Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is one of Singapore's two major national universities. Founded in 1981, it is also the second-oldest autonomous university in the country. NTU is frequently ranked within the world's top 30 universities according to most major international rankings, and is widely-considered to be one of the two most prestigious universities in Singapore, the other being the National University of Singapore.
Nanyang University (Chinese: 南洋大學; pinyin: Nányáng Dàxué, also known as Nantah, was a university in Singapore between 1956 and 1980. During its existence, it was Singapore's only private university in the Chinese language. In 1980, Nanyang University was merged with the University of Singapore to form the National University of Singapore. It was only until 2005 that another private school in Singapore, SIM University, was established.
Kerson Huang was a Chinese-born American theoretical physicist and translator.
Su Guaning is a Singaporean college administrator and academic who served as the president of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) between 2003 and 2011. He is currently President Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Yum-Tong Siu is the William Elwood Byerly Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University.
Senapathy "Kris" Gopalakrishnan is an Indian businessman and the Chairman of Axilor Ventures, an accelerator that helps start-ups during the early stage of their business journey. Kris served as the vice chairman of Infosys from 2011 to 2014 and the chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys from 2007 to 2011. Kris is one of the co-founders of Infosys.
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) is an autonomous graduate school and policy-oriented think tank within the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Founded in 1996 as the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, RSIS offers graduate education in international affairs, taught by an array of international faculty. The school is named after former Deputy Prime Minister S. Rajaratnam.
Teck-Hua Ho is the fifth president of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU). He is also a Distinguished University Professor at NTU Singapore. Prior to joining NTU, he was the senior deputy president and provost at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the William Halford Jr. Family Professor of Marketing at the Haas School of Business. He is also the founding executive chairman of AI Singapore, a national research and development programme.
Hilmi Volkan Demir is a Turkish scientist, best known for his works on white light generation.
Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal is a serial entrepreneur and former politician in Singapore's parliament representing the Ang Mo Kio GRC from 1996 to 2015.
Miguel Angel Fernández Sanjuán is a Spanish Theoretical Physicist from Leon, Spain. He is known for his contributions in nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory, and control of chaos, and has published several scientific papers and popular news articles. He has supervised around 20 PhD students in Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Complex Systems.
Freddy Boey is a Singaporean academic currently serving as the president of the City University of Hong Kong. Boey was previously the deputy president of the National University of Singapore (NUS), overseeing the university's initiatives and activities in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and research translation, as well as graduate studies. He was previously the senior vice president of NUS. Before joining NUS in 2018, Boey was deputy president and provost of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from July 2011 to September 2017. Prior to these appointments, he was the chair of NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering from 2005 to 2010.
Bertil Andersson is a Swedish college administrator and academic who served as the third president of Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
The World Cultural Council had its 30th award ceremony on 2 October 2013 at Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The ceremony co-organized by host NTU was the opening event of the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit. Ms. Indranee Rajah, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Education was the guest of honor of the event. Assistant Professor Lok Tat Seng, Director of the Students of NTU acted as Master of Ceremonies, and renown Singaporean pianist, Mr. Lim Yan, performed a few musical compositions before the ceremony and during an intermission.
Phua Kok Khoo is a Singaporean publisher, academic, and philanthropist.
Professor Vijay Sethi is an Indian scientist teaching Information Technology & Operations Management (ITOM) at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He has been named Business Professor of the Year by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for being the world's best business educator. He has held a number of leadership positions at the school, including director of international business competitions, coordinator of India strategy, and dean of business program.
Li Chenyang is a professor of Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is internationally recognized for his work in Chinese philosophy and comparative philosophy, probably best known for his work in the Confucian philosophy of harmony, and comparative studies of Confucian ethics and feminist care ethics.
Weisi Lin is a professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 "for contributions to perceptual modeling and processing of visual signals." He is also a Fellow of IET. He has been a Highly Cited Researcher, and a Distinguished Lecturer for both IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2016-2017) and Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association. He has been elected for the COE Research Award 2023, NTU.
The Hive, also known as Learning Hub South, is a building located in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The S$45 million building was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and completed in 2015. Colloquially, the building is known as the "dim sum basket building" due to its likeness to the steamer baskets used to contain dim sum.
Xavier Garbet is an theoretical plasma physicist and a professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He is currently appointed as the Temasek Chair in Clean Energy, as his professorship was established by a $6 million endowment from Singapore's state investment firm, Temasek Holdings. This appointment aims to support a magnetic confinement fusion research and manpower training program at NTU for clean energy development in Singapore.
