Investment Immigration to Singapore Learn about Singapore Education: The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is the fourth public university in Singapore, following the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and Singapore Management University.
The first cohort of 340 students at the Singapore University of Technology and Design officially began classes in early May 2012. SUTD collaborates with two of the world's top universities—Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Zhejiang University—making the university a hub for the integration of Eastern and Western education. The permanent campus of the Singapore University of Technology and Design is located near Changi Airport, with the new campus expected to be completed in 2015, while currently operating from a temporary campus in Dover.
The Singapore University of Technology and Design is established through collaboration between the Singapore government, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Zhejiang University. The university specializes in design and science disciplines, aiming to develop into a world-class institution for design and technology research.
The Singapore government appointed Professor Thomas Magnanti, former dean of the School of Engineering at MIT and founding chairman of the "MIT Alliance Research Center," as the founding president. With the help of MIT's excellent curriculum and faculty, the goal is to establish Singapore as the "Eastern MIT." Students at SUTD will enjoy an "MIT-style" education and have the opportunity to participate in inter-school design competitions with students from MIT. Chinese students will undergo a six-month preparatory training, with academic courses to be completed in three and a half years.
Academic Departments
SUTD will have four departments: Architecture and Sustainable Design, Engineering Product Development, Engineering Systems and Design, and Information Systems Technology and Design. For the three majors of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Production Line Management, and Manufacturing Engineering, the school will offer a dual master's degree program with MIT-SUTD.
Jointly Established Schools
SUTD will collaborate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and Zhejiang University in China. The founding president is Professor Thomas L. Magnanti from MIT, and the faculty will be interviewed and recruited by MIT. Ten of the first postdoctoral researchers will have the opportunity for a year of exchange at MIT.
Undergraduate Programs: Architecture and Sustainable Design, Engineering and Product Development, Engineering Systems and Design, Information Engineering and Design.
SUTD accepts various international examinations.
For local students in Singapore (including Chinese students studying in Singapore), they need to provide the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level, or IB (International Baccalaureate), or GPA results from local polytechnics.
International students need to provide scores from international standardized tests such as Edexcel A-level, British Cambridge A-level, or SAT. For Chinese students, SUTD accepts applications using excellent Gaokao scores, but students must also provide proof of extensive extracurricular activities.
All international students from non-English speaking countries are required to provide IELTS or TOEFL scores.
