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Universities in Singapore

Singapore has 30 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1905. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES30

OLDEST1905

FOUNDED 1900+29

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–18990 · 0%

1900 or later29 · 97%

Date unknown1 · 3%

Oldest universities in Singapore

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1905National University of Singapore

1952Singapore Bible College

1954Singapore Polytechnic

1956Nanyang University

1956Management Development Institute of Singapore

1958Singapore Aviation Academy

1962Far Eastern Bible College

1963Ngee Ann Polytechnic

1983Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre

1984LASALLE College of the Arts

1991Nanyang Technological University

1992Nanyang Polytechnic

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