Students at the International Space University Space Studies Program 2009 and Singularity University will share their last evening together at NASA's Ames at their universities' closing ceremonies on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. [23] In the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018, an annual ranking of university graduates' employability, NUS was ranked 30th in the world.
Click for the latest updates and measures implemented across our campuses. It is the largest faculty in the university and consists of several divisions/departments: Biomedical Engineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Electrical & Computer Engineering; Engineering Science Programme; Industrial Systems Engineering & Management (ISEM); Materials Science & Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering. Comparative Medicine was set up to provide professional and technical service for laboratory animal care, veterinary medical services, and animal research project support for NUS staff and students. Established on 1 July 2000 with startup funding from the Ministry of Education and NUS, the Institute fosters fundamental and multidisciplinary mathematical research and nurtures mathematical expertise among research scientists through research programmes, summer schools, conferences, stand-alone workshops, colloquium lectures and ad hoc seminars. Kitchen and dining areas are equipped with basic cooking appliances. NEC is currently headed by Wong Poh Kam[14] and its activities are organised into four areas, including a business incubator, experiential education, entrepreneurship development and entrepreneurship research. [78], On 19 April 2019, a sexual misconduct incident, of which a female student, Monica Baey Beiermann, was filmed while showering in a student hostel by a fellow male student was revealed by the victim. It exists as an autonomous college within NUS, allowing it greater freedom to develop its own policies while tapping on the existing facilities and resources of the main university. University Program, Students Soar to New Heights 08.31.09 - After nine weeks of intense lessons, robotic and rocket competitions and rubbing elbows with NASA scientists, industry experts and entrepreneurs, students shared their final evening together at NASA Ames. NERI is a university-level research institute that focuses on the development of integrated sustainability solutions for the environment. It offers a spectrum of research areas spanning science, engineering, related aspects of medicine, and interactive & digital media. The NUS University Town houses the Graduate Residence for graduate students with the option of both apartments and single rooms.

