Hwa Chong Institution School (HCI), Singapore
A premier independent school in Singapore with a rich history of 89 years, Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) is the culmination of the watershed merger between the former Chinese High School (founded in 1919) and Hwa Chong Junior College (founded in 1974) in 2005. The Chinese High School has been a school of choice amongst the best and the brightest. Every year it attracts the top 3% of the national PSLE cohort and the top 1% that forms the Gifted Education Programme. In 2004, Hwa Chong became the nation's first JC to turn independent. The College was ranked 1st for the last 4 years of the Junior College Ranking Exercise, based on the university point system.

HCI is also a leading institution in the Gifted Education that offers a significantly enriched and differentiated programme. Its distinction for its rich academic, research and enterprise culture with more than 40% of its faculty possessing a master or doctorate degree, is renowned. Well placed as the cradle of leadership, it continues to nurture many successful captains of industry, internationally renowned artists and corporate talents.