LASALLE College of the Arts

The late Brother Joseph McNally, founder of LASALLE College of the Arts, was one of Singapore’s champions of the creative arts and arts education. Irish by birth, Singaporean by choice, Brother Joseph left his adopted country a body of achievements that continue to inspire new generations of artists and educators of the arts.

LASALLE College of the Arts is the highest ranked specialist arts institution in Singapore and joint top in Southeast Asia for art and design (QS World University Rankings 2023). The College offers 35 Diploma, BA (Hons) and postgraduate programmes.

LASALLE provides a nurturing, interdisciplinary learning environment to inspire the next generation of forward-looking, globally engaged artists, designers and leaders of creative industries. Its faculty is led by a community of award-winning artists, designers, educators and researchers, and their practice-led research sets LASALLE apart as an international centre of excellence. 

LASALLE staff and postgraduate students are prominently involved in a large variety of research activities and projects, including publication in peer-reviewed academic journals and books, invitations to present at international conferences as well as practice-as-research projects.

The College prepares graduates for sustained and successful careers in the creative industries through a practice-based and industry-led pedagogy. It is a demanding and immersive learning experience guided by an outstanding international faculty, professional artists, and industry mentors. We foster high-level creative skills, but allow students to assert their freedom to be different, and to chart imaginative new territories – and this is what prepares them for real and sustainable careers in the arts.