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Singapore – Your choice for quality graduate education
Nowhere else in Asia will you find packed into just 704 square kilometres a dynamic city hub that has attracted the world’s leading educational institutions. Singapore, home to over 4.5 million people of many different ethnic backgrounds and nationalities, offers a diverse and distinctive mix of educational services in a safe, cosmopolitan and comfortable environment.
Driven by excellence, Singapore Education offers a broad-based curriculum and global perspective that will equip students with qualifications and training well-regarded internationally for their quality and relevance to meeting the new challenges of a dynamic, knowledge-based economy.
There are currently some 80,000 international students from more than 120 countries studying in Singapore. These are made up of Asian students seeking high quality education close to home, as well as students from the U.S., Europe and even places as far flung as Nigeria seeking a global educational experience in a culturally diverse Asian city. Many international students who choose to pursue postgraduate education in Singapore are attracted by the good quality of degree programmes offered by Singapore’s local universities and leading international universities that have campuses based in the city. In addition, Singapore offers a wide range of postgraduate programmes in engineering and technology, sciences (including life sciences and health sciences) and business.
WHY SINGAPORE? - KEY APPEALS OF SINGAPORE AS AN EDUCATION HUB
- Affiliated with the World’s Best
Singapore has, over the years, developed a strong public education system with high standards in teaching and learning.
The three local public universities, the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) are internationally recognized for their good-quality teaching, and advances in technology and research. In the 2006 World University Rankings conducted by the Times Higher Education Supplement, the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University were ranked 19 and 61 respectively out of the top 200 universities worldwide. The Singapore Management University, which opened its doors in 2000, is modeled after the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and aims to groom outstanding business leaders and creative entrepreneurs capable of excelling in a rapidly changing and dynamic world.
In addition, more than 16 leading institutions now have a presence in Singapore.
They include the following universities: The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Business), Duke University (Medicine), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology (Logistics), Stanford University (Environment), Cornell University (Hospitality), University of Nevada Las Vegas (Hospitality), University of Hawaii (Hospitality), New York University Law School (Law), Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (Film), Digipen Institute of Technology (Digital Media), INSEAD (Business), Technical University of Munich (Industrial Chemistry), ESSEC (Business), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Business, Construction), Waseda University (Business), SP Jain Institute of Management (Business).
- Global Education and Global Perspectives
Being in the heart of South-East Asia, Singapore is where western and eastern influences converge. Singapore has the capability to offer students the best of East-West education pedagogy with Asian contextual applications. For example, at the NUS Business School, their knowledge of western business practices and technology, and their understanding of Asia allow them to provide ‘The Best of East and West’ in business education and research, thereby offering a truly global exposure.
Over the years, Singapore has also managed to draw some renowned staff faculty to its universities and the diverse mix of faculty and students population in Singapore fosters a robust exchange of perspectives, knowledge and ideas; enriching the student’s learning experience while they are here.
- Wide Range of Educational Opportunities
In Singapore, a multitude of study options is available for postgraduate students, ranging from mainstream courses to the niche areas.
In its bid to be industry-relevant, it also offers a myriad of specialty courses such as tourism and hospitality and digital media, that will prepare students for their future careers and enable students to contribute to the growing needs of the global economy in these same areas. Particular areas of emphasis include:
- Links:
www.singaporeedu.gov.sg
