Nanyang Technological University: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Autonomous university in Singapore}}

{{distinguish|Nanyang Polytechnic|Nanyang Institute of Technology}}

{{Use Singapore English|date=March 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Nanyang Technological University

| native_name = {{nobold|{{native name|zh|南洋理工大学|italics=off}}<br />{{native name|ms|Universiti Teknologi Nanyang}}<br />{{native name|ta|நன்யாங் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம்|italics=off}}<!--end nobold:-->}}

| image = Nanyang Technological University coat of arms vector.svg

| caption = [[Nanyang Technological University#Coat of arms|Coat of arms]]

| former_name = Nanyang Technological Institute (1981–1991)

| endowment = [[Singapore dollar|S$]]2.3 billion<br />([[United States dollar|US$]]1.8 billion)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/Documents/NTUAR2012(FINAL).pdf | title = Nanyang Technological University: A Stellar Year Annual Report 2012 | publisher = Nanyang Technological University | date = Feb 2013 | access-date = 19 November 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140115021130/http://www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/Documents/NTUAR2012(FINAL).pdf | archive-date = 15 January 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>

| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]<ref name = "MOE">{{cite web | title = Post-secondary education | website = Ministry of Education, Singapore | url = https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/post-secondary | access-date = 11 June 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080405184413/http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/post-secondary/| url-status =dead| archive-date =2008-04-05}}</ref>

| president = [[Teck-Hua Ho|Ho Teck Hua]]

| provost = Ling San

| country =

| coor =

| academic_staff = 1,775<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web | url = http://www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/CorporateInfo/FactsFigures/Pages/staffpopulation.aspx | title = Facts and Figures: 2018 Faculty and Staff population | publisher = Nanyang Technological University | access-date = 29 January 2019 | archive-date = 16 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140916102601/http://www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/CorporateInfo/FactsFigures/Pages/staffpopulation.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref>

| administrative_staff = 6,608<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

}}

 

 

The university is organised across numerous colleges and schools, including the 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 {{Convert|200|hectare}} of land, making it the largest university campus in Singapore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hey.ntu.edu.sg/05_features_3.html|title=Check in to Check Out|website=hey.ntu.edu.sg|access-date=2016-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707091752/http://www.hey.ntu.edu.sg/05_features_3.html|archive-date=7 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1991, NTI merged with the [[National Institute of Education|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.<ref name="Mavis Toh"/><ref name=":0" /> NTU became autonomous in 2006 and stands as one of the two largest public universities in Singapore today.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntu.edu.sg/about-us/history|title=Our History|website=Nanyang Technological University|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

 

 

 

In 2021, some applications for on-campus hostel accommodations in NTU were rejected due to [[COVID-19]] isolation protocols.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mothership.sg/2021/07/ntu-students-no-accommodation/ | title = Many NTU students fail to secure accommodation as hall rooms reserved for 'Covid-19 isolation & other related purposes' | access-date = 1 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210701114108/https://mothership.sg/2021/07/ntu-students-no-accommodation/ | archive-date = 1 July 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref> The university claimed that the rejections were due to a shortage of housing facilities, which at full capacity was still unable to house every applicant, as rooms were oversubscribed.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=NTU says it is 'still working' to resolve hall allocation issue, cannot have a place for every applicant|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ntu-hall-allocation-housing-oversubscribed-covid-19-applicants-15157482|access-date=2021-07-07|website=CNA|language=en}}</ref> Such rejections resulted in concerns, especially among international students, as it resulted in many returning second-year students enrolled in for 2020 to 2021 not being granted campus accommodation despite the university's much-publicised policy of guaranteeing all incoming students with a minimum of two years of on-campus accommodation.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ntu-freshman-enjoy-two-year-campus-residence | title = NTU freshmen guaranteed 2-year stay on campus | access-date = 2 July 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210702022153/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ntu-freshman-enjoy-two-year-campus-residence | archive-date = 2 July 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref> NTU eventually reversed their decision on 2 July 2021, prioritising on-campus accommodations for international students that resided on campus at the time, students under scholarship programmes with guaranteed housing, and all Year 1 and 2 students under the guaranteed hall stay policy.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=NTU opens more spots for on-campus housing after 'careful review'; guarantees placement for Year 1 and 2 students|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ntu-hall-on-campus-housing-careful-review-more-spots-students-15140148|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702095440/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/ntu-hall-on-campus-housing-careful-review-more-spots-students-15140148|archive-date=2 July 2021|access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref>

 

== Coat of arms ==

On its foundation in July 1991, NTU adopted the Coat of Arms granted to NTI (by the [[College of Arms]] of the United Kingdom in November 1982) as its coat of arms.

