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NUS IS THE RIGHT CHOICE

UNDERGRADUATE VIEWBOOK 2015/2016

WHY

Chapter 01: Beyond Boundaries

07 13 21 39Contents Chapter 02: Global Recognition

Chapter 03: Comprehensive Curriculum

Chapter 04: Cultural Awakenings

08Where Great Minds Dont Necessarily Think Alike

09Making the Grade for Real

10The World as Your Classroom

0210 Good Reasonsto Study at NUS

04Presidents Message

40NUS Overseas Colleges: The Year of Living Diligently

42Around the World

14Home to the Spirit of Inquiry

16The Ultimate Passport

18Mapping The Future

23Grade-free Semester:Top Marks for Academic Flexibility

24Revised General Education Curriculum: Moving with the Times - 13 Faculties

32Doubly Prestigious Degrees

34NUS Residential Programmes

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At NUS, we prepare you well for the future! Right from your freshman year, NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates will help you identify your strengths, build on them and set you on the path to a career of your choice and aptitude. You will pursue your academic goals under the tutelage of renowned professors, in the company of highly talented peers and mentored by leading industry players. And while you are at it, spend a year, a summer or simply a short spell abroad at one of NUS hundreds of partner universities around the globe. It will be a cross-cultural experience rounded off possibly with a coveted internship at an innovation-driven enterprise. There is no question you will learn countless lessons during your NUS journey, but none more important than how to thrive in any environment, and to feel at home anywhere in the world. So that wherever your future may take you, you will be right in your element.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE. IT IS WHERE YOUR FUTURE TAKES SHAPE.

45 49 55Chapter 06: Holistic Environment

Chapter 07: Admission Requirements

Chapter 05: World-Class Infrastructure

56Admissions

58Courses at a Glance

62Financial Aid

64NUS Scholarships

50Give Yourself a Sporting Chance

52NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates: Of Early Birds and Worms

53NUS Enablers & Community Service Club: Caring beyond campus

46University Health Centre:Body and Mind Care

46Multimedia Hub:The IT Factor

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We have a history of educating professionals going back over

Over 150 Bachelors, double and joint degree

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of NUS graduates offered full-time permanent employment within six months after graduation (Graduate Employment Survey 2013)

NUS overseas colleges at leading entrepreneurial hubs

in China, Europe, Israel and the United States

students from more than 100 countries

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Located in Singapore Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram provides a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty enrichment

Ranked 1st in Asia and 22nd in the 2014/2015 QS World University

RankingsNearly 70% of undergraduates

have overseas exposure

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300Student exchange with over

top universities in 40 countries

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We aim to make NUS the most vibrant university enterprise ecosystem in Asia. In line with this, we are expanding our unique NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programme which offers internships with start-ups in major entrepreneurial hubs around the world, supplemented by classes at our partner universities. Other signature learning opportunities include the University Scholars Programme (USP), and joint- and double-degree programmes with top universities overseas. Our extensive Student Exchange Programme (SEP) provides a myriad of options which will help our students to be more effective in cross-cultural settings.

Student life at NUS is extremely vibrant and exciting. Many students have described living and learning in our Halls of residence and UTown Residential Colleges as life-transforming experiences, because they provide an energising environment which stimulates a richer and more multi-dimensional intellectual and personal development.

In 2015, NUS will mark its 110th Anniversary and celebrate Singapores 50th Anniversary. I warmly invite you to apply to NUS where a plethora of exciting and transformative programmes and experiences await you. Come join us and be a part of a leading global university centred in Asia, influencing the future!

Tan Chorh ChuanPresidentNational University of Singapore

Presidents Message

Greetings from the National University of Singapore!

I am delighted you are considering NUS for your university education. This viewbook provides essential information that will help you explore NUS broad-based, multi-disciplinary and distinct global-Asian approach to education.

NUS is a leading global university, which is widely respected as a dynamic and innovative institution and a pioneer of new approaches in education, research and enterprise. We are distinguished by our academic rigour, global and experiential learning opportunities, and vibrant campus life. Our rich academic offerings and flexible curriculum offer many learning pathways which enable our students to gain knowledge and skills that are essential in meeting future challenges.

Last year, our university launched the grade-free first semester system to encourage students to choose their courses based on their learning needs and interests. This will, together with our new General Education framework, further broaden our students intellectual base and sharpen their critical thinking abilities. The newly formed Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG) will prepare our students for their future careers, through career advising, internships, and career and leadership development programmes.

NUS IS A LEADING GLOBAL UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS WIDELY RESPECTED AS A DYNAMIC AND INNOVATIVE INSTITUTION AND A PIONEER OF NEW APPROACHES IN EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE.

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Asia is where its all happening. And Singapore is Asia in a nutshell. Welcome to its premier academic institution.

As Singapores flagship university, NUS provides you with an opportunity quite like no other.

The opportunity to learn from some of the most distinguished talents anywhere in tertiary education. To interact with fellow students who hail from practically every corner of the globe. To intern at Fortune 500 corporations that are regionally headquartered in Singapore. And to study at NUS renowned partner universities on stints that also include a much coveted attachment at a cutting-edge company.

Indeed, like a gift that keeps on giving, an NUS education offers a wellspring of global connections you will find yourself tapping into for years to come.

A World of Opportunities

Beyond Boundaries

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1st1st in Asia (2014/2015 QS World University Rankings)

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At the core of NUS blueprint for establishing itself as a world-class university lies the drive to establish itself as a brain trust a repository of pedagogic talent drawn from around the globe. As a result, its faculty teems with intellectual heavyweights. And many of these academic superstars are spearheading NUS world-leading efforts in several fields of research such as quantum technology, cancer and translational medicine, interactive and digital media, and the environment and water.

More often than not, they undertake their studies in tandem with industry which in Singapore includes over

7,000 multinational companies, a good number of which have their Asia Pacific headquarters in the Republic. This symbiosis is only possible because there exists on both the national and university levels an exceptionally vibrant enterprise ecosystem. Collaborations between NUS research teams and their counterparts from the R&D departments of various MNCs have yielded innovative solutions which can be marketed internationally.

As an NUS student, you will be a part of this ecosystem. Steeped in an inquisitive culture, you will be nurtured and inspired by preeminent thought leaders to think

Where Great Minds Dont Necessarily Think Alike

critically and creatively while working synergistically with your peers. You will be involved with hard-nosed research that has every opportunity to be translated into real-world applications on a wide scale. Whats more, by the time you graduate, you will be more than ready to transition seamlessly into the corporate world by virtue of your having worked with actual industry players.

It should come as no surprise that fresh NUS graduates typically have the least trouble finding gainful employment among their cohort anywhere.

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Making the Grade for RealThe NUS education is a continually evolving one that seeks to combine the best practices of leading universities with innovations befitting the Universitys own context. It involves students in a process where they learn there is more to school than getting good grades, and grow from talented individuals into excellent team players and leaders.

Towards that end, and following the success of its residential colleges in UTown, NUS has finessed a second residential programme to accommodate the multi-faculty commingling of first-year students. The Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) immerses the newcomers in

an intellectually diverse environment, supplemented with round-the-semester in-house and off-site activities, to ground their all-round development before they settle into their specialisations.

Freshmen looking for direction in their choice of a major need look no further than the Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG). This is also your go-to resource for career counselling, leadership training, and internship and job placements all through your stay in NUS.

The more NUS evolves its curriculum, the more flexibility it offers in response to the constantly changing marketplace. Accordingly, the University has launched the Grade-free Semester for first-year students on the modular system at eight faculties and schools Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Computing, Design

and Environment, Engineering, Music, Nursing and Science. By de-emphasising the grades early on in a students undergraduate studies, NUS aims to inculcate in its charges an appreciation of the broader benefits of its transformative education.

