History
The School originated from the time of the University of Singapore-Nanyang University Joint Campus arrangement. After the merger of the universities, it became the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) within the newly formed National University of Singapore. It became a fully fledged faculty — the School of Computing — on 1 July 1998, comprising the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Systems.
The School has expanded over the years. A permanent home for DISCS was built at buildingS15 on the Kent Ridge Campus in 1984, with two new buildings added in later years: S16 in 1992 and S17 in 1998. S17 was renamed SoC1 as DISCS became a full-fledged faculty named School of Computing (SoC) on 1 July 1998. The expansion of the School continued, culminating in its move to Computing Drive in two phases: into COM1 and AS6 in July 2007, and into COM2 in June 2010. The school also occupies one level of I3 Building. The official address of the School is COM1 Level 3, 13 Computing Drive, Singapore 117417.
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