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Building upon the years since our establishment, the renovation plans in year 2009 and 2010 turned Raffles Hall into the residence with the newest rooms, toilets and other facilities on campus!

There is never a dull moment in Raffles Hall. The Hall offers a host of opportunities to those interested in developing their potential, ranging from various sports to cultural activities such as our annual Hall musical, and to the media committees where you can hone your skills in photography, web development and writing talents.

Raffles Hall is also a home for aspiring leaders, with furious races between residents striving for the prestigious leadership positions. Many great leaders have stayed in Raffles Hall, including Professor Tommy Koh and Justice Tan Lee Meng.

Yet, when all is said and done, Raffles is more than a mere Hall of Residence. With a Master and Resident Fellows who truly care, and residents who are always willing to lend a helping hand, Raffles Hall with its spirit of togetherness, offers a home away from home to truly make your university experience complete!



Raffles Hall was the one of the first halls to be established in the National University of Singapore (NUS). Founded in 1958, Raffles Hall was originally located in Nassim Road, Bukit Timah, but consequently moved to the current NUS campus at Kent Ridge in 1984, as Kent Ridge Hall and Sheares Hall were already on campus and the convenience of these new halls took its toll on the residential numbers in RH.

Nassim could only hold 250-odd residents, and RH at its new site was almost twice that size. New kids on campus with nothing much to show, spurred on by the old and the new, dreamers and makers began to bud, setting in motion the cogs of our tradition and history...

Raffles Hall has its roots in Raffles College, which was one of the institutes of higher learning that merged to eventually form the National University of Singapore. Although "Raffles" is a common name for many institutions and organisations in Singapore, Raffles Hall is in no way affiliated to them.