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dent of Singapore, and Margaret Chan, director-general of SCHOLASTIC OPTIONS AT NUS
the World Health Organisation, among others.
To check the spread of the still rampaging Covid-19 pan- NUS’ 17 colleges include the Faculty of Arts and Social
demic, NUS currently provides a mix of online and offline Sciences, NUS Business School, School of Dentistry,
classes to students. NUS Computing, NUS School of Design and Environment,
Singapore. Once a British colony and untidy port, over the Duke-NUS Medical School, NUS Engineering, NUS Law,
past five decades since it became a politically independent Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Graduate School
island nation, Singapore (pop.5.69 million) has miracu- of Integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, Saw
lously metamorphosed into Southeast Asia’s most pros- Swee Hock School of Public Health, Lee Kuan Yew School
perous, modern and well-administered country notable for of Public Policy, Faculty of Science, Institute of Systems
civic discipline and high per capita income (US $92,270). Science, Risk Management Institute, Temasek Defence
Also South-east Asia’s business and financial nerve centre, System Institute, Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific and Yale-
it boasts an excellent public transport system and public NUS College.
parks, museums, restaurants, nightclubs and tourist desti- Undergraduate degrees are offered in 11 disciplines
nations including the verdant Botanic Gardens -- a Unesco including humanities and sciences, business and accoun-
World Heritage site. tancy, computing, dentistry, engineering, law, medicine,
Singapore’s climate is tropical — warm and wet most design and environment, nursing, pharmacy and music.
of the year. December is the coolest month and May the NUS has also collaborated with Yale University to offer a
warmest with average temperatures ranging between 22 - liberal arts programme and with King’s College London and
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33 celsius. English is the language of administration, busi- University of Edinburgh for Ph D programmes.
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ness and technology. Other languages spoken are Malay, For more details visit https://www.nus.edu.sg/admissions
Chinese (Mandarin) and Tamil. Tuition fees (per year): S$38,000
Campus facilities. In Singapore, NUS sprawls across three Living expenses: S$8,800
campuses — Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram — all NB: S$= Rs.55.55
set amid green groves. The Bukit Timah campus is sited
contiguous to the Botanic Gardens and Outram campus
adjacent to Fort Canning Park. within three working days of the declaration of results. In
The main Kent Ridge campus is spread across 150 hect- addition, applicants need to submit ACT/SAT as well as
ares and houses the university’s academic, research and TOEFL/IELTS English language test scores. Apart from ac-
admin buildings, student residence halls, sports and other ademic credentials, the admissions office also gives weight-
recreational facilities. This campus is linked by the College age to achievements in co-curricular and sports activities,
Link Bridge to University Town (UTown) which hosts the performance in academic olympiads and professional en-
Yale-NUS College, Singapore’s first fully residential liberal trance exams such as IIT-JEE/AIEEE among others. The
arts college. The Bukit Timah campus, covered with over 60 last date for submitting admission applications is March
species of flowering trees and splendid colonial-era heritage 31, 2021.
buildings, hosts the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy For admission into postgraduate programmes, students
and NUS Faculty of Law, while the Outram campus hosts are required to submit GRE/GMAT scores and IELTS/
the Duke-NUS Medical School. TOEFL test scores.
These state-of-the-art ultra-modern NUS campuses pro- For further information, see https://www.nus.edu.sg/
vide students a multitude of multimedia facilities including oam/apply-to-nus/international-qualifications/admis-
digital scholarship and think labs equipped with augmented sions-requirements
and virtual learning tools. The university’s eight modern Accommodation. NUS offers students a choice of 17 types
libraries including the Central, C.J. Koh Law and medical of accommodation including residence halls, student resi-
libraries house over 3 million titles and archival material dences and residential colleges. Students residing on-cam-
dating back to the 14th century. pus need to subscribe to meal plans — the campus boasts
Sports and recreational facilities are equally impressive. 70 food and retail outlets in addition to the 966-seats Deck
They include track and field athletics tracks, badminton, Canteen.
squash, basketball and volleyball courts and multi-purpose Degree programmes. NUS’ 17 colleges offer 150 undergradu-
sports halls. Moreover, there are over 200 student organisa- ate and 150 postgrad programmes including 70 double, 35
tions on campus which host a plethora of social and cultural joint, and 25 concurrent degrees. The university’s double
events through the year. degree programmes are offered in alliance with globally
Admission. The minimum eligibility requirement for admis- top-ranked universities including the University of Edin-
sion into NUS’ undergraduate programmes is successful burgh, King’s College, London and Peking University, China
completion of class XII/Plus Two with applicants required among others.
to submit exam results to the NUS office of admissions DIPTA JOSHI

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