Professor ER Meng Hwa Deputy President Nanyang Technological University

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Professor ER Meng HwaDeputy PresidentNanyang
Technological University
TOWARDS A UNIVERSITY OF GLOBAL EXCELLENCE
19 October 2003
Excellence in University Education
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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
• Established in 1981 on the 200-hectare ground of
  the former Nanyang University.
• 10 Constituent schools / institutes
• 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
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NTU ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES Total Student
Enrolment AY02-03 25,054

Includes Postgraduate/graduate Diploma
Students NIE Diploma Students
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Undergraduate and Graduate Enrolment
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8 Key Strategic Directions

• 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 U of Surrey
• Environmental Engineering Stanford University
• Innovation in Manufacturing MIT
• Systems Technology
• Materials Engineering Cambridge University
• All Engineering Fields Imperial College
• Advanced Numerical MIT
• Engineering Simulations U of Southern
  California
• U of Queensland
• Tsinghua University
• Biomedical Sc Engrg U of Washington
• Caltech U of Miami
• Hotel Management Cornell
• Financial Engineering Carnegie Mellon
• Management Civil Engrg 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, Xian, 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 EDBs 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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• Thank You