NUS launches first sports-themed student hostel Valour House
The Straits Times
The hostel features sports performance facilities and a recovery lounge to help athletes recover. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – In one of National University of Singapore’s newest on-campus hostels, residents can “study” how to play a new sport in an elective course.
About 600 undergraduates moved into Valour House on the Kent Ridge campus in August 2025.
Located next to the university’s sports centre, Valour House, which is NUS’ first sports-themed student residence, offers access to a wide range of sporting facilities.
The hostel also features sports performance facilities and a recovery lounge to help athletes recover more quickly after intense training.
Residents can take an elective course, Sports for Life, offered in collaboration with the Department of Physiology at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. They will also get opportunities to organise sports events for the wider NUS community.
Speaking to the media at the launch of Valour House on March 25, house master Ivan Low said residents are chosen based on sporting involvement, community involvement and good character.
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