Another change you can look forward to: starting from Academic Year 2014/2015, more of each cohort will be able to graduate with Honours. The Cumulative Average Point (CAP) cut-off mark for third-year Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Science and Nursing students to qualify for the Honours programme has been revised. At the same time, all faculties except Law, Medicine, Dentistry and Yale-NUS College will assume a new nomenclature in their degree classification as well. (Please refer to Chapter Three for details of these changes.)

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The World as Your ClassroomNUS occupies three sprawling campuses in Singapore, but possesses a truly global footprint in terms of the educational exposure it provides for its students. The slate of offshore programmes it rolls out annually ranges in duration from the full year offered at six NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC), to an intensely immersive experience spread over two weeks as afforded by the Study Trips for Engagement and EnRichment (STEER) platform. In between, you may choose to trade places for a semester or two with a counterpart from one of 300 universities in 40 countries on the Student Exchange Programme (SEP). Or take off for an up-close-and-personal examination of an emerging economy of your choice in the Universitys International Summer Programmes (i-SP).

As part of NUS commitment to grooming researchers and entrepreneurs among its student ranks, the International Research Attachment Programme (i-RAP) and the Innovative Local Enterprise Achiever Development (iLEAD) scheme also incorporate significant overseas study time for their participants.

AN NUS EDUCATION EQUIPS YOU WITH EVERY POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE FOR THE FUTURE INCLUDING THAT OF ESTABLISHING CAREER-ENHANCING NETWORKS.


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Network Early and OftenAn NUS education equips you with every possible advantage for the future including that of establishing career-enhancing networks. From globally connected faculty members to the leaders of tomorrow among your cohort to Fortune 500 industry players, you will discover right from the outset opportunities aplenty to engage and interact with present and future movers and shakers of society.

So if it turns out that who you know is no less important than what you know to your success in life, you will be glad to have made the most of your opportunities at NUS.

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Chapter 02: Global Recognition

For a good number of years now, NUS has been steadily climbing up the rankings of universities worldwide. What began over a century ago as the finishing school for a nations finest minds is today a leading global academy by any international measure.

The 2014/15 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings ranked NUS the top university in Asia and 22nd worldwide, up two places from the year before. NUS also merited global top-10 mentions for 11 disciplines, including engineering and technology, arts and humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences and management. Employers gave NUS high marks as well to go with its well-earned academic reputation for its unprecedented position in the annual survey.

A History of Excellence

Beyond Boundaries

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2626 university research institutions and centres hosted by NUS

22nd22nd in global standing (2014/2015 QS World University Rankings)

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A steadfast commitment to quality defines NUS ascent to its current status. Whether it is in the selection of faculty members, the criteria for student admission or the partnerships it cultivates in academia and industry, the University

Home to the Spirit of Inquiry

The worlds greatest universities are typically seeding grounds for breakthrough discoveries and inventions. They put considerable stock in pushing boundaries and establishing new frontiers of human knowledge because that is what leaders do.

It is no coincidence that NUS has joined the ranks of these forward-looking institutions while steadily gaining widespread cachet as a premier research university. So much so that today it belongs to an exclusive, 10-member club called the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) alongside the likes of Oxford, Cambridge and Yale.

Be it the number of internationally published scientific papers or the frequency with which its researchers have been cited by their colleagues worldwide, NUS leads research organisations in Singapore in productivity and impact. This is no mean feat given the Republics R&D-culture. More importantly,

has long maintained consistently stringent standards as a cornerstone of its culture.

Another feature distinguishing the rankings climb is NUS signal and most opportune focus on Asia as part of its

NUS has come into its own as a hotbed of pragmatic, translatable research with far-reaching implications for the socio-economic development of Singapore and beyond.

Publications including Thomson Reuters The Worlds Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014 report have recognised the global significance of the work of NUS researchers in Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, Environment/Ecology, Materials Science and Psychiatry/Psychology. That such distinction has been achieved beyond the Universitys staple strengths most notably quantum technology, cancer and translational medicine and interactive and digital media shows a commitment to multidisciplinary excellence on the research front that mirrors its pedagogic offering.

In the medical arena, the Universitys scientists have taken major strides recently in identifying the causes, the diagnosis or the treatment of such deadly conditions as Parkinsons disease, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, gastric cancer and strokes. NUS engineers are also credited with breakthroughs in graphene production, heat-to-energy conversion technologies

transformative global education. For any student wishing to ride the economic boom making its round of the planets largest continent, where better to learn to do so than from the Asian specialists gathered at NUS?

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and air pollution control, among other seminal discoveries with the potential to improve the lives of millions more cost-effectively than ever.

Several factors account for the Universitys trailblazing ways. First off, NUS research infrastructure has few equals anywhere in the world. It is founded on three marquee Research Centres of Excellence (RCEs) together with 26 university-level research institutes and satellites. In addition to the advantages of its IARU membership, NUS enjoys close, frequently collaborative links with over a dozen other national research organisations in Singapore. No less significantly, the Universitys ties with both the public and the private sectors greatly facilitate its research teams access to all manner of resources, such as information, funding and markets that span the globe.

Research is fundamental to NUS aspirations as an institution. It involves everyone, from the Universitys high-octane faculty to industry partners and, naturally, its students.

Because if there is one thing NUS is fully invested in, it is the future especially yours. RResearchRESEARCH IS FUNDAMENTAL TO NUS ASPIRATIONS AS AN INSTITUTION. IT INVOLVES EVERYONE, FROM THE UNIVERSITYS HIGH-OCTANE FACULTY TO INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND, NATURALLY, ITS STUDENTS.

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NUS celebrates its 110th anniversary in 2015. It has come a long way from its roots as a colonial college to take its place among the worlds leading research universities. And still, it remains steadfastly on an upward trajectory by any measure.

The Ultimate Passport

It is why an NUS degree opens doors, because employers as borne out by one survey after another value NUS graduates.

If your goal in life is to go places, joining NUS is a great start.


Im proudest of the bronze medal I won in gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. And I hope to make the finals at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju City in South Korea. Dentistry is my other passion. Currently, I am based in mobile clinics that rotate amongst secondary schools in the West of Singapore to provide comprehensive basic dental care to students. For these opportunities, Im very grateful to NUS, which was very supportive of my efforts to juggle sports with my studies. I would not have been able to do it otherwise.

Hoe Wah ToonGraduated from NUS in 2014 with a Bachelor of Dental SurgeryOccupation: Dental Officer, School Dental Services, Health Promotion Board

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IF YOUR GOAL IN LIFE IS TO GO PLACES, JOINING NUS IS A GREAT START.

The toughest part about being a magician is challenging the stereotype of performing magic. People often perceive magic as an activity that does not have intellectual qualities. However, the truth is that a lot of thought goes into a magic trick. At NUS, I had passionate and dedicated teachers who honed my writing skills and ability to think critically. This has significantly helped me in crafting proposals for customised performances to enable corporations to feature their products or services through magic. I also volunteer my time by performing occasionally for the benefit of the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital and the Children Cancer Foundation.

Alexander Yuen Yew LumGraduated from NUS in 2012 with a Bachelor of Psychology Currently pursuing a Master of Social Sciences (Psychology) in NUS.Occupation: Magician & Co-founder, Meta Illusions

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Associate Professor T. C. Chang exemplifies the quintessential NUS faculty hire: teacher par excellence, widely published researcher and civic-minded role model. A tourism geographer by training, Dr Chang has parlayed his keen interest in places, landscapes and travel into a career distinguished by his insights into the regions architectural heritage and cultural idiosyncrasies in the context of their appeal to foreign visitors. The Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) has seen Geography gain increasing currency as a major amidst the growth in global concerns with environmental and urban sustainability. Today, it is the facultys sixth most popular discipline in terms of the number of students majoring in it. Dr Chang has also been a key voice on various consultancy projects and committees advising on issues such as tourism policy planning, urban

development and the arts and culture in Singapore. The 47-year-old also frequently gives talks locally and regionally to audiences (including policy makers) in his areas of expertise. No less impressive is Dr Changs record in his didactic duties. A recipient of multiple teaching awards including the NUS Outstanding Educator Award 2006 before he assumed his present role with FASS in 2008, the veteran educator could not be more enthusiastic about what being a moulder of minds encompasses. Says Dr Chang of his day job, I started as a tutor at NUS in 1990 and began lecturing immediately after my Ph.D. (from McGill University) in 1997. I have always loved all aspects of education teaching, lesson preparation and especially student engagement.

