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About Us
> Milestones
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1900 - 1950 |
1951 - 2000 |
2001 - 2012 |
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| 1951 - 2000 |
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1954
Inaugural meeting of the University of Malaya Society (UMS) held at Oei Tiong Ham Hall, Bukit Timah Campus on 1 July. Present: 44 members.
1956
Nanyang University opens.
1958
UMS operates from a room in the Cultural Centre at Canning Rise. University of Malaya operates campuses in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
1960
UMS operates from ground floor of 7 Cluny Road, premises provided by the University.
1961
UMS stages its first play, John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance.
1962
University of Malaya splits. University of Singapore opens. Singapore declares independence and joins Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia. UMS becomes the University of Singapore Society (USS) and publishes The Graduate.
1964
USS moves into 5 Dalvey Estate - the first Guild House.
1967
USS launches Student Loan Fund.
1968
USS launches Commentary to ‘serve as a forum for interesting views on contemporary issues’ and to make up for a ‘lack of suitable media’.
1969
University of Singapore secures site at Kent Ridge for its new campus.
1971
USS moves to its second Guild House at 15 Evans Road.
1978
Joint Campus set up at Bukit Timah to promote closer ties between the two Universities.
1980
Evans Road Guild House burns down. University of Singapore and Nanyang University merged to form the National University of Singapore (NUS). No longer a Guild of Graduates, representatives are no longer elected to be on the University Council.
1981
USS becomes the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS).
1984
Kent Ridge Guild House opens, built on land provided by NUS.
1987
Adam Park Guild House opens in March, followed by City Guild House in October.
1989
NUSS pledges $1.6million to the University of Singapore Student Loan Fund, donating $200,000 a year.
1991
NUSS completes Strategic Planning exercise. BG (Res) George Yeo, Acting Minister for Information and the Arts and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs delivers the inaugural annual NUSS Lecture on 21 June. Promotes establishment of Singapore's first Western opera company, Lyric Theatre (Singapore) Limited.
1992
Mr Ali Alatas, Indonesia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs delivers the NUSS Lecture on 28 October.
1994
Expansion and upgrading of Kent Ridge Guild House.
1995
NUSS pledges $1.5million to the Universities Endowment Fund to establish the NUSS Professorship to NUS.
1997
Opening of Orchard Guild House at Level 8, Cineleisure Orchard in December. Closure of City Guild House at Amara Hotel.
1998
Official opening of Orchard Guild House in November.
2000
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong delivers the Millennium Lecture on 4 November. Upgrading of Kent Ridge Guild House basement level from October to December. |
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