The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) is an autonomous postgraduate school of the
National University of Singapore
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 c ...
(NUS), named after the late former
Prime Minister of Singapore
The prime minister of Singapore is the head of government of the Republic of Singapore. The president appoints the prime minister, a Member of Parliament (MP) who in their opinion, is most likely to command the confidence of the majority of ...
,
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean lawyer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990, and Secretary-General o ...
.
History
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is an autonomous postgraduate school of the
National University of Singapore
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 c ...
(NUS). The
QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
(2019) ranked NUS 11th in the world and 1st in Asia. It was formally launched on 4 August 2004 and named in honour of Singapore's first and longest-serving prime minister. The school inherited the Policy Programme that NUS had set up with
Harvard Kennedy School
The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...
in 1992. Today, the LKY School offers five master's degree programmes, a senior fellowship programme and a PhD programme, and has four research centres.
The mission of the school is to 'be the leading global public policy school in Asia, developing thought leadership, improving standards of governance and transforming lives for a more sustainable world.
Its Executive Education, the consultancy arm of the school, established also in 2010 provides short term training programs for over 2,000 senior professionals annually from over 90 countries worldwide.
As of 2018, the school has over 2,800 alumni from over 90 countries. About 80 per cent of its student body consists of international students with the rest from Singapore.
In 2019, the school also published its revamped corporate video which promotes governance for the future as its main theme.
The school is a full member of the
Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) is a non-profit educational organization of graduate schools of international affairs, with 40 members and 26 affiliates around the world.
Starting as a network of Americ ...
(APSIA), a group of schools of public policy, public administration, and international studies.
Graduate degrees
The school offers five postgraduate degree programmes. They are:
*Master in Public Policy (MPP) – two-year programme
*Master in International Affairs (MIA) – two-year programme
*Master in Public Administration (MPA) – one-year programme
*Master in Public Administration and Management (MPAM, conducted in Chinese)
It also offers a PhD in Public Policy and the Lee Kuan Yew Senior Fellowship in Public Service Programme.
Double degrees
Both MPP and MPA students may choose to pursue a double degree with NUS Business School (MBA) or NUS Law School (LLM).
As a member of the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN), students from its MPP programme have the opportunity to enroll in a dual degree programme with either the
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the List of schools of international relations in the United States, international affairs and public policy school, public policy school of Columbia University, a pri ...
,
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
,
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...
.
Research
The LKY School has built up research expertise in four core areas principally, which are key areas of public policy challenges in Asia in the years and decades ahead. The four baskets of research focus are:
*Policy Studies, Public Management and Governance
*Social Policy
*International Relations and Global Governance
*Economic Development and Competitiveness
The LKY School has four research centres, providing research on the latest developments in public policy. These are:
Asia Competitiveness Institute
The Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) was established in 2006 to build the intellectual leadership and network for understanding and developing competitiveness in the
ASEAN
ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...
region. ACI seeks to contribute to the enhancement of economic growth and living standards in the region. It serves as a regional repository of competitiveness information that enables analyses of long-term trends in economic policies and development. It conducts research to understand patterns of policy and economic development, and develops models that are applicable to different contexts. It also undertakes projects to assess current competitiveness of key economic clusters and provide policy inputs for enhancing growth. The ACI is an affiliated institute of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
.
Centre on Asia and Globalisation
The Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) was established in 2006 to analyse the management of global issues and Asia's role in a rapidly changing and integrating world. Within this broad context, CAG has mapped out two initial areas of research: the mechanisms of global governance, and energy governance. The centre's research on global
governance
Governance is the process of interactions through the laws, social norm, norms, power (social and political), power or language of an organized society over a social system (family, tribe, formal organization, formal or informal organization, a ...
investigates a variety of innovative approaches to managing global issues, including: transparency and information; the public roles of the private sector; and inter-governmental organisations. The energy governance programme examines the policies and institutions needed to bring about a shift to a more effective, efficient, and sustainable global energy system, with a focus on the role of
Asia
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in shaping globalisation forces.
