NUS Highlights

Learn how our transformative education and multidisciplinary research have nurtured effective global leaders, impacted society and transformed lives for the better.

President's Welcome

We are Singapore’s flagship university. We hope you will be inspired by the many fascinating facets that make NUS a leading global university centred in Asia.

NUS President

Shaping the Future

“At NUS, we are moving boldly — and concertedly — to expand tomorrow's frontiers. We believe that we have the power to shape the future, for the better.”


Learn more

NUS Now

Come discover our exciting and vibrant campus and find out why #NUSLife is invigorating and fulfilling.

Thought Leadership

Distinguished thought leaders, movers and shakers in Singapore and across the globe gather regularly on campus to share their insights and engage in intellectual discourse.

When fear spreads faster than the disease

When fear spreads faster than the disease

Reactions such as unease and uncertainty are common whenever new respiratory outbreaks occur, especially when they involve pathogens that are less well known outside healthcare and research communities. This is partly because of the Covid-19 imprint on our psyche. Prof Hsu Li Yang, Director at the Asia Centre for Health Security and Vice-Dean of Global Health at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at NUS, comments that while social media amplifies a perception of imminent danger, the real challenge lies in fostering science literacy and measured vigilance.


Learn more

Why Meta’s fact-checking retreat can hit some communities harder

Why Meta’s fact-checking retreat can hit some communities harder

Meta announced in January this year that it will replace third-party fact checkers in the US with a community notes system and will wait to see how the change unfolds before making a decision about transitioning in other regions. Assoc Prof Taberez Ahmed Neyazi from the Department of Communications and New Media at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS says that Meta’s decision to dismantle its third-party fact-checking programme is more than a policy shift; it is a global abdication of its ethical responsibility with catastrophic implications for democracies worldwide.


Learn more