Community & Social Mobility

Transforming Lives through Opportunity

Education is a powerful tool for upward social mobility. One of NUS' top priorities has always been to ensure that all students, regardless of socioeconomic status, have access to higher education.

Beyond raising funds for bursaries and scholarships, NUS seeks to gain strong support for community outreach initiatives and areas where education and research have an impact on the community and public service.

Get Inspired BY Our Stories of Impact

The strength of the NUS Giving community lies in a common belief that we can all play a role in making the world a better place by creating impact where it matters. By enhancing social mobility through education and community outreach initiatives, we can uplift lives and create lasting change. Read our stories here

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JOIN US IN FUTURE MAKING

Enhancing social mobility and uplifting communities through education.

Plant-It-Forward Challenge

The Plant-it-Forward Challenge is a fundraising initiative to support the Enhanced Financial Aid Scheme (EFAS), ensuring that all students regardless of their financial circumstances, have access to a transformative education experience.

Give to Teach SG

Impacting society through education

Give to Enhanced Financial Aid Scheme

Help close the financial gap faced by students from low-income backgrounds.

EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES

At NUS, we are advancing critical areas of research and education. Explore the emerging and important fields that the University is investing in and join us in forging a better future together.

Harnessing Technology for the Digital Future

Smart Technology & Connectivity

Optimising the Human Potential

Healthy Longevity

Nurturing the Innovators of Tomorrow

Innovation & Enterprise

Shaping a Globally Responsible Future

WHAT IS SOCIAL MOBILITY?

WHY IS SOCIAL MOBILITY IMPORTANT?

Social mobility is the engine that fuels a just and inclusive society. It enables individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, to climb the social and economic ladder. The importance of social mobility through education cannot be overstated — it tears down barriers, levels the playing field, and makes dreams accessible to all. By enabling this upward trajectory, we are not just transforming individual lives; we are enhancing the vitality and diversity of our communities.

CREATING SOCIAL MOBILITY THROUGH EDUCATION

Education is the linchpin in advancing social mobility. It equips individuals with the tools they need to navigate an increasingly complex world. Moreover, education acts as a transformative force, opening doors and breaking down barriers that often stifle potential. Through quality education, we are not just imparting knowledge; we are offering a lifeline to a brighter future and a stepping stone to greater opportunities, effectively enhancing social mobility in Singapore.

SEE THE POSSIBILITY FOR OUR FUTURE

You have the power to create transformational opportunities. Are you ready to change lives for the better?

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Community & Social Mobility

Transforming Lives through Opportunity

Get Inspired BY Our Stories of Impact

Unveiling a brighter future for renal patients

Duke-NUS Bursary Helps Navy Officer Become Doctor

How NUS College’s Impact Experience is Breaking Open the Classroom

NUS receives S$200,000 bursary gift from Food Empire to develop future F&B leaders

NUS Business School charity run raises nearly S$300,000 for student bursaries and youth at risk

NUS alumnus and aspiring migration anthropologist wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford

Supporting NUS student-athletes in their sporting excellence

Celebrating the Fok Chu On Family Bursary

Two new professorships established at the NUS Department of Chinese Studies

NUS launches Centre for Environment and Ageing Well to design living environments that foster well-being for people of all ages

Alumni Who Keep Giving Back: ASAC Appreciation Dinner 2024

Overcoming All Odds

Meet the remarkable woman who dedicated the last sixty years to philanthropy

NUS receives philanthropic gift to advance healthy longevity initiatives in the Health District @ Queenstown

Pursuing a passion to help needy communities

NUS Donor Appreciation Event 2024: Celebrating Transformative Partnership and Impact

Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare

Empowering NUSC Students: The Yale-NUS Alumni - Sojourners Agora Study Award

Benefactor Campus Experience 2024

Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein opens at the National University of Singapore

