Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a research intensive university with globally acknowledged strengths in science and engineering. The University has a distinguished lineage that goes back to 1955. We began as Nanyang University (Nantah), the first Chinese-language university in Southeast Asia. Nanyang University, founded by Mr Tan Lark Sye in 1955, started with a fund-raising campaign to which tycoons and trishaw riders alike contributed. Nanyang University gave hope to the multitudes of students who would not otherwise have had a chance to become graduates. The sprawling campus now known as the Yunnan Garden Campus was donated by the Hokkien Huay Kuan.
After Nanyang University, a completely new model of engineering school was established in Yunnan Garden in 1981: Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI). NTI was funded by the government to educate practice-oriented engineers for the burgeoning Singapore economy. The passage of time has shown them capable of standing up to any engineering graduate in the world of practical knowledge, entrepreneurship or research and development.
Over the years, as more professional schools were added, and with the absorption of the National Institute of Education, NTI became a full-fledged university in 1991: Nanyang Technological University (NTU). In April 2006, NTU was corporatised. Autonomy brings about increased flexibility and new opportunities, allowing NTU to draw on its strengths to enhance global education and research.
Achievements
Nanyang Technological University is ranked among the top one percent of universities globally.
Our Nanyang Business School (College of Business) is the first and only Singapore business school to be ranked in the top 25 of the Financial Times Global MBA 2009 rankings. The research output from our College of Engineering is among the top four in the world. Our College of Science is known for its award-winning faculty and world class laboratories and has secured substantial research funding and grants. Our College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences is home to a top journalism and media school in Asia, a fast-growing humanities and social sciences school with distinctive niches of excellence and Singapore’s first professional art school offering degree courses in art, design and interactive digital media.
The University has also invested heavily in research, creating some of the best laboratories and research centres in the world. With our growing research profile, NTU is creating a name internationally for its scientific breakthroughs and life-changing innovations in fields such as advanced materials, biomedical engineering, clean energy and environment, computational biology, intelligent systems, nanotechnology and wireless and broadband communication.
NTU’s international outreach is broad and strong and includes academic and research partnerships with more than 400 institutions in about 45 countries. The university’s multi-country programmes and initiatives are conducted with institutions such as MIT, Stanford University, Cornell University, Caltech, the University of Washington, Georgia Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Waseda University, Indian Institute of Technology, Cambridge University, Imperial College and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
Vision and Mission
A great global university founded on science and technology, nurturing creative and entrepreneurial leaders through a broad education in diverse disciplines.
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