Why are they closing Yale-NUS?

The decision to close Yale-NUS was “basically accelerated” before the programmes had a chance to “dilute itself”, said Prof Tan in the townhall.

What will happen to Yale-NUS students?

According to the announcement on Friday, Yale-NUS college will be ‘merged’ into a new interdisciplinary NUS honours college as part of the NUS re-organisation provisionally named ‘New College’, which Yale will continue to advise on.

Is Yale-NUS Yale?

Yale-NUS College is independent of Yale University, but the relationship between the two institutions is collaborative, supportive and mutually enriching.

Why did Yale leave Singapore?

NUS goes it alone Ambassador-at-Large Chan Heng Chee, who sits on the Yale-NUS College board, said the main purpose of the move was to “democratise” liberal arts education in Singapore and make it available and accessible to more local students.

Is Yale-NUS affiliated to Yale?

Yale-NUS College is independent of Yale University, but the relationship between the two institutions is collaborative, supportive and mutually enriching. Consulting Yale faculty continue to be involved in the further development and refinement of the Yale-NUS curriculum.

Is Yale-NUS need blind?

From the Class of 2025 onward, Yale-NUS will no longer have need-blind admissions for international students.

What is Yale-NUS College like?

Yale-NUS College is a unique university-within-an-university. Though part of NUS for legal purposes, it has all of the trappings of an independent Liberal Arts College: It has small class sizes and students are only taught by professors.

What is the difference between SMU SUTD sit and NUS NTU?

NUS NTU SMU SUTD SIT are basically all trade schools, and not, in the traditional sense, universities. Singaporean universities train its undergraduates, not educate them, while liberal arts education educate its students, with less emphasis on training.

Is the YNC-USP closure a merger or a closure?

A closure. The literature distributed by NUS almost uniformly refers to this process as a ‘merger’ between YNC and USP. The press releases from Yale and the press coverage vacillated between calling it a merger and a closure. Make no mistake, it is a closure.