Yusof
Ishak

House

Introduction

Located at the heart of our Kent Ridge campus, Yusof Ishak House (YIH) is designed to foster creativity, collaboration and connections.

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Upcoming Events

YIH Reopening: A Stamp in Time

8 Oct 2025 - 15 Oct 2025
Explore YIH through fun hotspots! Collect stamps, snap photos, and visit exhibitions to uncover its history. Complete the journey to redeem Chagee vouchers!
Arts For NUS Community Free General Yusof Ishak House

YIH Reopening: A Glimpse Into Home

8 Oct 2025 - 15 Oct 2025
“A Glimpse Into Home” is inspired by waving to neighbours from your window—a gentle reminder of togetherness and community within YIH.
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From Here, You Radiate: Yusof Ishak House Reopens

15 Oct 2025
Celebrate the Reopening of Yusof Ishak House, held in conjunction with WellNUS Festival 2025 and NUS120.
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YIH Reopening: WellNUS Resource Fair

15 Oct 2025
Discover the WellNUS Resource Fair—explore wellness booths, snag a welfare pack, and celebrate YIH’s reopening with activities, resources, and self-care.
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YIH Reopening: BotaniCraft

15 Oct 2025
Discover plant beauty at this floral pressing workshop—press real specimens, learn their names, and craft unique postcards or bookmarks to keep.
Arts For NUS Community Free General Yusof Ishak House

YIH Reopening: A Window to the Past and Future

15 Oct 2025
Celebrate four decades of YIH through photos—capturing friendships, student life, people, and everyday moments that shaped student life.
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YIH Reopening: A Journey Unfolding

15 Oct 2025
Join a student-led YIH tour to explore sustainable redesigns, fun features, and stories of how the space anchors student life.
Accessibility For NUS Community Free General Yusof Ishak House
YIH Reopening: A Stamp in Time
8 Oct 2025 - 15 Oct 2025
YIH Reopening: A Glimpse Into Home
8 Oct 2025 - 15 Oct 2025
From Here, You Radiate: Yusof Ishak House Reopens
15 Oct 2025
YIH Reopening: WellNUS Resource Fair
15 Oct 2025
YIH Reopening: BotaniCraft
15 Oct 2025

Past Events

Build a plushie bear workshop

3 Sep 2025
Build a bear, build calm. Fun and stress-free sewing for everyone.
Arts Dabble and Discover For NUS Community Free Wellness Yusof Ishak House
Build a plushie bear workshop
3 Sep 2025

About YIH

Originally built in 1977, YIH served for decades as a vibrant centre for student activity, expression, and engagement. In 2022, the building underwent a major redesign to meet the evolving needs of the NUS community — with a strong emphasis on sustainability, inclusivity, and flexibility. YIH received the Holcim Foundation Design Award for Sustainable Construction (Bronze) in 2023 (NUS Yusof Ishak House | Holcim Awards).

YIH Reimagined

What does YIH mean to today’s NUS students? How might they envision their future, shape the spaces, and call YIH their own? Student illustrator Owen Chau (Y3, Medicine) captures this spirit in this artistic expression of the event highlights at the YIH Reopening on 15 Oct 2025.

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The Net-Zero Goal

Sustainability at the Heart of Student Life

As an adaptive reuse of a beloved icon from the original 1970s campus masterplan, most of the original structure was retained to reduce embodied carbon, while preserving heritage and identity as a dynamic hub for student-life, and striving for net-zero energy in operations.

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Visit Us

By MRT

    • Alight at Kent Ridge MRT (CC24) before connecting to a NUS Internal Shuttle Bus routes A1, D2, BTC or K

By Public Bus

    • Service 95 (from Buona Vista MRT): Alight at “Yusof Ishak House”

Via Yellow Ceiling Network (YCCN) 

    • YCCN links YIH from University Sports Centre and Central Library

 

By NUS Internal Shuttle Bus

    • A1, D1: Alight at "Yusof Ishak House"
    • A2, D2, BTC, K: Alight at Opp "University Health Centre"

By Car

    • There are no parking lots at YIH. Passengers should alight at YIH porch. Drivers may park at Carpark 5 at University Sports Centre/Valour House, which is directly opposite YIH.

 

Our Dedication & Commitment

The NUS Office of Student Affairs (OSA) seizes every opportunity to supports the NUS student community through student services, residential admission, clubs, leaders’ training, community engagement, integration and service learning, health and wellness, as well as disability support.

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