S'porean Undergrads at Harvard Can Continue Studies in Universities Here

MOE Says Local Unis Ready to Support Those Hit by Trump's Crackdown on Harvard

- Aqil Hamzah

Singaporean students who are currently undergraduates at Harvard University have been told that autonomous universities here can offer them placements if they wish to discontinue their studies in the US and return home, owing to recent developments.

Mr Lui Tuck Yew, the Republic's ambassador to the US, said this during a virtual town hall with the affected students on May 30, The Straits Times has learnt.

In response to queries from ST, a Ministry of Education spokesperson said the Republic's autonomous universities "stand ready to support Singaporean students in Harvard if they wish to continue their studies in Singapore".

The spokesperson added that this message was shared with affected students so they could consider returning to Singapore as a possible option to continue their studies.

There are six autonomous universities here: National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore University of Technology and Design and Singapore Institute of Technology.

University statistics show that there are currently 151 Singaporean students in Harvard. Among them are 12 Public Service Commission scholarship holders.