The potential to be what you want to be.
Discover your potential
Ridge View Residential College is a flagship residential college at the National University of Singapore.
RVRC is the largest residential college at NUS, housing diverse students from a plethora of academic disciplines, all together in the Ridge View Residential College Programme.
The RVRC experience prepares you for life in university, during and beyond.
The RVRC programme is two-year experiential learning residency with an integrated inter-disciplinary approach in sustaibility and communication, designed to cultivate students’ holistic development to embrace life in and beyond university and the workplace.
Find the potential to be what your heart desires to be, within a diverse and engaging community.
The integration between living and learning at RVRC allows you to immerse in an engaging, diverse community where you have every space to express and hone your interests with like-minded people. RVRC is truly more than a residential college, it is a potential.
The college with the
to unleash your true potential.
RVRC is the largest residential college at NUS. The visually distinct brick-clad interconnected buildings span along the Kent Ridge and nestled against the lush backdrop of the Kent Ridge Forest. Unlike the typically dense urban Singaporean setting, RVRC is landscaped with open courtyards, heritage trees, open grills, and culture gardens. It is really the college with the space to unleash your true potential.
Right in the
heart of NUS.
No, literally.
RVRC’s strategic location at the heart-centre of the University allows students quick and easy access to lecture theatres and faculty classes, as well as amenities, such as the University Sports Centre, University Health Centre, and University Hall. RVRC is interconnected with Yusof Ishak House and University Hall, which brings the popular Central Square food court, 7-Eleven, PitStop@YIH recreational centre, Central Library, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Science, all well within walking distance.
But, seriously
what can you be?
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You can be
awing an entire concert hall with your talent.
Anything is Fine performing live in Concert by the Ridge at the University Cultural Centre in 2018.
Jukebox is RVRC’s music performance interest group, recognised among the communities of NUS for its vibrant and diverse tunes and engaging community. The interest group participates in various college- and university-wide concerts and events, as well as organising open jam and night live sessions. Jukebox also organises the annual RVRC concert, Concert by the Ridge, where Jukebox talents are given the opportunity to professionally culminate their musicality through live performance.
NUS Office of Housing Services organises the The Rising Star, an annual University-wide talent show, where talented individuals (like you!), as well as RVRC dancers and musicians showcase their passion for performing arts and share it with the vibrant community of NUS and the residential colleges. RVRC has a wide space for dance practices and sports, as well as two full-featured music studios for music recording and practice—all for students like you to express and build your talents.
You can be
giving back to the community.
RVRC volunteers repainting a home of an underprivileged household for Chinese New Year in Project Refresh, an initiative by the North East CDC and Young NTUC.
Community service is at the heart of the RVRC experience. The carefully crafted community engagement activities are designed to make learning fun, while simultaneously becoming the catalyst for strategic learning outcomes beyond the classroom.
The RVRC's annual International Coastal Cleanup, Singapore (ICCS), organised in conjunction with the Ocean Concervancy's International Coastal Cleanup allows you to witness firsthand the challenges and impact of our marine debris, and the opportunity to make a direct difference to the cause.
RVRC organises an annual staff- and student-community college walk across the Southern Ridges, starting from the RVRC Lawn to the Mount Faber, spanning over 8 kilometres. This effort is a collaboration with NTUC FairPrice Walk for Rice, where for every 200 metres walked by one participant, NTUC donates 2 bowls of rice to the underprivileged families. The college has contributed over 18,000 bowls of rice every year.
Apart from ICCS and Walk for Rice, the RVRC community volunteers one full day dedicated to helping underprivileged households. These activities range from cleaning and repainting of homes to food preparation and delivery at volunteer kitchens. These activities gives you the opportunity to interact with the beneficiaries, to understand and reflect on their challenges and hardships, and emerge as a stronger individual and community.
You can be
bringing your sweat closer to the net.
An RVRC tchoukball athlete about to score an incredible shot in the annual Inter-College Games (ICG).
Apart from college-planned activities, student-led activities form an integral part in RVRC's mission to instil and cultivate your holistic development in inclusivity, cultural sensitivity, and social awareness. These activities allow like-minded students to share and build common interests, accommodated by the College's support through the formation of Interest Groups (IGs).
Sports form a major part of the IGs' diversity, such as chess, table tennis, badminton, floorball, football, basketball, captain's ball, tchoukball, dodgeball, frisbee, touch rugby, tennis, volleyball, squash, yoga, board games, and even e-sports, such as Overwatch, FIFA, and Dota. You will also get the opportunity to bring your interest to a competitive level by participating in the annual Inter-College Games, Inter-House Games, or even Inter-Faculty Games.
Apart from sports, themed IGs such as Jukebox (music performance), Dance ReVo (dance performance), Artelier (arts and crafts), FoRestore (forest restoration), and RV Café (culinary arts) diversify the culture of student-led activities at RVRC. You will also get the opportunity to bring like-minded friends to start your own IG and share a new colour at the college. IGs really are avenues at RVRC to unleash your true potential.
You can be
rebuilding rainforests by planting seeds of hope.
RVRC students transferring a tree seedling in a reforestation project in Gunung Leuser National Park, Taman Hutan Raya (Tahura), Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
RVRC's unique integrated curriculum stems on experiential learning—enabling you to learn and reflect on places and perspectives outside of your classroom. You will get the opportunity to visit places in different countries, such as Indonesia, China, and Malaysia, to learn, experience, and make an impact in these international communities.
RVRC organises a 6-day service learning expedition to the lush rainforests of Taman Hutan Raya (Tahura) in Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, to reforest the degraded parts of Gunung Leuser National Park. Through this experience, you will gain new insights and appreciation for environmental stewardship, as well as deeper understanding of the locals' livelihoods.
You will also get the opportunity to join Operation Shangri-la, a youth expedition project to Shangri-la, Yunnan, China to build sanitary stations in the snow-capped mountains of Tibetan villages. There will also be a trip to Ayer Hitam, Johor, Malaysia, where you can help preserve the last remaining peatlands in Johor and gain a broader perspectives of the extent of environmental damages mining has done. Regardless what you embark at NUS or where you come from, RVRC will enable you the potential to make a positive impact for the society.
And even if this year has been tough,
fun still exists.
RVRC is the first residential college at NUS to restore face-to-face physical classes, all conducted safely with compliance of safe management measures. Physical interactions are important in your experiential learning and living here, and thus the college enforces and maintains a high standard of safe management measures. With these measures, you can continue to learn and live your precious university life smoothly and safely, and your loved ones can have the peace of mind that you will be catered for doing so.
RVRC residents having a late-night supper party on the RVRC Lawn, all exuberantly mingling while respecting safe management measures.
Now it's your turn to
frame your story.
Because at RVRC, you have the potential to be.
The Ridge View Residential College Programme (RVRCP) is a two-year residency, and you will automatically be eligible to begin your Year Two Programme upon completion of your Year One Programme. To commence your RVRC experience, you need to submit an application through the Joint Residential College Application System, where you need to highlight your specific interest in RVRC. Along with it, you will also need to demonstrate your motivation aligned with the College's mission through a short essay, and attend an interview, should you are shortlisted.
The application period for Academic Year 2021/2022 is open from 8 March 2021, 0900hrs to 13 April 2021, 1200hrs (one minute after 12 April 2021, 2359hrs).
For further admission inquiries, please drop an email to rvrc_admissons@nus.edu.sg.
You can click on the following button to visit the Joint Residential College Application System homepage. Scroll down to Useful links for more (very useful) resources with regards to admissions. We hope to see you at the ridge!