NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
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20 Clementi Avenue 1 Singapore 129957 |
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| Coordinates | 1°18′25″N 103°46′10″E / 1.306911°N 103.769356°ECoordinates: 1°18′25″N 103°46′10″E / 1.306911°N 103.769356°E |
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| Type | Specialized Independent |
| Motto | Experiment. Explore. Excel. |
| Established | 1 January 2005 |
| Session | Single session |
| Principal | Mrs Lee Bee Yann |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Age range | 13-18 |
| Enrolment | ≈ 980 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Language | English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, Hindi, French, Japanese |
| Classrooms | 54 |
| Houses | Nobel, Fleming, Faraday, Fibonacci |
| Affiliation | National University of Singapore |
| Website | www |
The NUS (National University of Singapore) High School of Math and Science is a specialised independent high school in Singapore offering a six-year Integrated Programme (IP) leading to the NUS High School Diploma.
The school offers an accelerated mathematics and science curriculum integrated with language arts, humanities, arts, sports, in a modular system. 90% of its graduates have pursued Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine-related courses in University.
Though NUS High School is an Integrated Programme school, which means students bypass the O-levels, it does not offer A-level or International Baccalaureate programmes, unlike other Integrated Programme schools in Singapore. Instead, it offers a NUS High School Diploma, which is recognized by all universities in Singapore, as well as top universities worldwide; its academic rigour is comparable to the above-mentioned qualifications.
The diploma's curriculum is based on a modular system similar to NUS, where core modules are compulsory, elective modules help deepen the student's knowledge and may be compulsory for a major in a particular subject, and enrichment modules are purely for the student's interests. The school uses the cumulative average point (CAP) system, a 5-point system similar to the grade point average used in the United States.
Most notably, the school's mathematics and science curriculum is accelerated. Topics are usually covered earlier than normal; for example, the mole is introduced in Year 2 rather than in Year 3, some kinematics in Year 1 instead of Year 5, and molecular biology and genetics in Year 4 instead of Year 6. Examples of accelerated curriculum on mathematics include sections on solutions of equations in Year 1 rather than in Year 3, three-dimensional vectors and matrices in Years 2 and 4 instead of Year 5.
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