NUS AT A GLANCE 2012

NUS THROUGH THE YEARS 1980

The National University of Singapore is established with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University.

1962 1955

The Singapore campus of the University of Malaya becomes an autonomous institution known as the University of Singapore.

Nanyang University, a privately-funded Chinese university, opens its doors.

1949

Raffles College merges with the King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya, the very first university for the peoples of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya.

1928

Raffles College is established at Bukit Timah to provide tertiary education in the sciences and liberal arts.

1921

The Medical School becomes the King Edward VII College of Medicine.

1913

The School is renamed the King Edward VII Medical School, making it the first institution of higher learning in Singapore.

1905

The Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School is founded at Outram, where Singapore General Hospital stands today.

OUR GLOBAL CAMPUS

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a leading global university centred in Asia.
NUS started out modestly as a medical college with 23 students in 1905. At the time, people from all over Asia were drawn to Singapore, an important shipping port and a bustling metropolis at the crossroads of Asia. Singapores rich history and diversity, coupled with its strategic location in the heart of Asia, have shaped NUS growth over the last 100 years. Today, our University spans three campuses at Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram, with a community of more than 37,000 students. At NUS, we set out to make a difference through our unique brand of transformative education, high impact research and dedicated service. We aspire to influence the future by offering students from Singapore and beyond an outstanding global education enhanced by Asian perspectives.
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DIVERSE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

An NUS education is a multifaceted experience that addresses the aspirations of young people today.
We strive to transform students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines into confident global citizens through a well-rounded and holistic university education. Our programmes nurture intellectual curiosity and cultivate academic rigour, ensuring that our graduates are well-placed for a fast-paced, borderless world. Programmes such as the Student Exchange Programme, Double Degree and Joint Degree Programmes allow our students to attend some of the worlds best universities and train them to thrive in cross-cultural settings. Flexible educational pathways, often incorporating entrepreneurship training, inject a crucial global dimension into their education. The NUS Overseas Colleges Programme is one such example.

At NUS, our students have every opportunity to expand their social and cultural horizons and make life-long friends. Apart from the widest possible array of cultural, sporting and artistic activities, we also offer social and community-based programmes within Singapore and beyond. Our new educational hub, University Town (UTown), epitomises our vision of a vibrant campus ecosystem. Designed as learning communities with small personalised classes, UTowns residential colleges are a first for Singapore. This convivial set-up encourages students and professors to interact outside the classroom, and together with sporting and cultural facilities, promotes a richer, more holistic NUS experience. The Universitys latest initiative, the Yale-NUS College, opening in mid-2013, will offer students the experience of a liberal arts education and approach to learning: mentor-teachers will invite every student to think broadly, question fundamentally, analyse rigorously, debate thoroughly, and imagine creatively. It will be a unique and different learning experience based on the best practices and traditions of Yale University and the NUS, contextualised for Asia in the 21st century. FACULTIES & SCHOOLS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences NUS Business School School of Computing Faculty of Dentistry School of Design and Environment Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Law Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health Faculty of Science University Scholars Programme Yale-NUS College NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore

REAL-WORLD RESEARCH
As a research-intensive university, NUS actively engages in research endeavours that make a tangible difference to Singapore and the world.
Our strategy is to focus on high-level research over a broad base from which several peaks of excellence naturally arise. We strive to strengthen research impact by tapping into synergies across boundaries. Regular collaborations with government, industry and leading academic partners ensure that NUS research consistently addresses real-world issues. To better respond to the interconnected challenges facing Asia and the rest of the world, we have combined the strengths of our Faculties, Schools and Research Institutes to build up five integrative clusters: Finance and Risk Management, Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Ageing, Integrative Sustainability Solutions, and Asian Studies. One of our latest research initiatives is the NUS Energy Office, which was established in 2011 to advance the capacity and depth of energy research and development in Singapore.

4 RESEARCH CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE Cancer Science Institute of Singapore Centre for Quantum Technologies Mechanobiology Institute Singapore Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (jointly with Nanyang Technological University) 22 UNIVERSITY-LEVEL RESEARCH INSTITUTES/CENTRES Asia Research Institute Centre for International Law Centre for Maritime Studies Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing East Asian Institute Energy Studies Institute Institute for Mathematical Sciences Institute of Real Estate Studies Institute of South Asian Studies Interactive and Digital Media Institute Life Sciences Institute Middle East Institute RESEARCH ACTIVITIES* NUS Environmental Research Institute NUS Global Asia Institute NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative NUS Risk Management Institute Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology Singapore Synchrotron Light Source Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore Temasek Laboratories The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific Tropical Marine Science Institute

3,037
new and existing projects underway1

326
patent applications filed1

214
research awards attained1

6,353
papers published2

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Financial Year 2010 Calendar Year 2011

