The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School,NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the country. It offers degree programmes in a wide range of 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.
The Singapore Management University (SMU) is a public autonomous university in Singapore. The university is the only city campus in Singapore. It ranks third in Asia as a specialist university,behind Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School and College of Business,City University of Hong Kong. SMU was established in 2001 and models its education after the Wharton School. The university was also awarded triple accreditation by AACSB,EQUIS and AMBA.
Shih Choon Fong is a Singaporean college administrator and fracture mechanics expert who served as the founding president of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) between 2008 and 2013. Prior joining KAUST as its founding president,he was the president of the National University of Singapore (NUS) for nine years and has been widely acknowledged for creating the university's research-intensive focus with an entrepreneurial dimension,as well as for NUS' elevated global reputation. Drawing from his experiences abroad,Shih institutionalised a performance- and market-based evaluation and compensation system for academics.
Dr. Ivan Png Paak Liang is a Singaporean economist and academic. He is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Business and Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore.
Chua Beng Huat is a Singaporean sociologist. He is currently a professor in the Department of Sociology,Faculty of Arts and Social Science at the National University of Singapore,and concurrently serving as a faculty member at the Yale-NUS College. "He has previously served as Provost Chair Professor,Faculty of Arts and Social Science (2009-2017),Research Leader,Cultural Studies in Asia Research Cluster,Asia Research Institute (2000-2015);Convenor Cultural Studies Programmes (2008-2013) and Head,the Department of Sociology (2009-2015),National University of Singapore".
Tan Eng Chye is a Singaporean college administrator who has been serving as the third president of the National University of Singapore since 2018. Prior to his presidency,he served as Deputy President and a provost at the National University of Singapore.
Paulin Tay Straughan is the dean of students at Singapore Management University (SMU),where she is also a professor of sociology (practice).
Steve C. Currall is an American psychological scientist and academic administrator,and served as the seventh president of the University of South Florida. He previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southern Methodist University from January 1,2016. From 2009 to 2014,Currall served as Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. He has also held leadership roles at University College London and Rice University. On March 22,2019,Currall was named to succeed Judy Genshaft as president of the University of South Florida,and took office July 1,2019. He announced his resignation due to health and family reasons on July 19,2021.
Arnoud De Meyer is a Belgian business academic at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business of Singapore Management University (SMU). He was previously President of SMU,Director of the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge,and founding Dean of INSEAD's Asia Campus in Singapore.
Tan Tai Yong is a Singaporean academic who is the current President of Singapore University of Social Sciences. He served as the President of Yale-NUS College from 2017 to 2022. He is also Chairman of the Management Board of the Institute of South Asian Studies,an autonomous university-level research institute in NUS. He was a former Nominated Member of Parliament and served from 2014 to 2015.
Tan Chorh Chuan is a Singaporean college administrator and professor who served as the second president of the National University of Singapore between 2008 and 2017. He is currently a professor at the National University of Singapore.
The title of university professor is an honor bestowed upon a very small number of its tenured faculty members at the National University of Singapore (NUS) who rendered outstanding leadership and service to NUS and the wider community. The university professor title was first handed out in 2000. Presently,there are only five university professors in NUS.
Yale-NUS College is a liberal arts college in Singapore. Established in 2011 as a collaboration between Yale University and the National University of Singapore,it is the first liberal arts college in Singapore and one of the first few in Asia. With an average acceptance rate of 5.2%,it is among the most selective institutions in the world. Yale-NUS was the first institution outside New Haven,Connecticut that Yale University had developed in its 300-year history,making Yale the first American Ivy League school to establish a college bearing its name in Asia.
Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay,also known as J. Y. Pillay,is a Singaporean retired civil servant.
Saw Swee Hock HFLSE was a Singaporean leading expert in statistics,population,and economics,and was a noted philanthropist.
Goh Yihan is a Singaporean legal academic. He is a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He was previously dean of the Singapore Management University School of Law.
Elizabeth G. Loboa is an American biomedical engineer,inventor,researcher and academic administrator currently serving at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Brenda Yeoh Saw Ai is a Singaporean academic and geographer,currently serving as Raffles Professor of Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore.
Lee Pey WoanPPAPK is a Singaporean legal academic who is dean at the Singapore Management University School of Law.
