Established in 1965, National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School is known for providing management thought leadership from an Asian perspective, enabling its students and corporate partners to leverage global knowledge and Asian insights. This combination of global expertise and Asian acumen is reflected in all aspects of its research, teaching and industry outreach. As Asia's Global Business School, NUS Business School is a leading authority on business in Asia.

The school has consistently received top rankings in the Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...

 region by independent publications and agencies, such as the Financial Times, Economist Intelligence Unit, and QS Top MBA, in recognition of the quality of its programmes, faculty research and graduates.

The school is accredited by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), endorsements signifying that the school has met the highest standards for business education. It is also the first business school in Asia to be a full academic member of CEMS, which is a strategic alliance of leading business schools and multinational companies. Academic institutions included in the CEMS network are widely reputed to provide the highest standards of teaching and research.

The school has more than 110 research faculty, over 2,500 BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD students; more than 2,000 annual participants in Executive Education programmes; and over 45,000 alumni in diverse organisations and positions of leadership throughout the world.

NUS Business School is located at the university’s main campus at Kent Ridge. In 2009, the school moved into the new Mochtar Riady Building. Its current Dean is Professor Bernard Yeung.

History and Milestones

1961

Business Administration was introduced as a course in the Department of Economics at the University of Singapore, with staff seconded from the University of British Columbia

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1965

The Department of Business Administration was set up on 16 August, under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
1966

Enrolment of first cohort of 24 students.

The University of Singapore Business Administration Society was formed.
1969

Formation of the School of Accountancy and Business Administration with the merger of the Department of Business Administration of the then Singapore University and the Department of Accountancy of the Singapore Polytechnic

Singapore Polytechnic

Singapore Polytechnic , the first polytechnic established in Singapore, was founded in 1954. The former campus was originally located at Prince Edward Road...

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1972

Graduation of the first batch of 26 students in the Diploma of Business Administration programme.
1978

Implementation of joint-campus scheme between the Nanyang University

Nanyang University

Nanyang University was a university in Singapore from 1956 to 1980. During its existence, it was Singapore's only Chinese language post-secondary institution...

 and the University of Singapore.
1978 - 1980

Relocation from Bukit Timah

Bukit Timah

Bukit Timah is an area in Singapore and a hill in that area. Bukit Timah is located near the centre of the Singapore main island. The hill stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore...

 to Kent Ridge campus.
1980

The Faculty of Accountancy and Business Administration was formed at the newly established National University of Singapore.

Launch of part-time MBA Programme.
1982

Launch of Modern Management (Mandarin) Programme.
1983

Reorganisation of Faculty of Accountancy and Business Administration into School of Accountancy and School of Management.

Launch of Stanford-NUS executive programmes in Asia.

Formation of the NUS MBA Club.
1985

Formation of MBA Alumni.
1987

School of Accountancy moves to newly-formed Nanyang Technological Institute.

Faculty's name shortened to the Faculty of Business Administration.
1992

Launch of Modern Management Programme (Mandarin) Alumni.
1993

Introduction of a first hybrid modular system by Faculty of Business Administration.
1994

Launch of a Mandarin MBA Course with Tsinghua University

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1997

Launch of Asia-Pacific Executive (APEX) MBA in both English and Chinese.
1999

Faculty of Business Administration ranked the top MBA school in Asia by Asia Inc. magazine.
2000

Formation of NUS Business School Alumni Association.

Centre for e-Business was set up.
2001

Launch of International MBA (IMBA) double degree programme in collaboration with Peking University

Peking University

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The NUS MBA programme was ranked among the Top 100 MBA programmes globally by the Financial Times

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2002

Faculty of Business Administration renamed School of Business.

School ranked among Top 100 Business Schools globally by Economist Intelligence Unit

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Launch of Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Centre.
2003

Received AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation.

Launch of NUS-UCLA Executive MBA double degree programme in collaboration with UCLA Anderson School of Management.
2004

Launch of Saw Centre for Financial Studies.

