National University of Singapore

The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; ???????; pinyin: X?nji?p? Guólì Dàxué; Abbreviated ??; Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura; Tamil: ??????????? ????? ????????) is Singapore's oldest university, and remains the largest in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered.

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Abbreviation - Pinyin - Malay - Tamil - Singapore - University

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In 2000, NUS was ranked as the 5th best multidisciplinary universities in Asia by AsiaWeek magazine (now defunct). In late 2004, NUS was rated 18th in a global ranking of universities by The Times Higher Education Supplement, one of only 3 Asian universities (the other two being the University of Tokyo and Peking University) to be rated among the top 20 http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/headlines/0411/ranking_05nov04.htm. In another ranking, Academic Ranking of World Universities conducted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, NUS is ranked between the top 101st to 152nd universities of the world http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005_101-202.htm. Its reputation abroad has helped attract students from around the world, with international students making up 27% of the total student population in 2004.

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2000 - Universities - Asia - AsiaWeek - 2004 - The Times Higher Education Supplement - University of Tokyo - Peking University - Academic Ranking of World Universities - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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The university attempts to internationalize itself by building a global network through overseas colleges, teaching and research partnerships with other institutions, supporting international student exchange programmes, and the establishment of alumni associations around the world. NUS is the chairmember and secretariat of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, a founding member of Universitas 21, and is a member of the ASEAN University Network, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, and LAOTSE, an international network of universities in Europe and Asia.

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Student exchange - Association of Pacific Rim Universities - Universitas 21 - ASEAN University Network - Association of Commonwealth Universities - Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning - LAOTSE - Europe - Asia

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The university's Kent Ridge campus is located in the southwest of the Republic of Singapore at Kent Ridge, bounded by the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), Clementi Road, Buona Vista Road and Kent Ridge Park, with an area of approximately 1.5 square kilometres. In 2005, it won the rights to operate in the Bukit Timah campus against the Nanyang Technological University, and plans to move its law school there by 2006.

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Kent Ridge campus - Singapore - Kent Ridge - Ayer Rajah Expressway - Kent Ridge Park - Kilometres - 2005 - Bukit Timah campus - Nanyang Technological University - 2006

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NUS celebrates its 100th birthday in 2005. In celebration of this milestone, the university has been holding a year long centennial anniversary programme beginning 25 June 2005.

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2005 - 25 June

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