer group of 10 students joined the NCSV program in January 2002. The College accepts 50 students per year.
[edit] NUS College in Shanghai
The NUS College in Shanghai was established in Shanghai in August 2003, in collaboration with Fudan University. It accepted its first batch of 8 students in January 2004.
[edit] NUS College in Stockholm
The NUS College in Stockholm was set up in May 2005. Students in this program study at the Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, or KTH).
[edit] NUS College in Bangalore
NUS College in Bangalore (NCBA) was established in 2006 in partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The University’s first overseas college for graduate students, the NCBA programme is designed to expose NUS students to new developments in IT, science and technology in the city considered the Silicon Valley of India.
[edit] Globalisation
[edit] Global classroom
To expand the intellectual horizons of its students, NUS is exploiting the use of technology to link up campuses on different continents that creates opportunities for the interaction of minds from different perspectives. A prime example is the Singapore-MIT Alliance which utilises state-of-the-art Internet 2 technology to bring students from Singapore and MIT together in one virtual classroom for lectures and interactions via videoconferencing.
Other initiatives have been implemented to reduce the barriers of distance and the confines of location towards learning and course delivery. They include an Integrated Virtual Learning Environment that enables round-the-clock online access to IT-based teaching and learning resources ranging from course outlines with lesson plans to sophisticated multimedia online courseware. A secure Plug-and-Play environment provides wireless connectivity to the University’s computer network and the Internet via notebooks from almost any location on campus.
[edit] Global networking
In endorsement of its high standing and organisational capabilities, NUS was elected by the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) in 2002 to chair and act as secretariat for the consortium of 36 leading research universities around the Pacific Rim. NUS no longer chairs the association but the APRU Secretariat continues to be based at NUS. APRU’s aim is to foster cooperation in teaching and research among members as well as to help them contribute to the economic, scientific and cultural development of their countries.
Other international academic networks in which the University play an active role include:
- International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU )
- Global Enterprise for Micro-Mechanics & Molecular Medicine (GEM4)
- Universitas 21
- Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore University Alliance (S³UA )
- ASEAN University Network (AUN )
- Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
- A ssociation of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
[edit] Global teaching and research partners
NUS has tied up with some of the world’s best institutions to raise the level of its teaching and research and inject a global dimension to its programmes. International partners for teaching and research collaborations include:
- Duke University in the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore
- Eindhoven University of Technology in the Centre for Design Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology in The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific
- John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Singapore-MIT Alliance
- Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
- Technische Universitat Munchen in the German Institute of Science and Technology
- US Naval Postgraduate School in the Temasek Defence Systems Institute
Other partners include the Australian National University; Anderson School, University of California at Los Angeles; East China University of Politics & Law; French Grande Ecoles; George Washington University; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; King’s College, London; Moscow State University; New York University; Peking University; Supelec, France; Tsinghua University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Nottingham; and Switzerland’s Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, University of Basel and Swiss Tropical Institute.
[edit] Campus facilities/resources
[edit] IT and computing services
The University’s optical fibre network is one of the largest campus networks in the Asia Pacific region. Plugged into the Internet, NUSNET serves as the backbone of the University's IT-intensive environment facilitating use of advanced computer technologies to enhance research, teaching, learning and administration. Apart from raising productivity through the use of latest software and hardware, NUS continuously explores and adopts best industrial practices and advanced technologies to deploy IT as a strategic tool.
[edit] Library services
The NUS Libraries provide a full range of library services through a group of six libraries located across the Kent Ridge campus. The collection of the NUS Libraries is rich and diverse, especially in terms of the breadth and the depth of coverage, to support the learning, teaching and research needs of the NUS community. The Library Portal, a one-stop gateway, offers the University community 24-hour access via the Internet to a rich array of electronic collection and services provided by the NUS Libraries. Besides the rich resources, the NUS Libraries provide an environment conducive for individual research and spaces for group interaction and learning.
[edit] Support for development of teaching and learning
Enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning at NUS comes mainly under the purview of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL) and the Centre for Instructional Technology (CIT).
CDTL facilitates reflection among faculty on concepts of teaching, learning and university education, and teaching practices that are consistent with these concepts. In addition to conducting research on educational philosophy, pedagogical theory and educational practices, CDTL helps the NUS administration to formulate educational policies for matters such as teacher appraisal, peer review, selection of outstanding educators, student feedback and assessment.
CIT, on the other hand, provides a robust and supportive environment for the exploration, development and application of digital and audio-visual technologies to support and enhance teaching and learning. This is done through the NUS-developed Integrated Virtual Learning Environment and by developing new applications/services and incorporating multimedia content in courses for academia.
[edit] Student accommodation
There are about 6,000 residential places distributed between Halls and Student Residences on campus. These accommodation facilities are within walking distance to most campus faculties, libraries, sporting facilities and administration offices. There is also a free Internal Shuttle Bus Service that plies the entire campus seven days a week.
Rooms are furnished with beds, mattresses, wardrobes, study tables, bookshelves and fans. There is a very small number of air-conditioned single rooms with attached bathrooms. Points for telephone, cable television and the University's computer network are available in each room. Students have a choice of either a single room (single-occupancy) or double room (double-occupancy). Laundry rooms equipped with coin-operated washing machines and tumble dryers are located in each student accommodation.
