Press Releases

• Gift to NUS enables restoration of two 150 year-old Malacca townhouses

  26 September 2009

  The gift from Tun Tan Cheng Lock’s daughter Ms Agnes Tan to purchase and restore two heritage townhouses in Malacca, Malaysia will enable academics and students from the Department of Architecture to study conservation, preservation and adaptive re-use. The gift also supports two to four Tun Tan Cheng Lock Scholarships in Architecture for research and education in Asian architectural and urban heritage every year. The scholarships will be open to students from NUS and universities in Southeast Asia.

• NUS Helps Students Tide Over Economic Downturn

  13 March 2009

  The National University of Singapore (NUS) has deferred this year's planned adjustments to the tuition fees for the incoming AY2009/2010 cohort, as well as student hostel fees. Recognising the impact of the current economic downturn, incoming NUS students will pay the existing tuition fees. The new students, together with current NUS undergraduates, will also pay the existing hostel fees for the new academic year.

• NUS Receives $12m Gift from Goh Foundation to Advance Paediatric Oncology Challenge

  4 March 2009

  The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) today received a S$12 million gift from the Goh Foundation to help advance knowledge in the treatment of childhood cancer here under the Viva Children's Cancer Program established by Viva Foundation for Children with Cancer.

• Singapore Lions Clubs Establish Awards for Social Sciences Students at the National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University

  20 January 2009

  The Lions Community Service Foundation, the grant-making arm of the Singapore Lions Clubs, has contributed S$75,000 to the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University (SMU) to respectively set up the Singapore Lions Clubs' Bursary and Singapore Lions Clubs' Study Award. The awards which will be given out over the next three years starting in Academic Year 2009/2010, aim to support the academic needs of financially needy social sciences students at NUS and SMU.