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{{Infobox University
|name = Nanyang Technological University
|image_name = NTU logo.png
|established = 1981
|endowment = [[Singapore dollar|S$]]914 million<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ntu.edu.sg/oas2/AnnualRep/2007/financial.htm | title = Annual Report 2007 | publisher = Nanyang Technological University | date = 15 August 2007}}</ref>
|chancellor = [[Sellapan Ramanathan|President S R Nathan]]
|type = Autonomous
|president = [[Dr Su Guaning]]
|city = [[Nanyang Avenue]]
|country = [[Singapore]]
|colors = {{color box|#C60C30}} [[Red (color)|University Red]]<br/>{{color box|#003478}} [[Blue (color)|School Blue]]
|students = 28,949
|undergrad = 20,206
|postgrad = 8,743
|staff = 3,739
|faculty = 1,100
|campus = 2 km²
|affiliations = [[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]], [[ASEAN University Network|AUN]], [[Global Alliance of Technological Universities]]
|website = [http://www.ntu.edu.sg www.ntu.edu.sg]
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{{Chinese|s=南洋理工大学|t=南洋理工大學|p=Nányáng Lǐgōng Dàxué|msa=''Universiti Teknologi Nanyang''|tam=நன்யாங் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம்}}

'''Nanyang Technological University''' ([[Abbreviation]]: '''NTU''') is a major research [[university]] in [[Singapore]]. The university's main 200-hectare garden campus, known as the Yunnan Garden campus, is in the south-western part of the island. It houses Singapore's largest on-campus residence infrastructure including 16 halls of residence for undergraduates and a graduate hall. NTU will be the Olympic Village for the first-ever Youth Olympic Games in 2010. Its mission is to nurture creative and entrepreneurial leaders through a broad education in diverse disciplines. It is also a founding member of [[Global Alliance of Technological Universities]]<ref>http://www.globaltechalliance.org/</ref>.

==History==
NTU has a lineage with roots that date back to 1955, when [[Nanyang University]] (Nantah), the first Chinese-language university outside China, 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 hefty $5 million towards its establishment. The lush university grounds - the Yunnan Garden campus - was donated by the Hokkien Association.

In 1980, Nanyang University merged with the [[University of Singapore]] to form the [[National University of Singapore]]. 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{{Fact|date=May 2009}}. 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 and Science with Diploma in Education (1991).

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 history - Nanyang University, Nanyang Technological Institute and the National Institute of Education.

NTU also opened three new schools in 2005, namely 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 (SPMS), with the Divisions of Mathematical Sciences (MAS), Physics & Applied Physics (PAP), and Chemistry & Biological Chemistry (CBC), offering direct Honours programs and graduate degrees leading to the PhD in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

In April 2006, NTU was corporatised as an autonomous university.

[[S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies]], named in memory of one of the founding fathers of Singapore, [[Sinnathamby Rajaratnam]], was inaugurated in [[January 2007]]. An important component of this autonomous school is the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, long recognised as a world authority on terrorism.

In April 2007, Professor Bertil Andersson assumed office as NTU's Provost. Since January 2004, Professor Andersson has been the [[Chief Executive]] of the European Science Foundation (ESF). In early 2005, he was elected Vice-President of European Research Advisory Board (EURAB). Professor Andersson is now a Trustee of the Nobel Foundation.

NTU's second campus in Singapore, NTU@one-north and the NTU Alumni Clubhouse was officially opened by the President S.R Nathan in [[May 2007]]. The presence of NTU in the heart of the Biopolis and Fusionopolis R&D hubs is strategic. It enables the university to establish itself as a member of the one-north research community and to unleash its potential as the main science and technology university in Singapore. The one-north city campus also serves as a home for all of NTU's alumni, and facilitates continuing education through programmes offered by the Centre for Continuing Education and Confucius Institute. At the opening, NTU President Dr Su Guaning announced that a graduate school is being planned at [[one-north]]. The graduate school will home in on bio-engineering research and boost NTU's collaboration with the area's research institutions.

==Campus==
[[File:NTU North Spine.jpg|right|thumb|Lee Wee Nam Library]]
[[File:NTU Administration Building.JPG|thumb|right|Administrative Building]]
[[File:NTU former administrative building front.jpg|thumb|right|Chinese Heritage Centre, formerly the administrative building of Nanyang University]]

The Yunnan Garden Campus, well-known for its lush landscape and undulating terrain, is located in the south-western part of [[Singapore]], some 25&nbsp;km from the city-centre. The original part of the campus was built in 1986 and the campus buildings are laid out on a master plan drawn up by architect [[Kenzo Tange]].

