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1900-1950
  • Straits Settlements and Federal Malay States Government Medical School opened.
1905
  • The first seven students graduated with the Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery.
1910
  • The institution’s name changed to King Edward VII Medical School.
1912
  • The Medical School expanded and became King Edward VII College of Medicine.
1921
  • Raffles College opened.
1928
  • Raffles College’s official opening.
1929
  • The first 28 Raffles College students graduated with Arts or Science diplomas. Eleven of them got together in Singapore and decided to meet regularly.
1931
  • Raffles College graduated in Singapore appoint convenors.
1935
  • Inaugural meeting of the Stamford Club, Singapore, held at Victoria School. Membership: 30. Stamford Clubs formed in Malaya at this time.
1936
  • Raffles College and King Edward VII College of Medicine closed during the Japanese Occupation. 
1942 - 45
  • Raffles College and King Edward VII College of Medicine re-opened.
1946
  • The Carr-Saunders Commission on tertiary education came to Singapore and Malaya. Stamford Clubs debated for full university status.
1947
  • Raffles College Ordinance amended to allow two representatives of graduates on the College Council. The Carr-Saunders Commission recommended the amalgamation of Raffles College and the College of Medicine to establish the University of Malaya. 
1948
  • University of Malaya opened and continued the practice of having representatives of graduates on the Council. The representatives were elected by the Guild Graduates. 
1949

  • University of Malaya awarded its first degrees.

1950
1951-2000
  • Inaugural meeting of the University of Malaya Society (UMS) held at Oei Tiong Ham Hall, Bukit Timah Campus on 1 July. Present: 44 members.
1954
  • Nanyang University opened.
1956
  • UMS operated from a room in the Cultural Centre at Canning Rise. University of Malaya operated campuses in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
1958
  • Provided by the University, UMS operated from the premises of ground floor in 7 Cluny Road.
1960
  • UMS staged its first play, John Arden’s Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance.
1961
  • University of Malaya split.
  • University of Singapore opened. Singapore declared independence and joined Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak to form Malaysia.
  • UMS became the University of Singapore Society (USS) and published The Graduate.
1962
  • USS moved into 5 Dalvey Estate which marked the first Guild House.
1964
  • USS launched the Student Loan Fund.
1967
  • USS launched Commentary to ‘serve as a forum for interesting views on contemporary issues’ and to make up for a ‘lack of suitable media’.
1968
  • University of Singapore secured site at Kent Ridge for its new campus.
1969
  • USS moved to its second Guild House at 15 Evans Road.
1971
  • Joint Campus set up at Bukit Timah to promote closer ties between the two Universities.
1978
  • Evans Road Guild House burned down.
  • University of Singapore and Nanyang University merged to form the National University of Singapore (NUS).
  • No longer a Guild of Graduates, representatives were no longer elected to be on the University Council.
1980
  • USS became the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS).
1981
  • Kent Ridge Guild House opened, built on land provided by NUS.
1984
  • Adam Park Guild House opened in March, followed by City Guild House in October.
1987
  • NUSS pledged $1.6million to the University of Singapore Student Loan Fund, donating $200,000 a year.
1989
  • NUSS completed a Strategic Planning exercise.
  • BG (Res) George Yeo, Acting Minister for Information and the Arts and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs delivered the inaugural annual NUSS Lecture on 21 June.
  • Promoted establishment of Singapore’s first Western opera company, Lyric Theatre (Singapore) Limited.
1991
  • Mr Ali Alatas, Indonesia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs delivered the NUSS Lecture on 28 October.
1992
  • Expansion and upgrading of Kent Ridge Guild House.
1994
  • NUSS pledged $1.5million to the Universities Endowment Fund to establish the NUSS Professorship to NUS.
1995
  • Opening of Orchard Guild House at Level 8, Cineleisure Orchard in December.
  • Closure of City Guild House at Amara Hotel.
1997
  • Official opening of Orchard Guild House in November.
1998
  • Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong delivered the Millennium Lecture on 4 November.
  • Upgrading of Kent Ridge Guild House basement level from October to December.
2000
2001-2024