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Nanyang Technological University
Logo of the Nanyang Technological University
TypeAutonomous
Established1955
PresidentDr Su Guaning
Academic staff
1,361
Students24,258
Undergraduates16,837
Postgraduates7,421
Location
Jurong
,
Singapore
Websitehttp://www.ntu.edu.sg


Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviation: NTU; Chinese: 南洋理工大学; pinyin: Nányáng Lǐgōng Dàxué, abbreviated 南大; Malay: Universiti Teknologi Nanyang) is a major research university in Singapore. The University's campus is in Jurong, on the Western end of Singapore Island.

History

NTU has a distinguished lineage with roots that date back to 1955, when Nanyang University (Nantah), the first Chinese-language university in Southeast Asia, was set up with donations from people of all walks of life from Singapore and the region. The idea of establishing such a university was first mooted by Mr Tan Lark Sye and he himself donated a heft $5 million towards its establishment. The lush university grounds-the Yunnan Garden campus-was donated by the Hokkien Huay Kuen, a clan association.

File:Nantah Gate.jpg
The famous main gate of Nanyang University which is a landmark till this day.

Nanyang Technological Institute(NTI) was established on the same campus in 1981 with government funding to educate practice-oriented engineers for the burgeoning Singapore economy. Three schools of Engineering were formed and NTI was named "one of the best engineering institutions in the world" by the Commonwealth Engineering council in 1985. NTI admitted its first batch of 582 engineering students in July 1982. As the Institute developed, courses other than engineering were offered over the years--Accounting (1987), Business, Computer Engineering (1989), Material Engineering, Arts with Diploma in Education, Science with Diploma in Education (1991) and Communication Studies (1993)

In 1991, NTI was reconstituted and became Nanyang Technological University with the absorption of the National Institute of Education, the only tertiary institute for teachers in Singapore. The alumni rolls of the former Nanyang University were transferred to NTU in 1996.

In 2005, NTU celebrated her golden jubilee. The 50th Anniversary celebrations marked the unification of the three chapters of NTU's rich heritage-Nanyang University, Nanyang Technological Institute and Nanyang University.

NTU also opened three new school's in 2005-the School of Art, Design and Media-Singapore's first professional art school offering degree courses in art, design and interactive digital media;the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, which offers programmes in Chinese, Economics, English, Psychology and Sociology; and the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences that produces talented graduates in electronics, education, nanotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

In April 2006, NTU was corporatised as an autonomous university. With this autonomy, NTU is able to enhance its education and research, taking it to greater heights on the world stage.

NTU was ranked 48th globally by The Times Higher Education Supplement in the 2005 ranking of the world's best universities. Placed 26th among technology universities, NTU remains well within the upper echelons of the world's best science and technology universities.

NTU has 4 colleges, comprising 12 schools. The College of Engineering, with six schools focused on technology innovation, enjoys wide renown and currently ranks fourth in the world in engineering publications. The College of Science is at the forefront of Singapore's life sciences and science initiatives, while the Nanyang Business School (which is the College of Business) offers one of the world's top 100 MBA programmes. The College of Humanities and Arts boasts Singapore's first professional art school, the Humanities and Social Science School, and the Communication and Information, one of the best communication and information schools in Asia. There are plans to name the school after the late Dr Wee Kim Wee, former President of Singapore.

The 13th school, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, named in memory of one of the founding fathers of Singapore, Mr S Rajaratnam, will be inaugurated in 2007. An important component of this autonomous school is the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, long recognised as a world authority on terrorism.

NTU has in place multi-country programmes and initiatives with established institutions worldwide. Some examples of key partners include MIT, Stanford University, Cornell University, Caltech, University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University; world-class universities in Asia such as Beijing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Waseda, IIT of India; and top European universities like Cambridge University, Imperial College, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of St Gallen, University of Technology of Compiegne and University of Technology of Troyes

NTU's mission is educating leaders and advancing knowledge for Singapore and beyond, to provide the mainstay of our high technology professional workforce of the 21st century.


Campus

The University has a 2 km² campus in Jurong in the south-western part of Singapore, some 25 km from the city centre. This is the Yunnan Garden Campus. The original part of the campus was built in 1986, and the campus buildings are laid out on a master plan drawn up by world famous architect Kenzo Tange.

Administration building located between North and South Spine

The campus is well-equipped with modern facilities for teaching and research. Members of the University community study and work in state-of-the art and well-equipped laboratories, lecture theatres and tutorial rooms. Video-conferencing facilities are increasingly being used. Seminars and lectures are supported by facilities that allow multi-media presentations and simultaneous communication between different lecture theatres and venues.

Staff and students can select to live in comfortable quarters and residential halls within the NTU Campus, and have access to a wide range of leisure and recreational facilities.

In late 2000, National Institute of Education (NIE) shifted into its new, state-of-the-art, $400 million campus at the NTU grounds.