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 theaters and tutorial rooms. The new School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences building houses laboratories that are designed along those at Oxford University and will be the best-equipped and most modern of laboratories among Singapore universities. Another iconic building is the School of Art, Design and Media. The grassy-sloped roofs mimic the rolling hills of the garden campus.

The campus boasts a high-tech e-learning infrastructure riding on top of an extensive wired and wireless network setup. Seminars and lectures are supported by facilities that allow multi-media presentations, video-conferencing and simultaneous communication between different lecture theatres and venues.

Staff and students can choose to live in comfortable quarters and residential halls within the NTU Campus, and have access to a wide range of leisure and recreational facilities. Students are able to choose from single or double-sharing rooms, though there have been proposals of triple room sharing in time to come.

In late 2000, NTU's [[National Institute of Education]] shifted into its new, state-of-the-art, $400 million campus at the NTU grounds.

== Colleges, Schools and Institutes ==

NTU has four 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 (College of Business) offers one of the world's top 25 MBA programmes. The College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences boasts Singapore's first professional art school, the Humanities and Social Science School, and the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, one of the best communication and information schools in Asia. The School is named after the late Dr [[Wee Kim Wee]], a former President of Singapore who was a highly-respected [[journalist]] and diplomat.

===College of Engineering===
[http://www.ntu.edu.sg/coe/home/ College of Engineering website]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/scbe/ School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (SCBE)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cee/index.asp School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sce/ School of Computer Engineering (SCE)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/ School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)]
* [http://www.mse.ntu.edu.sg/ School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mae/ School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)]

===College of Science===
* [http://www.sbs.ntu.edu.sg/ School of Biological Sciences (SBS)]
* [http://www.spms.ntu.edu.sg/home/ School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS)]

===Nanyang Business School===
* [http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/ Nanyang Business School (NBS)]

===College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences===
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/adm/home.html School of Art, Design & Media (ADM)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/ Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information (SCI)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/hss/ School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)]

===Autonomous Entities===
* [[National Institute of Education]] (NIE)
* [http://www.rsis.edu.sg/ S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)]

===Institutes and Centres===
* Confucius Institute
* Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management
* Institute of Advanced Studies
* Lien Chinese Enterprise Research Centre
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ntc Nanyang Technopreneurship Center]

==Research Institutes and Centres==

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

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]], [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IIT]] of India; and top European universities like [[Cambridge University]], [[Imperial College]],[[Edinburgh University]], [[Berlin School of Economics]], [[University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil|University of Applied Sciences]] in [[Rapperswil]] (Switzerland), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of St Gallen, University of Technology of Compiegne and University of Technology of Troyes.

===Research Centres within Schools===
* Asian Business Case Centre (AsiaCase.com)
* Asian Commerce and Economics Studies Centre (ACES)
* [http://www.adam.ntu.edu.sg/ Advanced Design and Modelling Laboratory]
* Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
* Centre for Accounting and Auditing Research (CAAR)
* [http://www.cais.ntu.edu.sg/content/index.jsp 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)
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cts/ Centre for Transportation Studies (CTS)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cclc/research/index.asp 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)
* [http://pdcc.ntu.edu.sg/ Parallel and Distributed Computing Centre (PDCC)]
* [http://www.ntu.edu.sg/SCI/sirc/ Singapore Internet Research Centre]
* [http://www.cemnet.edu.sg Centre for Multimedia and Network Technology]

===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
** [http://www.c2i.ntu.edu.sg/ 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

==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 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.

Currently, NTU also provides e-learning services via [http://edventure.ntu.edu.sg edveNTUre]. This is an advanced learning eco-system purchased from BlackBoard in which academic staff and students use appropriate technology for purposeful teaching and learning. Besides providing a repository of lecture recordings, lecture notes in PDF / powerpoint slides, it also facilitates learning activities for collaboration, discussion, assessment and project work. During term time, the usage typically by the community of staff and students exceeds nine-million page views weekly (July 2007).

