Singapore is reckoned as a great study abroad destination for international students. The country is home to plenty of universities that draw a diverse student population from across the globe.
Types of Universities in Singapore
Singapore has public-funded and private universities and several branch campuses of foreign universities.
Public Universities in Singapore
Singapore has five public universities offering a diverse range of programs at the undergraduate, masters and doctorate levels. The public universities in Singapore are financed by government, but autonomous.1
- National University of Singapore (NUS)
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
- Singapore Management University (SMU)
- Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)
- Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Private Universities in Singapore
Singapore has only one private university that offers university education. It is a public-funded, private university. It provides undergraduate and graduate program in a wide range of disciplines, including art and social science, business, science & technology, and human development & social service.
- SIM University (UniSIM)
Foreign Universities in Singapore
Several foreign universities have branch campuses in Singapore offering undergraduate and graduate degree program in a wide range of fields.
- Embyr-Riddle Asia
- James Cook University Singapore
- Curtin Singapore
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Singapore
- International Executive Education Center (IEEC) Temple University Singapore
- INSEAD Asia Campus
- Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh: Asia Campus
- SP Jain School of Global Management
- DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore
- James Lind Institute
- Sarbonne-Assas International Law School
- ESSEC Business School
- University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Rutgers Business School Asia Pacific
- Gallen Institute of Management in Asia
- EDHEC-Risk Institute
Other Universities and Institutions
There are several other institutions in Singapore that offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Most institutions are private and in partnership with Singaporean Universities.
- Management Development Institute of Singapore
- Asia Pacific Centre for Management Leadership
- Auston Institute
- PSB Academy
- BMC International College
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
- ERC Institute
- EASB East Asia Institute of Management
- German Institute of Science and Technology
- International Executive Education Centre
- Kaplan Singapore
- John Hopkins in Singapore, Division of Biomedical Sciences
- Informatics Academy
- Melior International College
- Marketing Institute of Singapore
- National Institute of Education
- Stansfield College
- TMC Academy
Top Universities for MS in Singapore
- National University of Singapore http://www.nus.edu.sg/
- Singapore Management University http://www.smu.edu.sg/
- Nanyang Technological University http://www.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/home.aspx
- German Institute of Science & Technology- TUM Asia http://tum-asia.edu.sg/
- Singapore Institute of Management http://www.sim.edu.sg/Pages/index.aspx
- James Cook University https://www.jcu.edu.sg/
- Management Development Institute of Singapore http://www.mdis.edu.sg/
- Singapore University of Technology & Design http://www.sutd.edu.sg/
- ESSEC Business School http://www.essec.edu/en/essec-asia-pacific-en/
- Curtin Singapore http://curtin.edu.sg/
- EDHEC Business School http://www.edhec-business-school.com/campuses/singapore-campus-155522.kjsp
- Embry-Riddle Asia http://asia.erau.edu/
- PSB Academy http://www.psb-academy.edu.sg/
- Temple University http://www.temple.sg/
Top Universities for MBA in Singapore
- NUS Business School http://mba.nus.edu/
- INSEAD Asia Campus https://www.insead.edu/campuses/asia
- Nanyang Business School http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University https://business.smu.edu.sg/
- Manchester Business School https://singapore.portals.mbs.ac.uk/
- ESSEC Business School http://www.essec.edu/en/essec-asia-pacific-en/
- SP Jain School of Global Management http://www.spjain.org/global-campus/singapore
- James Cook University https://www.jcu.edu.sg/
- PSB Academy http://www.psb-academy.edu.sg/
- Singapore Institute of Management http://www.sim.edu.sg/Pages/index.aspx
- Chicago Booth School of Business https://www.chicagobooth.edu/about/locations/singapore
- Strathclyde Business School http://www.strath.ac.uk/business/internationalcentres/singapore/
- Peking University-NUS http://mba.nus.edu/double-degree-programs/129-nus-peking-university-double-degree-mba
- HEC Paris-NUS http://mba.nus.edu/double-degree-programs/130-nus-hec-paris-double-degree-mba
- UCLA Anderson School of Management and NUS Business School http://ucla.nus.edu/
- Waseda Business School-Nanyang http://www.nanyangmba.ntu.edu.sg/double-degrees/nanyang-waseda-double-masters/
- University of St. Gallen http://www.singapore.unisg.ch/
- East Asia Institute of Management http://www.easb.edu.sg/en/
- Curtin University http://curtin.edu.sg/
- Temple University http://www.temple.sg/about/fox-school-business
- Amity Global Business School http://www.amitysingapore.sg/