Nanyang Technological University
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Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviation
: NTU) is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore
with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
in 2010. One of the fastest-growing research universities in the world, NTU's share of competitive research funding has increased sevenfold since 2005, with significant funds devoted to the setting up of two Research Centres of Excellence – the Earth Observatory of Singapore and the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.
NTU has 33,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the colleges of Engineering, Business, Science, and Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and many world-class scientists among its faculty. In 2013, NTU will accept its first batch of medical undergraduates at its new joint medical school with Imperial College London
, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, which received philanthropic support of S$400 million within months of its establishment in Singapore. NTU will have its third campus in Novena
, Singapore's medical district, and its first campus in China, the NTU Tianjin College, by 2013. NTU is also the first Kauffman Campus
outside the United States, spearheading entrepreneurship in Asia.
A founding member of the Global Alliance of Technological Universities, NTU aims to groom active citizens of the world who can lead and manage new complex global challenges, such as in the energy, environment and healthcare sectors. The university has launched its five-year strategic blueprint, NTU 2015, to scale Five Peaks of Excellence – Sustainable Earth, Future Healthcare, New Media, New Silk Road and Innovation Asia – and set new global benchmarks in research, education and innovation. NTU is already a world leader in sustainability research and education, having clinched more than S$830 million in research funding in this area to date.
Two major initiatives complement the NTU 2015 strategic blueprint. They are an ambitious Campus Master Plan, which will integrate teaching, research, residential and recreational functions campus-wide to foster greater interactivity among members of the NTU community, and a makeover of undergraduate education with holistic changes to the curriculum and campus environment.
, 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 European universities like Cambridge University, Imperial College London
, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Karolinska Institutet and Technische Universität München.
NTU initiated its makeover of the undergraduate experience to give NTU students the edge in tomorrow's global economy – as creative leaders with a strong social conscience, a love for learning, strong leadership and teamwork skills, and familiarity with real-world issues such as new sustainability challenges. The education revamp covers five broad areas – the academic experience, student life, career development, teaching excellence and infrastructural changes. Students will have more time for group-based learning and self-reflection, as well as the flexibility to tailor their curriculum to meet their unique interests and strengths. New interdisciplinary options in Liberal Studies and a compulsory core module in Environmental Sustainability will be introduced. Students can also look forward to new opportunities for overseas exchange and an enhanced IT-enabled campus environment as part of NTU's "Cool Campus" drive. New academic programmes include the dual-degree Renaissance Engineering Programme that melds engineering with business to groom future CEOs and CTOs; new double degree programmes; a new undergraduate degree programme in Earth and Environmental Sciences (to be offered from 2012); and the much-anticipated undergraduate medical degree programme with Imperial College London
at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in 2013.
ranked NTU among the top 100 universities in the world, which places it in the top 1% of universities globally. The university rose 16 places from its 2010 ranking to occupy the 58th position, making it one of the fastest-rising universities in the top 100 of the 2011 QS World University Rankings, as well as the fastest-rising Asian university. In 2011, NTU also became the first university in Asia to receive the maximum five stars under the QS Stars evaluation system. Other international universities with a 5-star rating include the University of Cambridge, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
According to Academic Ranking of World Universities
(ARWU), in 2011, NTU has ranked 45 in Computer Science. Also it has placed among the top 100 universities in the broad subject field of Engineering/Technology and Computer Science with an approximate rank of 52-75.
NTU’s College of Engineering is the 7th most cited in the world, while its business school's MBA is ranked among the top 35 worldwide
. The S Rajaratnam School of International Studies
is ranked first among university-affiliated think tanks in Asia and 13th globally.
To supplement the fixed-line campus network, NTU implemented a campus-wide wireless network in 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.
NTU provides e-learning services via edveNTUre, which is based on BlackBoard technology, provides the framework and eco-system for learning and teaching. Besides providing a repository of lecture recordings, lecture notes, it also facilitates learning activities for collaboration, discussion, assessment and project work. During term time, the usage typically by faculty and students exceeds nine-million page views weekly (Jan 2010).
Higher degrees:
Abbreviation
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: NTU) is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...
in 2010. One of the fastest-growing research universities in the world, NTU's share of competitive research funding has increased sevenfold since 2005, with significant funds devoted to the setting up of two Research Centres of Excellence – the Earth Observatory of Singapore and the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.
Colleges, Schools and institutes
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, which received philanthropic support of S$400 million within months of its establishment in Singapore. NTU will have its third campus in Novena
Novena
In the Catholic Church, a novena is a devotion consisting of a prayer repeated on nine successive days, asking to obtain special graces. The prayers may come from prayer books, or consist of the recitation of the Rosary , or of short prayers through the day...
, Singapore's medical district, and its first campus in China, the NTU Tianjin College, by 2013. NTU is also the first Kauffman Campus
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Kansas City, Missouri. It has an asset base of $2 billion...
outside the United States, spearheading entrepreneurship in Asia.
A founding member of the Global Alliance of Technological Universities, NTU aims to groom active citizens of the world who can lead and manage new complex global challenges, such as in the energy, environment and healthcare sectors. The university has launched its five-year strategic blueprint, NTU 2015, to scale Five Peaks of Excellence – Sustainable Earth, Future Healthcare, New Media, New Silk Road and Innovation Asia – and set new global benchmarks in research, education and innovation. NTU is already a world leader in sustainability research and education, having clinched more than S$830 million in research funding in this area to date.
Two major initiatives complement the NTU 2015 strategic blueprint. They are an ambitious Campus Master Plan, which will integrate teaching, research, residential and recreational functions campus-wide to foster greater interactivity among members of the NTU community, and a makeover of undergraduate education with holistic changes to the curriculum and campus environment.
