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Mission
Tembusu College is a residential and curricular college of the National University of Singapore. It offers the certificate-granting University Town College Programme (UTCP), and is the main teaching unit for the NUS’ Science, Technology and Society (STS) initiative. We also sponsor the Tembusu Forum series. One of the first curricular colleges in Singapore and Southeast Asia, Tembusu provide an exciting opportunity for undergraduate campus living.

Tembusu College’s motto is The Home of Possibilities. Regardless of faculty, department, or major, being a member of our college is an opportunity for our undergraduates to grow as individuals while discovering more about themselves and those around them – and doing so within a community that is also evolving.

Membership Benefits
Having a formal curriculum encompasses only one aspect of education at Tembusu College. From the beginning, we’ve paid as much attention to developing an informal, non-compulsory, ‘out of classroom’ curriculum creating signature activities. Much of the college experience happens in this ‘middle space’ between faculty-lead seminars and entirely student-led activities. Examples include Master’s Teas, Fellow’s and Student’s Teas, Reading Pods and overseas trips.

In addition to co-curricular activities, *most incoming freshmen will take four of their classes at the College over a two year period, helping them fulfill part of their General Education requirements. Some students from non-modular faculties (whose course requirements may be reduced or waived), and students on semestral exchange programmes add to the residential mix. Students from any NUS faculty are eligible to apply.

Freshmen normally reside in Tembusu College for two years during which they complete our course schedule. Additionally, the College provides many opportunities for learning on a daily basis.

Faculty members and visiting scholars from prestigious overseas institutions also live at the College and take meals in the same dining hall as students. There are regular ‘Master’s Teas’ and other events at which small groups of students can interact with distinguished visitors in a relaxed, non-classroom setting.

Tembusu College students also enjoy easy access to a wide array of UTown facilities, and are invited to participate in a myriad of exciting sporting and social activities. The three buildings of the College house approximately 600 undergraduates, a small number of graduate student advisors, as well as Residential Fellows, their families, and distinguished guests. UTown is connected to the Kent Ridge campus by frequent shuttle buses and a pedestrian bridge. Many regular NUS classes, especially those for freshmen, also take place at UTown’s Education Resource Centre and the Stephen Riady Centre, both just opposite Tembusu College.