Study in Singapore: A High Quality Learning Experience

Singapore may be a small country but it is a big player in the education sector. The country is a hotbed for innovation and a world leader in research. Such level of freedom in Singapore has driven its educational institutions towards the top of the list of the best universities in the world.

Singapore houses a very diverse community of students which provides a conducive learning environment for all. The high quality learning environment is Singapore is complemented by the affordable cost of education and living in the country. An education in Singapore is now considered to be at par with those of its western counterparts like the United States and United Kingdom. A number of global universities have also collaborated with Singapore to set up campuses in the country, furthering the quality of education in Singapore.

The two best-known universities of Singapore are--the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Both regularly feature in the upper echelons of world university rankings.

NTU is revered for its engineering courses, and is in the global top five for engineering and technology. Civil engineering is also a highly sought after course at NTU. NUS’s quality and pulling power can be bested by few universities in the world. The school is ranked seventh in the world for the engineering and technology, eighth for chemical engineering, and is in the top 10 for social sciences & management.

But Singapore is more than just NTU and NUS. Singapore Management University among the world’s leading educational institutions in the fields of accounting and finance, computer science, economics, law and statistics. Singapore University of Technology and Design developed in partnership with the US’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and China’s Zhejiang University is also a well-reputed college in the country. Yale-NUS College--Singapore’s first liberal arts college started in 2011 as a partnership between NUS and USA’s Yale University attracts students from all over the world.

XL Pathfinders are the study abroad consultants of choice for students wanting to study in Singapore. We have helped hundreds of students over the past few years get into their university of choice in Singapore. The success can be attributed to our philosophy of having small batch sizes to ensure our trainers can focus on each student’s individual needs and requirements.