The University of the Arts Singapore (UAS); (

Standard Chinese Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern Standar ...

: 新加坡艺术大学; ms, Universiti Seni Singapura; ta, சிங்கப்பூர் கலைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a publicly-funded private

Collegiate university A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ...

in Singapore. It is a federation of two local arts colleges:

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA); (Standard Chinese: 南洋艺术学院; ms, Akademi Seni Halus Nanyang; ta, நன்யாங் அகாடமி ஆஃப் ஃபைன் ஆர்ட்ஸ்) is a publicly-funded post-secondary ar ...

, and

LASALLE College of the Arts LASALLE College of the Arts (informally LASALLE) is a publicly-funded post-secondary arts institution, planned to be a constituent college of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) by 2024 along with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Sing ...

. It was announced as a planned-university in 2021, and took its present name in 2022. The University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) will start receiving applications in the third quarter of 2023, said the Ministry of Education (Singapore), and the two Art Colleges in a joint statement. UAS university's centre will operate out of the National Design Centre in Middle Road, which is in close proximity to the two other institutions. UAS will be the seventh local university of Singapore, and also will be the only publicly-funded private university other than the now defunct and restructured

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 Uni ...

in Singapore. UAS will have its own degree-conferring power in Singapore.

Programmes

UAS will offer an expanded range of programme offerings in fine arts, design, media arts, performing arts and arts management, as well as in new and upcoming areas in the applied arts. UAS will release further details on the list of courses next year, ahead of its application window in 3Q 2023, for its first intake in 2024. The university will offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with degrees awarded by UAS. UAS will also provide the opportunity for larger scale collaborations, such as with world-class arts practitioners and researchers. Other collaborations, such as exchange programmes and joint projects will continue. Students at both institutions will receive degrees from UAS displaying credits along the lines of UAS-NAFA or UAS-Lasalle. Singaporeans will continue to receive government-subsidises for diplomas and degrees on-par with other Singaporean Autonomous University. UAS will generate new artistic thinking and discourse by creatively combining teaching, practice, and research. Collaborating with arts communities and industry partners locally and internationally.

References

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