Overview

The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered.The National University of Singapore was formed with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University in 1980.

A leading global university centred in Asia, the National University of Singapore (NUS) offers a global approach to education and research, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. Its transformative education includes a broad-based curriculum underscored by multi-disciplinary courses and cross-faculty enrichment, as well as special programmes which allow students to realise their potential. Over 36,000 students from 100 countries further enrich the community with their diverse social and cultural perspectives, making campus life vibrant and exciting.

NUS Vision : Towards a Global Knowledge Enterprise
NUS Mission : To transform the way people think and do things through education, research and service

World-Rankings
NUS is consistently ranked amongst the best universities in Asia and the world. In 2010 the QS World University Rankings ranked NUS 31st in the world. It was ranked the 3rd Asian University by the QS Asian University Rankings for 2010, which employs a different methodology from their global rankings.

The 2010-11 Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked NUS 34th in the world, and the 4th in Asia.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities places NUS in the 101-150 positions for their 2010 tables. NUS was ranked 10-18 in the Asia/Pacific region by ARWU.
The NUS MBA has been ranked 23rd in the world in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2011

Location & Facilities

Singapore is a small island located in Southeast Asia. It is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor and from Indonesia by the Singapore Straits. It is located 1 degree north of the equator. As such it is classified as equatorial with no distinct seasons. The country experiences high humidity and abundant rainfall.

The country also experience 2 monsoon seasons from mid November to early March and from mid June to early September. During the monsoon seasons, heavy downpours are frequent. The country also experiences haze at around August due to the forest fires from its neighbor Indonesia.              

The temperature in Singapore normally range from 23 degree celcius to34 degree celcius. Its lowest and highest temperature recorded were 19.4 degree celcius and 35.8 degree celcius respectively.

Campus facilities and resources

• IT and computing services
  
• Library services
  
• Support for development of teaching and learning

Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL) and the Centre for Instructional Technology (CIT).

• Sports
  
• NUS Coop Society
  
• University Health Centre
  
• Clubs and Societies
  
• NUS Student Union

NUS University Town and Residential Colleges

There are about 6,000 residential places distributed between Halls and Student Residences on campus. There is a free Internal Shuttle Bus Service that plies the entire campus seven days a week.

 The accommodation is divided into single room (single-occupancy) or double room (double-occupancy). Laundry rooms equipped with washing machines and coin-operated tumble dryers are located in each student accommodation.

Halls of residence

NUS has 6 Halls of Residence with about 3,000 residential places. The halls are situated in different parts of the campus and are well known for their vibrancy in Co-Curricular Activities (CCA), rich history and culture.

Each hall has a Senior Common Room Committee (SCRC) comprising the Resident Fellows (staff). Headed by a Hall Master, which is tasked to look after residents' well being. Residents are represented by elected student members to the Junior Common Room Committee (JCRC), which helps to promote the hall's social and cultural life.

 
The six Halls of Residence are

• Eusoff Hall (345 single rooms; 70 double rooms)
• Kent Ridge Hall (507 single)
• King Edward VII Hall (350 single; 60 double)
• Raffles Hall (213 single; 128 double)
• Sheares Hall (509 single)
• Temasek Hall (345 single; 70 double)

Student residences

NUS also has 3 Student Residences with clusters of 11 to 15 single rooms with their own kitchen and bathroom facilities. Kitchen and dining areas are equipped with basic cooking appliances.

• Kuok Foundation House (203 single rooms)
• Prince George's Park Residences (2,854 single)
• Ridge View Residences (593 single; 72 double)

We are Located at:
National University of Singapore
Office of Student Affairs, Student Service Centre
Yusof Ishak House, Level 1
31 Lower Kent Ridge
Singapore 119078

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