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A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in Engineering, Business, Science, and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and its Interdisciplinary Graduate School. NTU's Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine was established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU's campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses globally and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 54 are certified Green Mark Platinum. In 2017 NTU was placed 11th globally and the best in Asia in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. Again, it placed the world's best young university (under 50 years old) by QS for the fourth consecutive year in 2017. Also, NTU was named the world's fastest rising young university by Times Higher Education in 2015. In engineering and technology, NTU is ranked fourth worldwide in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017, with the Schools of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Materials Science taking sixth and seventh places, respectively. With six schools, NTU's College of Engineering is among the top nine globally for research output and the 5th most cited in the world (Essential Science Indicators 2017). Mirroring this success is the College of Science, whose young chemistry department is ranked 13th among universities in the Nature Index 2017. Boosted by research at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU also strengthens its foothold in biomedicine and life sciences. The well-established Nanyang Business School is regularly featured among the leading business schools in Asia, with its MBA program consistently rated top in Singapore since 2004 by The Economist. Known for research excellence and technological innovation, NTU leads the top Asian universities in normalized research citation impact (Clarivate Analytics' InCites 2016). In the 2017 Nature Index, NTU is placed 35th among the world's universities and first in Singapore. NTU's five-year strategic plan, NTU 2020, builds on the strong foundations of NTU 2015 and aims to propel NTU to greater heights of research excellence. The plan focuses on five key research thrusts – Sustainable Earth, Global Asia, Secure Community, Healthy Society, and Future Learning. The areas leverage NTU's diverse strengths, particularly its longstanding expertise in engineering, business, education, and the interfaces these have with various disciplines such as healthcare, science, and the humanities. NTU's sustainability initiatives have clinched significant competitive research funding, and the university is already a global leader in this area. NTU hosts two national research centers of excellence – the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) – that tackle essential environmental sustainability and public health questions. NTU is also home to several world-class institutes. The National Institute of Education trains all teachers in Singapore, which is known for having one of the world's best education systems. Other key institutes at NTU include the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, and the Energy Research Institute @ NTU. NTU actively pursues partnerships with top universities and runs joint and dual Ph.D. degree programs with well-established universities. Some of its key partners in academia and research include Imperial College London, Technical University of Munich, and the University of California, Berkeley. The university also works closely with the most prominent industry players in making its research relevant to society. In the past few years alone, NTU has struck a record number of tie-ups with big players such as BMW Group, Rolls-Royce, Delta Electronics, ST Engineering, SMRT, and SingTel. View full university

NTU's institutional predecessor was Taihoku Imperial University, founded in 1928 by the Japanese colonial administration. The first president was Shidehara Tan Tairaka Hiroshi. In 1945, the Republic of China won the war of resistance against Japan, and Taiwan was handed over to China's Nationalist government. On November 15 of that year, Taihoku Imperial University was formally transferred to Chinese administration and renamed as National Taiwan University, with Dr. Tsung-lo Lo appointed as the first President. During the Japanese occupation, the University consisted of two academic divisions: the Literature and Politics division and the Science and Agriculture division, with about 60 students enrolled each semester. The Medical division was added in 1936, followed by the Engineering division in 1943. Additionally, the University included the affiliated Agriculture and Forestry division, the affiliated Medical special division, a Tropical Medicine research institute, and a preparatory school. Also, in 1943 the Southern Humanities research institute and the Southern Resource research institute were added. At that time, each division operated according to the lecture system, with a full-time Professor in charge of a faculty of associate professors, lecturers, teaching assistants, and staff. These divisions and institutes were financially independent and had their libraries. By 1945, the University expanded to five divisions, including Literature and Politics, Science, Agriculture, Medicine, and Engineering, with 382 students. After restructuring following the R.O.C. educational system in 1945, academic departments were established, and the former divisions were renamed Colleges. The Literature and Politics division was divided into the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Law. Additionally, colleges of Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture were established. Initially, there were six colleges with 22 departments. In 1945, student enrollment was 585. In the following years, the departments and colleges expanded in faculty and hardware to grow budgets and rising social expectations. In 1960, the night school was initiated on a trial basis, and in 1967 a new night school was established. In 1987, the College of Management was established, followed by the College of Public Health in 1993 and the College of Electrical Engineering in 1997. The College of Electrical Engineering has later rechristened the College of Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering in 1999, the College of Law has renamed the College of Social Sciences. The Night Division and the Center for Continuing Education were combined to form the School for Professional and Continuing Studies. In 2002, the College of Agriculture had renamed the College of Bio-resources and Agriculture, and in 2002 a College of Life Sciences was added. The University has 11 colleges, with 54 departments and 103 graduate institutes, plus four university-level research centers: Population and Gender Studies Center, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, Center for Biotechnology, and Bio-diversity Research Center. The total number of students, including those enrolled at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, has grown to over 33,000, including over 17,000 university students and 15,000 graduate students. The number of graduate students at NTU almost equals the number of university students, which indicates that NTU has successfully been transformed into a research university. The predecessor of National Taiwan University was Taihoku (Taipei) Imperial University (T.I.U.), founded by the Japanese in 1928. The first president was Dr. Taira Shidehara. When T.I.U. was first established, it had two colleges: the Faculty of Literature and Politics and the Faculty of Science and Agriculture and had a combined total of 59 students. The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering were added in 1935 and 1943, respectively. The Faculty of Science and Agriculture was also divided into two colleges in 1943: the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Agriculture. During the Taihoku Imperial University period, every college consisted of "lectures," conducted by a professor and included assistant professors, assistants, instructors, and office employees. In 1945, the five colleges had 114 lectures with 382 students. After World War II and Taiwan's retrocession to Chinese Sovereignty, the R.O.C. government completed the taking-over work officially on November 15, 1945, with Dr. Tsung-lo Lo serving the first president, and reorganized and renamed the school "National Taiwan University." The Faculty of Literature and Politics of T.I.U. was divided into two colleges: the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Law. The University thus consisted of six colleges (Liberal Arts, Law, Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture) and had twenty-two departments with 500 odd students. The Evening Division, the College of Management, the College of Public Health, and the College of Electrical Engineering (renamed as the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 2000) were established in 1967, 1987, 1993 1997. In 1999, the College of Social Sciences replaced the College of Law, and the Department of Law was upgraded to become the College of Law. The evening and the Center of Continuing Education were also combined into the Division of Continuing Education & Professional Development. In 2002, the College of Agriculture had renamed the College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture. In 2003, the College of Life Science was established. As of the 2009 academic year, the University has a total of eleven colleges, 54 departments, 100 graduate institutes (which offer 100 Master's programs and 91 doctoral programs), and 25 research centers: the Division of Population and Gender Studies, the Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, the Center for Biotechnology, Japanese Research Center, and the Biodiversity Center, etc. The number of students reached 33,000 in 2009. View full university