Yale-NUS College — Historical Record (CLOSED 2025)
Yale-NUS College — Historical Record (CLOSED 2025) 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 7 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
- Yale-NUS College — Historical Record (CLOSED 2025) — MOE Singapore + institutional verification (Day 16) · tier: tier_2_directory
- Website
- https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg
Subjects offered
Show all 7 listed subjects (raw)
Engineering & Technology · Natural Sciences · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Law · Computer Science & IT
Founded 2011-2025 (chartered as liberal arts college by NUS + Yale University USA partnership; CLOSED 2025 by Singapore government decision; FIRST Yale degree-granting partnership outside New Haven). HISTORICAL RECORD — CLOSED 2025. Founded 2011 as liberal arts college by NUS + YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven CT USA, founded 1701) — FIRST Yale degree-granting partnership outside New Haven. ~1,000 students at peak. American liberal arts approach unique in Asian HE. CLOSED 2025 by Singapore government decision via merger into NUS College — controversial closure citing pedagogy + cost factors but raised concerns about academic freedom. Yale-NUS has been preserved as AlmiStudy historical record honouring its 2011-2025 contributions to Asian liberal arts education.
Other universities in Singapore
Curtin University Singapore (Curtin Singapore)
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DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore
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Duke-NUS Medical School (within NUS)
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ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific (Singapore)
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INSEAD Asia Campus (Singapore)
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James Cook University Singapore (JCU Singapore)
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