The tireless educator-researcher, makes it a point to involve his charges in his investigative undertakings:

I have always had undergraduates work alongside me in my research projects. Rather than just select any student, I always invite those who I know are willing to learn and have an interest in the fields I am working on. I have also encouraged many students to co-write a short piece from their own research, to give them a sense of what publishing entails. Just last year when I finally published a paper, I sent it to two students now alumni who had helped me in the field work and they were really excited to see their handiwork in the eventual publication. Of course, working with my Ph.D. students entails excellent collaboration, in this case, my students involving me in their research on Chinese tourism in Hainan Island and arts gentrification in Shanghai. I learn from them as much as they learn from me. Now that is impactful work, whichever way you look at it.

Mapping The Future Feature

Associate Professor Chang Tou Chuang

In the photo:Left, Dr T. C. Chang

Right, Leon Gaw - Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours with a double Minor in

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geoscience

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I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED ALL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION TEACHING, LESSON PREPARATION AND ESPECIALLY STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.

READING GEOGRAPHY HELPS ME UNDERSTAND EARTH, OUR HOME.

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The NUS broad-based curriculum with its multidisciplinary programmes imparts global perspectives, with a focus on Asia. It is designed to turn out graduates capable of thriving anywhere in the world.

The University offers a distinctive brand of education whose dynamism manifests itself in countless ways. New curricular permutations emerge each year to reflect fast-changing technologies and inevitable shifts in the global socio-economic landscape such as the increasing power of the Asian consumer. Specialists are groomed to possess a breadth of knowledge that transcends their field of expertise. Students with exceptional learning capacities or who wish to pursue a combination of subjects beyond the ordinary find ample accommodation in NUS extensive provisions outside of its single-degree programmes.

This is one educational institution that looks out for its students best interests in every possible way.

Nurturing Global Citizens

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1,9661,966 NUS students went on exchange programmes overseas in Academic Year 2013/2014

1,8491,849 international students travelled to NUS to study in Academic Year 2013/2014

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A Higher Degree of Recognition Getting students future-ready in this globalised age requires a curriculum that breeds adaptability. Your NUS education will consist of lessons and opportunities that not only train you in the specific skills for a particular job, but also equip you with the qualities demanded of the highest levels in any profession.

Such qualities include critical thinking, intellectual depth and nimbleness, initiative, cross-cultural empathy, effective communication skills and the ability to work with and lead teams. Beyond the core syllabus of your chosen discipline, your curriculum will also encompass programmes and courses that help develop these traits.

Beginning from Year One, inter-faculty collaboration among your multinational cohort will be par for the course. This will facilitate the expansion of your intellectual breadth, multidisciplinary mindset and cultural savviness. Add NUS wide spectrum of international programmes to the mix and chances are, you will emerge a graduate so adaptable you will rarely find yourself anything but a master of your environment.


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Grade-free Semester:

Top Marks for Academic FlexibilitySome 6,700 first-year students from the 2014/2015 cohort onwards can expect a liberating start to their NUS careers with the introduction of the Grade-free Semester programme.

The new initiative aims to steer the freshly matriculated towards courses that more closely match their abilities or interests rather than subjects that might earn them better grades. Under the scheme, students on the modular system at eight faculties and schools Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Computing, Design and Environment, Engineering, Music, Nursing and Science enjoy considerable leeway with their first-semester modules.

They have a choice of not including their grades or having them count towards their individual Cumulative Average Point (CAP).

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine has had its own version of the grade-free system in place for some time now, while the Faculty of Law will be introducing a similar plan for its non-modular curriculum next academic year.

Short though the Grade-free Semester experience may be, it gives a foretaste of the academic flexibility that is a key feature of the NUS education.

SHORT THOUGH THE GRADE-FREE SEMESTER EXPERIENCE MAY BE, IT GIVES A FORETASTE OF THE ACADEMIC FLEXIBILITY THAT IS A KEY FEATURE OF THE NUS EDUCATION.

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NUS annual upward leaps in the worldwide university ranking lists underline the dynamism with which the University is run. The effectiveness of its administration hinges to a large degree on an enduring ability to strike a balance between stability and change. Stability to help keep students on an even keel, and change because, more than ever, it will be the only constant they can expect to face in the working world.

The working world of the next decade or so certainly figured strongly in the composition of the new General Education Curriculum, which takes effect from Academic Year 2015/2016.

The revised curriculum places additional emphasis on individual all-round development for incoming cohorts. It introduces a range of modules for these

key subjects that students will have to read: Human Cultures and Endeavours, Quantitative Reasoning, Thinking and Expression and Singapore Studies.

This latest curriculum exercise represents another step forward the university is taking to broaden the minds of our students to position them well for the future.

Revised General Education Curriculum:

Moving with the Times

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Faculty of Arts & Social Scienceswww.fas.nus.edu.sg

FASS reflects much of what makes NUS a world-class academy. One of the Universitys largest and oldest faculties, it offers the most wide-ranging choice of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and Asian studies in the region. Its curricula facilitate specialisation in one of 20 available majors with cross-disciplinary exposure to ensure students of a well-rounded education. Many of NUS overseas programmes are tailor-made for the facultys fields of study. At the same time, FASS Centre for Language Studies draws aspiring polyglots the world over, thanks to its extensive offering of Asian and European languages taught by highly credentialled linguistic mavens.

NUS Business Schoolbschool.nus.edu.sg

The NUS Business School certainly lives up to the expectations of a feeder school to one of the worlds top financial and commercial hubs. Further capitalising on Singapores East-meets-West location, its globally oriented studies carry a unique infusion of Asian perspectives provided by leading experts in the field. Budding entrepreneurs seeking to navigate the new economy, especially in an ascendant Asia, have an exhaustive choice in the Schools broad portfolio of BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, MSc and PhD programmes.


School of Computingwww.comp.nus.edu.sg

With faculty members who not only produce diverse, innovative, award-winning research, but are also committed, engaging and inspiring teachers, NUS Computing is currently one of the best computing schools in the world. The excellent education and training students experience here, coupled with the reach and demand for computing talent in all fields and industries, make NUS Computing graduates highly sought-after. Leadership qualities, innovation and entrepreneurialism are also valued and supported with mentorship, funding, special programmes, as well as NUS Computings very own start-up incubator, The Furnace, which offers infrastructure and management support to bring original ideas to commercial fruition.

Faculty of Dentistrywww.dentistry.nus.edu.sg

The Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) is a four-year undergraduate programme. Upon successful completion of the programme, graduates are eligible for immediate registration with the Singapore Dental Council to practise dentistry. Undergraduates in the Faculty are exposed to a diverse range of educational and learning opportunities as well as community outreach projects to broaden their on-campus experiences. Also, through the Alumni Mentorship Scheme, the undergraduates are assigned alumni mentors who journey with them through the duration of the programme by means of regular interaction and sharing of experiences. The Faculty offers its undergraduates an integrated, multi-disciplinary and experiential learning approach which aims to nurture practice-ready dental surgeons upon graduation.

