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List Of Universities In Singapore
This is a list of universities in Singapore. Local universities Local Autonomous Universities There are six autonomous universities (AUs) in Singapore. Local Publicly-Funded Private University: University of the Arts Singapore In March 2021, Minister for Education Lawrence Wong announced that Singapore’s first arts university will be established in an alliance between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts, in a system akin to the University of the Arts, London. The formation of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) will see both colleges under the umbrella university be given degree-awarding powers independent of their current foreign partners, where the current long-distance degrees are issued through foreign universities. Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs) enrolled in the approved degree programmes at the university of the arts will pay subsidised fees, comparable to those at autonomous universities here. The seventh local university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UniSIM
SIM University (UniSIM) was a private university in Singapore between 2005 and 2017. The university was established and managed under the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). It was the only private university in Singapore after Nanyang University. The university practiced an open-door academic policy towards working adultshttp://www.unisim.edu.sg/Happenings/newsrelease/Pages/MR2005-3.aspx 'SIM University To Enhance Opportunities For Learning And Knowledge Upgrading For Adult Learners' and offered only part-time programmes. Between 2010 and 2017, UniSIM was registered under the Committee for Private Education (CPE). In 2017, UniSIM was restructured into the sixth autonomous university, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and brought under the ambit of the Ministry of Education. Subsequently, SUSS conducted an exercise to issue certificates in SUSS for UniSIM issued certificates. A statement will indicate that these qualifications had been received under the forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Montfort University
De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was taken from Simon de Montfort, a 13th-century Earl of Leicester. De Montfort University has approximately 27,000 full and part-time students, 3,240 staff and an annual turnover in the region of £168 million. The university is organised into four faculties: Art, Design, and Humanities (ADH); Business and Law (BAL); Health and Life Sciences (H&LS); and Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM). It is a Sustainable Development Hub, focusing on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, an initiative by the United Nations launched in 2018. The Department of Education awarded university a Gold rating in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. History Origins The university's origins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
External Degree
An external degree is a degree offered by a university to students who have not been required to be physically present within the geographic territory of the institution. These undergraduates may be called ''external students'' and may study at classes unconnected with the university, or independently, or by distance learning. They may obtain the degree by passing examinations once they have reached the required standard, or by having successfully completed a programme put together from various courses or modules. In 1858 the University of London became the first English university to offer external degrees, holding exams open to people in other cities, or to London students who had attended evening classes. In various UK towns university colleges were established, where students could study towards a London external degree. The colleges were among the "approved centres" for London's exams. Soon centres overseas were approved, starting with one in Mauritius in 1865. The University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cook University Singapore
James Cook University Singapore is a branch of James Cook University, based in Townsville, Australia. In addition to Singapore and Townsville, JCU operates another campus in Cairns, Australia. JCU Singapore was opened in 2003 as part of the university's strategic intent of "Creating a brighter future for life in the tropics world-wide through graduates and discoveries that make a difference". The university is ranked in the top 2%* of universities in the world and is the leading tropical research university in Australia. JCU Singapore fully adapts the Australian curriculum and all degree certification is awarded from James Cook University Australia. JCU is registered under the Committee for Private Education Singapore (CPE). JCU Singapore's campus is located at 149 Sims Drive, in between the Kallang and Aljunied MRT stations. Programs offered Currently, JCU Singapore offers pathway, business, education, counselling, psychology, environmental science, aquaculture, informat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtin Education Centre
