Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

Apart from the regular academic requirements, entry into the school also requires students to fulfill their artistic and design potential aspect through portfolio submission, admission test or audition. The intakes especially for the furniture design major from the 3D Design course are deliberately kept small so that each student gets focused attention.[5] Selection is competitive and is subject to the availability of places too.[6]

Students are able to advance into any universities in Singapore strictly depending on the diploma major the student graduated with, for example the National University of Singapore (NUS).[7] In 2020 with the opening of the new Bachelor of Landscape Architecture course by the National University of Singapore [8], prospective students that graduated from NAFA's Diploma in Design (Landscape and Architecture) programme will be eligible for up to 28 Advanced Placement Credits (APCs) without any placement tests, into the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture course. [9]

Many students also opted for overseas universities upon graduation with the diploma, mostly in a related areas as their diploma studies such as - Fine Arts, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape, Graphic Design, Fashion, Music, Theatre and more. Other than Singapore's polytechnic-level diploma, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts also collaborates with different reputable universities from United Kingdom and United States to offer accelerated bachelor's degree-level education for their diploma graduates. [10]

Since 2006, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) students are granted accelerated bachelor's degree programmes with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), meaning NAFA diploma holders will have the option to pursue a direct honours degree at NTU over a shorter span of three years or less. NAFA students can also apply for places in any faculty freely in NTU with advanced placement through the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding.[11]

Apart from regular diplomas, there is also a special 4-years diploma course where students will study for the first 3 years at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and the final year at the National Institute of Education (NIE), from which students will graduate with a Diploma in Art (Teaching)[12] or a Diploma in Music (Teaching)[13] from NAFA and a Diploma in Art Education or Diploma in Music Education from the NIE. Graduates from this scheme will be deployed to teach Art or Music in Primary schools.[14]

NAFA operates from four campuses along Bencoolen Street. All four campuses are located within walking distances apart in the same vincity.[15]

Campus One

Aerial View of NAFA's Campus 1.

NAFA Campus 1 is divided into 2 wings, Wing A & Wing B, with a linking bridge. It boasts a High Definition Studio, a Creative Media Studio for 3D animation and special effects, and audio-video production facilities.

Skylight Studios allow painting in natural, evenly distributed daylight. There are also Photography Studios equipped with studio flash systems and digital cameras and Jewelry Workshops with casting, processing and setting facilities, Interior Design Material and Project room, Drafting Studios and 3D Model Workshops and 3 art galleries with a total exhibition area of 850 sq m.

A 2-Storey library is located at Wing A. It houses an impressive collection of arts-related publications and journals available for members, staff and students only. The Tanoto Foundation Centre for Southeast Asian Arts is located on the 7th floor. TFCSEA@NAFA, a website housing a full-text bilingual database of more than 100,000 pages of Southeast Asian arts materials was launched in 2011 to aid scholars and students' research in this area. Arts institutions and public members can join as members to access the materials online.

• Constance Lau, Singaporean actress
• Julie Tan, Singaporean actress
• Mohammad Din Mohammad, painter
• Anthony Poon, Singaporean Artist
• Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer and songwriter

• Official website