Changi University

"Changi University" at Changi PoW Camp
Location
Changi PoW Camp initially at Selerang barracks

Malaya
,
Singapore
Coordinates1°20′42″N 103°58′59.5″E / 1.34500°N 103.983194°E / 1.34500; 103.983194
Information
Established19 February 1942
FounderHarold Burfield Taylor
Closed13 September 1945
(final PoWs evacuated)

Changi University is the nickname given to a program of education for prisoners of war in the Changi Prisoner of War camp in Singapore during World War II. The program's aims were to raise the morale of the prisoners of war and mitigate boredom.

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