Launch of the NUS MBA with specialization in real estate with School of Design and Environment.

Launch of NUS Business School Overseas Alumni Chapter in Beijing.
2005

NUS Business School celebrates 40th Anniversary.

Launch of the MBA with specialisation in healthcare management with the Faculty of Medicine.

Launch of MSc (Management) for all NUS undergraduates and a double honours degree programme with NUS Faculty of Law.

NUS Asia-Pacific Executive MBA ranked 30th globally by the Financial Times.
2006

NUS MBA ranked 92nd globally by the Financial Times, including No. 5 in international mobility and No. 12 in international experience rankings.

The NUS MBA was ranked 99th globally by Economist Intelligence Unit.

Faculty research ranked 51st globally and 4th outside of North America by University of Texas at Dallas.

NUS Asia-Pacific Executive MBA ranked 29th globally by the Financial Times.

MBA graduates ranked 1st in Asia-Pacific as most favoured by global recruiters by QS Top MBA.
2007

NUS MBA ranked 81st globally by the Financial Times, including 2nd in international mobility and 12th in international experience.

Launch of Commencement Class Giving programme.

Launch of Building Excellence Campaign.

School received a $21 million gift from the Lippo Group

Lippo Group

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 and the Riady family.

Groundbreaking ceremony of the Mochtar Riady Building.

MBA graduates ranked 1st in Asia-Pacific as most favored by global recruiters by QS Top MBA.
2008

The NUS MBA was ranked 89th globally, 9th in Asia by EIU’s ‘Which MBA?' Rankings.

First school in Asia to be a full academic member of CEMS (The Global Alliance in Management Education).

Ranked 2nd in Asia and 88th globally by Aspen Institute for ‘Beyond Grey Pinstripes’ Rankings for 2007-2008.

Faculty research ranked 47th globally and 4th outside of North America by University of Texas at Dallas.

Ranked among top three business schools in the Far East by Eduniversal.

Launch of the S3 Asia MBA programme jointly established between NUS Business School, Fudan University

Fudan University

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 and Korea University

Korea University

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2009

NUS Asia-Pacific Executive MBA ranked 11th globally by the Financial Times, the highest ranking achieved by any Singapore MBA programme in global MBA rankings.

NUS MBA ranked 35th globally and 5th in Asia Pacific by the Financial Times, including 11th globally in international experience and 1st in Singapore in Career Progression and Placement Success.

Launch of the NUS MBA and HEC Paris double degree MBA programme

Ranked 1st in Asia-Pacific most favoured by global recruiters by QS Top MBA.

NUS business graduates are the most desired by employers, securing the highest full-time permanent employment rate, according to the 2008 Graduate Employment Survey data released by the Ministry of Education.

NUS MBA ranked 89th globally, including top 20 in education experience and salary increase post-graduation by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Ranked 1st among business schools in Asia and 25th globally by Eduniversal.

Received European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation.

Launch of Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (CSEP).

Appointment of new management advisory board, comprising prominent business leaders, corporate chiefs and alumni.
2010

Launch of Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI)

45th anniversary celebrations & grand opening of the Mochtar Riady Building, named after Dr Mochtar Riady, Lippo Group’s founder and chairman, in recognition of the group’s generous gift to the school.

Cited as ‘the topmost business school in Asia’; named one of the best 300 business schools worldwide, by to The Princeton Review.

Launch of Asia's first PhD-MBA programme.
2011

Launch of Centre for Strategic Leadership (CSL).

Launch of Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO).

Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy was renamed as Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP) to reflect its broader scope.

The NUS MBA was ranked 23rd in the world by the Financial Times, including 9th globally in international mobility and 12th for international experience. 93% employed within 3 months of graduation.

