This book provides an overview of Singapore’s higher education system, focusing in particular on its role in supporting and facilitating the city-state’s economic development policies. It discusses the various components of Singapore’s post-secondary higher education system, such as its public and private universities, polytechnics, institutes of technical education, private educational institutions, foreign universities, government-affiliated and private training institutions, among others, and explicates the linkages between higher education and economic development. Aside from educational institutions, this book also discusses the Skills Future scheme, which provides deep skills training to working adults in collaboration with the Singapore’s various higher education providers.

J.J. Woo is Senior Lecturer at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in the National University of Singapore, where he teaches graduate courses on policy design and analysis. He has previously held faculty positions at the Education University of Hong Kong and Nanyang Technological University. A seasoned researcher, Dr. Woo has also worked in leading think tanks such as the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School. Dr. Woo received his Ph.D. in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, and he is also an author of several books that cover a wide range of policy issues in Asia.