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Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a research-intensive university with globally acknowledged strengths in science and engineering. The university has roots that go back to 1955 when Nanyang University was set up. Today, NTU has four colleges with 12 schools, and two autonomous entities, the National Institute of Education and S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
NTU provides a high-quality global education to more than 20,000 undergraduates and 7,600 graduate students. The student body includes top scholars and international olympiad medallists from the region and beyond.
Hailing from more than 40 countries, the university's 2,500-strong teaching and research staff bring dynamic international perspectives and years of solid industry experience.
Diverse disciplines for diverse talents
NTU is ranked among the world's top 100 universities in the world [1] today.
The Nanyang Business School (College of Business) is the first and only Singapore business school to be ranked in the top 25 of the Financial Times Global MBA 2009 rankings. It is also one of only three in Asia to be awarded both the EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditations - international hallmarks of quality.
The College of Engineering, with six schools focused on technology and innovation, has a research output among the top four in the world.
The College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences is home to the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, a top journalism and media school in Asia; a fast-growing humanities and social sciences school with distinctive niches of excellence; and Singapore's first professional art school offering degree courses in art, design and interactive digital media.
The College of Science offers Singapore's only direct-honours bachelor's degree programmes in the biological, and physical and mathematical sciences.
The National Institute of Education, Singapore's only teacher-training institute, is internationally-acclaimed and provides educational consultancy to countries from Indonesia to Abu Dhabi.
The S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, an autonomous graduate institution of NTU, runs the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, long recognised as a world authority on terrorism.
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[1] Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement 2008
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