Verified university entry
Yale-NUS College — Historical Record (CLOSED 2025)
Yale-NUS College — Historical Record (CLOSED 2025) is a recognised university in Singapore. Below is what AlmiStudy
records about it — only verified fields are shown; anything not confirmed
is deliberately left out rather than guessed.
CitySingapore
RegionAsia
TypePublic
SubjectsEngineering & Technology; Natural Sciences; Business & Management; Arts & Humanities; Social Sciences; Law; Computer Science & IT
AccreditationMinistry of Education, Singapore (MOE / 教育部) — apex regulator for Singaporean HEIs. Singapore HE: (1) 6 AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITIES (AUs) — National University of Singapore (NUS 1905/1980), Nanyang Technological University (NTU 1991), Singapore Management University (SMU 2000), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD 2009), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT 2009), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS 2017); (2) ARTS UNIVERSITY — University of the Arts Singapore (UAS 2024 merger of LASALLE 1984 + NAFA 1938); (3) FOREIGN UNIVERSITY BRANCH CAMPUSES — James Cook University Singapore, Curtin Singapore, University at Buffalo SUNY, DigiPen, INSEAD Asia campus, ESSEC Asia-Pacific; (4) PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS — Kaplan, PSB Academy, MDIS, SP Jain, etc. (under Committee for Private Education / CPE regulation); (5) POLYTECHNICS (5) — post-secondary diploma institutions (Singapore, Ngee Ann, Republic, Temasek, Nanyang) — not HE-classified internationally. English is HE primary medium across ALL Singapore institutions; Singapore is multilingual with English + Mandarin + Malay (national language) + Tamil as 4 official languages.
Founded 2011-2025 (chartered as liberal arts college by NUS + Yale University USA partnership; CLOSED 2025 by Singapore government decision; FIRST Yale degree-granting partnership outside New Haven). HISTORICAL RECORD — CLOSED 2025. Founded 2011 as liberal arts college by NUS + YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven CT USA, founded 1701) — FIRST Yale degree-granting partnership outside New Haven. ~1,000 students at peak. American liberal arts approach unique in Asian HE. CLOSED 2025 by Singapore government decision via merger into NUS College — controversial closure citing pedagogy + cost factors but raised concerns about academic freedom. Yale-NUS has been preserved as AlmiStudy historical record honouring its 2011-2025 contributions to Asian liberal arts education.
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