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Humanities Enrollment SingaporeHumanities Enrollment Singapore

Official humanities & social sciences enrollment statistics from SingStat. 14,734 students enrolled in 2024, making it the 2nd largest discipline.

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Enrolled 2024
14,734
+1.5% vs 2023
% of Total
18.1%
of 81,475 students
5-Year Growth
+9.5%
since 2020
Rank
#2
2nd largest discipline

Humanities Enrollment Trend (2020-2024)

Full-time undergraduate students in humanities & social sciences

Jan 2026
SingStat Table M850771

Humanities vs Related Disciplines (2024)

Student enrollment comparison

Jan 2026
SingStat Table M850771

Data Sources

Enrollment Data

  • • Source: Singapore Department of Statistics
  • • Table ID: M850771
  • • Provider: Ministry of Education (MOE)
  • • Coverage: NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD, SIT, SUSS
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Key Statistics (2024)

  • • Total Enrollment: 14,734
  • • Share of Total: 18.1%
  • • 5-Year Growth: +9.5%
  • • YoY Change: +1.5%
  • • Rank: #2 Largest Discipline

Key Insights

Second Largest

Humanities & Social Sciences is the 2nd largest discipline with 14,734 students, accounting for 18.1% of all university enrollment in 2024.

Diverse Fields

Includes psychology, sociology, economics, political science, history, philosophy, linguistics, and other social science disciplines.

NUS FASS

NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is the largest humanities faculty, with NTU School of Humanities also offering strong programs.

Universities Offering Humanities

NUS FASS

Largest humanities faculty. Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Political Science.

NTU Humanities

School of Humanities. Strong in linguistics, philosophy, and history.

SMU Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences. Psychology, politics, and public policy.

Yale-NUS College

Liberal arts education with interdisciplinary humanities programs.

SUSS

Social work, psychology, and human development programs.