Nanyang Technological University

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is one of the fastest-rising universities in the world with globally acknowledged strengths in science and engineering. The university has five colleges, one of which is only focused on interdisciplinary graduate research, and a new medical school, the autonomous Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, set up jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous entities such as the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering. NTU provides a high-quality global education to about 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The student body includes top scholars and international olympiad medallists from the region and beyond. A fast-growing university with an international outlook, NTU is putting its global stamp on Five Peaks of Excellence: Sustainable Earth, Future Healthcare, New Media, New Silk Road, and Innovation Asia. NTU’s lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus is the largest in Singapore. Besides this main campus, NTU also has a satellite campus in Singapore’s science and tech hub, one-north, and a third campus in Novena, Singapore’s medical district.

A great global university founded on science and technology, nurturing creative and entrepreneurial leaders through a broad education in diverse disciplines.

Foundation year: 1991
Short name: NTU
Type: Public, National, Autonomous
Students: 25740
Faculty: 1550
Faculty/Students Ratio: 17:1
Region: Asia
Location: Nanyang Avenue