A Celebration of Love and Giving: NUS Alumni Couples Make a Difference

Margaret Cynthia Walker: An Exemplar of Kindness and Love

Why You Should Make NUS Your CPF Beneficiary as a Legacy Gift

Beyond Financial Gifts: Innovative Ways Alumni Can Give Back to Their University

Building a Tech-Savvy Future: NUS Initiatives in AI and Big Data

Nurturing Nature's Guardians: Environmental Education at NUS

NUS for Women Initiative: Changing the Gender Landscape in STEM

Advancing Public Health: NUS Initiatives in Pandemic Research and Healthcare

NUS Giving Experience: Artificial Intelligence Innovations - Empowering the Future

Opening Doors, Closing Gaps: NUS College's Inaugural Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign

Giving to help aspiring nurses realise their dreams

A Helping Hand: An Accountant Pays It Forward for His NUS Juniors

NUS Alumna Shoots for the Moon and Lands in NASA

Plant-It-Forward Challenge: Growing Futures, One Tree at a Time

What does it take to inspire a legacy?

NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences establishes Buddhist Studies Visiting Professorship to foster interdisciplinary research in Buddhist studies

Driving progress via innovation

Temasek Hall alumni shares joys of on-campus living through scholarship

The Ngee Ann Kongsi gifts $6M to Duke-NUS Medical School to foster tomorrow’s healthcare leaders

DVO gives back with Singapore Association for Mental Health

Inspiring Interdisciplinarity with The Liu Shiming Art Foundation

Plant-It-Forward Day in NUS: Philanthropy and Sustainability in Action

Design student bounces back from life’s setbacks with the Cocoa Trees Bursary

Aspiring engineer graduates from dream school with boost from Bursary

NUS alumna rises above life’s challenges with GIC Sparks & Smiles Award

Support the Scientific Forces Harnessing Tech for Good

NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences appoints first Visiting Professor in Sikh studies to deepen knowledge and research of Sikhism and the Sikh way of life

NUS Law receives S$1.1 million gift to establish the Chan Sek Keong Visiting Professorship in Public Law

Helping others help better: How this Social Work graduate found his calling

NUS Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music raises over S$1.3m to empower students, advance musical excellence and engage the community

Benefactor Campus Experience 2023

ASAC Donor Appreciation Dinner: A Night of Gratitude and Generosity

Silverstrand Capital founder Kelvin Chiu invests in the future of our living planet

Planting the Seeds of Change

Three Doctors’ Gift of Education to NUS Juniors

Powering a hydrogen economy for a brighter future

See the Possibility Series: Helping Nature Help Us

108 Years of Philanthropy: Chinese Women’s Association Empowers Female Students with New Bursary

Advancing Innovation and Impact: Asia's Food Security

Cultivating a Better Tomorrow - Plant-It-Forward Challenge

Building lives, nurturing minds: Teach Singapore honours student volunteers, donors and community partners one year on

IES Gift to Boost Construction Project Management Research

NUS Giving Experience: “Beyond Farm to Bar: A Sachi Experience @ City Sprouts”

NUS receives two gifts totalling S$8 million to advance mind health research and attract top talent in private law

Carousell: Buying and selling made simple for the smartphone generation

Paying It Forward: The Impact of NUS Financial Aid

NUS Giving Experience: Tune Music into Wellness – Celebrating the Launch of SE Asia’s First Centre for Music and Health

Fighting infectious diseases using AI

Partnering older adults to co-create innovative ageing solutions

NUS at COP27: Launch of new S$15 million research programme to improve the credibility of nature-based carbon projects in Southeast Asia

GIC’s gift empowers NUS tech talents to do good for the community

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Alumnus Rallies Schoolmates to Do Good

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy sets up new fund and scholarship through generous S$101m gift from the Low Tuck Kwong Foundation

Tech titan Equinix’s scholarship futureproofs our environment

Tokyo Electron Singapore Bursary Powers STEM Talent Pipeline

Pushing for change as women in STEM

Developing Machine Learning (ML) and Cybersecurity to Make AI Trustworthy

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