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The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; ; ; Abbreviated 国大; ) is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered.

The university's main campus is located in southwest Singapore at Kent Ridge, with an area of approximately 1.5 km2 (0.6 square miles). The Bukit Timah campus houses the law faculty, while the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore is located at the Outram campus.

The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has recently named NUS as the headquarters of his Asian Faith and Globalization Initiative together with Durham University in the UK and Yale University in the USA to deliver an exclusive programme in partnership with Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

The university is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in Asia. In 2010, the Times Higher Education ranked the university the 34th in the world and 4th in Asia.

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It makes sense to have clean toilets - AsiaOne AsiaOne--Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser from the -National University of Singapore's- department of sociology said: "I think most Singaporeans are civic conscious, ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:24:25 GMT+00:00
High-end condos can't keep pace with mass-market hikes - AsiaOne AsiaOne--(SINGAPORE) The latest flash estimates for November from the -National University of Singapore- (-NUS-) show that prices of non-landed private homes in ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:39:09 GMT+00:00
Weight Loss From Soda Tax May Be Minimal - ThirdAge ThirdAge--Eric Finkelstein of the Duke--National University of Singapore- Graduate Medical School says a nationwide tax of 20 percent generates a daily average ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:07:06 GMT+00:00
Ex-bus driver charged with causing maid's death - Straits Times Straits Times--Officers from the -Singapore- Civil Defence Force had to use a 10-tonne jack to free her. Conveyed to the -National University- Hospital with multiple injuries, ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:55:34 GMT+00:00
<B>Barun Roy:</B> Asia's signature cities - Business Standard Business Standard--Coming up on an 8 hectare site between the -National University- and downtown -Singapore- is a large-scale residential complex, called The Interlace, ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:20:17 GMT+00:00
Kids who dislike fruits are constipated - Times of India Times of India--Moon Fai Chan, assistant professor at the -National University of Singapore-, teamed up with Yuk Ling Chan, from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:29:00 GMT+00:00
Singapore Completes Study On Link Between CCT And Glaucoma - Gov Monitor Gov Monitor---...- Technology and Research (A*STAR), the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), the -National University of Singapore- (-NUS-), the Duke--NUS- Graduate Medical ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:54:42 GMT+00:00
Israel and Singapore to develop new nanomaterials - Israel 21C Israel 21C---...- centers will be relocated to a dedicated campus currently under construction adjacent to the -National University of Singapore- (-NUS-) University Town. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:33:27 GMT+00:00
Men With Breast Cancer Face Worse Prognosis - WebMD WebMD---...- may be due to a difference in tumor characteristics and treatment," says study leader Hui Miao, a PhD candidate at the -National University of Singapore-. ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:17:22 GMT+00:00
The Week Ahead: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in India - Wall Street Journal (blog) Wall Street Journal (blog)--13: Historian Wang Gungwu, chairman of the East Asian Institute and a professor at the -National University of Singapore-, will give a talk on the rise of ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:32:57 GMT+00:00

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It makes sense to have clean toilets - AsiaOne

AsiaOne--Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser from the -National University of Singapore's- department of sociology said: "I think most Singaporeans are civic conscious, ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:24:25 GMT+00:00

High-end condos can't keep pace with mass-market hikes - AsiaOne

AsiaOne--(SINGAPORE) The latest flash estimates for November from the -National University of Singapore- (-NUS-) show that prices of non-landed private homes in ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:39:09 GMT+00:00

Weight Loss From Soda Tax May Be Minimal - ThirdAge

ThirdAge--Eric Finkelstein of the Duke--National University of Singapore- Graduate Medical School says a nationwide tax of 20 percent generates a daily average ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:07:06 GMT+00:00

Ex-bus driver charged with causing maid's death - Straits Times

Straits Times--Officers from the -Singapore- Civil Defence Force had to use a 10-tonne jack to free her. Conveyed to the -National University- Hospital with multiple injuries, ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:55:34 GMT+00:00

<B>Barun Roy:</B> Asia's signature cities - Business Standard

Business Standard--Coming up on an 8 hectare site between the -National University- and downtown -Singapore- is a large-scale residential complex, called The Interlace, ... - Date : Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:20:17 GMT+00:00

Kids who dislike fruits are constipated - Times of India

Times of India--Moon Fai Chan, assistant professor at the -National University of Singapore-, teamed up with Yuk Ling Chan, from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:29:00 GMT+00:00

Singapore Completes Study On Link Between CCT And Glaucoma - Gov Monitor

Gov Monitor---...- Technology and Research (A*STAR), the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), the -National University of Singapore- (-NUS-), the Duke--NUS- Graduate Medical ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:54:42 GMT+00:00

Israel and Singapore to develop new nanomaterials - Israel 21C

Israel 21C---...- centers will be relocated to a dedicated campus currently under construction adjacent to the -National University of Singapore- (-NUS-) University Town. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:33:27 GMT+00:00

