Program Overview

Yale-NUS B.A. (Hons.)–LL.B. (Hons.) Double Degree Programme

Overview

This double degree programme in Law and Liberal Arts is an innovative program offered jointly by Yale-NUS College and NUS Law for those seeking a broad liberal arts education in addition to their professional training in the law. The five-year honours programme was established by Yale-NUS College and NUS with the aim of attracting students of the highest calibre from Singapore and around the world. This programme will provide an interdisciplinary legal education in a residential, liberal arts setting. Up to 25 students will be admitted into this prestigious programme each year. Students who have met the graduation criteria will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) degree from Yale-NUS College and a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) degree from the NUS Law.

Programme Structure

• Students are required to be resident at Yale-NUS College for the first four years of the program.
  • At this dedicated campus, they will participate fully in the Yale-NUS community and enjoy the benefits of residential college life.
• In their first year of study, they will take Yale-NUS Common Curriculum courses and a Law elective in the first Special Term of the Summer.
• In the second, third, and fourth years, students will complete the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum, take Yale-NUS electives, and take core and elective Law courses.
  • For Law classes, students travel to the Bukit Timah Campus (BTC), where the Faculty of Law is located.
• Students are also eligible to participate in a semester of an exchange programme abroad.
• In the fifth year, students will move out of the Yale-NUS College residential college and continue with their academic pursuits at BTC.
• Students will also complete a capstone project in their fifth year, which entails a research and writing project in a topic that combines Law and the Liberal Arts.