Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviation: NTU) is one of the three biggest open and self-sufficient colleges in Singapore.
NTU was initiated in 1991, when its antecedent organization, the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) converged with the National Institute of Education (NIE). NTU has subsequent to developed to wind up an undeniable far reaching and research-concentrated college, with more than 33,000 undergrad and postgraduate students. The University is sorted out into eight universities and schools. They are the College of Engineering, College of Science, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Business School, and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine - set up mutually with Imperial College London. NTU is likewise home to the National Institute of Education, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore Center on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering and the Institute on Asian Consumer Insight.
Regardless of being a youthful college, NTU is reliably positioned among the world's best in different school and college rankings. In the 2015 QS World University Rankings, NTU was positioned thirteenth all around and second in Asia. The University was additionally positioned first on the planet in the worldwide youthful college rankings, as per the QS Top 50 Under 50. The College of Engineering at NTU is likewise positioned sixth on the planet in the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Faculty. The NTU Nanyang MBA is Singapore's No.1 MBA program having put 29th worldwide in the 2016 Financial Times Global MBA Rankings and 59th comprehensively (second in Asia) by The Economist Intelligence Unit for full-time MBA Rankings in 2015. For 12 back to back years, Nanyang Business School has been positioned the best in Singapore by The Economist. The college likewise has 10 Nobel laureates and a Fields Medalist on its board of global consultants.
The college's fundamental grounds covers 200 hectares of area, making it the biggest college grounds in Singapore. The principle grounds are situated in the south-western part of the Western Water Catchment only nearby the catchment's western limit with the town of Jurong West. NTU likewise has two different grounds, one in Novena and another at one-north.
Nanyang Technological Institute (1981-1991)
Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) was set up on 1 August 1981 with a contract to prepare 75% of Singapore's architects. At the point when NTI began in 1982, it had an aggregate understudy populace of 582 in three designing orders – common and auxiliary, electrical and electronic, and mechanical and generation building. By 1990, the foundation's undergrad understudy populace had developed to 6,832. The initial two graduate understudies were conceded in 1986. Three building schools were included, and the School of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore was moved to NTI in 1987. A school of connected science was additionally begun. In 1990, the legislature reported that the Institute of Education would be converged with the College of Physical Education to frame the National Institute of Education and that it would be a piece of the new NTU upon its foundation in 1991.
In spite of the comparable name, it is not identified with Nanyang University the neighborhood Chinese-medium tertiary establishment which converged with the University of Singapore in 1980 to shape the National University of Singapore. NTI was set up the next year and assumed control over the previous Nanyang University's structures.
Present structure: Nanyang Technological University (1991-present)
In 1991, NTI converged with the National Institute of Education (NIE) to shape Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The graduated class moves of the previous Nanyang University were moved to NTU in 1996. NTU got to be independent in 2006 and is today one of the three biggest state funded colleges in Singapore.
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