Academic Departments

The school is made up of 6 academic departments:

• Department of Accounting
• Department of Decision Sciences
• Department of Finance
  Finance
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• Department of Management & Organisation
  Management
  Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
  
   (including Human Resource Management Unit)
• Department of Marketing
  Marketing
  Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
  
  
• Department of Strategy & Policy

Research Centres

The school houses 4 research centres:

• Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
  Social entrepreneurship
  Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change . While a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a...
  
   & Philanthropy
  Philanthropy
  Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...
  
   (ACSEP)
• Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI)
• Centre for Governance
  Corporate governance
  Corporate governance is a number of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions which have impact on the way a company is controlled...
  
  , Institutions and Organisations (CGIO)
• Centre for Strategic Leadership (CSL)

Faculty

The School has more than 110 distinguished international faculty members educated in renowned universities such as Harvard, Wharton

Wharton

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, MIT, Oxford

Oxford

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Undergraduate Programmes

• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy, Honours)

Double Degree Programmes

• Bachelor of Business Administration and Computing
  Computing
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• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) and Computing
• Bachelor of Business Administration and Law
  National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
  The National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law is the older of Singapore's two law schools. The Faculty was initially established as the Department of Law in the then University of Malaya in 1956, with the first batch of students matriculating in the following year...
  
  
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) and Law
• Bachelor of Business Administration and Engineering
  Engineering
  Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
  
  
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) and Engineering
• Bachelor of Business Administration and Communications & New Media
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) and Communications & New Media
• Ad-hoc Double Degrees

Concurrent Master's Programmes

• Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) and MSc(Management)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy, Honours) and MSc(Management)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) and Master in Public Policy
  Public policy
  Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
  
   (MPP)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy, Honours) and Master in Public Policy (MPP)
• Bachelor + MSc(Management) + CEMS
  CEMS
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   Masters in International Management (MIM)
• Bachelor + NUS MSc(Logistics
  Logistics
  Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...
  
   & Supply Chain Management
  Supply chain management
  Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers...
  
  ) + Georgia Tech MSc(Industrial Engineering
  Industrial engineering
  Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...
  
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Master in Business Administration (MBA) Programmes

• NUS MBA Programme (Full-time and Part-time)
• NUS-Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
  Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
  The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is a school of the National University of Singapore . It was established in 1992 as the Master of Public Policy Programme under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of National University of Singapore in collaboration with the Kennedy School of Government...
  
   MBA-Master in Public Policy (MPP) Double Degree Programme
• NUS-Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy MBA-Master in Public Administration
  Public administration
  Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
  
   (MPA) Double Degree Programme
• NUS-Peking University
  Peking University
  Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
  
   MBA Double Degree Programme (Full-time and Part-time)
• NUS-HEC Paris MBA Double Degree Programme
• S³ Asia MBA Double Degree Programme
• Masters in Public Administration and Management (MPAM)

Executive MBA Programmes

• Asia-Pacific Executive MBA (APEX-MBA) Programme (English)
• Asia-Pacific Executive MBA (APEX-MBA) Programme (Chinese)
• UCLA-NUS Executive MBA Programme

PhD Programme

The school also offers the PhD

PHD

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 in Management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

, a research-based doctorate.

Executive Education

NUS Business School also offers executive education programmes for leaders and senior executives.

• Stanford-NUS Executive Programme in International Management
• Advanced Management Programme
• NIHA Healthcare Leadership Programme
• General Management Programme
• Leadership Development Programme
• Strategic Management Programme
• Finance for Non-Financial Managers
• Strategic Human Resource Management Programme
• Negotiation and Influence
• Asia Strategies
• New Managers Programme
• Summer Institute for Business Management
• General Management Programme (Mandarin)
• Operations Management (Mandarin)
• Marketing Management Programme (Mandarin)
• NUS-SPRING General Management Module (Mandarin)
• NUS-SPRING Marketing Management Module (Mandarin)
• NUS-SPRING Operations Management Module (Mandarin)
• Customised Executive Education Programmes (Designed to meet the development needs of client organisations. Available in both English and Mandarin.)