 

 

It is [[blazon|blazoned]]: {{blockquote|Argent a lion passant guardant proper on a chief embattled gules a cog-wheel between two conventional representations of an atom argent.}}

The campus grounds were originally donated by the Singapore Hokkien Association to [[Nanyang University]]. In 1981, the Nanyang University grounds were granted to the [[Nanyang Technological Institute]], a newly formed English-medium engineering college. With the formation of the NTU through NTI's merger with the [[National Institute of Education]] (NIE), the grounds were then presented to the university.

 

 

 

=== Novena Campus ===

 

===Undergraduate halls===

 

=== Transportation ===

 

<gallery caption="Architecture/Facilities of NTU">

 

==Colleges and schools==

 

===Nanyang Business School===

 

The college offers a rich array of multidisciplinary programmes and specialisations in traditional engineering disciplines and beyond. In addition to the 12 single degree programmes, the college also offers double degrees, double majors and integrated programmes as well as the only aerospace engineering programme in Singapore.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ntu.edu.sg/engineering/aboutus | title=About Us | website=CoE, Nanyang Technological University | access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

 

===College of Science===

 

==Research institutes and centres==

 

*The Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Singapore Ministry of Education, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore. Hosted by the NTU in partnership with NUS, SCELSE is linking new insights from the [[Life Sciences]] with expertise from the emerging technologies in [[Engineering]] and [[Natural Sciences]] to understand, harness and control microbial [[biofilm]] communities. The union of these fields has established a new discipline of Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.

==Clubs and communities==

 

 

==University rankings==

{{Infobox university rankings

| ARWU_W_ref = <ref name="">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2022|title=2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities|access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref>

| QS_Asia = 2 | QS_Asia_ref = <ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2020|title=QS University Rankings: Asia 2020|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>

| THE_Asia = 5 | THE_Asia_ref = <ref name="auto5">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/regional-ranking|title=Asia University Rankings 2019|date=26 April 2019 |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref>

|access-date=22 October 2019 }}</ref>

 

=== Overall rankings ===

 

=== Young university rankings ===

 

=== Subject/Area rankings ===

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|Arts & Humanities

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====International====

* [[General|Gen.]] [[Tito Karnavian]] – [[Indonesian National Police]], former Head of Detachment 88, elite anti terror group in Indonesian police, former head of Jakarta Regional Police Division, now head of Indonesian National Police.

 

* [[Teo Ser Luck]] – former Member of Parliament for [[Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC]], Mayor, and Minister of State

* [[Yu-Foo Yee Shoon]] – former Member of Parliament for [[Yuhua SMC]], and Minister of State

* [[Yee Jenn Jong]] – former [[Non-Constituency Member of Parliament]]

* [[Cheo Chai Chen]] – former Member of Parliament for [[Nee Soon Central Single Member Constituency|Nee Soon Central SMC]]

===Business and technology===

* [[Tan Chin Hwee]] – CEO of [[Trafigura]]

* [[Chade-Meng Tan]] – Jolly Good Fellow, [[Google]] Inc

 

* [[Zihan Loo]] – film director, actor, dancer.

* [[Quek See Ling]] – Poet, writer, Chinese ink painter and editor.

 

===Media and entertainment===

* [[Calvin Kang Li Loong]] – National Sprinter

* [[Lee Wung Yew]] – Multiple SEA Games gold medallist in shooting.

 

==Notable faculty==

 

===Humanities and social sciences===

* [[Grace Chia]] – Literature

* [[Liang Wern Fook]] – Chinese Studies, Mandopop singer-songwriter, [[Xinyao]] pioneer