Strategies for academic and research excellence for a young university: perspectives from Singapore
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: mia in the global society.The challenge is to ensure they are not misused or over-interpreted.Asia's countries have made a global impact in the higher education landscape and the various rankings systems.No longer is the academic scene made up only of heavyweights from Europe and the United States of America.In recent years, several Asian universities have acquired top rankings in parity with many western iconic institutions.Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has done relatively well in world university rankings and has consistently been ranked among the top 100 universities in the world -the elite top 1%.The National University of Singapore has also been ranked consistently with in the elite top 1%, which makes Singapore one of the few small countries to have achieved the feat of having 2 universities ranked in the top 100 (New Straits Times 2013, Teng 2013).NTU was founded in 1955 as Nanyang University, merged with the University of Singapore in 1980, reestablished as Nanyang Technological Institute in 1981, and inaugurated as Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 1991 (NTU's corporate information, www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/CorporateInfo/Pages/Ourhistory.aspx).Since its establishment in 1991, NTU has undergone fundamental changes and made dramatic progress in education and research.A locally oriented Chinese university in the 1950s, NTU is now a large international English-language university well-recognised by its peers from around the world.NTU is a cosmopolitan campus with a large community of foreign faculty and students, playing host to Nobel Laureates, visiting professors and overseas exchange students.NTU students participate actively in overseas programmes.We have a rich international network and played a leading role in the formation of the Global Alliance of Techno logical Universities (GlobalTech Alliance).GlobalTech groups the California Institute of Technology and Georgia
DOI: 10.3354/esep00139
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1984009901