*Figures Correct as at 9 April 2012

BIG BOLD VENTURES

NUS brings out the entrepreneurial spirit inherent in all our students through entrepreneurship initiatives and programmes.
We want to nurture visionary business leaders adept at steering the economy in an ever-changing, interconnected world. We achieve these goals through four platforms: EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION Students pursue specialised programmes as they study and work at entrepreneurial/academic hubs throughout the world NUS OVERSEAS COLLEGES Silicon Valley, United States Philadelphia, United States Shanghai, China Stockholm, Sweden India Beijing, China Israel iLEAD (innovative Local Enterprise Achiever Development) Programme

ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT Aspiring entrepreneurs look to a variety of assistance schemes to help launch their ventures NUS Enterprise Incubators Outreach to faculty, student and alumni entrepreneurs Start-Up@Singapore (S@S) Business Plan Competition Mentoring, seed funding, networking, investor-matching and other support services Entrepreneurship training workshops and practicum Entrepreneurial awards INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS Industry collaborations to help inventions and discoveries arising from NUS research make the leap from the lab to the marketplace Intellectual Property management and commercialisation Industry collaborations that include spinning off technologies/research from NUS into start-up companies ENTREPRENEURSHIP/INNOVATION RESEARCH AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Timely research on key issues in entrepreneurship and innovation which underwrite continued growth in entrepreneurship Academic entrepreneurship and how this can further contribute to the economy Innovation and Intellectual Property creation in the Asia Pacific Trends, challenges, processes and success factors of start-up enterprises ENTERPRISE THRUST*

>1,800 >2,000 >200

invention disclosures

>90

NUS Enterprise portfolio companies

>90

patents filed

>1,200

start-up companies by NOC and iLEAD alumni

NOC and iLead alumni

>70

technology licenses executed

*

start-ups spun off over the past decade from S@S

Cumulative Figures as at 31 December 2011

STRONG GLOBAL TIES

NUS embraces partnerships in education and research that reach well beyond the university community to significantly impact society.
Our students have many opportunities to develop into responsible global citizens who can hold their own in various cross-cultural settings. Strategic partnerships with some of the worlds best institutions have led us to develop enriching educational and research programmes. Our faculty members also forge links with like-minded colleagues around the world, leading to collaborative initiatives that transcend national boundaries. These collaborations offer academic exchange of ideas and research cooperation which are targeted at areas of strategic interest. By being part of international networks where member universities leverage on each others strengths, NUS remains actively engaged in issues of regional and global concern.

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Some of our prestigious partnerships/partners are: PARTNERSHIPS Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, with Duke University Keio-NUS CUTE Centre, with Keio University Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, with John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Risk Management Institute, with University of California, Berkeley Singapore, Peking and Oxford Research Enterprise for Water Eco-Efficiency, with Peking University and University of Oxford The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific, with Georgia Institute of Technology Yale-NUS College, with Yale University Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, with Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University PARTNERS Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard University European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company International Rice Research Institute Nagasaki University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tsinghua University EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FACILITIES OVERSEAS SET UP WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS NUS Hollywood Lab in the United States NUS Research Institute in Suzhou Industrial Park NUS-Tsinghua Extreme (NExT) Search Centre in Beijing SONDRA Laboratory with Supelec, Onera and DSTA Research Alliance in France Xiada-NUS Joint Life Science Laboratory with Xiamen University in China MEMBER OF PROMINENT GLOBAL NETWORKS International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) ASEAN University Network (AUN) Universitas 21 (U21) Global Enterprise for Micro-Mechanics and Molecular Medicine (GEM4)

NUS IN NUMBERS

219,000
graduates

An alumni body of

3campuses
Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram

37,000

Over

students from 100 countries

162
10

Masters and Doctoral Degree, and Graduate Diploma programmes

300
40

Student Exchange programmes with

top universities in countries

7
Double Degrees

NUS Overseas Colleges to develop business acumen at global entrepreneurial hubs

70 35 21 29
Joint Degrees Concurrent Degrees Double Majors

56

Bachelors Degree programmes

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OUR NUS COMMUNITY

STUDENT POPULATION (ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012)* Total: 37,304
26,742 Undergraduates

5,218

Graduate Students by Research

5,344

Graduate Students by Coursework

342 Graduate Diploma Students

CLASS OF 2011 (AUGUST 2011)# Total: 10,096

6,504 Bachelors Degree

2,710

Masters Degree

557

Doctoral Degree

325 Graduate Diploma

STAFF PROFILE (JUNE 2011)# Total: 9,751

2,609 Faculty Members

2,643

Research Staff

2,084

Executive and Professional Staff

2,415

General Staff

*Figures
#

are in Headcount

Figures are in Full Time Equivalent

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April 2012 Produced by NUS Office of Corporate Relations Company Registration Number: 200604346E

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