1、State of the University 2010NUS SOU Cvr 0924.indd 1 29/09/2010 11:32 AMVisionTowards a Global Knowledge EnterpriseA leading global university centred in Asia, infl uencing the futureMissionTo transform the way people think and do things through education, research and serviceCONTENTS01 Presidents Me
2、ssage02 Raising Our International Profi le05 Making a Global Impact07 Our Students13 Our Faculty and Staff21 Support from Our Benefactors22 Connecting with Our Alumni24 Moving Ahead with New Education Initiatives30 Making Great Strides in Research36 Fostering the Spirit of Enterprise39 Enhancing Our
3、 Campus* This report covers the Academic Year 2009/2010 (August 2009 to July 2010)Presidents MessageIt gives me great pleasure to present this report on NUS for the academic year 2009-10. The pages that follow capture our communitys quest for excellence faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends i
4、n pursuit of our vision of becoming a leading global university centred in Asia.We have much to be proud of as NUS continues to fl ourish and grow. NUS has nurtured and retained faculty who have achieved international eminence as scholars, while competing with leading universities to recruit the bes
5、t minds. We have made much progress in enhancing and in several cases, transforming the quality of the education we offer. In addition, many members of our University community have also contributed to country and society through their outstanding service and accomplishments.As we refl ect on what w
6、e have achieved, we must not forget to keep our singular focus on what we have to continue to do. We must constantly challenge ourselves to push the boundaries of excellence with imagination and strategic boldness. Are we stretching our students suffi ciently and giving them the opportunities to dis
7、cover and grow, so that they can achieve more than they had thought possible? Is the research we pursue of the highest quality, addressing important questions and making an impact? Is our NUS community becoming even more dynamic, vibrant and connected to our University? Are members of NUS making the
8、ir mark and contributing signifi cantly in our globalised world?We start the new academic year with several major initiatives which will help us advance in all these dimensions. I would like to particularly highlight NUS new University Town. Two of the four Residential Colleges, the Graduate Residen
9、ce and other state-of-the art facilities will be opened next year, providing our students and community many exciting new opportunities to excel. In addition, the opening of the National Research Foundations Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise which is co-located at Universit
10、y Town will enable our faculty and students to interact and work with world-class researchers from some of the worlds best universities.Colleagues and friends may the excellence we strive for as a University continue to be the hallmark of our community and take us to the forefront in global educatio
11、n and research.Tan Chorh Chuan PresidentState of the University 2010 | 1 Raising Our International Profi leThe NUS Global Asia Institute (NUS-GAI) invited luminaries to be Associates to promote its mission and involve NUS-GAI in key academic projects and research. The Associates are: Dr Tan Khee Gia
12、p (Adjunct Senior Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy), Prof Peter Rogers (Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City and Regional Planning, Harvard University), Prof K N Satyanarayana (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
13、), Dr Bindeshwar Pathak (Founder, Sulabh International, Social Service Organisation) and Prof Ryosuke Shibaski (Director, Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo).Former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Laureate Prof Kofi Annan delivered his fi rst public lecture titled
14、 “Asia and Africa: Past Lessons, Future Ambitions” in his capacity as the inaugural Li Ka Shing Professor of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Close to 1,000 guests attended the lecture at the University Cultural Centre. Prof Annan was also hosted to lunch by NUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chu
15、an at the University.NUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chuan attended the meeting of the Global University Leaders Forum at the 40thWorld Economic Forum 2010 Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. A member of the WEFs Global Agenda Council on Pandemics, Prof Tan was also invited to speak at a pan
16、el discussion on “Germs and Globalisation”.The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore hosted a conference in December 2009 to inaugurate the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Close to 250 doctors, scientists and public health offi cials from Singapore and overseas converged to discuss i
17、ssues on global emerging infectious diseases and the prevention and control of such diseases.2 | National University of SingaporeHis Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, KG graced the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) 50thAnniversary reception at the University to celebr
18、ate the CSFPs long-standing tradition of recognising and promoting the highest level of intellectual development. NUS will offer two graduate scholarships under the CSFP, the fi rst institution in Singapore to do so, to encourage talent development and research collaborations between Singapore and t
19、he Commonwealth countries.Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Prof S Jayakumar launched the Centre for International Law (CIL), which is a collaboration between NUS, the Attorney-Generals Chambers and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Centre aims to be an intellectual
