Proportion of Local and Foreign Academics in Departments in NUS and NTU

Mr Seah Kian Peng asked the Minister for Education (a) what are the proportion and number of Singaporeans among the faculty of the (i) Political Science Department of NUS; (ii) public policy schools/departments in NUS and NTU; and (iii) Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in NTU; and (b) how does Singapore compare in terms of local vs foreign faculty in these schools/departments, compared to national universities in the US and UK.

Mr Heng Swee Keat: In the Political Science Department of NUS, seven or 28% of the 25 faculty members are Singaporeans.

In the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 38 or 46% of the 82 faculty members are Singaporeans. In NTU's S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 12 or 41% of the 29 faculty members are Singaporeans.

In the NTU Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, 21 or 44% of the 48 faculty members are Singaporeans.

We do not have comparable figures for UK and US universities.