College of Engineering
College of Engineering website- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (SCBE)
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
- School of Computer Engineering (SCE)
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
- School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
College of Science
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- School of Art, Design and Media (ADM)
- Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (SCI)
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
Autonomous Entities
- Earth Observatory of Singapore
- National Institute of EducationNational Institute of EducationThe is an institute of the , Singapore.NIE, Singapore, provides all levels of teacher education, from programmes to for in-service teachers and executive for Principals, Departmental Heads and other school leaders. NIE also administers postgraduate programmes that lead to the award of in...
(NIE) - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
- Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
Institutes and Centres
- Confucius Institute
- Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management
- Energy Research Institute @ NTU
- Institute of Advanced Studies
- Institute for Media Innovation
- Lien Chinese Enterprise Research Centre
- Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
- Nanyang Technopreneurship Center
Research Institutes and Centres
NTU has multi-national programmes and initiatives with institutions worldwide. Some examples of key partners include MIT, Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Caltech, University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
; world-class universities in Asia such as Beijing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Waseda, IIT
Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
of India; and European universities like Cambridge University, Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Karolinska Institutet and Technische Universität München.
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)
- Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS)
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 and Imaging Technology (CGIT)
- Satellite Engineering Centre (SEC)
- Temasek Laboratories@NTU
- Thales@NTU
Campus Master Plan
The Campus Master Plan is guided by sustainability principles and involves transforming the campus grounds into a "univer-city" with a bustling campus centre, new halls and trendy spaces that sustain new approaches to learning, research and relaxation.NTU initiated its makeover of the undergraduate experience to give NTU students the edge in tomorrow's global economy – as creative leaders with a strong social conscience, a love for learning, strong leadership and teamwork skills, and familiarity with real-world issues such as new sustainability challenges. The education revamp covers five broad areas – the academic experience, student life, career development, teaching excellence and infrastructural changes. Students will have more time for group-based learning and self-reflection, as well as the flexibility to tailor their curriculum to meet their unique interests and strengths. New interdisciplinary options in Liberal Studies and a compulsory core module in Environmental Sustainability will be introduced. Students can also look forward to new opportunities for overseas exchange and an enhanced IT-enabled campus environment as part of NTU's "Cool Campus" drive. New academic programmes include the dual-degree Renaissance Engineering Programme that melds engineering with business to groom future CEOs and CTOs; new double degree programmes; a new undergraduate degree programme in Earth and Environmental Sciences (to be offered from 2012); and the much-anticipated undergraduate medical degree programme with Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in 2013.
Performance
In 2011, QS World University RankingsQS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
ranked NTU among the top 100 universities in the world, which places it in the top 1% of universities globally. The university rose 16 places from its 2010 ranking to occupy the 58th position, making it one of the fastest-rising universities in the top 100 of the 2011 QS World University Rankings, as well as the fastest-rising Asian university. In 2011, NTU also became the first university in Asia to receive the maximum five stars under the QS Stars evaluation system. Other international universities with a 5-star rating include the University of Cambridge, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
According to Academic Ranking of World Universities
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities , commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually...
(ARWU), in 2011, NTU has ranked 45 in Computer Science. Also it has placed among the top 100 universities in the broad subject field of Engineering/Technology and Computer Science with an approximate rank of 52-75.
NTU’s College of Engineering is the 7th most cited in the world, while its business school's MBA is ranked among the top 35 worldwide
. The S Rajaratnam School of International Studies
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University was established on 1 January 2007. The school came about as an expansion of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies , which was established in 1996.The school is named after the one of modern Singapore's...
is ranked first among university-affiliated think tanks in Asia and 13th globally.
Internet learning on Campus
The University is connected to the high speed Internet. All the facilities and resources available over the Internet are accessible by anyone on the campus network. The 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 in 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.
NTU provides e-learning services via edveNTUre, which is based on BlackBoard technology, provides the framework and eco-system for learning and teaching. Besides providing a repository of lecture recordings, lecture notes, it also facilitates learning activities for collaboration, discussion, assessment and project work. During term time, the usage typically by faculty and students exceeds nine-million page views weekly (Jan 2010).
Degrees Awarded by NTU
Bachelor degrees:- Bachelor of Accountancy
- Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Engineering
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Communication Studies
Higher degrees:
- Master of Business
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Science
- Master of Arts
- Master of Education
- Master in Educational Administration
- Master of Engineering
- Master of Public Administration
- Master of Applied Science
- Master of Communication Studies
- Master of Mass Communication
- Master of Management in Hospitality
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctor in Education
See also
- National University of SingaporeNational University of SingaporeThe National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
- Singapore Institute of TechnologySingapore Institute of TechnologySingapore Institute of Technology is a publicly-funded institute of higher learning in Singapore that caters primarily to local polytechnic graduates who wish to pursue a bachelor's degree...
- Singapore Management UniversitySingapore Management UniversityThe Singapore Management University was officially incorporated on January 12, 2000, and was Singapore's first private university funded by the government...
- Singapore University of Technology and DesignSingapore University of Technology and DesignThe Singapore University of Technology and Design will be Singapore's fourth autonomous university. It is developed in collaboration...
- List of universities in Singapore
External links
- Graduate Students Club
- NTU Cultural Activities Club website
- THE Rankings - Nanyang Technological University(2008)
- NTU 50th anniversary celebrations site
- Nanyang Business School (NBS)
- National Institute of Education (NIE)
- S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
- Article about Nanyang Technological University
- Nanyang Technological University student reviews
- Scholarship Information of Nanyang Technological University
- Various degrees awarded by NTU and corresponding academic gowns