Universities - Singapore

NUS falls to 10th place while NTU retains 12th spot in latest global university rankings

Singapore is one of only four countries represented in the global top 10 of the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2026, alongside UK, US and Switzerland.

Young Singaporeans build internship, entry-level job trackers to close opportunity gap

The founding members of ‘Sup - Jovan Tan, 21, Wilson Soon, 25, Chloe Yoong, 19, Ace Yip, 18, and Rachael Jong, 18 (left picture), Liu Rui Kai and Yicheng Li are co-founders of tracker.sg.

AI as a leadership KPI: Workers clash with AI mandates

NUS senior vice-provost Bernard Tan says that AI has not been made an official leadership KPI as yet, and that annual performance reviews will measure quality of work, regardless of whether AI was used.

Former DPM Heng Swee Keat appointed SIT’s first chancellor

As chancellor, former deputy prime minister Heng Swee Keat will serve as SIT’s highest-ranking ceremonial office holder and ambassador.

Undergrads can get hands-on AI finance training through IBF’s new programme

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong speaking with students at the Financial Industry Fiesta 2026 at SMU on May 19.

Maker of Canvas learning platform strikes deal for hackers to return data

The hackers said they had accessed the data of more than 275 million users at nearly 9,000 schools worldwide.

Developer of education tool Canvas issues apology after hack

ShinyHunters, a hacking group known for data theft and extortion campaigns targeting major global companies, ‌said in a May 3 post that it had stolen roughly 6.65 terabytes of Canvas data.

Teaching undergraduates the art of survival in unsettled times

As AI disrupts the jobs market, universities should prepare their students for a world where the script keeps changing.

NUS, SIM among Singapore institutions named in global data breach list

The attack blocked access to the Canvas learning platform.

Students from all polys, unis and ITE to receive free credits to build apps with AI

Republic Polytechnic's senior lecturer William Tan (bottom left) led an AI Product Bootcamp which taught students how to turn problem statements into production-ready code on Kiro.

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