Singapore will establish its first private university of the arts and it will be jointly managed by LASALLE and NAFA, announced Minister of Education Mr Lawrence Wong. During the parliamentary session, he acknowledged that both institutions have developed into centres of artistic excellence, each with their own unique identities and strengths. With the government's support, he hopes to leverage their respective strengths and traditions so that students and academics alike can benefit from more diverse opportunities.

LASALLE and NAFA will team up to establish Singapore’s first university of the arts over the next three to four years, said Education Minister Mr Lawrence Wong in Parliament. While both institutions will remain separate and distinct entities, students will benefit from increased opportunities to cross-institution projects, research, industry partnerships and sharing of learning resources. Both institutions will also be able to award degrees in the name of the new private university.

During the Ministry of Education (MOE) Committee of Supply debate in Parliament, Minister for Education Lawrence Wong announced that LASALLE and NAFA will work with MOE and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth to jointly establish Singapore's first arts university.

A new university of the arts will be formed by an alliance between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and Lasalle College of the Arts, announced Minister of Education Mr Lawrence Wong in Parliament. He further elaborated that the new arts university will be private but supported by the Government, and that both LASALLE and NAFA will retain their distinct identities.

Recently, *SCAPE invited interior design students at LASALLE College of the Arts (“LASALLE”) to re-imagine their Music Village and Dance Village as welcoming, inclusive spaces that encourage greater participation from youths of all walks of life.

The competition ran between September to November 2020, and 62 BA(Hons) Interior Design Level 3 students took part, divided across 13 groups. *SCAPE awarded first, second and third prizes to the most outstanding designs, valued at S$3,000, S$2,000 and S$1,000 respectively.

Minister for Education Mr Lawrence Wong has announced that LASALLE College of the Arts will become part of Singapore’s first university of the arts, in alliance with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA).

For the first time, LASALLE College of the Arts has been ranked in the authoritative Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. As the only world ranking compiled for art and design institutions, QS listed LASALLE third in Singapore, top 50 in Asia, and top 151-200 Art & Design tertiary education institutions globally.

Contemporary art and design collective PHUNK – which was founded by LASALLE Diploma in Design Communication alumni Alvin Tan, Melvin Chee, Jackson Tan and William Chan – have published a new monograph Control Chaos: Redefining the Visual Cultures of Asia. This book traces the ways in which PHUNK has mixed urban street culture, art and design to create a unique body of work.