Institute of Policy Studies
The
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is a think-tank dedicated to fostering good governance in Singapore through strategic policy research. It focuses on Singapore's domestic developments and external relations taking a multidisciplinary approach with an emphasis on long-term strategic thinking. Established in 1988, IPS became an institute within the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2008.
Institute of Water Policy
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy established the Institute of Water Policy in June 2008 in partnership with the Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB) and receives funding from the PUB and Singapore's Tote Board. The institute's research is also funded by many local partners including
Sembcorp
Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) is an energy and urban development company.
Sembcorp's marine division provided a variety of services, including the engineering and construction of offshore platforms for oil extraction, until it was demerg ...
and Temasek Foundation; local and international government agencies such the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA); and international organisations such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The mission of the institute is to enhance understanding of the social and economic dimensions of water governance and contribute to improved water management in Asia. IWP undertakes independent research and engages in institutional and corporate partnerships to influence the discourse on water governance issues and make a difference in water governance and management. IWP brings together a diverse group of scholars from various disciplines across the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Amongst them, Visiting Professor Asit Biswas, founder of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico and recipient of the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize; and Michael Howlett, editor-in-chief of Policy Sciences journal.
Publications
The LKY School publishes a number of research papers, journals and books. Two flagship publications are:
* ''Policy and Society''
* ''Global-is-Asian''
''Policy and Society''
''Policy and Society'' is edited by faculty members Professors Michael Howlett and M Ramesh along with Professors Giliberto Capano (University of Bologna) and Darryl Jarvis (Hong Kong Institute of Education). It is a SSCI-listed journal that ranks 9th on the SCImago Journal Rankings (SJR Indicator) in the field of public administration.
''Global-is-Asian''
''Global-is-Asian'' is the school's flagship digital platform focusing on policy issues affecting Asia and the world. Backed by research and grounded in practitioners' experience, its content aims to shape global thinking and steer meaningful conversations on Asian policy issues, especially among policymakers and academics.
Distinguished Speakers Series
LKY School hosts conferences and lectures for its students as well as the wider public. Visitors who have spoken at the school include former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, former Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Pulitzer prize-winning author Thomas Friedman, Nobel laureates Elinor Ostrom, Amartya Sen, Muhammad Yunus, Aung San Suu Kyi, and former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.
In 2019, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy organised the Asia Thinker Series, a series of leadership events. This series of forums involving academic experts, policymakers and business leaders from Asia, focuses on key contemporary public policy issues and the emerging challenges of Asia's influence in the world. The series took place in Jakarta discussing "Indonesia in the Global Trade War: Impacts on Business, Global Trade and Investment". The topic of the second forum in Bangkok revolved around "ASEAN and the New World Disorder: Thailand, seeking a new balance". The third Asia Thinker Series forum was to be held in Delhi, India, in November 2019.
Aranda chatbot
In 2018, the school's Thought leadership & Strategic Communications team Social Media team launched a Facebook Chatbot named Aranda. Aranda was named after the orchid, Aranda Lee Kuan Yew and serves the school in its admissions application process. The project won a gold award in Marketing Interactive's Loyalty and Engagement Awards in 2019.
Alumni
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has over 3,600 alumni in more than 90 countries. The alumni have gone on to become government officials, ambassadors and social entrepreneurs, across the public, private and non-profit sectors.
There are 20 alumni chapters around the world, including in Beijing, Shanghai, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, India, the United States and Europe.
Notable alumni
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Tan Chuan-Jin
Tan Chuan-Jin (; born 1969) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2017. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Par ...
, speaker of parliament, Singapore
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Darryl David
David Darryl Wilson (born 1970), often known as Darryl David, is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ang Mo Kio–Hougang division of Ang Mo Ki ...
, member of parliament, Singapore
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Ugyen Dorji
Ugyen Dorji ( dz, ཨོ་རྒྱན་རྡོ་རྗེ་, , 1855–1916) was a member of the elite Dorji family and an influential Bhutanese politician. He served as the closest adviser to Ugyen Wangchuck, the hereditary 12th Penlop of ...
, minister for Labour and Human Resources, Bhutan
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See Kee Oon
See Kee Oon (born 1966) is a Singaporean judge who is currently a Judge of the Supreme Court and was the Presiding Judge of the State Courts.