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School of Design & Environmentwww.sde.nus.edu.sg

SDE graduates have contributed to the modernisation of Singapores landscape and built environment for over half a century. With an emphasis on environmental sustainability, SDE features technologically advanced digital design studios, rapid prototyping facilities, digital space labs, modelling workshops and a state-of-the-art field environmental chamber to equip students for increasingly sophisticated solutions. SDE has consistently won international and local awards and strategic research grants. Our innovative endeavours are backed by research centres with a focus in architecture, total building performance, construction management, sustainable Asian cities and industrial infrastructure systems.

Faculty of Engineeringwww.eng.nus.edu.sg

The Faculty of Engineeringhas about 10,000 students enrolled in its 10 branches of study. Heavy emphasis is placed on research, overseas attachments and field trips. Selective internships with industry also contribute to the nurturing of future-ready engineering graduates. The Faculty has two special programmes - the Global Engineering Programme (GEP) and the Design-Centric Programme (DCP).GEP allows the cream of each cohort to earn a Bachelor from NUS and a graduate degree from a partner university within just four years. By providing a platform for learning that brings together engineering,function and lifestyle, DCP enables students to address real-life problems by designing holistic solutions to meet the needs of users.

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Faculty of Lawlaw.nus.edu.sg

One of the top law schools in Asia and the world, the Faculty is defined by a close-knit culture where students have regular and open conversations with their professors and tutors. In addition to intellectually rigorous legal subjects, skills courses such as Legal Analysis and Writing and Research are incorporated to equip students with the practical skills they will need for legal practice. Notably, students can opt to specialise in Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Criminal Law, World Trade Law, Asian Law, Shipping Law or International & Comparative Law or do any of these while on overseas student exchange.

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicinemedicine.nus.edu.sg

Established in 1905, the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is one of the leading medical educational institutions in Asia. The School offers one of the finest undergraduate medical programs in the Asia Pacific Region, covering a full spectrum of medical specialties with 16 departments in the basic sciences and clinical specialties, providing students with an excellent grounding in the medical sciences. Emphasis is also placed on the inculcation and development of empathy, in pursuit of the Schools age-old vision of producing compassionate and innovative medical professionals who place the interests of their patients foremost. Its clinical faculty also consults with the National University Hospital, which serves as the primary training facility for its students.

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Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studiesmedicine.nus.edu.sg/nursing

The formation in 2005 of the Centre as the nursing arm of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine acknowledged the importance of the role nurses play in the healthcare system. To date, it remains the only institution in Singapore to offer nursing degree programmes all the way to doctoral levels. These programmes serve not only to raise nursing standards overall but also to broaden the skillsets of members of the profession so that their career opportunities now range from basic caregiver to policymaker in the medical industry.

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Musicmusic.nus.edu.sg

Described as nothing short of a miracle, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music has been a focal point for musical activity, artistic development and research, both for Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region. Taught and mentored by well-established artist faculty, YSTCM currently has 220 full-time music students representing 22 countries. The Conservatory currently offers a full-time Bachelor of Music (Honours) Degree programme focusing on performance, composition and recording arts, a Young Artist Programme for teenagers and a Master of Music Degree programme. In addition to a range of professional engagements within the Conservatory and in Singapore, YSTCM students frequently participate in masterclasses and festivals across Asia, Europe and America.

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Faculty of Sciencewww.science.nus.edu.sg

Since its inception in 1929, the Faculty of Science has provided quality science education to generations of students. Its flexible curriculum is constantly enhanced to meet the changing needs of industry and the economy. As a research-intensive faculty, it offers a wide range of majors, specialisations, minors and other programme options, combining depth and rigour with breadth and scope. In addition to the latest scientific knowledge, students acquire transferable skill sets beyond their majors through a host of learning opportunities, including study abroad programmes, cross-faculty and interdisciplinary modules, research projects and internships. Graduates of the Faculty enjoy successful careers not only in science and technology, but also in other fields such as management, finance and administration.

Pharmacywww.pharmacy.nus.edu.sg

The Department of Pharmacy at NUS provides a world-class learning environment that is vibrant and nurturing. Pharmacy students are exposed to a programme that integrates biomedical, pharmaceutical and clinical sciences to help them achieve the required competency for practice and foundation in research. They are also introduced to experiential learning at hospitals, community pharmacies, as well as pharmaceutical companies. The broad-based curriculum prepares graduates as future-ready professionals for both the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

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University Scholars Programmewww.usp.nus.edu.sg

The USP is a multidisciplinary, partially residential, academic programme for NUS undergraduates. It takes in 180 students each year, with these students being enrolled in Arts & Social Sciences, Business, Computing, Design & Environment, Engineering, Science or Law. The USP offers a complete and distinctive education. Its interdisciplinary curriculum fosters different perspectives and approaches towards the study of a major, and encourages curiosity, articulacy, critical rigour and thinking. Its community is built upon strong friendship and mentorship, intellectual energy and variety, and personal development, all enhanced by a two-year residency in Cinnamon College (USP). Lastly, its diverse opportunities take students far beyond the classroom, adding tremendous value to their undergraduate experience.

For a full list of the programmes available at each faculty or school, please refer to Chapter Seven.

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Candidates have a choice of the following CDPs at NUS: BachelorofBusinessAdministrationwithHonours/BachelorofBusiness

Administration (Accountancy) with Honours and Master in Public Policy BachelorofBusinessAdministrationwithHonours/BachelorofBusiness

Administration (Accountancy) with Honours and Master of Science (Management) BachelorofComputing(InformationSystems)withHonours&MasterofScience

(Management) BachelorofEngineering[anydisciplineexceptEngineeringScience]and

Master of Science (Management) BachelorofLawsandMasterinPublicPolicy BachelorofScience(RealEstate)/BachelorofArts(Architecture)and

Master of Urban Planning

NUS also jointly offers CDPs with these partners: BrownUniversity,USA CarnegieMellonUniversity,USA KingsCollegeLondon,UK NewYorkUniversity,USA GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology(ConcurrentDoubleMasterProgramme)

Accentuating NUS transformative global education are programmes that facilitate the pursuit of more than a single degree at a time. Students inclined to put in the extra effort may choose to do a Concurrent, Double or Joint Degree offered either solely by the University or in collaboration with several of its distinguished partner universities from around the world.

Concurrent Degree Programmes (CDPs) allow you to pursue your Bachelors and Masters degrees, either from the same or two different faculties, concurrently. Your curriculum is structured such that some of your Bachelors degree requirements will count towards your Masters degree so that it will take you four and a half years to graduate with both degrees instead of the five and a half to six years they would need if pursued separately.

CDP Concurrent Degree Programmes

Doubly Prestigious Degrees

You may pair any two disciplines for your DDP outside of a short list of prohibited combinations. First, check out these options specially designed by the various NUS faculties: BusinessAdministration/BusinessAdministration(Accountancy)andCommunications

& New Media BusinessAdministration/BusinessAdministration(Accountancy)andComputer

Science / Information Systems BusinessAdministration/BusinessAdministration(Accountancy)andEngineering BusinessAdministration/BusinessAdministration(Accountancy)andLaw ComputerScienceandMathematics/AppliedMathematics EconomicsandBusiness EconomicsandLaw EngineeringandEconomics MaterialsScience&EngineeringandPhysics LawandLifeSciences

NUS also jointly runs DDPs with these top colleges: PremierFrenchGrandesEcoles,France WasedaUniversity,Japan NewYorkUniversity,USA UniversityofWaterloo,Canada GlobalAllianceinManagementEducation(DoubleMastersDegreeProgramme)

Double Degree Programmes (DDPs) allow you to graduate with a degree each in two separate disciplines from the same faculty/school or two different faculties/schools within NUS. Some of your modules may be double-counted towards the requirements of both degrees, enabling you to earn the two qualifications earlier than if you were to pursue them one after the other. In general, a double Honours will take you about five years to complete, while an Honours plus general degree combination four and a half years.

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NUS Special Programmes: In Pursuit of Co-Curricular Excellence

Serving Your Interest with Honours

The Universitys global network of alliances also serves as a reliable source of special programmes round the year. Each of these platforms is purposed to grow the participants communication and leadership

Currently, about 60% of third-year Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Science and Nursing students meet at least the cut-off mark of a Cumulative Average Point (CAP) of 3.5 to get on the Honours track. Since the quality of students drawn to NUS keeps rising year after year, the University

NUS runs its JDPs with these world-class institutions: AustralianNationalUniversity,Australia UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill,USA PeabodyInstituteofTheJohnsHopkinsUniversity,USA

Joint Degree Programmes (JDPs) combine the rigorous strengths of NUS and its partner universitys curricula while affording you an intensive international experience over the course of your study. You will be able to earn within four years a degree with Honours that carries the prestige of two outstanding universities.

JDP Joint Degree Programmes

skills, multicultural awareness as well as their understanding of the key issues of the day. Workshops that bring together regional undergraduates, such as the annual ASEAN Student Leaders Forum and ASEAN Youth

has deemed it only fair to enable 10 15% more of the four faculties intake to earn a coveted Honours degree that will better serve them in the ever more knowledge-based economy. As a result, the cut-off point has been revised to a 3.2 CAP starting from Academic Year 2014/15.

Cultural Forum, as well as gatherings of students from the exclusive International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) typify the healthy exchanges of ideas encouraged by NUS Special Programmes.

Also with the globalised labour market in mind, all NUS faculties except Law, Medicine, Dentistry and Yale-NUS College have adopted for their degree classification a nomenclature similar to that used by major US colleges.

Current Honours Degree Classification Revised Honours Degree Classification CriteriaFirst Class Honours Honours ( Highest Distinction) CAP 4.50 and aboveSecond Class (Upper) Honours Honours (Distinction) CAP 4.00 4.49Second Class (Lower) Honours Honours (Merit) CAP 3.50 3.99Third Class Honours Honours CAP 3.00 3.49Pass Pass CAP 2.00 2.99Bachelors Degree Classification CriteriaPass with Merit CAP 3.00 and abovePass CAP 2.00 2.99

For more information, please visit nus.edu.sg/registrar

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To keep pace with the constantly changing marketplace, the NUS education is always evolving. A recent addition to the Universitys offering is Ridge View Residential College (RVRC).

Designed to orientate the newly matriculated to the immense possibilities awaiting them throughout their NUS journey, RVRC houses Year One students from five faculties and schools

Ridge View Residential College

Getting You Future-ready Right Out of the Gate

Arts & Social Sciences, Computing, Design & Environment, Engineering and Science. With the key theme of sustainability as an anchor, the College not only aims to ease these students into the intellectual rigours of university life during their first year at the University, but also prepares them for their future career via seminars, corporate site visits and mentorship schemes involving senior executives in the industry.

RVRCs interdisciplinary approach to its living-learning programme presents the students with the valuable experience of working with their peers from the other four faculties and schools. It dovetails with the Universitys commitment to broaden its students horizons throughout their time at NUS.rvrc.nus.edu.sg

NUS Residential Programmes

The Universitys traditional halls of residence have lately been complemented by a pair of innovatively crafted programmes for freshmen living on campus.

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Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) is dedicated to creating a holistic and nurturing environment that will help undergraduates newly matriculated into NUS navigate their way in the critical first year on campus. The College offers a truly interdisciplinary and experiential approach to learning, reinforcing key concepts such as sustainability and work place readiness. The RVRC students also receive support from peer mentors who are specially selected senior undergraduates who live in the College.

My vision is for our RVRC students to have the boldness and tenacity to explore and achieve amazing things that will serve as a launch pad to their future success. It is my hope that by the time they move into the subsequent years, the RVRC alumni will have grown out of their comfort zone to break barriers beyond their expectations.

Professor Adekunle AdeyeyeMasterRidge View Residential College

IT IS MY HOPE THAT BY THE TIME THEY MOVE INTO THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS, THE RVRC ALUMNI WILL HAVE GROWN OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE TO BREAK BARRIERS BEYOND THEIR EXPECTATIONS.

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Currently offered in the College of Alice & Peter Tan and Tembusu College, the University Town College Programme (UTCP) spans multiple disciplines. This unique experiment, born of a study of the worlds leading residential colleges, debuted in 2011 and is set to be expanded to Residential College 4 as well.

UTown College Programme:

Establishing a New School of Thought

Its five-module curriculum, to be read over four semesters, incorporates a Junior Seminar and two Senior Seminars in addition to a pair of Ideas and Exposition modules. The latter courses seek to develop effective communicators for the workplace of the future.

Class sizes are kept small to encourage individual development, close-knit collaboration and an open exchange of ideas. Outside the classroom, informal talks delivered by distinguished guests as well as a smorgasbord of social and sporting activities round off UTowns seminal curriculum. utown.nus.edu.sg/programmes/university-town-residential-programme-utrp

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Beyond-the-classroom lessons are a hallmark of the NUS experience. Opportunities abound for its students to travel abroad and witness in the flesh how other cultures live, work and play.

NUS numerous overseas programmes are a study in diversity. They underscore the transformative and global nature of the education offered by the University. Encompassing both hemispheres of the earth, these expeditions of varying lengths expose participants to a wide range of economic realities and challenges. Students experience firsthand the academic demands and corporate cultures driving the most advanced countries as well as the workings of emerging economies with arguably the most attractive career prospects for enterprising individuals.

Individuals otherwise known as NUS future-ready graduates.

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The Year of Living DiligentlyThis programme has birthed some of the most successful start-ups in Singapore in recent years. It allows you to pack even more equity into your NUS education with up to 12 months of academic-cum-work experience in one of six vibrant college-enterprise twinning hubs worldwide.

East, Meet West. And Vice Versa.

NUS College in Silicon Valley, California

WorkinAmericasinnovation habitat and study at Stanford University

Focusontechnicalstart-ups in Silicon Valley

NUS College in New York

WorkinAmericasfinancial and media capital

Focusontheartsand unleashing your creativity

NUS College in Beijing

WorkinChinaspolitical and hi-tech hub and study at Tsinghua University

FocusonChina-based technology start-ups

NUS College in Shanghai

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As soon as you enter its portals, you will find yourself in the midst of an academic version of the United Nations with some 100 nationalities represented among its faculty and student population. The world also comes to NUS via

Internationalisation@Home an initiative which sees the University host programmes run in partnership with Ivy League-level academies. The current mainstays of Internationalisation@Home include the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, the Yale-NUS College, a joint-degree programme between the Peabody Institute of Baltimore, USA and NUS

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NUS College in Stockholm

WorkinEuropesNo.1 IT nation and study at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

Focusonmobiletechnology/IT with a European perspective

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Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, as well as The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific established in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Whats more, NUS has paired up with dozens of elite universities in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australasia to extend your cross-cultural immersion

to a variety of foreign settings. By their graduation, nearly 70% of students will have spent some time abroad on at least one of these arrangements.

NUS slate of overseas programmes runs the gamut from year-long assignments to stints lasting no more than a few weeks. On average, about 30% of all participants

go off for more than six months. Whatever their duration, however, each of these expeditions has been carefully crafted to present you with an opportunity to turn your comfort zone into a borderless one.

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It is exciting to be in Silicon Valley, the epicentre for tech-related innovations. At the startup where I worked, the code I wrote was pushed quickly to the users and was even featured on the front page of Hacker News and FastCompany. It was exciting to see that my work had a measurable impact.

Lee Dong Wei, School Of Computing, Year 4

This multi-faceted programme to date spans six leading entrepreneurial/academic hubs in the United States, China, Sweden and Israel. It combines study at renowned universities (e.g., Stanford University) with an internship in a dynamic enterprise (e.g., a Silicon Valley start-up) for up to a year.

If selected for the NOC programme, you will receive a scholarship to cover the additional costs incurred in the year abroad. Your participation will further earn you a Technopreneurship Minor with your Bachelors degree.overseas.nus.edu.sg

As a political science student, the notion of capitalism in a country like China was very refreshing. Being able to witness the environmental impact of industrialisation in Guilin and the commercialisation in Wuhan helped me to appreciate what I have learnt in textbooks.

Seow Siew Hwee Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS Wuhan University Winter Programme @Wuhan University (2nd from left in the picture)

This programme is a rare opportunity for me to put what Ive learnt at NUS which is mainly theory, into practice. Conducting research at Oxford brings it to a whole new level. I also have a passion in chemical engineering, so I hope to build my passion through the programme.

Sharad KumarChemical Engineering Pioneer batch of students to embark on the International Research Attachment Programme (i-RAP) at the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. (left in the picture)

Working in a start-up company is truly eye-opening because I get to be involved in many different aspects of the business. I have the opportunity to design subway advertisements, conduct blind tasting of the companys products, skype calls with business partners and merchandise shortlisting. The opportunity to initiate projects are endless. The learning curve of this program is steep and I get to step out of my comfort zone on a daily basis to explore new things. This further affirms my initial decision to join NOC and I am excited for whats more to come!

Marilyn Chew Project & Facilities Management, NOC New York


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Study Trips for Engagement and EnRichment:On the roads less travelledLaunched in 2010, the Study Trips for Engagement and EnRichment (STEER) scheme takes you on learning tours of rapidly evolving regions. STEER combines classroom-based tutorials with eye-opening site visits. To date, it has sent students to Brazil, China, India, the Middle East, Myanmar and Vietnam.nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/steer

International Research Attachment Programmes:Breaking new ground the world overThe International Research Attachment Programme (i-RAP) leverages NUS standing as a top-tier research university to the max. If selected for this exceptionally prestigious student exchange programme, you will spend a summer under the mentorship of world-class researchers. Regardless of your field of study, you can be sure of being matched to a college within NUS vast network of premier partner universities that can help lay the groundwork for your career as a researcher extraordinaire. nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/irap

innovative Local Enterprise Achiever Development:Championing the entrepreneurial spiritInsofar as entrepreneurs can be made rather than just born, NUS is helping to make them by the dozens every year with the Innovative Local Enterprise Achiever Development (iLEAD) Programme. This visionary scheme places students at local start-up companies so they may gather practical insights into the challenges of creating equity virtually from scratch. The seven-month internship, which also entails several hours of lessons per week back on campus, culminates in a two-week

NUS alliance with premier universities across the world yields abundant possibilities for a dynamic, year-round Student Exchange Programme (SEP). You may choose to spend a semester or two at one of 300 universities in over 40 countries and earn credits that will

Generally held from May to July annually, the International Summer Programmes (i-SP) tend to cover non-traditional destinations in East Asia, Europe and Latin America. Explore and experience in person cultures and lifestyles

count towards your degree. In return, your peers from those same universities who choose to come to NUS as part of SEP will add to, and benefit from, the Universitys multicultural experience. Every year, NUS welcomes more than 1,800 foreign exchange students at its three campuses.nus.edu.sg/iro/sep/out

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that one usually only reads about in books or witnesses in documentaries. These expeditions are designed to be short yet impactful on your development as a global citizen of the 21st century.nus.edu.sg/iro/opps/summer/

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Overseas Study Mission. Packed with company visits and networking sessions, the trip serves as a primer on foreign start-up cultures. Not only do participants get to work towards a Technopreneurship minor, but they also stand to reap a future-load of benefits as members of iLEAD Alumni upon their completion of the programme.overseas.nus.edu.sg/programmes/short-programmes/ilead


Every nook and cranny of the three NUS campus locations has been built with its students in mind, and every provision made so that they lack for nothing in their pursuit of excellence.

Far from looking its age, 110-year-old NUS has the physical goods to go with its resolutely future-focused agenda.

Clean architectural lines define the spacious edifices that house the study, resource and residential facilities on the Universitys sprawling grounds. Its well-designed buildings prefigure the infrastructure of an institution on the cutting edge of scientific and engineering research.

NUS three campuses are self-contained hubs where students and faculty have easy access to every modern convenience, a vast range of recreational amenities, proper healthcare, seven libraries in all, and laboratories at each of its schools that are fully equipped to keep you abreast of the latest technologies and trends.

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University Health Centre:

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Body and Mind Care

The IT Factor

Located at the Kent Ridge Campus, the University Health Centre is dedicated to caring for the overall wellbeing of NUS students and staff. It consists of Health Service, a full-service clinic with comprehensive diagnostic and X-ray capabilities; a Wellness Division that promotes healthy lifestyles through a myriad of activities: and a Counselling and Psychological Services arm to nip any stress-related problems in the bud.

If technology is not already your friend, you will find yourself fully in its embrace before long at NUS. Naturally, there is not a single square inch on campus where you will not enjoy quick-fire access to the Internet. As a university committed to getting its students future-ready, NUS employs technology extensively to secure their ease in any digital environment.

The Multimedia Hub, located at the academically avant-garde University Town (UTown), exemplifies NUS all-in approach to turning out technologically savvy graduates. Its state-of-the-art resources include an experimental theatre with HD mobile cameras and AV editing

University Health Centre

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workstations, among other IT equipment that helps simulate a professional setting for aspiring multimedia content producers.

Forging a future-friendly environmentUTown at the Kent Ridge Campus is serving as a model for NUS subsequent developments in many ways, not least in how it was assembled with the utmost regard for its carbon footprint.

Green features dominate UTowns operating systems throughout its premises. They include strikingly effective energy and water saving measures; a centralised district cooling plant to reduce the impact of exhaust heat; concerted

waste management and recycling strategies; and the conscientious cultivation of an ecologically biodiverse habitat. Additionally, UTowns ubiquitous lush greenery and the hardscape materials that went into the construction of the site, such as the green roofs on its buildings, play a significant role as well to minimise the Urban Heat Island effect.

NUS also employs multiple ways and means to co-opt students and staff into its earth-friendly efforts. Its Office of Environmental Sustainability, for instance, runs an educational web portal and year-round programmes to help them understand and track greenhouse gas reduction targets. Sheltered and shaded

walkways linking all main buildings encourage walking as the best mode of transport around the campus.

UTowns unwavering commitment to the environment has been nationally recognised with multiple awards a pair each of Green Mark Platinums and Green Mark Golds, and a Green Mark Gold Plus from the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore.

NUS aims to produce graduates who will maintain a socially responsible lifestyle well beyond their university days, and does so in the best possible way: leading by example.

UTown has created a lively, intellectual, social, cultural living and studying environment for the entire NUS community

Mochtar Riady Building - NUS Business School

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Chapter 06: Holistic Environment

NUS offers the full spectrum of an enriching campus life, paying particular attention to sporting activities and the arts while also imbuing it with the cultural diversity of its faculty and student population.

Every NUS student is regarded as an individual in their own right, and the University accommodates their recreational pursuits accordingly. Between the staggering variety of sports facilities sited across the three NUS campuses and a diverse year-round calendar of co-curricular activities planned with a multicultural population in mind, few student interests remain uncatered for.

At NUS, you will have at your disposal abundant support and resources for more than just academic curriculum. Because the University is profoundly committed to the development of your all-round excellence: a healthy body, an engaged mind and a socially responsible sensibility, for a start.

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Being at NUS provides you with opportunities galore to expand your recreational repertoire by acquiring new skills and polishing existing ones. You will have year-round access to some 50 indoor and outdoor sports facilities that cater for most types of individual and team activities. Aside from multiples of those facilities serving traditionally popular sports swimming pools, tennis and squash courts and soccer fields, for instance NUS athletic compendium also includes an archery range, a rock climbing

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gym, a dance studio and a strength and conditioning lab.

Think globally, contribute locallyThe training of future-ready graduates involves their learning to find ways to make themselves useful in any setting. NUS scores of programmes that leverage its partnerships with virtually every other premier college in the world will prepare you handsomely for the increasingly globalised marketplace. To help you sort through your options, the University

The Future Resides HereLiving on NUS campus is an enriching experience. Between the intellectual stimulation of the classroom and your cosy nest at one of the Universitys residential halls and colleges, an intriguing array of diversions beckons. The NUS Centre For the Arts (CFA) runs a year-round programme that ensures constant nourishment for the soul even without your venturing into the city. Besides overseeing the development of 23 undergraduate and alumni groups in genres that span the artistic spectrum from music to film-making and production, CFA also stages world-class performances, exhibitions, conferences and other activities to cater for the same diverse range of interests among NUS students. At the same time, most sports facilities are little more than a javelins throw from your living quarters. And after an invigorating workout, an international menu of cuisines mere metres away will leave you spoilt for choice.

holds an annual International Exchange Day packed with a series of talks, panel discussions and faculty booths. The event also enlists past participants of international programmes to share their experiences and answer your questions.

A willingness to serve ones community is very much part of the future-readiness envisioned for NUS graduates as well. To that end, several outreach programmes are conducted every semester for students to lend a hand in one way or another to the

underprivileged. Indeed, one of the most anticipated events of the NUS calendar each year is Rag & Flag. The two-part project comprises a Flag Day that entails thousands of students taking to the streets to elicit donations for a designated charity, and a Rag Day featuring a procession of mobile displays and equally colourful dance troupes. The 2014 edition of Rag Day also inaugurated a fun fair, with games and assorted activities for paying participants that raised more funds for the events beneficiary.

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Help is always at handFor various reasons, transitioning to university life can be a challenge, but one that no NUS student need ever face alone. The University has in place institutional as well as peer-initiated mechanisms for responding and lending a hand to those in any kind of distress.

The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) is the primary go-to resource to help you navigate successfully the bumps of tertiary education ranging from campus residential issues to integration with the social and cultural fabric of NUS. In addition to operating the Student Service Centre round the year, OSA also runs a full calendar of such activities as student enrichment, empowerment and leadership training camps.

Students with disabilities, too, are well served by OSA. It works closely with the various faculties and schools, the Office of Campus Amenities and the Office of Facilities Management to maintain a learning environment that fully accommodates the particular needs of those students so as to help them fulfil their academic potential. nus.edu.sg/osa

When faced with an endless array of possibilities upon your entry into NUS, you will find in the Centre for Future-ready Graduates (CFG) a welcome friend.

CFG provides clarity and direction so that you can start charting your career course from Year One and make the most of the relevant options available to you. It dispenses personalised assistance ranging from matching career opportunities with your skills, to internship and ultimately job placements at the appropriate junctures of your NUS stint.

Agility is CFGs calling card. The Centre offers a constantly expanding and evolving menu of career preparation programmes and leadership development courses from year to year, to keep students in tune and on track with the marketplace.

With CFG behind you, it is never too early to prepare for the future, if only because it leaves you with sufficient time to change your mind if you ever find it necessary to do so.nus.edu.sg/osa/ncc

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Volunteerism is alive and well at NUS. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Community Service Club (CSC), a 4,000-strong group that makes time throughout the year for an extensive range of social causes.

CSC operates under the auspices of the National University of Singapore Students Union and is also one of four members of the NUS Volunteer Network (NVN). Since its formation in 2002, the club has grown rapidly over the years in terms of its membership and portfolio. Its efforts are chiefly focused on promoting volunteerism among the student population and the awareness of beneficiaries ranging from the very young to the aged and from the physically disabled to the intellectually challenged. It also works with external partners on a constant stream of projects to raise funds for these beneficiaries.

Supplementing the efforts of the above network is NUS Enablers, a student-led initiative founded in 2011 with the objective of providing support and raising awareness for the plight of their peers with special needs. The club works closely with OSA to keep up an inclusive NUS environment for all by particularly accommodating those with mobility issues. Among the most visible fruits of its labours are the wheelchair-friendly routes it undertook to map out around the entire campus.

Numbering some 30 students and led by a staff advisor, NUS Enablers regularly organise events to promote disability awareness and etiquette. A mainstay of their calendar, Wheelathon, features Amazing Race-style activities around campus grounds that involve able-bodied students in wheelchairs to heighten their empathy with the physically disadvantaged among them. The groups efforts to date have been recognised with an NUS Student Achievements Award Merit Trophy (Community Service Category).

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NUS aims to attract the best and brightest minds from Singapore and all over the world. It provides various forms of financial aid to ensure that no deserving applicant is denied a quality education for monetary reasons.

NUS is a university where you will have everything going for you. Internationally renowned faculty check. World-class facilities check. Universally recognised, even preferred, degree qualifications check.

At NUS, you will be pursuing your scholarly goals alongside your peers whose drive will help you push one another to greater heights by making the most of your opportunities at NUS.

Because success is infectious that way.

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To apply to NUS, start by identifying your applicant category. Once you have identified the correct category, follow the admissions information provided on our website and we will guide you step by step from admissions requirements to submitting your application.

Admission Criteria

Undergraduate admission to NUS is based on academic merit and open competition among all eligible applicants. In addition to fulfilling admission requirements for the applicant category, you should also ensure that you fulfil the subject prerequisites for the courses which you wish to be considered. The admission criteria and cut-off points vary from year to year depending on the competitiveness of the applicant cohort.

Admissions

Application opens 3 working days after the release of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level results and closes 1 April.

Singapore Cambridge A Level

All Nationalities

Application opens mid-November and closes31 December.

NUS High School Diploma

All Nationalities

Application opens mid-October and closes 21 February.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

All Nationalities

Application opens 1 February and closes 21 February.

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Local Polytechnic Diploma

All Nationalities


All International High School Qualification


Application opens mid-October. Closing dates vary on the type of qualifications presented.

All International High School Qualification

Non-Singapore Citizens/PR


Graduates or Undergraduates from local or overseas universities seeking transfer or re-admission

All Nationalities


Graduates applying to an undergraduate degree


Application opens mid-October. Closing dates vary on the type of qualifications presented.

Graduates applying to an undergraduate degree

Non-Singapore Citizens/PR

For more information, please visit nus.edu.sg/admission

International High School Graduates

Transfer Applicants

Graduate Applicants

Local PolytechnicGraduates


Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

ArtsandSocialSciences(MajorsChinese Language, Chinese Studies, Communications and New Media, Economics, English Language, English Literature, European Studies, Geography, Global Studies, History, Japanese Studies, Malay Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, South Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Theatre Studies)*

EnvironmentalStudies(Jointdegreewith the Faculty of Science) with specialisation in Environmental Geography

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BusinessAnalytics ComputationalBiology ComputerEngineering

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Courses at a Glance

The Shaw Foundation BuildingBlock AS7, Level 5 5 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 Tel: +65 6516 6133 Fax: +65 6777 0751Email: [email protected]

Mochtar Riady BuildingBIZ 1 2-7, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245 Tel: +65 6516 5917Email: [email protected]

Computing 113 Computing Drive, Singapore 117417Tel: +65 6516 2727Fax: +65 6779 4580Email: [email protected]

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NUS sets aside up to 10% of university places for consideration of exceptional candidates for admission. For such candidates, the University will consider other factors besides academic grades. The following are some samples of

exceptional achievements that may be taken into consideration: MedalwinnerattheInternational

Olympiads (Biology, Chemistry, Informatics, Mathematics and Physics)

RepresentedSingaporeinperformingarts or sports

Activeparticipationincommunityservice and volunteer programmes

Workexperiencerelevanttothecourseapplied for

Keyleadershippositionsincommunityorganisations, sports and athletic clubs, etc

Discretionary Admissions/Exceptional Talents

Faculty of Engineering

BiomedicalEngineering ChemicalEngineering CivilEngineering ComputerEngineering(JointDegree

with the School of Computing) ElectricalEngineering Engineering EngineeringScience EnvironmentalEngineering Industrial&SystemsEngineering MaterialsScience&Engineering MechanicalEngineering MechanicalEngineering

