About Mensa
About Mensa Singapore
Mensa Singapore was registered in 1989 and is recognised by Mensa International with full National Mensa status. There are currently over 1,600 Mensans in Singapore, and growing.
Mensa gives you a chance to meet people of like minds that you might normally not get to meet. Our Junior Mensans have a wide range of activities designed to stimulate their young intellect and increase their social skills. There are also many opportunities for teenage Mensans and those in their 20s to be proactive in participating as well as organizing their own activities.
Our Name
“Mensa” means “table” in Latin, and the organisation was so named because Mensa is a round-table society where ethnicity, colour, creed, national origin, age, politics, educational and social background are all completely irrelevant. In fact, the only relevant qualification for membership is scoring within the upper 2% of the general population on an approved intelligence test.
Mensa takes no stand on politics, religion or social issues, and it has members from so many different countries and cultures, each with differing points of view; so, for Mensa to espouse a particular point of view would go against its role as a forum for all points of view.
Our Purpose
- To identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity
- To encourage research into the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence.
- To provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members.
Our Activities
