Top 10 Singapore Condos for Tertiary student housing

Who this fits

Parents buying for university-age children near NUS / NTU / SMU / SUTD.

Tertiary student housing sits in the Family Priorities group of ShiokNest's 40-persona buyer vocabulary. The label is tracked across condos and HDB resale, so the same fit logic behind this page also runs on those segments. Each fit signal behind this persona is surfaced by softer data signals, but only published once an editor confirms the fit.

The full editorial introduction, related calculators, guides, and detailed buyer-fit signals for this persona are on the persona hub: /best-for/tertiary-student-housing.

Top 10 Singapore condos for Tertiary student housing

1. NIVEN LOFT · D9 · CCR · 6 units · ShiokNest Score 87
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   At 6 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base. Completed in 2004, it is an established estate — budget for renovation and check maintenance-fund health before offering.
2. SAPPHIRE 99 · D9 · CCR · 20 units · ShiokNest Score 87
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   Boutique at 20 units: exclusivity comes with fewer comparable sales and higher per-unit upkeep. Completed in 2006, it is an established estate — budget for renovation and check maintenance-fund health before offering.
3. HERITAGE PLACE · D7 · RCR · 21 units · ShiokNest Score 86
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   Boutique at 21 units: exclusivity comes with fewer comparable sales and higher per-unit upkeep. Completed in 1999, it is an established estate — budget for renovation and check maintenance-fund health before offering.
4. NIVEN SUITES · D9 · CCR · 24 units · ShiokNest Score 85
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   At 24 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base. Completed in 2009, it is past its defects period with an established resale track record.
5. THE CATHAY RESIDENCE · D9 · CCR · 76 units · ShiokNest Score 85
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   Boutique at 76 units: exclusivity comes with fewer comparable sales and higher per-unit upkeep. The 2007 TOP gives it several years of resale history to benchmark pricing against.
6. DEVONSHIRE BUILDING · D9 · CCR · 8 units · ShiokNest Score 83
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   At 8 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base.
7. EBER GARDENS · D9 · CCR · 8 units · ShiokNest Score 83
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   At 8 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base.
8. GRYPHON TERRACE · D5 · RCR · 17 units · ShiokNest Score 83
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   At 17 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base. A 1996 completion means a mature estate: proven layouts, but factor upkeep and refurbishment into any offer.
9. SOPHIA FLATS · D9 · CCR · 19 units · ShiokNest Score 83
   Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
   At 19 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base.
10. SOPHIA VIEW · D9 · CCR · 5 units · ShiokNest Score 83
    Proximity to a major Singapore university (NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD) makes this a parent-buy candidate.
    At 5 units it is boutique — quieter grounds, but thinner resale liquidity and a smaller maintenance-fee base.

Where the matches cluster

The strongest clusters for Tertiary student housing sit in District 9 (Orchard) with 13 matches, District 7 (Middle Road) with 9 matches and District 5 (Pasir Panjang) with 2 matches — a useful signal for where this profile's trade-offs price in best. By market segment the split is 14 in CCR, 11 in RCR. If you are location-flexible, start viewings where the matches concentrate — more candidates in one area means better negotiating leverage.

Related personas in this category

• P1 school balloting families — Families targeting MOE Primary 1 registration in the 1km catchment of a popular primary school.
• International school families — Expat or local families with children at international schools (Tanglin, GESS, ACS Intl, UWC, Dulwich, etc.).
• Tuition-belt families — Families prioritizing access to Bukit Timah / Marine Parade tuition-centre clusters.

How to evaluate your shortlist

A shortlist is only half the work — the other half is pressure-testing each candidate against your own numbers and non-negotiables.

Start with the Buy to Live (ROI) and Affordability Calculator to translate asking prices into monthly commitments and upfront cash for this buyer profile.

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Live editorial picks

The list below refreshes whenever editorial pills change, so it can drift from the top-10 bake above as new matches are seeded: