National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public collegiate and research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University.
Former names | Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School (1905–1921) King Edward VII College of Medicine (1921–1949) University of Malaya, Singapore campus (1949–1962) University of Singapore (1962–1980) Nanyang University (1956–1980) |
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| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 3 July 1905 (as King Edward VII College of Medicine) 8 August 1980 (as National University of Singapore) |
Academic affiliations | ACU, IARU, APRU, Universitas 21, GEM4, AUN, ASAIHL, APSIA, McDonnell International Scholars Academy, UAiTED |
| Endowment | S$6.46 billion (2020) (US$4.81 billion) |
| Chancellor | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| President | Tan Eng Chye |
| Provost | Aaron Thean |
Academic staff | 2,555 (2018) |
| Students | 35,908 (2018) |
| Undergraduates | 27,604 |
| Postgraduates | 8,304 |
| Location | Queenstown, Singapore 1°17′44″N 103°46′36″E |
| Campus | Urban, 150 ha (370 acres) |
| Colours | NUS Orange, NUS Blue |
| Website | www |
The university offers degree programmes in disciplines at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including in the sciences, medicine and dentistry, design and environment, law, arts and social sciences, engineering, business, computing, and music. NUS's main campus is located adjacent to the Kent Ridge subzone of Queenstown. The Duke–NUS Medical School is located at the Outram campus. The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. NUS's affiliated faculty members and researchers include one Nobel Prize laureate, one Tang Prize laureate, and one Vautrin Lud laureate.