==Alumni==
===Arts and media===
* [[Rui En]] - Television actress with [[MediaCorp]]
* [[Joanne Peh]] - Television actress with [[MediaCorp]]
* [[Stefanie Sun]] - Prominent [[Singaporean]] [[singer-songwriter]]
* [[The Observatory (band)|Dharma]] - Guitarist with space rock band [[The Observatory (band)|The Observatory]]
* [[Vincy Chan]] - [[Hong Kong]] artiste

===Politics and government===
* [[Ang Mong Seng]] - [[Members of the Singapore Parliament|Member of Parliament]] in Singapore for [[Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency]]
* [[Loro Horta]] - Son of [[José Ramos-Horta]], [[President of East Timor|President]] of [[East Timor]]
* [[Low Thia Kiang]] - Secretary-General of the [[Workers' Party of Singapore]] and Member of Parliament in Singapore for [[Hougang Single Member Constituency]]
* [[Nguyen Minh An]] - Son of [[Nguyễn Minh Triết]], President of [[Vietnam]]
* [[Ong Ah Heng]] - Member of Parliament in Singapore for [[Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency]]
* [[Teo Ser Luck]] - Member of Parliament in Singapore for [[Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency]] and Senior Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports]] in Singapore

===Business===
* [[Willie Cheng]] - Country Managing Director of Accenture Singapore and Board Member of [http://www.spring.gov.sg SPRING Singapore]

===Sports===
* [[Goh Tat Chuan]] - Singapore Football National Team Player (part of the 2004 Tiger Cup winning team)

===Building and construction===
* [[Ang Sok Ser]] - Chairperson of the Institute of WKPADA and President of the Society of Steel(Concurrent).

==See also==
*[[Nanyang Technological University Libraries]]
*[[ACRC|Asian Communication Research Centre]]
*[[NTU Humanities and social sciences library|Humanities and social sciences library]]
*[[National Institute of Education]]
*[[National University of Singapore]]
*[[Singapore Management University]]
*[[SIM University]]
*[[List of universities in Singapore]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.ntu.edu.sg/50thAnniversary/History.htm NTU 50th Anniversary Celebrations site]

==External links==
{{commonscat|Nanyang Technological University}}
*[http://www.ntu.edu.sg NTU Official Website]
* [http://www.paked.net/higher_education/rankings/times_2008_2.htm THE Rankings - Nanyang Technological University(2008)]
*[http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg Nanyang Business School (NBS)]
*[http://www.nie.edu.sg National Institute of Education (NIE)]
*[http://www.rsis.edu.sg/ S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)]
*[http://www.activesingapore.com/nanyang-technological-university.html Article about Nanyang Technological University]
*[http://www.uniguru.com/studyabroad/indian-student-reviews/Nanyang-Technological-University/72391/1/ratings.html Nanyang Technological University student reviews]

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Revision as of 11:52, 30 July 2009

Nanyang Technological University
File:NTU logo.png
TypeAutonomous
Established1981
EndowmentS$914 million[1]
ChancellorPresident S R Nathan
PresidentDr Su Guaning
Academic staff
1,100
Students28,949
Undergraduates20,206
Postgraduates8,743
Location
Nanyang Avenue
,
Singapore

1°20′41″N 103°40′53″E / 1.34472°N 103.68139°E / 1.34472; 103.68139
Campus2 km²
Colors  University Red
  School Blue
AffiliationsASAIHL, AUN, Global Alliance of Technological Universities
Websitewww.ntu.edu.sg
Nanyang Technological University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese南洋理工大學
Simplified Chinese南洋理工大学
Malay name
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Tamil name
Tamilநன்யாங் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம்

Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviation: NTU) is a major research university in Singapore. The university's main 200-hectare garden campus, known as the Yunnan Garden campus, is in the south-western part of the island. It houses Singapore's largest on-campus residence infrastructure including 16 halls of residence for undergraduates and a graduate hall. NTU will be the Olympic Village for the first-ever Youth Olympic Games in 2010. Its mission is to nurture creative and entrepreneurial leaders through a broad education in diverse disciplines. It is also a founding member of Global Alliance of Technological Universities[2].

History

NTU has a lineage with roots that date back to 1955, when Nanyang University (Nantah), the first Chinese-language university outside China, 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 hefty $5 million towards its establishment. The lush university grounds - the Yunnan Garden campus - was donated by the Hokkien Association.

In 1980, Nanyang University merged with the University of Singapore to form the National University of Singapore. 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[citation needed]. 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 and Science with Diploma in Education (1991).

