Best Universities for Master Programs in Singapore 2024

Established in 2001, Nanyang Institute of Management (NIM) is a multi-cultural 4-year EduTrust Private Education Institution (PEI) operating in the Asia Pacific region, renowned for its student-centric approach and commitment to providing industry-relevant courses. NIM has cultivated a vibrant and enjoyable learning environment, fostering a family atmosphere that extends beyond the classroom.

Asia’s leading contemporary arts and design institution. LASALLE College of the Arts is the highest-ranked specialist arts institution in Singapore and joint top in Southeast Asia for art and design (QS World University Rankings 2023). LASALLE provides a nurturing, interdisciplinary learning environment to inspire the next generation of forward-looking, globally engaged artists, designers and leaders of creative industries. Its faculty is led by a community of award-winning artists, designers, educators and researchers, and their practice-led research sets LASALLE apart as an international centre of excellence.

SMU commenced its curriculum in 2000 with the School of Business, which welcomed its pioneer cohort of students in August 2000. In 2004, the Lee Foundation contributed S$50 million to SMU in honour of the late Dr Lee Kong Chian, a well-known Southeast Asian businessman, philanthropist and community leader. In recognition of the Lee Foundation’s generosity, SMU named in perpetuity the School of Business, the building and the university-wide scholar's programme after Dr Lee Kong Chian.

IE University is a top international university in Spain with campuses in Madrid and Segovia. Recognized as one of the leading higher education institutions in the world, IE shapes leaders who drive innovation and change in organizations, providing a learning environment where technologies and diversity play a key role in fostering global vision, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a humanistic approach.

SUSS is a university with a rich heritage in inspiring lifelong education and transforming society through social sciences. We develop work-ready graduates and work-adaptive alumni to their fullest potential through our 3H’s education philosophy – ‘Head’ for professional competency with applied knowledge, ‘Heart’ for social awareness of the needs of society, and ‘Habit’ for passion towards lifelong learning.

EDHEC Business School prepares international talents for global careers. Known for our academic excellence and top-ranked business education, our mission is to prepare leaders to succeed in a challenging business environment that demands agility, innovation, and social responsibility. EDHEC's close relationship with global enterprises allows us to offer unique insights and opportunities to our students and to provide a transformational business education where the measurement of our success is the success of our graduates.

The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is one of the region’s leading education and lifelong learning institutions, recognised for empowering individuals and enterprises to thrive across life stages through learning. Through harnessing new knowledge, skills and technology, SIM provides skills-based learning experiences that enable students, professionals, and enterprises to Learn for Life and Thrive for Life.

For more than 50 years, NUS Business School has offered a rigorous, relevant, and rewarding business education to outstanding students from across the world. Founded in the same year that Singapore gained independence, NUS Business School stands today among the world’s leading business schools. It is distinctive for offering the best of global business knowledge with deep Asian insights, preparing students to lead Asian businesses to international success and to help global businesses succeed in Asia.

Rutgers Business School Asia Pacific is a subsidiary of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (USA). Rutgers offers the highly ranked Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) and Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MS S.C.M.) Programs to talented professionals in Singapore. In addition to the EMBA and MS S.C.M. programs, we offer open enrolment and customized Executive Education programs for both individuals and corporations.

The National University of Singapore (NUS), ranked 1st in Asia and 11th worldwide (QS Global World Ranking 2021) is Singapore’s flagship university. NUS offers a global approach to education, research, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. We have 17 faculties across three campuses in Singapore, as well as 12 NUS Overseas Colleges across the world. Our multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enable us to work closely with industry, governments, and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world.

It all started in 1925 with the creation of the Embry-Riddle Company at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then, the following spring, the company opened the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation. What began as a simple plan to train airline pilots evolved into a trusted university in 1970. Today, the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Campus operates a globally recognized learning system that leverages online and face-to-face instruction and a network of education facilities designed to support student advancement in the U.S., around the world and now in Singapore.

NUS Business Analytics Centre (BAC) offers the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) programme, designed and taught by award-winning academics from NUS Business School and NUS School of Computing.

A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, set up jointly with Imperial College London.

Asian International College (AIC) seeks to connect with the community of global citizens who share a participatory approach to learning and are interested in being leaders of today’s knowledge economy in order to be ready for the future. Learners join AIC’s programmes not just to be ‘taught’ but to think, participate and create.

Ngee Ann Academy (NAA) is a leading private education institution (PEI) that partners with prestigious and top-ranking universities across the world to provide best-in-class tertiary education in the heart of Singapore.