Yale-NUS College seeks outstanding teacher-scholars who are active researchers, committed to innovative pedagogy and curriculum development, and who enjoy close mentoring of students. As a collaboration between the National University of Singapore and Yale University, Yale-NUS College draws on the best elements of liberal arts education to re-imagine the curriculum and collegiate experience for the 21st century. Joint appointments with NUS academic departments and research institutes may be considered.
Yale-NUS Postdoctoral Fellowship
Yale-NUS College is seeking to hire talented young scholars, and provide a potential avenue for tenure track positions at Yale-NUS College. Applicants should be active researchers within their particular field of expertise.
Yale-NUS Career Development Postdoctoral Fellowship
Yale-NUS College is seeking to hire talented young Singaporean scholars, and provide a potential avenue for a career at Yale-NUS College. Applicants should be active researchers within their particular field of expertise.
Humanities
Director of Arts Programs
Yale-NUS College seeks to hire a Visual Artist, specialty and rank open. The successful candidate would be appointed as Director of Arts Programme who will supervise curricular and extra-curricular activities in the visual arts, teach courses in his or her field of expertise, and co-ordinate offerings by visiting artists
Social Sciences
Professor and Head of Studies in Psychology
Yale-NUS College seeks to appoint an accomplished scholar to assume a tenured senior position in the Psychology programme. Applicants should be internationally recognised scholars with an active research profile and a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Applicants may have a specialisation in any relevant area of Psychology. The successful candidate would be appointed as Head of Studies who would play a lead role in the continuing development and teaching of the Psychology Major and the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum.
Professor/Associate Professor in Urban Studies
Yale-NUS College seeks to appoint an accomplished scholar to assume a tenured senior position in the Urban Studies major, at the level of Associate or Full Professor. Applicants should be internationally recognised scholars with an active research profile and a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring. Applicants may have a specialisation in any relevant discipline, although the analysis of urban processes should be a central concern in their research and teaching. An interest in Asian urbanism or cities in a comparative perspective is desirable.
Assistant Professor in Urban Studies
Yale-NUS College invites applicants for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor rank in the interdisciplinary area of Urban Studies. Applications are welcome from any relevant social or spatial discipline. An interest in Asian urbanism or cities in a comparative perspective is desirable, but not necessary.
Applicants should have a relevant PhD and be active researchers with a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring. The incoming faculty member would join a committed team dedicated to the development and teaching of the Urban Studies Major and Yale-NUS’s flagship Common Curriculum.
Science
Professor and Head of Studies in Life Sciences
Yale-NUS College seeks to appoint an accomplished scholar to assume a senior role in the field of life sciences. Applicants should be active researchers with a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring within their specialties and in the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum. An ongoing research programme that incorporates undergraduates would be highly desirable. Preferred research areas include computational biology, microbiology, plant biology, developmental genetics of model organisms, molecular genetics and cell biology, though candidates from all areas of the life sciences are strongly encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in candidates who bring an interdisciplinary approach to their work in the life sciences.
Professor and Head of Studies in Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Sciences
Yale-NUS College seeks to appoint an accomplished scholar to assume a senior role in the field of mathematical, computational and statistical sciences. Applicants should be active researchers with a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring within their specialties and in the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum. An ongoing research program that incorporates undergraduates would be highly desirable.
Professor and Head of Studies in Physical Sciences
Yale-NUS College seeks to appoint an accomplished scholar to assume a senior role in the field of physical sciences. Applicants should be active researchers with a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring within their specialties and in the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum. An ongoing research program that incorporates undergraduates would be highly desirable. Preferred research areas include experimental condensed matter and atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics, though candidates from all areas of the physical sciences are strongly encouraged to apply.
Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Statistics and/ or Data Science
Yale-NUS College invites applicants for one tenure track position at the Assistant Professor rank within the fields of computer science, statistics and/ or data science. Applicants should be active researchers with a commitment to creative and effective undergraduate teaching and mentoring within their specialties and in the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum. An ongoing research program that incorporates undergraduates would be highly desirable.