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 history - Nanyang University, Nanyang Technological Institute and the National Institute of Education.

NTU also opened three new schools in 2005, namely 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 (SPMS), with the Divisions of Mathematical Sciences (MAS), Physics & Applied Physics (PAP), and Chemistry & Biological Chemistry (CBC), offering direct Honours programs and graduate degrees leading to the PhD in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

In April 2006, NTU was corporatised as an autonomous university.

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

In April 2007, Professor Bertil Andersson assumed office as NTU's Provost. Since January 2004, Professor Andersson has been the Chief Executive of the European Science Foundation (ESF). In early 2005, he was elected Vice-President of European Research Advisory Board (EURAB). Professor Andersson is now a Trustee of the Nobel Foundation.

NTU's second campus in Singapore, NTU@one-north and the NTU Alumni Clubhouse was officially opened by the President S.R Nathan in May 2007. The presence of NTU in the heart of the Biopolis and Fusionopolis R&D hubs is strategic. It enables the university to establish itself as a member of the one-north research community and to unleash its potential as the main science and technology university in Singapore. The one-north city campus also serves as a home for all of NTU's alumni, and facilitates continuing education through programmes offered by the Centre for Continuing Education and Confucius Institute. At the opening, NTU President Dr Su Guaning announced that a graduate school is being planned at one-north. The graduate school will home in on bio-engineering research and boost NTU's collaboration with the area's research institutions.

Campus

Lee Wee Nam Library
Administrative Building
Chinese Heritage Centre, formerly the administrative building of Nanyang University

The Yunnan Garden Campus, well-known for its lush landscape and undulating terrain, is located in the south-western part of Singapore, some 25 km from the city-centre. The original part of the campus was built in 1986 and the campus buildings are laid out on a master plan drawn up by architect Kenzo Tange.

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 theaters and tutorial rooms. The new School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences building houses laboratories that are designed along those at Oxford University and will be the best-equipped and most modern of laboratories among Singapore universities. Another iconic building is the School of Art, Design and Media. The grassy-sloped roofs mimic the rolling hills of the garden campus.

The campus boasts a high-tech e-learning infrastructure riding on top of an extensive wired and wireless network setup. Seminars and lectures are supported by facilities that allow multi-media presentations, video-conferencing and simultaneous communication between different lecture theatres and venues.

Staff and students can choose to live in comfortable quarters and residential halls within the NTU Campus, and have access to a wide range of leisure and recreational facilities. Students are able to choose from single or double-sharing rooms, though there have been proposals of triple room sharing in time to come.

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

Colleges, Schools and Institutes

NTU has four 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 (College of Business) offers one of the world's top 25 MBA programmes. The College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences boasts Singapore's first professional art school, the Humanities and Social Science School, and the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, one of the best communication and information schools in Asia. The School is named after the late Dr Wee Kim Wee, a former President of Singapore who was a highly-respected journalist and diplomat.

College of Engineering

College of Engineering website

College of Science

Nanyang Business School

College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

Autonomous Entities

Institutes and Centres

  • Confucius Institute
  • Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management
  • Institute of Advanced Studies
  • Lien Chinese Enterprise Research Centre
  • Nanyang Technopreneurship Center

Research Institutes and Centres

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

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,Edinburgh University, Berlin School of Economics, University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil (Switzerland), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of St Gallen, University of Technology of Compiegne and University of Technology of Troyes.

Research Centres within Schools

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

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 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.

Currently, NTU also provides e-learning services via edveNTUre. This is an advanced learning eco-system purchased from BlackBoard in which academic staff and students use appropriate technology for purposeful teaching and learning. Besides providing a repository of lecture recordings, lecture notes in PDF / powerpoint slides, it also facilitates learning activities for collaboration, discussion, assessment and project work. During term time, the usage typically by the community of staff and students exceeds nine-million page views weekly (July 2007).

Alumni

Arts and media

Politics and government

Business

Sports

  • Goh Tat Chuan - Singapore Football National Team Player (part of the 2004 Tiger Cup winning team)

Building and construction

  • Ang Sok Ser - Chairperson of the Institute of WKPADA and President of the Society of Steel(Concurrent).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annual Report 2007". Nanyang Technological University. 15 August 2007.
  2. ^ http://www.globaltechalliance.org/

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