Overview of Global Activities
Nanyang Technological University, ranked amongst the top 1% of the world's universities by the Times Higher Education, places emphasis on nurturing technology-entrepreneurs through its Nanyang Technopreneurship Center (NTC). A multi-disciplinary university-level center, NTC was created to be the focal point of technopreneurship development within the University and the region, where creativity and entrepreneurship are taught and nurtured with the aim of creating a new generation of entrepreneurs and their business ventures that will provide the new engine of growth for Singapore.
Global at a glance
- Established in 2001 with the vision to be one of the world's most influential institutions for education in entrepreneurship and technology innovation, NTC’s technology-entrepreneurship focus has built a vibrant entrepreneurship eco-system in the region.
- Since its inception, the Center has been at the forefront of South East Asia Entrepreneurship & Innovation education and has achieved the rare accolade of being the world’s first Kauffman campus outside of the United States of America.
- NTC’s core competencies are in Entrepreneurship Education & Development, Entrepreneurship Consulting, Outreach Activities and Research in Entrepreneurship.
- NTC was chosen to be part of World Entrepreneurship Forum (WEF) established by EM Lyon and KPMG and appointed as a WEF Centre to organize the Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum for the ASEAN region.
Comprehensive Academic Programs
NTC is strongly committed to technology-entrepreneurship development within the University and the region. With its unique teaching pedagogy, the Center has tailored a series of academic programs to meet and exceed the average entrepreneur's requirements.
NTC offers;
- Master of Science in Technopreneurship & Innovation Program (MSc TIP), in English
- Master of Science in Technopreneurship & Innovation Program (MSc TIP), in Chinese
- Technopreneurship & Innovation Executive Courses
- Minor in Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Program
- Bio-entrepreneurship Undergraduate Course
A recent survey of NTC's programs shows that its MSc TIP has a positive impact on entrepreneurship in Singapore with significant numbers of the program’s graduates starting new business ventures. Others take on business-related employment, for example, joining small, medium enterprises to help the companies grow, or by working on corporate entrepreneurship in multinational corporations.
International Faculty
NTC’s international faculty consists of top educators, researchers as well as practitioners of regional corporations in diverse commercial and business backgrounds.
Each and every instructor of NTC’s academic programs is highly qualified or has a wealth of experience and industry expertise to share. The Center also gathers distinguished professors and international, regional and national leaders to interact and address candidates of its programs.
Spreading Entrepreneurship and Innovation Culture
In line with Singapore's vision to be a global creative and entrepreneurial nation, NTC leads and participates in events and activities to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship and inspire the community to act on their entrepreneurial and innovative talents, ideas and energy towards establishing tomorrow's leading companies.
Events like the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Week, Ideas Inc. Business Challenge, Business Plan Competition, University Entrepreneurship Speaker Series and Public Lectures are some of the Center’s initiatives to promote the development of entrepreneurship.
Worldwide Network and Support
The Center’s exceptional entrepreneurship eco-system spans the entire venture creative value chain from entrepreneurship education, research and development, to management and commercialisation.
NTC’s Master of Science in Technopreneurship & Innovation program (MSc TIP) was chosen by Kauffman foundation and Spring Singapore in their partnership schemes. Many of such partnerships allow the Center to advance entrepreneurship in Asia and continue to provide some of the best entrepreneurship programs in the world.
In Year 2008, the University was also the proud beneficiary of the S$5 million Entrepreneurship Education Fund, made possible by a gift from business leader Mr. Chua Thian Poh. The fund, together with an additional S$5 million matched by the government, aims to foster entrepreneurship and innovation education.
Alumni of the Center’s programs are also based across continents and borders creating a wide network. Besides international business references, NTC has produced successful technology-entrepreneurs and innovators who have realized their ideas and in turn become the inspiration for the next generation of budding entrepreneurs.
For more information, contact Nanyang Technopreneurship Center at (65) 6790 6675 or visit us online at www.ntu.edu.sg/ntc
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