Higher education in Singapore

The Republic of Singapore is a city-state in Southeast Asia with a population of 5.9 million people, a high standard of living and developed economy and education system. In the ranking of best student cities QS 2017 Singapore ranked 14th.

Singapore is on the sea trade route to China, therefore, is of special interest to Europeans and Asians. From 1867 until the mid-twentieth century it was a colony of the British Empire. For rapid economic growth in the 60-90-ies, along with South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, he received an honorary epithet: one of the four Asian tigers.

In the culture of Singapore fused traditions of the East and the West. Singaporeans cosmopolitan, hard-working, adhere to equality of religions and beliefs. The education system is built on the principles of meritocracy — the class is graded solely on the basis of their academic merit and achievements, not on the basis of their origin and wealth.

In a country of 4 official languages: Chinese, Malay, Tamil and English, which is spoken by 75 % of local residents. Training at all levels, including Junior school, conducted in English, but local residents should be complemented with the study of the native language. If you are considering Singapore as an educational direction, remember that you'll need a high IELTS or TOEFL scores and good grades in the subjects — the competition among applicants is high.

Prices for education and living in Singapore is more democratic than in the UK,USA or Canada.