University of the Arts Singapore

The new arts university is a tie-up between Lasalle College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa), though both will continue as separate colleges ...

At a media conference on Tuesday, Mr Camacho said: "The establishment of the UAS is a bold and historic move. The university will also provide the opportunity for "larger scale" collaborations, such as with world-class arts practitioners and researchers to "further Singapore’s status as a thought leader in the creative arts in Asia and beyond". The new university will offer an expanded range of programmes in fine arts, design, media arts, performing arts and arts management, as well as in new and upcoming areas in the applied arts. "UAS will draw on the best traditions and heritages of both arts institutions to deliver greater value to students, faculty and staff," said the institutions in the statement. The university, to be called the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS), is being formed by an alliance between Lasalle College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). SINGAPORE — Singapore's first university of the arts will welcome its first cohort of students in August 2024, with applications opening in the third quarter of next year.

The University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) is being formed by an alliance between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and the LASALLE College of the Arts.

From Sep 1, 2022, the UAS board of trustees will be led by Mr Jose Isidro Camacho. The Education Ministry also recognises that there are pathways for people in Singapore with different aptitudes, and having diverse pathways is important, it added. There will not be a new campus for the new university, MOE confirmed in a briefing on Tuesday. Advertisement

The university will be formed by an alliance between Lasalle College of the Arts and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) and start receiving applications in ...

It signifies a long overdue coming of age for arts education in Singapore.” She added that UAS will help be a platform to plug Nafa and Lasalle into the industry, to be a national focal point for the arts and to bring more opportunities for students and faculty. The university will be formed by an alliance between Lasalle College of the Arts and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) and start receiving applications in the third quarter of next year, said the Ministry of Education, Lasalle and Nafa in a joint statement on Tuesday (Aug 30). Lasalle has partnered Goldsmiths University in London to validate its degrees since 2012, and Nafa started similar arrangements with Britain's Royal College of Music in 2011 and the University of the Arts London in January last year. MOE will give UAS the ability to grant degrees in areas such as fine arts and music, the ministry said in a press briefing on Tuesday, ending Lasalle and Nafa's current system of awarding degrees in partnership with reputable British universities. SINGAPORE - A new university called the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) will open its doors in August 2024.