Tours
Join our wide range of tours, covering our key facilities, including the new Medicine-Science Library, educational spaces and research laboratories! Please sign up at the Tour Registration Counters outside Lecture Theatre 26 for all tours.
General Facilities
Faculty Tour by NUS Students’ Science Club
This guided tour is led by undergraduate students from our various science academic programmes. The tour brings you around key facilities at the Faculty of Science such as the new Medicine-Science Library, lecture theatres, Student Hub, Science Club and canteen.
Tours will run every half hourly, from 12pm to 2.30pm. Limited to 20 pax per tour.
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| 12.00 pm - 12.30 pm |
| 12.30 pm - 1.00 pm |
| 1.00 pm - 1.30 pm |
| 1.30 pm - 2.00 pm |
| 2.00 pm - 2.30 pm |
Educational Spaces
Special Programme in Science (SPS)
The SPS is a student-oriented programme designed to train you to better understand and address modern scientific challenges. Our close-knit multidisciplinary community shares a common passion for science, technology and research. Come explore the fascinating world of interdisciplinary science.
Limited to 20 pax per tour.
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| 1.00 pm - 1.30 pm |
| 2.00 pm - 2.30 pm |
Research Laboratories
Chemistry
General Chemistry Teaching Laboratory
Visit our teaching laboratory! Catch demonstrations by our students on the isolation of chlorophyll and ß- carotene and the extraction of lavender oil.
Limited to 40 pax per tour.
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| 3.00 pm - 3.45 pm |
| 4.00 pm - 4.45 pm |
Food Science and Technology (FST)
FST Teaching Laboratories Suite
Visit our teaching laboratories suite to understand the fundamental and applied knowledge that will be covered in your studies. There will be a showcase of projects and product displays. You will also gain insights into chemical analysis, engineering, processing, fermentation, sensory and microbiology.
Limited to 20 pax per tour.
| Schedules |
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| 2.15 pm - 2.45 pm |
| 3.45 pm - 4.15 pm |
Life Sciences
Cryo-electron Microscopy Facility
This facility at the Centre for BioImaging Sciences develops and applies novel computational and microscopy-based methods and technologies to address key problems in biology, with a focus on biological imaging using light and electron microscopy.
Urban Farming Facility
This facility is equipped with 12 cultivation racks with light-emitting diode (LED) lighting and the PlantEye as well as automated three-dimensional (3D) laser scanner for monitoring plant growth. This enables researchers to identify plant varieties and growth conditions at a large scale for optimal performance for urban farming.
Limited to 40 pax per tour.
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| 11.30 am - 12.30 pm# |
| 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm# |
#Each run of the tour will cover both the Cryo-electron Microscopy Facility and the Urban Farming Facility.
Physics
Centre of Quantum Technologies (CQT)
CQT is a Research Centre of Excellence where physicists, computer scientists and engineers work on understanding quantum physics and building devices based on quantum phenomena in cutting-edge laboratories.
Limited to 15 pax per tour.
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| 12.00 pm - 12.20 pm |
| 12.20 pm - 12.40 pm |
| 12.40 pm - 1.00 pm |
Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA)
CIBA is a multidisciplinary research centre developing new technologies based on fast protons and light ions. It also conducts research into novel cutting-edge ion-based applications.
Limited to 15 pax per tour.
| Schedules |
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| 12.00 pm - 12.20 pm |
| 12.20 pm - 12.40 pm |
| 12.40 pm - 1.00 pm |
Surface Science Laboratory (SSL)
SSL studies physical and chemical phenomena occurring at the interface of two phases. SSL facilities support projects like two-dimensional (2D) materials and interfaces, molecular self-assembly and on-surface synthesis of carbon networks on surfaces.
Limited to 15 pax per tour.
| Schedules |
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| 12.00 pm - 12.20 pm |
| 12.20 pm - 12.40 pm |
| 12.40 pm - 1.00 pm |