Subjects Offered

The Faculty offers a wide range of academic subjects encompassing traditional disciplines and multidisciplinary programmes in three divisions – Asian Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences.

In addition, the Faculty's Office of Programmes hosts multidisciplinary, cross-departmental programmes, namely, European Studies, American Studies and International Studies. The Faculty's Centre for Language Studies offers language instruction in Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Malay, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese. Although the American Studies Programme and Centre for Language Studies do not offer any major programmes, their modules are offered to students as electives.

For more information on the subjects offered please visit the FASS Subjects section under Academic Programmes.

Academic Year

The University’s academic year consists of two semesters and two optional Special Terms.

Semester I: 

• Early August to early December (18 weeks)

• Recess: One week in September

Semester II:

• Early January to Early May (17 weeks)

• Recess: One week in February

Special Terms:

• Mid-May to Mid-June (6 weeks)

• Mid-June to end July (6 weeks)