Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore has its origin in the former Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI), which was set up in August 1981 to provide tertiary education and research in engineering and technology. NTU was established by an act of Parliament on 1 July 1991 when NTI was renamed NTU and empowered to award its own degrees. Its campus is located at the former Nanyang University at Jurong in the western part of the island nation. Nanyang University was founded by the late rubber tycoon and community leader Tan Lark Sye in 1955, and it was merged with the University of Singapore to become the National University of Singapore in 1980.
NTU admitted its first class of students in July 1982. The university is moving rapidly into programs in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, and systems engineering. Currently the university offers eighteen master's degree programs in engineering, computer science, and technical management via telecommunications technologies.
There have been calls from alumni of Nanyang University to restore the university's former name, but official resistance has been strong. Although new graduates have no memories of the past, graduates are stepping up efforts to restore the glories of the former university.
Further Reading
Kee, Pookong, and Choi Kwai Keong. (2000) A Pictorial History of Nantah. Singapore: Published for the Chinese Heritage Centre by Times Media.
Lu, Sinclair. (1995) The NTU Story: The Making of a University of Industry and Business. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University.
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