Noor Aisha studied law (LLB) at the Faculty of Law (NUS). She obtained her MA and PhD at the Department of Malay Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, NUS. Noor Aisha's research and teaching interests include Malay customary law, the administration of Isamic law in Southeast Asia, sociology of religion ( Islam and religious life of the Malays), Malay elites and development in Southeast Asia.

Research Interests: Malay legal history and institutions; Muslim law and its administration in Singapore and Malaysia; Sociology of religion (Islam and Malay religious orientations)