NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

What NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine does

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is Singapore's flagship medical school and a constituent school of the National University of Singapore (NUS), founded in 1905 and renamed after the Yong family donation in 2005. The institution is a founding member of the National University Health System (NUHS) cluster, with National University Hospital (NUH) serving as its principal teaching hospital. It operates as a government-subsidised public academic institution with 5,001–10,000 employees, offering 280 MBBS seats annually to roughly 2,000 applicants through a two-step admissions process including academic screening and the Excellence Beyond Academics Scheme (EBAS).

The school's core educational portfolio spans the five-year MBBS undergraduate programme, graduate research degrees (MSc, PhD) for biomedical scientists and clinician-scientists, coursework-based graduate programmes (Master of Medicine, Graduate Diplomas), nursing education through the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, and a continuing education arm offering CME/CPE-accredited, SkillsFuture-funded courses across healthcare informatics, law and ethics, biorisk management, and clinical specialties. The institution is structured across 18 academic departments covering all major medical specialties and operates research centres including the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC), which hosts the GHHIN Southeast Asia Hub.

Revenue is predominantly government-funded via Singapore Ministry of Education subsidies, with tuition fees covering only a fraction of operating costs. The continuing education segment generates ancillary fee revenue with SSG subsidies of 70–90% for eligible Singaporeans. Distribution channels include direct academic admissions, an Online Application Portal for continuing education, the CEPOVS programme for overseas visiting students, and clinical training delivered through the NUHS network. The school recently expanded into adjacent verticals including urban climate-health research and AI-in-healthcare education courses.

Name

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Legal name

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Website

https://medicine.nus.edu.sg

Company type

Private

Founded year

1905

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is Singapore's flagship public medical school, established 1905, offering undergraduate MBBS, graduate research, nursing, and continuing education programmes. It serves as a founding member of the NUHS cluster with NUH as its principal teaching hospital, serving medical students, healthcare professionals, and Singapore's public healthcare system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Life Sciences (EDAAAPAA), Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Schools of Nursing (EDAHAGAC)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Graduate medical studies
• Continuing medical education
• Nursing education
• Biomedical research

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Medical Education Tuition Fees: Revenue from tuition fees for MBBS and graduate medical programmes. Tuition fees are highly subsidised by the Singapore Government, which pays for the bulk of the operating costs besides infrastructural costs.
2. Continuing Education Course Fees: Revenue from professional development and continuing education courses for healthcare professionals including CME/CPE accredited courses, graduate certificates, diplomas, and executive programmes. Fees vary by programme with SSG subsidies available for eligible Singaporeans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is a higher education institution delivering undergraduate medical training through a five-year MBBS programme, graduate research and coursework degrees (MSc, PhD, Master of Medicine, Graduate Diplomas), nursing education via the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, and a continuing education and training portfolio of CME/CPE-accredited and SkillsFuture-eligible short courses for practicing healthcare professionals.

