National University of Singapore (NUS)
National University of Singapore (NUS) is a public institution in Singapore, Singapore, accredited by Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE / 教育部) — apex regulator for Singaporean HEIs. Singapore HE: (1) 6 AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITIES (AUs) — National University of Singapore (NUS 1905/1980), Nanyang Technological University (NTU 1991), Singapore Management University (SMU 2000), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD 2009), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT 2009), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS 2017); (2) ARTS UNIVERSITY — University of the Arts Singapore (UAS 2024 merger of LASALLE 1984 + NAFA 1938); (3) FOREIGN UNIVERSITY BRANCH CAMPUSES — James Cook University Singapore, Curtin Singapore, University at Buffalo SUNY, DigiPen, INSEAD Asia campus, ESSEC Asia-Pacific; (4) PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS — Kaplan, PSB Academy, MDIS, SP Jain, etc. (under Committee for Private Education / CPE regulation); (5) POLYTECHNICS (5) — post-secondary diploma institutions (Singapore, Ngee Ann, Republic, Temasek, Nanyang) — not HE-classified internationally. English is HE primary medium across ALL Singapore institutions; Singapore is multilingual with English + Mandarin + Malay (national language) + Tamil as 4 official languages.. Primary language: English (HE primary medium across all institutions) + Mandarin + Malay (national) + Tamil (4 official languages). AlmiStudy lists 8 canonical subject areas, all verified against Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE / 教育部) — apex regulator for Singaporean HEIs. Singapore HE: (1) 6 AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITIES (AUs) — National University of Singapore (NUS 1905/1980), Nanyang Technological University (NTU 1991), Singapore Management University (SMU 2000), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD 2009), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT 2009), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS 2017); (2) ARTS UNIVERSITY — University of the Arts Singapore (UAS 2024 merger of LASALLE 1984 + NAFA 1938); (3) FOREIGN UNIVERSITY BRANCH CAMPUSES — James Cook University Singapore, Curtin Singapore, University at Buffalo SUNY, DigiPen, INSEAD Asia campus, ESSEC Asia-Pacific; (4) PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS — Kaplan, PSB Academy, MDIS, SP Jain, etc. (under Committee for Private Education / CPE regulation); (5) POLYTECHNICS (5) — post-secondary diploma institutions (Singapore, Ngee Ann, Republic, Temasek, Nanyang) — not HE-classified internationally. English is HE primary medium across ALL Singapore institutions; Singapore is multilingual with English + Mandarin + Malay (national language) + Tamil as 4 official languages..
- Country
- Singapore (SG)
- City
- Singapore
- Control
- public
- Language
- English (HE primary medium across all institutions) + Mandarin + Malay (national) + Tamil (4 official languages)
- Accreditation
- Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE / 教育部) — apex regulator for Singaporean HEIs. Singapore HE: (1) 6 AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITIES (AUs) — National University of Singapore (NUS 1905/1980), Nanyang Technological University (NTU 1991), Singapore Management University (SMU 2000), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD 2009), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT 2009), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS 2017); (2) ARTS UNIVERSITY — University of the Arts Singapore (UAS 2024 merger of LASALLE 1984 + NAFA 1938); (3) FOREIGN UNIVERSITY BRANCH CAMPUSES — James Cook University Singapore, Curtin Singapore, University at Buffalo SUNY, DigiPen, INSEAD Asia campus, ESSEC Asia-Pacific; (4) PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS — Kaplan, PSB Academy, MDIS, SP Jain, etc. (under Committee for Private Education / CPE regulation); (5) POLYTECHNICS (5) — post-secondary diploma institutions (Singapore, Ngee Ann, Republic, Temasek, Nanyang) — not HE-classified internationally. English is HE primary medium across ALL Singapore institutions; Singapore is multilingual with English + Mandarin + Malay (national language) + Tamil as 4 official languages.. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-16.
- Source
- National University of Singapore (NUS) — MOE Singapore + institutional verification (Day 16) · tier: tier_2_directory
- Website
- https://www.nus.edu.sg
Subjects offered
Show all 9 listed subjects (raw)
Engineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT · Medicine & Health Sciences · Pharmacy
Founded 1905 (chartered as STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SCHOOL; 1949 University of Malaya in Singapore; 1962 University of Singapore + Nanyang University; 1980 merger forming current NUS; SINGAPORE'S OLDEST AND PREMIER university). SINGAPORE'S PREMIER AND OLDEST UNIVERSITY. Founded 1905 as STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SCHOOL — making NUS one of Asia's OLDEST modern universities (older than University of Malaya 1949, Indonesia 1849, Philippines 1908). Renamed multiple times: King Edward VII Medical College 1913, Raffles College 1928, University of Malaya in Singapore 1949, University of Singapore 1962, NUS 1980 (merger of UoS + Nanyang University). ~40,000+ students. 17 schools/colleges. TOP-20 GLOBAL UNIVERSITY (QS World #8 in 2024, Asia #1). Faculty of Medicine is Singapore's premier medical training. UNIQUE: Yale-NUS College 2011-2025 was NUS's liberal arts partnership with Yale University (closed 2025). Pakistani + international student community.
Other universities in Singapore
Curtin University Singapore (Curtin Singapore)
Singapore
DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore
Singapore
Duke-NUS Medical School (within NUS)
Singapore
ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific (Singapore)
Singapore
INSEAD Asia Campus (Singapore)
Singapore
James Cook University Singapore (JCU Singapore)
Singapore
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