Nanyang Technological University is an internationally reputed research-intensive tertiary institution. Its broad-based education covers science and technology, business and the arts, entrepreneurial and leadership skills to prepare students for the global working world. bNanyang Technological Institute (NTI) was established on the same campus in 1981 with government funding to educate practice-oriented engineers for the burgeoning Singapore economy. In 1991, NTI became Nanyang Technological University with the absorption of the National Institute of Education. The alumni rolls of the former Nanyang University were transferred to NTU in 1996.
Vision and Mission:
Vision: To be a great global university founded on science and technology
Mission: Nurturing creative and entrepreneurial leaders through a broad education in diverse disciplines
Recognition
- NTU internationally recognised as a modern research-intensive university, with strong technological base and traditions, and a highly rated business school.
One of biggest engineering Colleges in the World now becoming a more comprehensive university
- NTU is one of the biggest engineering Colleges in the World and they are becoming more comprehensive as it has rapidly build up reputation in advanced natural sciences together with an innovative Arts and Humanities capabilities, something rarely found in association with science and technology. In addition, they have one of the region leading Business Schools and Singapore only has School of Communication and Information (media and journalism)
An international university
- Undergraduate student body is predominantly drawn from Singaporean citizens and Permanent Residents, as befits a leading national university, but it also welcomes students from many other countries, especially from the ASEAN region and other parts of Asia.
- At the postgraduate level, the majority of our students come from outside Singapore and we have an international intake of research students
- Our faculty are drawn from over 40 countries worldwide and this produces a diversity of views, backgrounds and cultures , all adding up to a vibrant and stimulating campus
Highly ranked overall as 14 in Asia and 24 worldwide in Business Schools
- NTU is ranked 14th in the first ranking of Asian universities made by the compilers of the Times Higher Education (THE) - QS World University Rankings. In addition, the Nanyang Business School's (NBS)MBA programme has jumped more than 20 places to be ranked 24th among the top MBA programmes worldwide in the Financial Times 2009 Global MBA Rankings, the highest achieved by a Singapore institution so far. This year's ranking places NBS in the league of the elite business schools worldwide.
Location & Facilities
The main campus for NTU is the Yunnan Garden Campus, a beautiful semi-rural and tropical setting in the west of Singapore Island, donated by the Hokkien Clan Association. This more than 200 hectare campus is home not only to the academic complex of the university but also to our students, as we are a largely residential university, as well as many of university staff. NTU also has campus at One North, Singapore, research hub containing Biopolis and Fusionopolis of the A*Star institutes. Additional NTU laboratoies are also being based in Biopolis and NTU will also have a presence in the future CREATE campus
At One North, the campus houses that Confucius Institute, the EU Centre in Singapore and the NTU Centre for Continuing Education (lifelong learning).There are 16 Halls of Residence that are home to some 9200 students.All halls are co-ed by floor or wing and offer single and double occupancy rooms. Double rooms are shared by residents of the same gender. Rooms are fully furnished. There are phone jacks and internet connections in each room.
Every hall has communal facilities like television rooms, air-conditioned reading rooms, kitchenettes and laundry rooms with washing machines.