Men With Breast Cancer Face Worse Prognosis - WebMD

WebMD---...- may be due to a difference in tumor characteristics and treatment," says study leader Hui Miao, a PhD candidate at the -National University of Singapore-. ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:17:22 GMT+00:00

The Week Ahead: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in India - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Wall Street Journal (blog)--13: Historian Wang Gungwu, chairman of the East Asian Institute and a professor at the -National University of Singapore-, will give a talk on the rise of ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:32:57 GMT+00:00

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Principals (King Edward VII Medical College)	Presidents and Principals * (Raffles College)
Gerald Dudley Freer	1905 � 1909	Richard Olaf Winstedt	1928 � 1931
Robert Donald Keith	1909 � 1918	James Watson	1932 � 1934
George Hugh MacAlister	1918 � 1929	Frederick Joseph Morten	1935 � 1937
George V. Allen	1929 � 1941	Alexander Keir	1937 � 1938
World War II	1941 � 1945	George McOwan	1938 � 1941
George V. Allen	1946 � 1947	Second World War	1941 � 1945
Desmond William George Faris	1947 � 1949	W. E. Dyer	1946 � 1948
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Education in Singapore

Schools		International schools * Pre-university centres
Technical and Vocational Institutes		Institute of Technical Education * Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre
Polytechnics		Singapore Polytechnic * Ngee Ann Polytechnic * Temasek Polytechnic * Nanyang Polytechnic * Republic Polytechnic
Public universities		National University of Singapore * Nanyang Technological University * Singapore Management University * Singapore University of Technology and Design
Private universities and colleges		SIM University * James Cook University International Campus * University of Nevada, Las Vegas * NYU Tisch School of the Arts * University of New Brunswick College * Queen Margaret University * Curtin University of Technology * University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Programmes		Edusave * Gifted Education Programme * Integrated Programme * Special Assistance Plan * President's Scholar * Provisional Admission Exercise * Third Language * Programme for Rebuilding and IMproving Existing schools * Trim and Fit
Examinations		Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board * Primary School Leaving Examination * Singaporean GCE 'O' Level * GCE 'A' Level * International Baccalaureate * Ten year series * H3 Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Co-curriculas		Co-Curricular Activity * National Physical Fitness Award * Singapore Youth Festival * List of youth organisations * Boys' Brigade * National Cadet Corps * National Civil Defence Cadet Corps * National Police Cadet Corps * Outward Bound Singapore * Red Cross Youth * Singapore Scout Association * Girl Guides Singapore * St. John Ambulance Brigade * Infocomm Club
Libraries		National Library Board

Brunei	Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)
Burma	Yangon Institute of Economics (IE) * University of Yangon (UY)
Cambodia	Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)
Indonesia	University of Indonesia (UI) * Gadjah Mada University (UGM) * Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) * Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)
Laos	National University of Laos (NUOL)
Malaysia	Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) * University of Malaya (UM) * Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Philippines	Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo) * De La Salle University (DLSU) * University of the Philippines (UP)
Singapore	Nanyang Technological University (NTU) * National University of Singapore (NUS)
Thailand	Burapha University (BUU) * Chulalongkorn University (CU)
Vietnam	Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-Hanoi) * Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM)

Association of Pacific Rim Universities

China		Fudan * HKUST * Nanjing * Peking * Tsinghua * Hong Kong * USTC * Zhejiang
Japan		Keio * Kyoto * Osaka * Tohoku * Tokyo * Waseda
South Korea		Seoul National (SNU) * Korea (KU)
Russia		Far Eastern National (FENU)
Canada		British Columbia (UBC)
Mexico		Monterrey Institute of Technology * UNAM
United States		Caltech * Stanford * UC Berkeley * UC Davis * UC Irvine * UCLA * UCSD * UCSB * Oregon * Southern California (USC) * Washington
Australia		Australian National (ANU) * Melbourne * Sydney
New Zealand		Auckland
Chile		Chile
Indonesia		Indonesia
Malaysia		Malaya
Philippines		Philippines (UP)
Singapore		NUS
Taiwan		National Taiwan (NTU)
Thailand		Chulalongkorn

East Asia	Fudan * Korea (KU) * NUS * Shanghai Jiao Tong (SJTU) * Hong Kong * Waseda
South Asia	Delhi
Europe	Lund * Dublin (UCD) * Birmingham * Edinburgh * Glasgow * Nottingham
North America	McGill * ITESM * British Columbia (UBC) * Connecticut * Virginia
Oceania	Auckland * Queensland * Melbourne * New South Wales (UNSW)

International Alliance of Research Universities

ANU * UC Berkeley * Cambridge * Copenhagen * ETH Zurich * Oxford * Peking * NUS * Tokyo * Yale

ANU * UC Berkeley * Cambridge * Copenhagen * ETH Zurich * Oxford * Peking * NUS * Tokyo * Yale