The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a national research university in Singapore. It is the second oldest autonomous university in Singapore and one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world as well as in Asia itself.
The university is organised into several colleges and schools; College of Engineering, College of Science, Nanyang Business School, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Graduate College, National Institute of Education, and S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
NTU is also home to several Research Centres of Excellence such as the Earth Observatory of Singapore and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering. NTU’s main campus covers 200 hectares (490 acres) of land, making it the largest university campus in Singapore. (Source from Wikipedia)
HISTORY OF NTU
In 1991, NTI merged with the National Institute of Education (NIE) (founded in 1950) to form the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The alumni rolls of the former Nanyang University were transferred to NTU in 1996. Historically, Nanyang Technological University admitted students jointly with the affiliated National University of Singapore and charged the same fees. Students made only one application and they would be accepted by either university. This arrangement ended in 2004 as both universities began to distinguish themselves with an end of its official affiliation. Currently, students apply separately to both universities. NTU became autonomous in 2006 and stands as one of the two largest public universities in Singapore today.
CAMPUS in NTU
During NTI period between 1981 and 1982, the main campus layout including the building complex, the so-called North Spine, has been designed by a world-renowned Japanese architect, who is also 1987 Pritzker Prize winner, Kenzō Tange. The North Spine has been officially opened in 1986. The ADM building, featured in “Travel + Lesiure” report, has been designed by a young Singaporean architect Lee Cheng Wee. The Learning Hub building, also called the Hive, featured in “Times Higher Education” report, has been designed by a British designer Thomas Heatherwick.
Adminstration Building of NTU
NTU learning Hub
Nanyang Business School
Nanyang Business School (NBS) is the largest business school in Singapore with over 6,800 undergraduates and postgraduates. It is also the No.1 business school in Singapore and 3rd in the Asia-Pacific region according to the Financial Times. For 13 consecutive years since 2004, the Nanyang MBA has been ranked the best in Singapore according to The Economist. NBS has more than 160 professors from more than 20 countries, proficient in 30 languages holding doctorates from the most renowned universities in the world. This makes NBS one of the largest business schools in the world in terms of faculty strength.
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
HASS consists of four schools: The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, The School of Art, Design and Media, The School of Humanities and the The School of Social Sciences.
College of Engineering
The College of Engineering is NTU’s largest subdivision. It has been ranked among the world’s top 5 schools of engineering and technology by QS World University Rankings, and claimed to be the world’s largest engineering college, with a student population of more than 10,500 undergraduates and 3,500 graduates. It consists of six schools (Chemical and Biomedical, Civil and Environmental, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronic, Materials Science, Mechanical and Aerospace) focused on technology and innovation.
College of Science
Today, the college consists of three schools: The School of Biological Sciences, The School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, The Asian School of the Environment.
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
In 2010, NTU announced the formation of a pro-tem governing board to guide the establishment of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, a collaboration with Imperial College London. The medical college was established in 2013.
National Institute of Education
The National Institute of Education (NIE), occupying 16 hectares (0.16 km2; 40 acres) in the western part of NTU’s Yunnan Garden campus, is Singapore’s main teaching college and is run in close collaboration with Singapore’s Ministry of Education. Full-time teachers in Singapore’s public schools are required to complete a post-graduate diploma course at NIE, sponsored by Singapore’s Ministry of Education. NIE is also internationally acclaimed and provides educational consultancy to countries from Indonesia to UAE.
Place of beauty & cultures
Yunnan Garden
Chinese Heritage Centre, formerly the Administration Building of Nanyang University.
After the merger of the Nanyang University and University of Singapore (which then became the current National University of Singapore, NUS), the Nanyang Technological University, NTU was set up in 1991 which then occupied the former premises of the Nanyang University.
NTU Youth Olympics Village (2010)
In the Past
Nanyang University was a university in Singapore between 1956 and 1980. During its existence, it was Singapore’s only private university in the Chinese language. In 1980, Nanyang University was merged with the University of Singapore to form the National University of Singapore (NUS). It was only until 2005 that another private school in Singapore, SIM University, was established.
Old Nanyang University's location