Colleges, Schools and Institutes

College of Engineering [1]

  • School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering (SCBE)[2]
  • School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) [3]
  • School of Computer Engineering (SCE)
  • School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) [4]
  • School of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) [5]
  • School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) [6]

College of Science

  • School of Biological Sciences (SBS) [7]
  • School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (SPMS) [8]

Nanyang Business School

  • Nanyang Business School(NBS) [9]

College of Humanities and Arts

  • School of Art, Design & Media (ADM) [10]
  • Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information (SCI) [11]
  • School of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) [12]

Institutes

  • National Institute of Education (NIE)
  • Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS)

Research Institutes and Centres

NTU host numerous research institute and centers that were built for advancing science and technology, transmiting knowledge as well as conserving values and cultures.


Research Centres within Schools

  • Asian Business Case Centre (AsiaCase.com)
  • Asian Commerce and Economics Studies Centre (ACES)
  • Advanced Design and Modelling Laboratory
  • Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
  • Centre for Accounting and Auditing Research (CAAR)
  • Centre for Advanced Information Systems (CAIS)
  • Centre for Advanced Numerical Engineering Simulations (CANES)
  • Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law and Policy (CAPTEL)
  • Centre for Cultural Intelligence (CCI)
  • Centre for Research in Financial Service (CREFS)
  • Centre for Supply Chain Management (CSCM)
  • Centre for Transportation Studies (CTS)
  • Centre for Chinese Language & Culture (CCLC)
  • Drug Discovery Centre
  • Economic Growth Centre
  • Human Resource Round Table (HARRT)
  • Information Management Research Centre (IMARC)
  • Nanyang Centre for Supercomputing and Visualisation (NCSV)
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing Centre (PDCC)
  • Singapore Internet Research Centre


Interdisciplinary Research Clusters

  • Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering Cluster (BPE Cluster)
    • Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (BMERC)
    • Centre for Biotechnology (CBT)
    • Centre for Chiral and Pharmaceutical Engineering (CCPE)
    • Computer-integrated Medical Intervention Laboratory (CIMIL)
    • Physiological Mechanics Laboratory (PML)
  • Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Cluster (NanoCluster)
    • Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC)
    • Facility for Analysis, Characterisation, Testing and Simulation (FACTS)
    • Microelectronics Centre (MEC)
    • MicroMachines Centre (MMC)
    • Photonics Research Centre (PhRC)
    • Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (PEN) Centre
  • Intelligent Devices and Systems Cluster
    • Centre for Computational Intelligence (C2i)
    • Centre for High Performance Embedded Systems (CHiPES)
    • Centre for Human Factors and Ergonomics (CHFE)
    • Centre for Integrated Circuits and Systems (CICS)
    • Centre for Intelligent Machines (CIM)
    • Centre for Mechanics of Micro-Systems (CMMS)
    • Robotics Research Centre (RRC)
  • Advanced Computing and Media Cluster
    • Centre for Advanced Media Technology (CAMTech)
    • Interaction and Entertainment Research Centre (IERC)
    • BioInformatics Research Centre (BIRC)
  • InfoComm Cluster
    • Network Technology Research Centre (NTRC)
    • Positioning and Wireless Technology Centre (PWTC)
    • Centre for Multimedia and Network Technology (CeMNet)
    • Centre for Signal Processing (CSP)
    • Centre for Information Security (CIS)


Other Institutes and Centers

  • Centre for Research on Small Enterprise Development (CRSED)
  • Chinese Heritage Centre (CHC)
  • Information Communication Institute of Singapore (ICIS)
  • Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS)
  • Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering (IESE)
  • Nanyang Technopreneurship Center (NTC)


Joint Centres with External Organizations

  • Energetic Materials Research Centre (EMRC)
  • Intelligent Systems Centre (IntelliSys)
  • NTU-CIDB Centre for Advanced Construction Studies (CACS)
  • NTU-MINDEF Protective Technology Research Centre (PTRC)
  • NTU-MPA Maritime Research Centre
  • NTU-NEA Environmental Engineering Research Centre (EERC)
  • NTU-PWD Geotechnical Research Centre (GRC)
  • NTU-SGI Centre for Graphics & Imaging Technology (CGIT)
  • Satellite Engineering Centre (SEC)
  • Temasek Laboratories@NTU
  • Thales@NTU

Finances

NTU receives funding mainly from the Government through the Ministry of Education. A part of these funds comes from tuition fees and other sources of income. For development projects, separate funding is provided by the Government. From 1 April 2006, the university has become autonomous, or privatised; this gives the university more latitude when making decisions in management, strategic planning, tuition fees, and admission policy.


Internet Learning on Campus

The University is at the forefront of education and learning through the World Wide Web. The University is connected to the Internet and all the facilities and resources available over the Internet are accessible by anyone on the campus network. The large campus network, which links together all computing systems on the campus, is managed by the University's Centre for IT Services (CITS).

To supplement the fixed line campus network, NTU has implemented a campus-wide wireless network by the end of 2000. This high-speed wireless network, capable of a transfer rate of up to 11 megabits per second, enables NTU staff and students equipped with mobile devices such as notebooks, PCs and PDAs to access all networked services from practically anywhere on the campus without the need of a hardwired network connection.

Alumni

Arts and Media

Politics and Government

See also

References

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