Introduction
The Department of Diagnostic Radiology (DDR) is the designated academic department within the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). The Department of Diagnostic Imaging (DDI) is the corresponding clinical service department within National University Hospital (NUH).
With the formation of the National University Health System (NUHS), the academic and clinical departments operate within a common integrated organisational structure. NUHS was incorporated on 23 January 2008 with the objective of integrating education, research and clinical care across its institutions.
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The NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is Singapore’s first and largest medical school, enduring mission centres on nurturing highly competent, values-driven and inspired healthcare professionals to transform the practice of medicine and improve health around the world.
Through a dynamic and future-oriented five-year curriculum that is inter-disciplinary and inter-professional in nature, the students undergo a holistic learning experience that exposes them to multiple facets of healthcare and prepares them to become visionary leaders and compassionate doctors and nurses of tomorrow. Since the School’s founding in 1905, more than 12,000 graduates have passed through our doors.
In NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine pursuit of health for all, their strategic research programmes focus on innovative, cutting-edge biomedical research with collaborators around the world to deliver high impact solutions to benefit human lives.
The School is the oldest institution of higher learning in the National University of Singapore and a founding institutional member of the National University Health System. It is one of the leading medical schools in Asia, ranks 13th on the 2026 THE Rankings (Medical & Health) and 18th on the 2025 QS World University Rankings for Medicine.
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The National University Hospital (NUH) is Singapore’s University Hospital. While the hospital at Kent Ridge received its first patients on 24 June 1985, NUH legacy started from 1905, the date of the founding of what is today the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. NUH is the principal teaching hospital of the medical school.
NUH’s unique identity as a university hospital is a key attraction for healthcare professionals who aspire to do more than practise tertiary medical care. NUH offer an environment where research and teaching are an integral part of medicine, and continue to shape medicine and transform care for the community we care for.
NUH is an academic medical centre with over 1,200 beds, serving more than one million patients a year with over 50 medical, surgical and dental specialties. NUH is the only public and not-for-profit hospital in Singapore to provide trusted care for adults, women and children under one roof, including the only paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme in the country.
The NUH is a key member of the National University Health System (NUHS), one of three public healthcare clusters in Singapore.