National University of Singapore

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National University of Singapore
Image:NUS logo.jpg
Vision Towards a Global Knowledge Enterprise
Established 1905
Type Public
Chancellor President S R Nathan
President Professor Shih Choon Fong
Deputy President & Provost Professor Tan Chorh Chuan
Location Singapore, Kent Ridge
Students 31,346 total (8,595 Graduate)
Faculty and Staff 6,655 total (2,078 Faculty)
Address 10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Homepage http://www.nus.edu.sg

The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; Chinese: 新加坡国立大学; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Guólì Dàxué; Abbreviated 国大; Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய பல்கலைக்) is Singapore's oldest university, and remains the largest in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered.

In 2000, NUS was ranked as the 5th best multidisciplinary universities in Asia by AsiaWeek magazine (now defunct). In late 2004, NUS was rated 18th in The Times Higher Education Supplement's inaugural global ranking of universities, one of only 3 Asian universities (the other two being the University of Tokyo and Peking University) to be rated among the top 20 [1]. In 2005, it slipped 4 places to 22nd position, although still retaining its position as the third highest ranked Asian university, when the ranking criteria was amended to include employers' review (which NUS did not do well in), and reduce the weightage for peer review (which NUS did well).

In another ranking, Academic Ranking of World Universities conducted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, NUS is ranked between the top 101st to 152nd universities of the world [2]. Its reputation abroad has helped attract students from around the world, with international students making up 27% of the total student population in 2004.

The university attempts to internationalize itself by building a global network through overseas colleges, teaching and research partnerships with other institutions, supporting international student exchange programmes, and the establishment of alumni associations around the world. NUS is the chairmember and secretariat of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a founding member of Universitas 21, and is a member of the ASEAN University Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, and LAOTSE, an international network of universities in Europe and Asia.

The university's Kent Ridge campus is located in the southwest of the Republic 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 1.5 square kilometres. In 2005, it won the rights to operate in the Bukit Timah campus and plans to move its law school there by 2006.

NUS celebrates its 100th birthday in 2005. In celebration of this milestone, the university has been holding a year long centennial anniversary programme beginning 25 June 2005.

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History

Image:NUS stamps centennial.jpg
Centennial anniversary of NUS in 2005

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, way back 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 exactly two decades later, was merged with King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya.

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.

Faculties and schools

NUS has 14 faculties and schools, spread across the widest range of disciplines compared to any other Singapore educational institution.

People

NUS is the largest university in Singapore in terms of student enrolment. As of 30 September 2004, the total student population stands at 31,346, of which 22,751 are undergraduate students and 8,595 graduate students. Amongst graduate students, 4,112 are on coursework studies, while 4,483 are on research.

Students enrolled in NUS come from diverse backgrounds, with 8,600 international students from 77 countries studying in the university in 2004. It also hosted 730 international exchange students in the academic year of 2003-2004, and sent 540 of its own students abroad. In the same year, 95 of its students are hosted in four NUS Overseas Colleges in Silicon Valley, Bio Valley (in Philadelphia), Stockholm and Shanghai.

Student enrolment

Staff

NUS employed 6,655 staff members as of October 2004, of which 2,078 are faculty members, 1,153 are research staff, 870 administrative and professional staff, and the remaining 2,554 general staff. Amongst faculty members, academics from the ASEAN region, Australia, the People's Republic of China, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States dominate the sizeable pool of international staff members, although they are not evenly distributed across the university's faculties and schools.

Campus

NUS's Kent Ridge campus has 6 libraries and 35 lecture theatres. 6 halls of residences and 3 student residences offer a total of over 6,000 students accommodation in campus. In addition, 4 museums, full facilities for the performing arts, sports and recreational facilities, and a satellite imagery receiving station are sited in the sprawling campus spread over a hilly terrain, with wireless internet access available campus-wide.

Libraries

Museums

Accommodation

Halls of residence

Student residences

Off-campus

See also

External links

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