Curtin Education Centre, known as Curtin Singapore (a trademark of Curtin University), is a campus of Australia's Curtin University. Curtin Singapore is an Australian-based university that provides local and international students with the opportunity to receive an Australian university education in Singapore. Curtin University is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945, and is the largest university in Western Australia, with 59,939 students in 2021. Curtin campus locations include Perth, Kalgoorlie, Malaysia, Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore. Curtin University is a member of Australian Technology Network (ATN), and Curtin Singapore is registered under the Committee for Private Education Singapore (CPE). Rankings and reputation Curtin University is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021. Cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Institute Of Science And Technology - TUM Asia
The German Institute of Science and Technology – TUM Asia is an institute for research and education located in Singapore, formed in 2002 as the Asian campus of the Technical University of Munich. Background GIST-TUM Asia was set up in Singapore in 2002, under the Singapore government's Global Schoolhouse Initiative. GIST-TUM Asia currently offers 5 Master of Science programmes, MSc in Industrial Chemistry; MSc in Integrated Circuit Design; MSc in Green Electronics; MSc in Aerospace Engineering; and MSc in Transport and Logistics. The former three programmes are run jointly with either Nanyang Technological University (NTU) or National University of Singapore (NUS) and the latter two programmes are pure TUM programmes. GIST-TUM Asia then partnered Singapore Institute of Technology Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DigiPen Institute Of Technology
DigiPen Institute of Technology is a private, for-profit university in Redmond, Washington. It also has campuses in Singapore and Bilbao, Spain. DigiPen offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in Computer Science, Animation, Video Game Development, Game Design, Sound Design, and Computer Engineering. DigiPen also offers summer programs for students in grades K-12, online courses and year-long high school programs. History In 1988, DigiPen was founded by Claude Comair in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as a research and development institute for computer science and animation. Comair continues to be the President and CEO to the present day. In 1990, DigiPen began offering its first dedicated educational program in the subject of 3D computer animation through the Vancouver Film School. In 1990, DigiPen began offering a 3D animation program and began collaborating with Nintendo of America to create a post-secondary program for video game programming. With Nintendo's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S P Jain School Of Global Management
S P Jain School of Global Management is a private business school with campuses in Sydney, Mumbai, Singapore and Dubai. The school offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and professional technology courses in business. History S P Jain School of Global Management was named after Sahu Shreyans Prasad Jain (1908-1992). He was an Indian businessman, parliamentarian and a prominent member of the Jain community. S P Jain established its first international campus in Dubai in 2004. Soon, in 2006, the Singapore campus was set up on invitation by the Singapore government. The third international campus was set up in Sydney, Australia, in 2012. And S P Jain launched its fourth, and the latest, international campus in Mumbai, India, in 2015. Administration S P Jain's Academic Board is chaired by Clifford Blake, Professor Emeritus and a member of the Order of Australia. He was the Foundation Vice-Chancellor of Charles Sturt University before taking up an interim Vice-Chancello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INSEAD
INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San Francisco, United States). As a graduate-only business school, INSEAD offers a full-time Master of Business Administration, an executive MBA (EMBA), a Master of Finance, a PhD in management, a Master in Management, Business Foundations Post-Graduate degrees, and a variety of executive education programs. Its MBA, taught in English, is consistently ranked among the best in the world. The MBA has produced the second most CEOs of the world’s 500 largest companies, second only to Harvard Business School's, and the sixth most billionaires. Despite its relatively small size as a specialist, graduate-only university, INSEAD educated 2nd most C-suite executives of listed companies in the world's 19 biggest economies, only second to Harvard U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESSEC Business School
The École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (more commonly ESSEC Business School or ESSEC) is a major French business and management school, with non-profit association status (French association law of 1901) founded in 1907 and whose principal campus is located in Cergy. It also has locations in La Défense, Rabat and Singapore, which are used in particular for the ESSEC Global BBA and ESSEC Executive MBA programs. Founded by Jesuits in response to the creation of HEC Paris, it remained independent of any chamber of commerce and industry for a long time before passing in 1981 under the control of that of Versailles, which became the CCI of Paris Île-de-France in 2013. She is a member of the CY Alliance, formerly Université Paris-Seine. The ESSEC group delivers numerous training courses in administration and management, in particular through its post-preparatory class course called the “Grande École Program” conferring the master’s degree. It also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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