There are 5 local universities in Singapore.

1. National University of Singapore
   www.nus.edu.sg
2. Nanyang Technological University
   www.ntu.edu.sg
3. Singapore Management University
   www.smu.edu.sg
4. SIM University
   www.unisim.edu.sg
5. Singapore University of Technology and Design
   www.sutd.edu.sg

*Edupoll’s Guide to Recognised Universities in Singapore 2011

A private Singapore university organisation, Raffles University Systems, has been set up by SGX-listed Raffles Education. This university is incorporated in Guernsey, British Channel Islands.

Raffles University System's Chairman is Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, a former Transport Minister and Board of Governors include Mr Andy Lim, spouse of Lim Hwee Hua, Second Minister of Finance and Transport. The university system awards its qualifications in a few Asian countries outside Singapore as it is not recognized in Singapore yet.

Many foreign universities have a presence in Singapore in the form of a campus or a joint-venture with a local university or with a local private school which runs its programs. There are over 120 foreign universities offering programs in Singapore.


The below-mentioned universities have some form of campus presence in Singapore:

1. University of Chicago
2. INSEAD of France
3. ESSEC of France
4. James Cook University, Australia ( a joint-venture with PSB Corporation )
5. University of Nevada, Las Vegas
6. Universitas 21
7. Tisch School of The Arts, New York University
8. DigiPen Institute of Technology, USA
9. Queen Margaret University, Scotland ( a joint-venture with EASB Institute )
10. Murdoch University, Perth ( a joint-venture with SMa Institute of Higher Learning )
11. Edith Cowan University, Perth ( a joint-venture with SMa Institute of Higher Learning )
12. University of Wales Institute, Cardiff ( a joint-venture with EASB Institute)
13. University of New Brunswick, Canada ( a joint-venture with SIC College )
14. S. P. Jain Center of Management, India
15. Curtin University of Technology, Perth ( a joint-venture with Navitas Limited Australia )
16. Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School ( a partnership between Duke University USA and NUS )
17. University of Adelaide ( a joint-venture with Ngee Ann Kongsi )

More information about universities in USA, UK and Australia:

1. Ivy League Universities
2. Association of American Universities
3. The Russell Group UK
4. Group of Eight Australia

Overseas Education Links

1. Study Abroad
2. Scholastics Tests
3. University Ranking

For more information about recognized foreign universities in Singapore:

*Edupoll’s Guide to Recognised Universities in Singapore 2011