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Quick Review
Acceptance rate
20%
Enrollment
30,098
Languages
English
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 20% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (GCE) with Advanced ('A') level or equivalent |
| Academic Calendar | Semester 1 (August to End November, Early December) Semester 2 (January to May) Special Term (May to August) |
| Enrollment | 30,098 |
We've calculated the 20% acceptance rate for National University of Singapore based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.
Tuition
Below is the standard credit pricing for the various degree levels offered at National University of Singapore.
| Degree Level | Cost Per Credit |
|---|---|
| Associate Degree | 1,749 CR |
| Bachelor Program | 1,950 CR |
| Master Program | 2,149 CR |
| Ph.D. / Doctoral | 2,850 CR |
Final tuition fees may vary based on specific department requirements, residency status, and selected elective courses. Please contact the admissions office for a detailed financial breakdown.
National University of Singapore faculties and divisions
Explore the various academic institutes, schools, and campuses that make up National University of Singapore.
Conservatory : Music
Music
Music Theory and Composition
Opera
Faculty : Arts and Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities
Chinese
Communication Studies
Economics
English
European Studies
Geography (Human)
History
Japanese
Literature
Malay
Media Studies
Multimedia
Philosophy
Political Sciences
Psychology
Social Work
Sociology
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
Theatre
Faculty : Dentistry
Dental Technology
Dentistry
Oral Pathology
Orthodontics
Periodontics
Radiology
Surgery
Faculty : Engineering
Bioengineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Engineering Management
Environmental Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Faculty : Law
Commercial Law
Criminal Law
Ethics
Justice Administration
Law
Public Law
Faculty : Medicine
Anaesthesiology
Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otorhinolaryngology
Paediatrics
Pharmacy
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Public Health
Radiology
Surgery
Faculty : NUS College
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Faculty : Science
Applied Chemistry
Applied Mathematics
Biological and Life Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Food Science
Food Technology
Mathematics
Natural Sciences
Pharmacy
Physics
Statistics
Graduate School : Integrative Sciences and Engineering
Engineering
Natural Sciences
Graduate School : Public Health
Public Health
Graduate School : Public Policy
Administration
Public Administration
School : Business
Accountancy
Business Administration
School : Computing
Business Computing
Communication Studies
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
E-Business/Commerce
Information Technology
Media Studies
School : Design and Environment
Architectural and Environmental Design
Architecture
Industrial Design
Real Estate
School : Duke-NUS Medical School
Medicine
School : Medicine
Anaesthesiology
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Community Health
Medicine
Microbiology
Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Occupational Health
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otorhinolaryngology
Paediatrics
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Radiology
Surgery
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by National University of Singapore.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Biology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Environmental Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Physics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bachelor's Degree
Accountancy
Applied Mathematics
Architecture
Asian Studies
Biological and Life Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Business Administration
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Chinese
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Data Processing
Dentistry
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Automation
Engineering
English
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Studies
European Studies
Finance
Food Science
Food Technology
Geography (Human)
History
Industrial Design
Industrial Engineering
Industrial Management
International Studies
Japanese
Law
Literature
Malay
Mass Communication
Materials Engineering
Mathematics
Media Studies
Medicine
Metallurgical Engineering
Modern Languages
Music
Nursing
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Physics
Political Sciences
Psychology
Real Estate
Social Work
Sociology
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
Statistics
Theatre
Master's Degree
Anaesthesiology
Anatomy
Applied Chemistry
Applied Physics
Architectural and Environmental Design
Architecture
Asian Studies
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biological and Life Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Building Technologies
Business Administration
Business Computing
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Chinese
Civil Engineering
Clinical Psychology
Commercial Law
Comparative Law
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Conducting
Dentistry
Design
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Automation
Engineering
Engineering Drawing and Design
Engineering Management
English
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Studies
Finance
Geography (Human)
Geological Engineering
Health Sciences
History
Hydraulic Engineering
Immunology
Industrial Design
Industrial Engineering
Information Technology
International Law
Japanese
Law
Leadership
Linguistics
Literature
Malay
Management
Marine Engineering
Maritime Law
Mass Communication
Materials Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Media Studies
Medicine
Microbiology
Music Theory and Composition
Musical Instruments
Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otorhinolaryngology
Paediatrics
Pathology
Petroleum and Gas Engineering
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Physics
Physiology
Political Sciences
Private Law
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Health
Radiology
Real Estate
Safety Engineering
Social and Preventive Medicine
Social Work
Sociology
Software Engineering
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
Speech Therapy and Audiology
Statistics
Surgery
Surveying and Mapping
Town Planning
Transport Management
Water Management
Doctor's Degree
Accountancy
Architecture
Asian Studies
Bioengineering
Biological and Life Sciences
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Building Technologies
Business Administration
Chemical Engineering
Chinese
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Dental Technology
Dentistry
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Automation
Engineering
Engineering Management
English
Environmental Engineering
Finance
Geography (Human)
History
Industrial Design
Industrial Engineering
Information Technology
Japanese
Law
Literature
Malay
Management
Marketing
Mass Communication
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Media Studies
Medicine
Nursing
Oncology
Orthodontics
Periodontics
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Political Sciences
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Health
Real Estate
Social Work
Sociology
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
Statistics
Research profile
National University of Singapore is a world-class research university with 240,120 scientific papers published and 8,656,935 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Medicine, Quantum and Particle physics, and Materials Science.