Education
See received a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1991 a ...
, judge, Supreme Court, Singapore
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Chang Lih Kang
Chang Lih Kang ( zh, s=郑立慷, t=鄭立慷, poj=Tēⁿ Li̍p-khóng, p=Zhèng Lìkāng, born 23 October 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administra ...
, member of parliament, Malaysia
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Wong Shu Qi
Wong Shu Qi (; born 26 November 1983) is a Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. She has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kluang since May 2018 a ...
, member of parliament, Malaysia
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Jack Sim
Jack Sim (, born 1957) is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore, the World Toilet Organization, the World Toilet Day initiative and Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Hub. Formerly from the construction industry, he decided to devote ...
, founder,
World Toilet Organization
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, Singapore
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Don Wee
Don Wee Boon Hong ( zh, s=黄文鸿, p=Huáng Wénhóng; born 1976) is a Singaporean politician and accountant. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Brickland division ...
, member of parliament, Singapore
*Kwok Fook Seng, Singapore High Commissioner to Australia, Singapore
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Carrie Tan
Carrie Tan Huimin ( zh, s=陈浍敏, p=Chén Huìmǐn; born 1982) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Nee Soon South division of Nee Soo ...
, member of parliament, Singapore
*Aubeck Kam Tse Tsuen, permanent secretary, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore
*Aedit Bin Abdullah, judge, Supreme Court, Singapore
*Hoo Sheau Peng, judge, Supreme Court, Singapore
*Pushpanathan Sundram, chief executive officer, PublicPolicyAsia Advisors
*Elizabeth Tan, founder, Sight to Sky
*Martino Tan, managing editor,
Mothership
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Examples include bombers converted to carry experimental airc ...
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Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, India
Alumni awards 2018
In March 2018, the alumni relations team have given the LKYSPP Outstanding Alumni Award and LKYSPP Service Alumni Award through nomination.
LKYSPP Outstanding Award
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Jack Sim
Jack Sim (, born 1957) is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore, the World Toilet Organization, the World Toilet Day initiative and Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Hub. Formerly from the construction industry, he decided to devote ...
, founder,
World Toilet Organization
The World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global non-profit organization whose goal is to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. It was founded in 2001 with 15 members and has now grown to 151 member organizations in 53 countri ...
, Singapore
LKYSPP Service Award
*Wang Kejian, chairman, City Construction Press, China
Campus
The LKY School is situated at the Bukit Timah campus together with the NUS Law Faculty, next to the
Singapore Botanic Gardens
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a -year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. T ...
. It is based primarily in the
Manasseh Meyer and
Oei Tiong Ham
Oei Tiong Ham, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen (; 1866–1924) was a Chinese Indonesian tycoon and the son of Oei Tjie Sien, the founder of the Kian Gwan, a multinational trading company. Born in Semarang, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indo ...
buildings. The NUS Bukit Timah campus was built in the 1920s in order to facilitate the Raffles College, and later served as headquarters of Japanese Army during the Japanese occupation. The site became the campus for the Singapore Division of
University of Malaya
The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ...
in 1949, then the University of Singapore in 1962, and the merged
National University of Singapore
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 c ...
(NUS) in 1980.
After NUS moved its campus to Kent Ridge, the site served as the campus of the National Institute of Education and
Singapore Management University
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 Techn ...
(SMU), respectively. After SMU moved into their permanent campus at Bras Basah in 2005, the campus was returned to NUS, and became the campus for NUS Law School and the LKY School in the following year.
See also
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Kanti Bajpai
Kanti Prasad Bajpai (born 1955) is an Indian academic, international affairs analyst, and the former headmaster of The Doon School, Dehradun, India. He is known to be an expert on Indo-China relations. He is currently a professor at National U ...
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Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani (born 24 October 1948) is a Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as Singapore Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1984 and 1989, and again between 1998 and 2004, and President of the ...
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Danny Quah
Danny Quah () is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Quah's work includes contributions to the fields of economic growth, development economics, monetary economics, ma ...
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Institute of Policy Studies
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National University of Singapore
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 c ...
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