Going beyond what is taught in classrooms and textbooks, these students from the NUS Class of 2026 have led inquiries of their own — pushing disciplinary boundaries and exploring new frontiers of knowledge.

The rise of artificial intelligence has often been framed as a challenge to the humanities and social sciences. But speakers at “Future Horizons: Envisioning the Humanities and Social Sciences”, recently organised by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) as part of the Ideas Festival Singapore 2026, argued the opposite: That a world transformed by AI will need these disciplines even more urgently than before.

Prospective students turned out in force for the NUS Open House 2026, one of the University’s largest events of the year, with some 21,500 visitors packing University Town on 7 March for a first-hand look at the University’s distinctive academic programmes and its vibrant campus community.

By combining technological innovation with human insight, the Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) aims to generate research that improves lives, strengthens institutions, preserves cultural knowledge, and shapes more inclusive and resilient societies in Singapore and beyond.

In just three years since the launch of ChatGPT, NUS has launched ambitious programmes to nurture AI-fluent students and use AI effectively in teaching, research and corporate functions.

Organised by the NUS Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), the Higher Education Conference in Singapore (HECS) 2025 on 10 December 2025 gathered educators from universities across Singapore to explore how to enrich learning experiences.

On World Philosophy Day, NUS Philosophy highlights how its interdisciplinary courses – spanning medicine, economics, mathematics and more – equip students with critical thinking skills essential for an AI-driven world.

Ms Megan Lau (NUS Philosophy, Politics, and Economics ’25) is a high achiever, excelling both academically and in her role as a ‘water princess’ in House of Dancing Water, a circus show in Macau.

By Dr Jonathan Sim, Associate Fellow at the NUS Teaching Academy and Lecturer in NUS Philosophy.

By Prof Simon Chesterman, NUS Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) and Dean of NUS College, and Assoc Prof Loy Hui Chieh, from the Dept of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS, and Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) at NUS College.