Publication / Citation count by topic
| Biology |
134,218
/ 5,725,591
|
|---|---|
| Engineering |
133,640
/ 5,149,497
|
| Chemistry |
126,163
/ 5,384,443
|
| Physics |
120,533
/ 4,688,540
|
| Computer Science |
102,834
/ 3,514,251
|
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
88,401
/ 2,813,702
|
| Environmental Science |
87,903
/ 3,131,867
|
| Medicine |
85,833
/ 3,353,588
|
| Quantum and Particle physics |
85,021
/ 3,325,990
|
| Materials Science |
72,121
/ 3,094,917
|
| Biochemistry |
67,409
/ 3,217,680
|
| Organic chemistry |
62,939
/ 2,898,996
|
| Genetics |
61,929
/ 2,746,323
|
| Mathematics |
51,731
/ 1,752,078
|
| Psychology |
46,568
/ 1,728,858
|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
45,071
/ 1,497,405
|
| Political Science |
44,032
/ 1,274,234
|
| Geography and Cartography |
43,785
/ 1,415,464
|
| Geology |
43,307
/ 1,583,696
|
| Law |
42,056
/ 1,240,672
|
| Philosophy |
42,017
/ 1,281,565
|
| Statistics |
41,021
/ 1,443,841
|
| Business |
40,077
/ 1,304,767
|
| Pathology |
38,895
/ 1,607,572
|
| Electrical Engineering |
35,430
/ 1,294,703
|
| Optics |
35,393
/ 1,413,516
|
| Ecology |
33,620
/ 1,364,623
|
| Sociology |
32,740
/ 1,062,227
|
| Nanotechnology |
29,751
/ 1,635,060
|
| Economics |
28,779
/ 911,529
|
| History |
26,650
/ 782,065
|
| Metallurgy |
26,258
/ 1,150,109
|
| Chemical Engineering |
25,611
/ 1,511,807
|
| Paleontology |
24,797
/ 911,719
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
24,160
/ 823,193
|
| Archaeology |
23,556
/ 740,816
|
| Machine Learning |
23,529
/ 904,118
|
| Linguistics |
22,832
/ 720,000
|
| Telecommunications |
21,706
/ 681,591
|
| Management |
21,589
/ 775,640
|
Annual publication & citation counts
100 Notable alumni
1. Rayson Huang
1920-2015 (aged 95)
justice of the peace
chemist
Rayson Lisung Huang, CBE, was a Hong Kong chemist, who was an expert on radicals. He was the first Chinese Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong, a position in which he served from 1972 until 1986.
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2. Ong Keng Yong
1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
Ong Keng Yong PPA PBS PJG is a Singaporean diplomat who served as the 11th secretary-general of ASEAN between 2003 and 2007. He is currently the Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at the Nanyang Technological University.
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3. Steven Chong
1957-. (aged 69)
lawyer
judge
Steven Chong Horng Siong SC is a Singaporean jurist who has been serving as a judge of the Court of Appeal of Singapore since 2017. He had previously served as the seventh attorney-general of Singapore between 2012 and 2014, and a judge of the High Court of Singapore between 2010 and 2012, and again between 2014 and 2017.
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4. Kaira Gong
1981-. (aged 45)
singer
songwriter
Kaira Gong Shi Jia is a Singaporean singer. She sang the theme song for Singapore's National Day Parade in 2006, titled "My Island Home".
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All 100 notable alumni
General Info & Contacts
Alternative names
NUS新加坡国立大学
Founded
1905
Motto
Towards a Global Knowledge Enterprise
Colors
orange, blue
Academic calendar
Semester 1 (August to End November, Early December) Semester 2 (January to May) Special Term (May to August)
Address
21 Lower Kent Ridge Road Singapore, 119077 Singapore
City Population
5,866,000
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