20、hub and a thought leader for the teaching, research and development of international law and policy in the region.The Department of Pharmacys inaugural “Educating PharmacistsAsia” symposium brought together 14 leading experts from nine universities to share insights on “Educating Future Pharmacists
21、for Patient-Centric Services and Research”. The two-day symposium, which also marked the 105thyear of pharmacy education in Singapore, involved more than 75 participants from 10 countries around the world.The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy hosted the annual Asia Vision 21 conference, together
22、with the Harvard University Asia Center and ASH Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School. It carried the theme “Values, Confl icts and Change in Asia”. Launched in 1999, the Asia Vision 21 conference brings together government offi cials, business leaders and scholar
23、s from the United States and Asia to examine long-term issues and concerns facing Asia.State of the University 2010 | 3 The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacifi c (TLI-Asia Pacifi c) launched Asia Pacifi cs fi rst Sustainable Supply Chain Centre in partnership with leading logistics company DHL. Hosted a
24、t TLI-Asia Pacifi c, the Sustainable Supply Chain Centre of Asia Pacifi c will play a leading role in developing new solutions and best practices in sustainable supply chains and addressing challenges specifi c to the region.The 8thASEAN Youth Cultural Forum, hosted by NUS for the fi rst time, was o
25、rganised by the ASEAN University Network (AUN) to enhance and strengthen mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation among ASEAN youths. Close to 100 participants from 16 AUN member universities attended lectures, workshops and fi eld trips where they explored the continuing relevance of tradit
26、ion in the context of Asias relentless progress towards global cosmopolitanism.NUS offered two new international summer programmes called Semester at Sea and the Mayan Route. The Semester at Sea is a shipboard programme for global study abroad operated by the non-profi t Institute for Shipboard Educ
27、ation in conjunction with the University of Virginia. Two NUS students set sail for the fi rst time on the Summer 2010 voyage which stopped at Canada, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco and the US. The Mayan Route is a four-week summer programme in the south of Mexico, where stude
28、nts attend lectures at the Tecnolgico de Monterrey and learn about the history and culture of the Mexican state of Chiapas.To enhance student exchange experience, the Peer Advising Programme was initiated to facilitate the integration of inbound exchange students (to NUS) as well as ease the prepara
29、tion process for outbound exchange students (from NUS). Peer Advisors, comprising students who have been on exchange, advise and organise events for students so that they can maximise their exchange experience.A new internship scheme called the NUS-EUSA programme was introduced to provide students a
30、n opportunity for internship placements in New York or Boston in the US. EUSA is an international, non-profi t study abroad organisation that places nearly 2,000 students in comprehensive academic internship programmes each year, spanning North America and Europe. It involves a broad spectrum of ind
31、ustries including fi nance, media and communications, healthcare and education, and NGOs.4 | National University of SingaporeNUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chuan was elected to the Association of Pacifi c Rim Universities (APRU) Steering Committee, which provides leadership for the consortium, at the
32、13thAPRU Annual Presidents Meeting. Hosted by the California Institute of Technology, the annual meeting was attended by 24 university presidents from around the world. Prof Tan is also the current chairman of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU).NUS was ranked 3rdamongst the l
33、eading universities in Asia in the 2010 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asian University Rankings (AUR). Published annually, the QS AUR ranks Asias top 500 universities on criteria such as the quality of research through citations and the proportion of international staff and students.The University attai
34、ned 14thplacing in the inaugural Nature Asia-Pacifi c Publishing Rankings 2009, based on the newly established Nature Asia-Pacifi c Publishing Index. The Index tracks research published by over 400 institutions from the Asia-Pacifi c region in Nature Publishing Groups portfolio of some 30 highly cit
35、ed Nature-branded journals within a 12-month period. NUS is the only university in Singapore listed in the top 15.The NUS Logistics Institute-Asia Pacifi c (TLI-Asia Pacifi c) clinched the Education whilst Assoc Prof Gregory Clancey will be the Master of the second residential college, with Prof Tom
36、my Koh as Rector.State of the University 2010 | 27 Commencement 2010 saw the pioneer graduates for:Bachelor of Arts with Honours (NUS University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Joint Degree Programme)Master of Business Administration (S3 Asia Double Degree MBA)Master of Landscape ArchitectureBachelor
37、 of Arts (Architecture)/Master of Landscape Architecture (Concurrent Degree Programme)Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science)Bachelor of Laws/Master of Public Policy (Concurrent Degree Programme)Master of Laws Master of Public Policy (NUS Faculty of Law Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Dou
38、ble Degree Programme)Doctor of Philosophy (Public Policy)Master of Clinical InvestigationDoctor of Philosophy (Physics)(NUS Australian National University Joint Degree Programme)Master of Science (Science Communication) (NUS Australian National University Joint Degree Programme)Master of Science (Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology) Doctor of Philosophy (Computation and Systems Biology) (Singapore-MIT Alliance)28 | National University of Singapore
