TOWARDS A UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL EXCELLENCE
Professor ER Meng Hwa
Deputy President
Nanyang Technological University
19 October 2003
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NTU VISION
University of Global Excellence;
Steep in Ideals, Passion,
Creativity & Entrepreneurialism
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NTU MISSION
Educating Leaders &
Advancing Knowledge for
Singapore and Beyond
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NTU: Facts and Figures
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Established in 1981 on the 200-hectare ground of the
former Nanyang University.
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10 Constituent schools / institutes:
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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
School of Computer Engineering (SCE)
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
School of Materials Engineering (SME)
School of Mechanical and Production Engineering (MPE)
School of Biological Sciences (SBS)
School of Communication and Information (SCI)
Nanyang Business School (NBS)
National Institute of Education (NIE)
Institute of Defence & Strategic Studies (IDSS)
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NTU: Facts and Figures
 Additional schools being formed –
 Physical Science
 Humanities and Social Sciences
 Design and Media
 Residential campus with beds for about 9000
students in 15 Halls of Residence
 Physical space: 200 hectares land, more than
400,000 sq m of academic space
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NTU: Facts and Figures
 Undergraduate degrees in 7 engineering disciplines,
Biological Sciences, Business, Accountancy, Communication
Studies, Science/Arts with Education
 42 Graduate degrees at Master level;
 29 Graduate degrees by research at Master and PhD levels.
 Total student population of about 25,050; total staff strength
of about 3,550
 Presently, there are about 1100 enrolled as PhD students.
 Alumni strength of about 80,000
 Overseas network with about 197 universities in 36 different
countries.
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Academic and Research Manpower
1400
1200
1000
800
Academic
staff
Research
staff
600
400
200
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
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NTU: ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
Total Student Enrolment AY02-03 = 25,054
#Diploma
(Full-time)
8.1%
Programmes
*Graduate
Students
(Part-time)
11.8%
*Graduate
Students
(Full-time)
15.3%
Undergraduate
(Part-time)
2.5%
Total Student Population
AY2002-03
Undergraduate
(Full-time)
62.3%
Number
%
Undergraduate
(Full-time)
15,598
62.3%
Undergraduate
(Part-time)
616
2.5%
*Graduate
Students (Fulltime)
3,842
15.3%
*Graduate
Students (Parttime)
2,959
11.8%
#Diploma (Fulltime)
2,039
8.1%
Total
25,054
100%
* Includes Postgraduate/graduate Diploma
Students
# NIE Diploma Students
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Undergraduate and Graduate Enrolment
18000
16000
14000
12000
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0
1998
1999
2000
Undergraduate
Master/PhD
2001
2002
Graduate(total)
Grad Diploma
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8 Key Strategic Directions
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Building a comprehensive university
New undergraduate experience
Positioning research for greater impact & relevance
International Strategy
Student & professor centric mindset
Building a distinct culture & character
Creating entrepreneurial environment & ecosystem
New dimensions of learning
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Global Links
Satellite Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Innovation in Manufacturing
Systems & Technology
Materials Engineering
All Engineering Fields
Advanced Numerical
Engineering Simulations
Biomedical Sc & Engrg
Hotel Management
Financial Engineering
Management; Civil Engrg
U of Surrey
Stanford University
MIT
Cambridge University
Imperial College
MIT
U of Southern California
U of Queensland
Tsinghua University
U of Washington
Caltech; U of Miami
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Shanghai Jiaotong U
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Key collaborative programmes established
in recent years
 Research and education in Bioengineering, Biomedical
Engrg, Medicine & Biology with University of Washington
 Research collaboration and manpower training with Zhejiang,
Shanghai Jiaotong, Xi’an, Tianjin and Huazhong Universities
 MSc in Financial Engineering with Carnegie Mellon University
 Dual MBA programme with University of St Gallen
 Nanyang Fellows Programme with Sloan School of
Management
 Dual MSc in Human Factors Engineering with Linkopping
University
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Key collaborative programmes (contd.)
 Joint degree with Moscow Institute of Physics and
Technology
 Executive MBA programme, dual MSc in Environmental
Management and Construction Management with Shanghai
Jiaotong University
 Technopreneurship and Innovation Programme (TIP) with
University of Washington
 Asian Business Case studies & joint Executive Programme
with University of Western Ontario
 Project Discovery for B.Acc with University of Illinois
 World Internet Project with UCLA
 Asian Environmental Engineering Alliance with KAIST, Univ of
Tokyo, National Taiwan Univ and Univ of Hong Kong
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Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)
 NTU hosts the ‘Innovation in Manufacturing Systems &
Technology (IMST)’ programme
 Commenced in Yr 2000 – intake of 27, 34 and 44 for Yr
2000, 2001, 2002 respectively
 IMST Fellows from NTU, MIT engineering faculty, Nanyang
Business School and Sloan School of Management
 Joint research activities with MIT IMST faculty have been
established.
 Presently, there are 10 SMA PhD students; 13 NTU faculty
participate in the SMA.
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Singapore-Stanford Programme (SSP)
 Recently established NTU-Stanford initiative; forged at faculty
level
 Under EDB’s World Class Universities Programme; initial
duration of 5 years
 Joint development of MSc and PhD core courses in
Environmental Science and Engineering
 NTU & Stanford professors co-teach at both locations; some
courses also to be taken by regular NTU and Stanford
graduate students; face-to-face and distant learning modes
 2003 – 1st intake of 18 students
 “Clean Water Programme”
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