Colleges in Singapore

Student life in Singapore is diverse and welcoming for Indians as per student reviews on Shiksha Study Abroad. It is a major business hub of Southeast Asia, with no shortage of internships and part-time jobs options.

The locals are quite friendly and helpful. Studies are more affordable compared to universities in Europe, the US, the UK, and Canada. Availability of Indian food is not a concern, with several restaurants and Indian food stalls near college/university campuses.

Check Singapore Study Guide for Indian students, to know more.

As per the World University Rankings 2025 given by a prominent source, the NUS is ranked #8 among all universities globally, highlighting the standard of education being delivered to students.

NUS is considered a good destination for Indian students. The institute is geographically located in line with the living conditions encountered in India.

The overall student population is also very warm & welcoming to international students, with a decent chunk of the student population being Indians.

Availability of vegetarian food isn't an issue either, with a number of stalls & dining facilities located both in & around the campus.

As per data curated from the official university website, the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS) is considered among the largest faculty members with a median annual intake of around 1,900 members.

The total student population at NUS comprises of around 6,000 (500 exchange students) UG students & 1,000 PG students.

The NUS Faculty of Law, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy along with some other research institutes shifted base from the Kent Ridge campus to the Bukit Timah campus in Jul, 2006.

As per the latest developments around the university, the Faculty of Law is now planning to come back to the Kent Ridge campus starting from the upcoming academic session in Aug, 2025.   

NUS used to operate at the Bukit Timah campus, until a gradual shift began in 1969 to the Kent Ridge campus. The relocation took place over a duration of 17 years, before finally completing in 1986.

The university began setting up entrepreneurial centres across the campus, with the opening of the Centre for Management of Innovation & Technopreneurship in 1988.

As per the data curated from the official university website, the NUS Kent Ridge campus, which also currently happens to be the university's main campus, spans an area of around 150-hectares & houses a number of world class infrastructural facilities including classrooms, laboratories, libraries, sports grounds, recreation halls & dining facilities among others.

The National University of Singapore has a total of 3 campuses located across: Kent Ridge, Outram & Bukit Timah.

NUS houses over 50,000 students & more than 12,000 members of staff as part of its institutional umbrella.

Further, there are 16 colleges, faculty members & schools along with 48 research institutes & centres as part of the university's institutional umbrella.

It also aims to plant around 100,000 trees by the year 2030.  

You would need to have a decent academic profile to be considered for admission to SUTD as an international student, where minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and standardized test scores (SAT/GRE or English language test (s), for other supporting documents), transcripts, LORs are also required