LKY School

The LKY School welcomes your nomination of

Young Leaders a young leader. We hope that as alumni, you
will be able to identify potential candidates

Accelerated that will be successful in the YLAS

programme; and also have the potential in
fulfilling the school’s mission of improving the
Scholarship standards of governance and transforming
lives in Asia.

Programme (YLAS)
Who Qualifies?
Potential YLAS candidates must meet
all criteria (1 to 4), and possess at least 3. Professional Career
one of the traits (a and/or b).
Works with an organisation
associated with a social cause/
public service/ NGO/ philanthropic/
political organisation
Demonstrated leadership potential
through special projects/
1. Age Group candidate's own social enterprise
Min 2 years of full-time contribution
Between 20 and 40 to public/community service
years old
Citizen of an Asian
country

4. Proficiency in English
2. Academic
Has strong oral and
Qualification written English
proficiencies
Has a bachelor's TOEFL 100/IELTS 7.0
degree (any discipline) for those with
with at least 2nd class bachelor or Master's
honours (upper degree not conducted
division) or an in English
equivalent grade

a. Recognition b. Impacting
Endorsement by Change
recognised national or
Change agent in policy
international bodies (e.g.
advocacy with demonstrated
Queen's Young Leaders,
track record
Forbes 30 under 30 etc.
Making an impact to local and
Successful social
underserved communities on
entrepreneur with
issues aligned with LKY
significant social impact
School's focus areas
to local communities.

Got a question? Get in touch with the Student Recruitment Team

lkypostgrad@nus.edu.sg