thumb|National University of Singapore, with a history dating back to 1905, is the oldest university in Singapore
This is a list of universities in Singapore. The oldest university in Singapore is the National University of Singapore, which was established in its current form in 1980, but has a history in tertiary education dating back to 1905. The university along with the Nanyang Technological University are research intensive and rank the highest in global university ranking publications.
Newer universities have been established by the government since 2000 that specialise in various sectors and in applied learning. Singapore also has partnered and directly-operated campuses from foreign universities and other private institutions offering external degree programs from overseas institutions.
Publicly-funded local universities
Current
Singapore has seven publicly-funded universities. Six of them are gazetted as autonomous universities, with the exception of the University of the Arts Singapore. Dates starred with an asterisk are the earliest antecedent institution.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | University
!Abbreviation
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Established
! data-sort-type="number" | QS rank
! data-sort-type="number" | ARWU rank
! data-sort-type="number" | THE rank
! data-sort-type="number" | US<br />News<br />rank
! data-sort-type="number" | CWTS rank<br />
|-
| align="center" |National University of Singapore
| align="center" | NUS
| align="center" |Research intensive autonomous university
| align="center" |1905*
| align="center" |8
| align="center" |71
| align="center" |17
| align="center" |22
| align="center" |38
|-
| align="center" |Nanyang Technological University
| align="center" | NTU
| align="center" |Research intensive autonomous university
| align="center" |1981*
| align="center" |12
| align="center" |93
| align="center" |30
| align="center" |27
| align="center" |86
|-
| align="center" |Singapore Management University
| align="center" | SMU
| align="center" |Research intensive autonomous university
| align="center" |2000
| align="center" |511
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" |577
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
|-
| align="center" |Singapore University of Social Sciences
| align="center" | SUSS
| align="center" |Autonomous university of applied learning
| align="center" |2005*
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
|-
| align="center" |Singapore Institute of Technology
| align="center" | SIT
| align="center" |Autonomous university of applied learning
| align="center" |2009
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
|-
| align="center" |Singapore University of Technology and Design
| align="center" | SUTD
| align="center" |Research intensive autonomous university
| align="center" |2009
| align="center" |519
| align="center" |901-1000
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" |302
| align="center" |1177
|-
| align="center" |University of the Arts Singapore
| align="center" | UAS
| align="center" |Collegiate university of the arts
| align="center" |2023
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
| align="center" data-sort-value="100000" |N/A
|-
|}
Defunct
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" | University
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Established
! scope="col" | Defunct
! scope="col" | Comments
|-
| align="center" |Nanyang University
| align="center" |Private university
| align="center" |1956
| align="center" |1980
| align="left" |Defunct following merger with University of Singapore to form NUS
|-
| align="center" |SIM University
| align="center" |Private university
| align="center" |2005
| align="center" |2017
| align="left" |Defunct following restructuring to form SUSS
|-
|}
Foreign institutions
Foreign institutions are regulated by the Committee for Private Education (CPE). There are various accreditation and rating processes in Singapore including the EduTrust Certification Scheme. Below is an incomplete list of institutions of higher learning that offer undergraduate and/or graduate programmes in Singapore.
Local campuses of foreign universities
The following private education institutions are local branches of foreign universities.
! data-sort-type="number" | ARWU rank
! data-sort-type="number" | US<br />News<br />rank Dates starred with an asterisk are the earliest antecedent institution.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
! scope="col" | University
!Abbrev.
!Partner
! scope="col" | Estab.
! data-sort-type="number" | QS rank
! data-sort-type="number" | ARWU rank
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
! scope="col" | University
!Abbreviation
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Established
|-
| align="center" |Switzerland
| align="center" |St. Gallen Institute of Management in Asia (University of St. Gallen)
| align="center" |SGI-HSG
| align="left" |Public research intensive autonomous university
| align="center" |1898
|-
| align="center" |France
| align="center" |ESSEC Business School
| align="center" |ESSEC
| align="left" |Private non-profit business school
| align="center" |1907
|-
| align="center" |France
| align="center" |INSEAD Asia Campus
| align="center" |INSEAD
| align="left" |Private non-profit business school
| align="center" |1957
|-
| align="center" |India
| align="center" |S P Jain School of Global Management
| align="center" |SPJAIN
| align="left" |Private business school
| align="center" |2004
|-
| align="center" |Switzerland
| align="center" |EHL Hospitality Business School
| align="center" |EHL
| align="left" |Private non-profit hospitality school
| align="center" |1893
|-
|}
Private external degree providers
The following private education institutions offer external degree programmes (EDPs) with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees conferred by the institutions' partner universities.
|University of London; University of Northampton; Teesside University
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| Auston Institute of Management || University of the West of England
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| BAC College (Singapore)|| University of London
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|Beacon International College
|Cardiff Metropolitan University; University of East London
|-
|DIMENSIONS International College
|Cardiff Metropolitan University; University of Derby; Wrexham University
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| East Asia Institute of Management (EAIM)|| Aston University; Cardiff Metropolitan University; De Montfort University; University of Essex; Herriot-Watt University; Queen Margaret University; Sheffield Hallam University
|-
| ERC Institute || Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; University of Chichester; University of Greenwich
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|Kaplan Higher Education Academy||Birmingham City University, Monash University; Murdoch University; Northumbria University; RMIT University, Royal Holloway, University of London; University College Dublin; University of Essex; University of Portsmouth
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| London School of Business & Finance||Manchester Metropolitan University; University of East London; University of Greenwich
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| Management Development Institute of Singapore||Bangor University; Edinburgh Napier University; Leeds Beckett University; Northumbria University; University of Central Oklahoma; University of Roehampton; University of Sunderland; Teesside University
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| Nanyang Institute of Management||Abertay University; University of the West of Scotland; York St John University
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| PSB Academy|| Coventry University; Edinburgh Napier University; Edith Cowan University; La Trobe University; Massey University; The University of Newcastle, Australia; University of Canberra; University of Hertfordshire; University of Nottingham
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| Raffles College of Higher Education|| Coventry University
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| SISH Institute|| University of West London
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|Singapore Institute of Management||La Trobe University; RMIT University; State University of New York at Buffalo; University of Birmingham; University of London; University of Stirling; University of Sydney; University of Warwick; University of Wollongong
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| Singapore Raffles Music College|| University of West London; University for the Creative Arts
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| TMC Academy||University of Northampton
|}
See also
- Education in Singapore
- List of schools in Singapore
- Lists of universities and colleges by country