[edit] Halls of residence
NUS has 6 Halls of Residence with about 3,000 residential places. The halls are situated in different parts of the campus and are well known for their vibrancy in Co-Curricular Activities (CCA), rich history and culture.
Each hall has a Senior Common Room Committee (SCRC) comprising the Resident Fellows (staff). Headed by a Hall Master, the SCRC looks after your well being. Residents are represented by elected student members to the Junior Common Room Committee (JCRC), which helps to promote the hall's social and cultural life.
The six Halls of Residence are:
- Eusoff Hall (345 single rooms; 70 double rooms)
- Kent Ridge Hall (507 single)
- King Edward VII Hall (350 single; 60 double)
- Raffles Hall (213 single; 128 double)
- Sheares Hall (509 single)
- Temasek Hall (345 single; 70 double)
[edit] Student residences
NUS also has 3 Student Residences with clusters of 11 to 15 single rooms with their own kitchen and bathroom facilities. Kitchen and dining areas are equipped with basic cooking appliances. The cluster concept allows students to experience independent living while offering excellent opportunities for close interaction among cluster residents.
Each residence has a team of Resident Assistants (senior students) and Resident Advisors (either an academic or non-academic staff) to assist with any concerns that students may have. The 3 Student Residences are:
- Kuok Foundation House (203 single rooms)
- Prince George's Park Residences (2,854 single)
- Ridge View Residences (593 single; 72 double)
[edit] Global rankings
NUS is acknowledged as:
- having one of the world’s top 100 full-time MBA programmes, (92nd position in 2006) Financial Times [3]
- ranked between 101st-151th in the world in a report compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University [4].
- one of the 25 best universities in the world, (18th position in 2004; 22nd in 2005; 19th in 2006) – "Times Higher Education Supplement [5]
- the world's top 10 (9th in 2005) for Technology – "Times Higher Education Supplement
- the top three universities in Asia (25th in 2004, 15th in 2005 in the world) for Biomedicine – "Times Higher Education Supplement [6]
- top in Asia for Social Sciences (13th in the world) – "Times Higher Education Supplement [7]
- one of the world’s top 30 Executive MBA programmes – Financial Times 2005
- ranking 10th in computer science and engineering, and 21st for materials science and mathematics publication output – Institute of Scientific Information Essential Science Indicators 2005
- ranked 36th most globalised university in the world by Newsweek magazine in 2005 and 31st in 2006 [8]
[edit] Notable alumni
Alumni from the King Edward VII College of Medicine/Raffles College era (1905 to 1949)
- Mahathir bin Mohamad - 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Goh Keng Swee - former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
- Toh Chin Chye - former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
- Tun Abdul Razak - 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Benjamin Sheares - 2nd President of Singapore
Alumni from the University of Malaya (Singapore) era (1949 to 1962)
- Sellapan Ramanathan - President of Singapore and NUS Chancellor
- Wang Gungwu - Director of the East Asian Institute at NUS
Alumni from the University of Singapore era (1962 to 1980)
- Goh Chok Tong - current Senior Minister of Singapore and former Prime Minister of Singapore
- Shunmugam Jayakumar - former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore
- Yaacob Ibrahim - Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs in Singapore.
- Kishore Mahbubani - dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS
- Wong Kan Seng - Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
- Tan Choo Leng - wife of Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and former patron of the National Kidney Foundation in Singapore
- Abdullah Tarmugi - Speaker of Parliament in Singapore and former Minister in the Singapore Government.
- Balaji Sadasivan - Neurosurgeon and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Singapore
- Chan Heng Chee - Professor of Political Science and Singapore's Ambassador to the United States
- Chew Choon Seng - CEO of Singapore Airlines
- Ong Keng Yong - secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Subhas Anandan - reputable Singapore criminal lawyer and senior consultant at Harry Elias Partnership
- Lin Hsin Hsin - reputable artist and digital media pioneer
- Choo San Goh - prominent chorographer involved with the Washington Ballet
- Arthur Yap - prominent poet and linguist
The National University of Singapore era (1980 - )
- Woon Cheong Ming Walter - former Nominiated member of Parliament and Singapore Ambassador to Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Holy See
- Ng Eng Hen - Minister of Manpower and Second Minister of Defence in Singapore
- K. Shanmugam- Senior Counsel and Member of Parliament in Singapore for Sembawang Group Representation Constituency
- Davinder Singh - Senior Counsel and CEO of Drew & Napier
- Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports in Singapore.
- Low Thia Khiang - Secretary-General of the Workers' Party of Singapore and Member of Parliament in Singapore for Hougang constituency
- Sylvia Lim - Chairman of the Workers' Party of Singapore and lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore
- Steve Chia - secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party and former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (2002 to 2006)
- Alex Au - independent writer who publishes articles on the internet under the moniker "Yawningbread" and prominent gay rights activist
- James Gomez - Second Assistant Secretary-General of the Workers' Party of Singapore and Programme Officer of the Political Parties Programme at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
- Jeanette Aw - Actress
- Kelvin Lim - Singer and well-known blogger
- Stella (Singaporean singer)
- Kaira Gong - Singer
[edit] See also
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore Management University
- List of universities in Singapore
- National University Hospital
- NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
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