The National University of Singapore (NUS), founded in 1980 by a merger of the University of Singapore (founded in 1962) and Nanyang University (founded in 1956), offers the best environment and training to all its undergraduate and postgraduate students. Every year the university invites applications to its graduate programs and offers attractive research scholarships to graduate program candidates.

Today NUS is the largest university in Singapore. It has a student population of over 32,000 students, of which over 9,000 are graduate students.

The university offers a variety of undergraduate courses such as Law, Engineering, Bioengineering, Architecture, Business Administration, Computing, Dentistry, Industrial Design, Medicine, Nursing, Music, Science and so on. Students may opt for a double degree program such as Business Administration and Law, Economics and Law, Law and life Sciences, Computer Science and Mathematics, Law and Politics.

NUS Law School has earned well-established reputation for being a world top leading law school. It has over 50 years of legal tradition and heritage to its name. The Faculty of Law offers a variety of double degree programs such as Law and Economics, Law and Business, Law and life Sciences, and Law and Politics.

In addition NUS has formed collaboration with other leading law schools around the world such as the New York University (NYU) School of Law. Students have the opportunity to pursue quality legal qualifications both in Singapore and New York. Students can opt for an exchange program with over 50 partner law schools in the world, including NYU, Columbia, Duke, Toronto, Peking,Tsinghua, Melbourne, McGill, Edinburgh and Stockholm. Upon graduation the law degree holders are most sought after by the local and international law firms.

Today NUS law graduates can be found working in top law firms in Tokyo, London, and many other countries. In 2006 NUS is ranked Number 9 for Social Sciences in the THES (Times Higher Education Supplement) Ranking of World Universities. In 2004 NUS Faculty of Law won the Asia Cup International Law Moot Court Competition.

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