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ILO manages NUS intellectual property, commercialises its intellectual assets and facilitates the spinning off of technologies into start-up companies. NUS also has 3 Student Residences for undergraduate students with clusters of 11 to 15 single rooms with their own kitchen and bathroom facilities. The National University of Singapore (NUS) was formed with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University on 6 August 1980. In Singapore's legal sector, NUS served as Singapore's only law school for half a century, until the Singapore Management University was set up in 2007. Singapore's first conservatory of music, YSTCM was founded as the Singapore Conservatory of Music in 2001. Learning Science and Educational Technology, Technology Translation & Commercialisation, Outstanding contributions and commitment to serve, Air pollution drives demand for food delivery services and plastic waste. The low-rise interconnected buildings are nestled against the backdrop of the Kent Ridge Forest, visually distinct with their brick-clad exteriors, open courtyards and heritage trees. [85][86] As a result, NUS convenes a review committee,[87] and two petitions demanding stiffer penalties are launched[88][89] Bathroom security was subsequently tightened with covered entrances and more security guards in place. Established in December 2007, the Centre for Quantum Technologies conducts research on fundamental quantum physics and on devices based on quantum phenomena. MBI's scientific research is focused on the dynamical and mechanical aspects of biological functions. NUS has a variety of teaching centres including: NUS High School of Mathematics and Science is a school specialising in mathematics and science, and provides secondary and pre-tertiary education to many students with an inclination to these fields. ISU Opening Ceremony on Ustream→ ISU Space Studies Program 2009→, Rachel Prucey NASA Ames Research Center Phone: 650-604-0643 Caroline Schwob / Marie Fernbach International Space University, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France Phone: +33-88-65-5455 Luisa Fernanda Zambrano International Space University 650-930-0667. Apart from the traditional LLB which runs for four years, the law school also offers double honours degrees in Business Administration & Law, Economics & Law,[39] Law & Life Sciences,[40] and a concurrent degree programme in Law & Public Policy. There are several internal shuttle buses that run throughout NUS: A1, A2, D1, D2, B1, B2, C, BTC1, BTC2, A1E, A2E, and AV1. Efforts focus in many areas, but especially in team-based learning, student-centred learning, grading and assessment, effective classroom discussion, impactful feedback, and intercultural engagement for all the divisions - Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities. Established on 15 October 2008, Cancer Science Institute (CSI) of Singapore is dedicated to investigating the pathogenesis of cancer and creating innovative, safer methods of diagnosis and treatment. Defunct universities. [91] On 29 August 2019, NUS has set up a Victim Care Unit for victims who have encountered some form of sexual misconduct. After nine weeks of intense lessons, robotic and rocket competitions and rubbing elbows with NASA scientists, industry experts and entrepreneurs, students shared their final evening together at NASA Ames. [61], The NUS Libraries comprises 8 libraries, namely, the Central Library, Chinese Library, CJ Koh Law Library, Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library, the Medical Library, Music Library, Science Library and East Asian Institute Library. RC4 believes in catalysing a generation of systems citizens in Singapore by employing systems thinking and systems dynamic modelling to elicit mental models to emulate the complexity of the problems around us – such as population dynamics, diseases and healthcare. In 1960, the governments of then Federation of Malaya and Singapore indicated their desire to change the status of the divisions into that of a national university. [77], Law professor Tey Tsun Hang was also tried for allegedly offering better grades in exchange for sex, and was sentenced to five months in jail in June 2013. The Centre for International Law was established in 2009 to provide a focal point for international law thought leadership and capacity building in the Asia-Pacific region. Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from NUS Economics has found a strong causal link between air pollution and plastic waste through the demand for food delivery. Halls compete with each other in the Inter-Hall Games. Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is a highly ranked publicly funded university in Singapore. There are about 6,000 residential places distributed between Halls of Residence and Student Residences on campus, in addition to around 4,100 students who live in the residential colleges and graduate residences at University Town. [66] There are free Internal Shuttle Buses that ply the entire campus seven days a week.[67]. Societies in every continent are riven into polarities with accompanying attention to fake news. [73][74] Recent cases include the imprisonment of assistant law professor Sundram Peter Soosay for assaulting a taxi driver while drunk,[75][76] and the death of first-year scholar Peter Huen Kam Fai, who hanged himself at Cinnamon College. We are Singapore’s flagship university. Recent years have been troubled by heightened political and social conflicts across the globe. Another new field which holds much promise is nanoscience and nanotechnology. At the start of every semester, students are allocated a set number of points with which they use to bid for enrollment to their module of choice.

One of several niche research areas of strategic importance to Singapore being undertaken at NUS is bioengineering. SSLS conducts research involving the use of, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore. An Education Resource Centre, the Stephen Riady Centre and a Graduate Residence are also located here.[65]. CIL's focus areas of research and training are ocean law and policy, ASEAN law and policy, investment law and policy, and international law and practice. The first female Dean of the Faculty of Science was Gloria Lim, who was appointed in 1973. In February 2014, his verdict was overturned on appeal to the high court and he was acquitted of all charges. Note that the office of the President of Raffles College was renamed Principal of Raffles College from 1938.[72]. Apart from higher-performance but lower-maintenance materials for manufacturing, defence, transportation, space and environmental applications, this field also heralds the development of accelerated biotechnical applications in medicine, health care and agriculture. As every Faculty handles their UROP application slightly different, more information should be sought from the respective faculty. Around 620 students live in the USP residential college, which contains the administrative and faculty offices for USP as well as teaching classrooms. The new Annex building became operational in March 2017. More information about the college can be found at NUS RC4. [37], NGS' PhD programmes are firmly anchored in cross-disciplinary research.

To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. The institute's R&D spectrum covers materials, components, processes, systems and services, with an emphasis on solar photovoltaic cells, modules and systems. The two institutions were merged to provide for the higher education needs of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore. It consciously weaves the theme of active citizenship and community engagement through its curriculum and other aspects of the student experience. Click here for more closing ceremony photos. [58] The program is offered at twelve different locations: Silicon Valley and New York in the United States, Toronto in Canada, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen in China, Stockholm in Sweden, Munich in Germany, Lausanne in Switzerland, Israel, Singapore and Southeast Asia (Jakarta and Vietnam).