Product overview

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine offers a comprehensive medical education portfolio built around its core MBBS undergraduate programme. The institution provides pathway-aligned graduate programmes including research degrees (MSc, PhD) for biomedical scientists and coursework programmes (Master of Medicine, Graduate Diplomas) for practicing physicians. Nursing education is delivered through the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies. The continuing education arm offers stackable professional certificates and executive programmes across healthcare domains including health informatics (Tableau, EPIC training), healthcare law and ethics, biorisk management, and specialty clinical areas. The Graduate Diploma in Child and Adolescent Health exemplifies the modular, stackable programme architecture, combining multiple graduate certificates for progressive professional development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026GHHIN Southeast Asia Hub is based at the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC) at NUS Medicine. The hub developed a multi-stakeholder urban heat resilience report in collaboration with Singapore government agencies.
• National Environment Agency (NEA) SingaporecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Collaborated on the 'Multi-Stakeholder Approach for Urban Heat Resilience: Singapore's Experience' report launched at World Cities Summit 2026, examining Singapore's journey toward heat resilience.
• Ministry of Manpower (MOM) SingaporecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Collaborated on the urban heat resilience report examining heat management for outdoor workers and workplace safety in Singapore's tropical environment.
• Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) SingaporecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Collaborated on the urban heat resilience report as part of the whole-of-government approach to climate adaptation and urban heat management.
• Duke-NUS Medical SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between NUS and Duke University School of Medicine in the United States offering a four-year Medical Doctor (M.D.) programme accepting students with bachelor's degrees. NUS Medicine refers applicants seeking alternative medical education pathways to Duke-NUS.
• National University Hospital (NUH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrincipal teaching hospital of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Medical students complete clinical rotations and training at NUH as part of their medical education.
• National University Health System (NUHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is a founding member of the NUHS health system cluster, which includes multiple hospitals, polyclinics, and specialty centres.
• SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNUS Medicine partners with SkillsFuture Singapore to offer eligible courses under the SkillsFuture initiative, providing Singaporeans with funding support for lifelong learning and skills development.
• Aston UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAston University (previously via external degree programme) is among the recognised institutions for optometry qualifications accepted for the Graduate Certificate in Detection and Co-management of Anterior Eye Diseases.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights14 records

Direct peers

• Duke-NUS Medical School: Singapore-based medical school formed through a Duke University/NUS partnership offering a four-year MD programme. Directly comparable to NUS Medicine as a Singapore competitor for medical students, research talent, and clinical training resources, with a distinct graduate-entry pathway.
• Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (NTU Singapore): Singapore's third medical school, jointly established by Nanyang Technological University and Imperial College London. Competes directly with NUS Medicine for MBBS applicants, faculty talent, and Ministry of Health training allocations within Singapore.

Others

• National Healthcare Group (NHG): Singapore public healthcare cluster operating Tan Tock Seng Hospital and polyclinics; provides clinical training placements for NUS Medicine programmes (e.g., GDCAH). Adjacent enabling partner rather than a direct competitor.
• National University Hospital (NUH): Principal teaching hospital of NUS Medicine and core NUHS member. Not a competitor but an enabling partner — clinical training capacity and patient volumes at NUH directly determine the scale of NUS Medicine's MBBS training capability.
• Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR): Singapore's lead public-sector R&D agency for biomedical sciences. Comparable as an adjacent research-and-talent ecosystem participant; competes with NUS Medicine for clinician-scientist talent and biomedical research grants.

Broad incumbents

• National University of Singapore: Parent institution of NUS Medicine and a top-ranked global university. Comparable as a comprehensive higher-education provider; NUS Medicine operates as a constituent faculty with shared admissions, faculty governance, and government funding streams.
• Karolinska Institutet: Sweden's premier medical university, consistently ranked among the world's top medical schools. Comparable as an Asia/Europe-leading medical-education and research institution with MBBS-equivalent programmes and a strong research translation mandate.
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: US-leading academic medical centre integrating medical school, hospital (Johns Hopkins Hospital), and research enterprise. Comparable as a fully integrated medical-education, clinical-training, and biomedical-research institution — similar in structural design to NUS Medicine/NUHS.
• Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine: Top UK medical school with extensive MBBS, graduate, and continuing education programmes and a strong clinical-academic partnership with the NHS. Comparable as a globally ranked medical school whose partner (NTU) operates the LKCMedicine direct competitor in Singapore.

Regional players

• University of Melbourne Medical School: Australia's leading medical school, offering MD and research programmes with extensive hospital partnerships. Comparable as an Asia-Pacific regional peer competing for international medical students and continuing-education market share.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NUSMedicine
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCNRdY7g4XX5NVBNV2v_NmJg
• Facebookfacebook.com/NUSMedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nusmedicine
• Instagraminstagram.com/nusmedicine/?hl=en
• TikToktiktok.com/@nusmedicine

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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