Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a research-intensive
university with globally acknowledged strengths in science and
engineering. The university has roots that go back to 1955 when
Nanyang University was set up. Today, NTU has four colleges with
12 schools, and four autonomous entities, the National Institute
of Education, the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies,
the Earth Observatory of Singapore, and the Singapore Centre on
Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.
NTU provides a high-quality global education to more than 33,500
undergraduate and postgraduate students. The student body
includes top scholars and international olympiad medallists from
the region and beyond.
Hailing from more than 66 countries, the university's
3,600-strong teaching and research staff bring dynamic
international perspectives and years of solid industry
experience.
Five Peaks of Excellence
NTU's five-year strategic plan, NTU 2015, maps out how it will
become a great global university by 2015. Under this, NTU will
build on its current strengths and heritage to make its mark
internationally in five areas – sustainability, healthcare, new
media, the best of the East and West, and innovation. The areas
leverage NTU’s diverse strengths, particularly its longstanding
expertise in engineering and business, and the interfaces these
have with various disciplines such as healthcare, science and
the humanities. With almost S$849m of research funding in the
area of sustainability, NTU is already a global leader in this
area.
NTU has set up a medical school jointly with Imperial College
London to meet the challenges of ageing and healthcare in
Singapore. The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine will pioneer
medical innovations and bring about enhancements to the
healthcare system.
Diverse disciplines for diverse talents
NTU is ranked 47th in the world, according to the QS World
University Rankings 2012.This places it in the top 1% of
universities globally. In October 2012, NTU is ranked top 100 in
the Times Higher Education World University Rankings list.
The College of Engineering, the world’s largest engineering
college, has six schools focused on technology and innovation
and a research output among the top four in the world.
The College of Science, with award-winning faculty and
world-class laboratories, runs Singapore’s only direct honours
bachelor's degree programmes in the biological, physical and
mathematical sciences.
The Nanyang Business School is ranked first in Asia in
accountancy research and is consistently ranked as one of the
best Asian business schools. It is also one of only three in
Asia to be awarded both the EQUIS (European Quality Improvement
System) and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business) accreditations - international hallmarks of quality.
The College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences is home to
the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, a top
journalism and media school in Asia; a fast-growing humanities
and social sciences school with niches of excellence; and
Singapore's first professional art school offering degree
courses in art, design and interactive digital media.
The National Institute of Education, Singapore's main
teacher-training institute, is internationally-acclaimed and
provides educational consultancy to countries from Abu Dhabi to
Vietnam.
The S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), an
autonomous graduate institution of NTU, runs the Institute of
Defence and Strategic Studies, long recognised as a world
authority on strategic studies and security research. RSIS was
ranked second among university-affiliated think tanks in Asia in
the 2011 Global Go-To Think Tank Rankings.
The Earth Observatory of Singapore, established in 2008
with S$150 m in state funding, is dedicated to hazards-related
earth science.
The Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
seeks to become a world leader in research on microbialms, with
the goal of finding new solutions in water and environmental
sustainability.
Well-rounded, global education;
tailored programmes for high-achievers
The university's academic and research programmes, with
real-world relevance, have reaped dividends in the form of
strong support from major corporations and industry leaders, in
terms of both research funding and partnerships and global
internship opportunities for our students.
NTU's
Undergraduate Experience, offering a broad education in diverse
disciplines, including residential living and international
experience, has also received external endorsement for its
holistic curriculum featuring a rich selection of majors and
minors.
At NTU,
academically-inclined students with a yen for research can take
part in the Undergraduate Research Experience on Campus
programme. High-calibre students with a deep passion for science
and technology also have the option to pursue the CN Yang
Scholars Programme, a premier undergraduate programme that
prepares science and engineering talents for top graduate
schools as well as greater feats in the 21st century.
NTU has
five distinct programmes that allow students to study, do
research and work overseas. Among these are the Global Immersion
Programme, with four different work/study/research options with
leading companies and partner-universities in Asia, Europe and
North America. Currently, 43% of undergraduates enjoy overseas
exposure, which helps them acquire a global mindset.
Tech-savvy and adaptable, graduates of the university are
sought-after and well-paid, drawing some of the highest starting
salaries among local university graduates.
Distinctive edge in science and engineering;
Nobel boost
As the main science and technology university in Singapore, NTU
has made substantial contributions to Singapore’s drive for
research and innovation spearheaded by the National Research
Foundation (NRF), particularly in the high-investment areas of
biomedical sciences, environmental and water technologies, and
interactive and digital media.
In February 2010, NTU was globally ranked 8th out of 1,084
institutions that had attracted the highest total citations to
their papers published in Thomson Reuters-indexed engineering
journals, with 5,912 papers cited a total of 28,516 times.
Increasingly, NTU has been winning the lion’s share of
Singapore’s competitive research funds. Since 2007, NTU has
garnered S$130m from the NRF’s Competitive Research Programme
alone – the highest proportion of such grants awarded to a
particular institution. Last year, NTU won three out of the five
inaugural Environment & Technology Research Programme grants
given out by Singapore’s National Environment Agency. In
interactive digital media (IDM), NTU clinched 10 out of 13
grants awarded in the NRF-IDM July 2008 Grant Call. The
university has also won a total of S$270m in government funding
for its two Research Centres of Excellence – the Earth
Observatory of Singapore and the new Singapore Centre on Life
Sciences Engineering.
A key node in NTU's pursuit of research excellence is the
endowed Institute of Advanced Studies, focused on promoting
science and technology at the highest level. The institute has
attracted 10 Nobel laureates and a Fields Medallist to its panel
of International Advisors, and regularly flies in Nobel
laureates and other scientific giants to enrich the life and
work of the university community.
A university for the world
NTU’s global reputation attracts faculty, students and
partnerships from Asia, North America, Europe and beyond.
Working with local and global organisations, NTU actively
explores cross-disciplinary solutions for the future. Among its
academic partners are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Stanford University, Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon
University in the US; Cambridge University and Technische
Universität München in Europe; and Peking University and Waseda
University in Asia. NTU works with many global industry and
research leaders, and has developed joint laboratories with
Thales, Rolls-Royce, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Robert Bosch and
Toray Industries Inc.
In 2009, NTU led the formation of the Global Alliance of
Technological Universities, comprising seven top universities
tackling societal issues through leading-edge science and
technology. The alliance harnesses the strengths of its members
– the California Institute of Technology, Eidgenössische
Technische Hochschule Zürich, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Imperial College London, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
NTU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. NTU also contributes to
the global academic enterprise as a member of the ASEAN
University Network, Association of Commonwealth Universities,
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning
and World Educational Research Association.
A rich heritage: national monuments on
campus
Gazetted as a national monument in 1998 and now housing the
Chinese Heritage Centre, the beautifully restored former Nanyang
University Administration Building, with a distinct oriental
character, overlooks the historical Yunnan Garden. The Nanyang
University Memorial and original Nanyang University Arch were
also declared national monuments of Singapore in 1998. The NTU
Art & Heritage Museum is an approved public museum under the
National Heritage Board’s Approved Museum Scheme; benefactors
who donate artworks and artefacts to NTU enjoy double tax
deductions.
