Tembusu Ambassadors are now recruiting!

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Tembusu College is seeking dedicated and enthusiastic students to serve as Tembusu Ambassadors!

*Please note that this is a separate recruitment from the UTown Ambassadors. If you have applied to be a UTown Ambassador and are also interested in becoming a Tembusu Ambassador, please do put in a separate application to Tembusu College.

Your Ticket to the World!

Tembusu Ambassadors will have the opportunity to assist in welcoming and hosting high profile visitors such as local and foreign Ambassadors and diplomats when they visit Tembusu College and/or University Town (UTown). As an Ambassador, you will also be able to promote and showcase Tembusu College & UTown to prospective students during Outreach events, such as the NUS Open House.

What do Tembusu Ambassadors do?

  • Meet and greet visitors of Tembusu College/UTown
  • Provide campus tours around Tembusu College
  • Attend special Tembusu College functions and events such as the Tembusu Forum and interact with distinguished guests
  • Connect with prospective students who have specific questions about Tembusu College
  • Welcome incoming exchange students to Tembusu College (from AY2012/13 Semester 2)
  • Advance the ideals of a residential college education through Outreach efforts

Who is an ideal candidate?

  • Tembusu College students (Freshmen and Seniors)
  • Good knowledge of Tembusu College and UTown
  • Possess genuine interest in meeting and interacting people from all walks of life
  • Friendly, personable, mature and confident in interacting with (new) people
  • Able to represent Tembusu College both on and off campus
  • Students on exchange in Tembusu College for a minimum period of one year are welcomed to apply

As Tembusu Ambassadors, you will be presented with opportunities to:

  • Develop valuable leadership and communication skills
  • Be exposed to cross-cultural interactions
  • Make meaningful connections with prospective students and parents by sharing your experience and knowledge of Tembusu College/UTown
  • Meet with distinguished visitors in a closer setting

* It is obligatory of all newly recruited Tembusu Ambassadors to attend a half-day workshop on “Communication and Networking Skills” during the mid-term break

Application Process

We are no longer accepting applications. Thank you for your interest!

Tembusu Ambassadors Period of Appointment: One Academic Year (to be reviewed after one semester of service), renewable upon discretion of Tembusu College Administration Office



For inquiries pertaining to this application process, please feel free to contact: Ms. Sara Kuek (Program Manager for Tembusu Ambassadors) at sara_kuek@nus.edu.sg.

Master Gregory Clancey wins 2012 Morison Prize

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A/P Gregory Clancey Prize Lecture: Telling Stories about Technology in an Asian Century

The Morison Prize in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) recognizes the accomplishments of an individual who has made major contributions at the interface between science and technology on the one hand and matters of societal concern on the other. It was endowed by the family of the late Professor Elting Morison, a renowned historian who helped found the STS Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the 1970s.

Associate Professor Gregory Clancey, who received his PhD from MIT in 1999, was awarded the prize for his scholarly work on the history of technology in Asia (especially Japan) and the US, and for his efforts as a programme builder at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Asia Research Institute and Tembusu College – all at NUS.

On 11 May, Master Clancey was at MIT to deliver the Morison Prize Lecture. It was titled “Telling Stories about Technology in an Asian Century”.