(Aeronautical Engrg Specialisation) Specialisation:GlobalEngineering

Programme (to be offered with one of the above Engineering courses)

Specialisation:Design-CentricProgramme (to be offered with one of the above Engineering courses)

Faculty of Dentistry

Dentistry

School of Design & Environment

Architecture IndustrialDesign Project&FacilitiesManagement RealEstate

Block EA #03-15, 9 Engineering Drive 1,Singapore 117575Tel: +65 6516 8852/7181Fax: +65 6779 5594Email: [email protected]

11 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119083 Tel: +65 6772 4989 Fax: +65 6778 5742 Email: [email protected]

4 Architecture Drive SDE-03-01, Singapore 117566Fax: +65 6777 3953Email: [email protected]

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Specialawards/honoursachievements

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please provide details under the Discretionary Admissions/Exceptional Talents section of the online application

form. Applicants who have indicated information under Activities 1 to 3 of this section are strongly encouraged to provide an elaboration of these activities at the essay section.


Faculty of Law

Law(LLBandGLB)

Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Medicine Nursing

Faculty of Science

Science(MajorsAppliedMathematics (with specialisation in Mathematical Modelling and Data Analytics), Applied Mathematics (with specialisation in Operations Research and Financial Mathematics), Chemistry, Chemistry (with specialisation in Materials Chemistry),

Eu Tong Sen Building 469G, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259776Tel: +65 6516 1305 Fax: +65 6779 0979Email: [email protected]

Medicine: 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228Tel: +65 6772 3737Email: [email protected]

Nursing: Level 2, Clinical Research Centre, Block MD11, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597Tel: +65 6516 3320Fax: +65 6778 5743Email: [email protected]

Block S16, #02-06, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117546Tel: +65 6516 8471Fax: +65 6777 0607Email: [email protected]

Courses at a Glance

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Business Administration/Business Administration (Accountancy) & Communications and New Media

Business Administration/Business Administration (Accountancy) and Computer Science/Information Systems

Business Administration/Business Administration (Accountancy) & Engineering

Business Administration/Business Administration (Accountancy) & Law

Computer Science and Mathematics/Applied MathematicsEconomics & BusinessEconomics & LawEngineering & EconomicsLaw & Life SciencesMaterials Science and Engineering & Physics

DDP Within NUSDDP with Overseas Partner Universities Bachelor/Master of Engineering or Bachelor/Master of Science

or Bachelor/Master of Computing from NUS and Diplme dIngnieur from French Grande cole (the equivalent of Masters in France)

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)/ Bachelor of Science (Honours) from NUS and Bachelor of Arts in International Liberal Studies from Waseda University (for students in the University Scholars Programme)

Bachelor of Laws from NUS and J.D. from New York University Law School

Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) from NUS and Bachelor of Mathematics Actuarial Science (Honours) from University of Waterloo

Bachelors and Master of Science (Management) Concurrent Degrees (NUS) and the Master in International Management (MIM) (Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS))

Chemistry (with specialisation in Medicinal Chemistry), Chemistry (with specialisation in Environment and Energy), Computational Biology1, Food Science and Technology, Life Sciences, Life Sciences (with specialisation in Biomedical Science), Life Sciences (with specialisation in

Environmental Biology), Life Sciences (with specialisation in Molecular & Cell Biology), Mathematics, Physics, Physics (with specialisation in Astrophysics), Physics (with specialisation in Nanophysics), Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Statistics (with specialisation

in Biostatistics), Statistics (with specialisation in Finance and Business Statistics)*

Pharmacy1 EnvironmentalStudies( jointly

hosted with Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) with specialisation in Environmental Biology1

* Application is through the course choice Arts & Social Sciences / Science, students will opt for their majors after they have been admitted to NUS.1 With the exceptions of Computational Biology, Pharmacy and Bachelor of Environmental Studies, students in other majors have the option to exit after

3 years with a Bachelors degree.Note: Separate application is required for USP and Music.

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CDP with Overseas Partner UniversitiesCDP Within NUS

Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours/Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) with Honours & Master in Public Policy

Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours/Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) with Honours & Master of Science (Management)

Bachelor of Computing with Honours & Master of Science (Management)

Bachelor of Engineering {any discipline except Engineering Science} and Master of Science (Management)

Bachelor of Laws & Master in Public PolicyBachelor of Science (Real Estate) / Bachelor of Arts

(Architecture) & Master of Urban Planning

Bachelor of Science (Computational Biology) (Honours) from NUS and Scientiae Magister in Computer Science (Computational Biology) from Brown University

Bachelor of Computing (Computational Biology) (Honours) from NUS and Scientiae Magister in Computer Science (Computational Biology) from Brown University

Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) (Honours) from NUS and Scientiae Magister in Computer Science from Brown University

Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) from NUS and Master of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Life Sciences from NUS and Master of Research (M.Res.) in Biophysics from Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London (KCL)

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemistry/Life Sciences from NUS and Master of Science in Forensic Science/Analytical Toxicology, from Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Kings College London (KCL)

Bachelor of Laws from NUS and Master of Laws from New York University Law School


1. Tuition Fee and MOE Tuition GrantThe Government of Singapore provides a substantial tuition fee subsidy in the form of a tuition grant, which is administered by MOE and offered to all admitted students. The tuition grant subsidises approximately 60% to 80% of the total tuition fee. Students who opt to apply for the tuition grant need to pay only subsidised fees.

While there is no repayment required for the tuition grant, non-Singapore citizens in receipt of the grant will be required to undertake a service bond by working for any Singapore-registered company for three years (four to six years for Medical and Dental students) upon completion of their undergraduate degrees, so as to discharge some of their obligations to the Singapore public for the high subsidy of their university education. nus.edu.sg/registrar/edu/UG/fees.html

15 October to 1 April (prospective students) or 1 February to 1 April (existing students)

Within 2 weeks of online application date

March to June After acceptance of admission offers and by mid-July

All interested needy undergraduate students, including prospective students who have applied for admission to NUS

All financial aid applicants All eligible financial aid applicants

All interested undergraduate students, except international students who are not in receipt of the MOE Tuition Grant

Apply for NUS-administered Financial Aid

Submit supporting documents to the Office of Financial Aid

Offer and acceptance of Financial Aid (Acceptance Guide available at nus.edu.sg/financialaid)

Apply for Tuition Fee Loan

Activity Applicable to DateFinancial Aid Timeline

NUS partners the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) and external organisations to provide a range of financial aid schemes for needy undergraduates in NUS. For NUS-administered financial aid schemes, applicants will be assessed based on indicators such as the assessed financial neediness of their family and any other mitigating factors.

Financial AidNUS partners the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) and external organisations to provide a range of financial aid schemes for needy undergraduates in NUS. For NUS-administered financial aid schemes, applicants will be assessed based on indicators such as the assessed financial neediness of their family and any other mitigating factors.

Financial Aid

For more information, please visit nus.edu.sg/financialaid

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2. Financial Aid from External Organisations There are four main externally-administered financial aid schemes which can help cover up to 100% of the subsidised* tuition fee. Except for the MENDAKI Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy, the other three schemes are needs-blind, i.e. applicants do not need to be financially needy. TuitionFeeLoan(TFL)** CPFEducationScheme(CES) Post-SecondaryEducationAccount

(PSEA) MENDAKITertiaryTuitionFeeSubsidy

(TTFS)

* Tuition fee payable after acceptance of MOE Tuition Grant. ** The quantum of the schemes is based on Singapore

Citizens tuition fee rate.

3. Financial Aid from NUS NUS-administered financial aid schemes are provided to fina

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