National University of Singapore

In Singapore and as well as the Southeast Asia region, the National University of Singapore or better known as NUS remains to be one of the most renowned and well established universities both locally and internationally. The National University of Singapore is situated at the Kent Bridge, which is the Southwest of Singapore and the campus for the university if bounded by the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), Clementi Road, Buona Vista Road and as well as Kent Ridge Park. Currently, the National University of Singapore, with a land area of 1.5 km has around 30,000 students (including graduates) enrolled to the university and a staff count of roughly 6,600 people.

Traces of the history in the founding of the National University of Singapore can be found back in the year 1823 when Sir Stamford Raffles proposed the establishment of a college that would provide educational and research facilities in Singapore. Soon at the year 1905, the founding of The Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School took place within Singapore. However around few years later, the name of the school was renamed to King Edward VII Medical School in the year 1913 and was later again renamed to King Edward VII College of Medicine in the year 1921. In the year 1928, Raffles College was founded and two decades later on 8th October 1949, Raffles College and King Edward VII College of Medicine was merged in order to form the University of Malaya. With the formation of University of Malaya, this marked a new beginning in the higher education as the university is given full-degree granting authority. In the year 1959, the University of Malaya was divided into two entities which were then known as University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur and University of Malaya in Singapore. After 3 years of the separation, the University of Singapore was established on 1st Jan, 1962 as both the government believed that Singapore Division and the Kuala Lumpur Division of the University of Malaya should become autonomous national universities in their respective countries. Following the formation of the University of Singapore, the University of Singapore was merged with Nanyang University in the year 1980 and thus, the formation of the National University of Singapore.

As of the year 2005, the National University of Singapore now has 13 different faculties and schools, including as well a music conservatory. In addition to that, the university also has five well established overseas colleges which are located at major commercial hubs which include Silicon Valley, Bio Valley, Shanghai, Stockholm and Bangalore. In the National University of Singapore, 12 of the faculties and schools include Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Computing, Dentistry, Design and Environment, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Public Policy, Science and lastly, the University Scholars Programme. There are currently a total of 22 undergraduate courses and 114 graduate degrees or diplomas which are being offered by the National University of Singapore. Besides having strong traits in academic, the National University of Singapore is also well known for its active involvement in various researches as the National University of Singapore has a total of 13 National and 11 University Research Centers including the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS).

The National University of Singapore is still continuing to pursue its missions which are quality education, high impact research and service to country and society. In addition to that, the National University of Singapore is also aspiring and continuing to strive in order to become one of the best universities in the world and currently, the National University of Singapore is doing very well as the university is constantly being ranked as one of the top universities in the whole world.

National University of Singapore Official Website

http://www.nus.edu.sg/

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