FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES IN SINGAPORE

FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES IN SINGAPORE

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Dr Fatimah Lateef asked the Minister for Trade and Industry (a) how many foreign universities have set up campuses in Singapore thus far; (b) what is their combined estimated student population; and (c) in light of the recent decision on the closure of UNSW, what is the performance of the other universities.

Mr Lim Hng Kiang: More than 16 foreign universities have set up operations in Singapore to-date either on their own or in collaboration with our local universities. Of the 16 foreign universities, seven have set up their own campuses or operate on their own premises. The seven universities are: INSEAD, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, the Digipen Institute of Technology, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, ESSEC and the SP Jain Institute of Management.

Of the seven universities, five have already been operating here for some time. In particular, INSEAD and the Chicago School of Business have been in Singapore since 2000 and continue to steadily expand their operations. The Tisch School of the Arts and the Digipen Institute of Technology will be opening their doors for their first intake of students soon.

The total enrolment of the foreign universities that either have their own campuses or operate their own premises is about 1,000 as at June 2007. These universities are doing well here. Together with the wide range of reputable foreign educational institutions that the EDB has attracted here to-date and our public schools, Singapore is now home to 80,000 international students, up from the 50,000 international students in 2001.

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