National University of Singapore founded
1905 CE.
Shown on the map at 1.296°, 103.777°.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 through the government-directed merger of the public University of Singapore and the private Nanyang University. The university offers degree programmes in 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. NUS's main campus is located adjacent to the Kent Ridge subzone of Queenstown. The Duke–NUS Medical School is located at the Outram campus. The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. NUS's affiliated faculty members, researchers, and alumni include one Nobel Prize laureate, one Tang Prize laureate, one Vautrin Lud Prize laureate, two Singapore prime ministers, four Singapore presidents, and two Malaysian prime ministers.
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