Yale-NUS successor college plans to halve proportion of international students

Currently, about 60 per cent of the Yale-NUS student body is made up of Singaporeans, while the rest are international students. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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SINGAPORE - The new college formed from the merger of Yale-NUS and the NUS University Scholars Programme (USP) plans to cut the proportion of international students in each cohort by half to 20 per cent.

In a report seen by The Straits Times, a planning committee for the new institution - called NUS College - recommends admitting a total of 400 students for the first intake in August 2022, of which 80 will be international students.

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