1. Industrial Collaboration as a Success Factor for a Rapidly Developing University
Professor Bertil Andersson
President, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
IPFGRU Special Session | University-Industry Collaboration
KAIST | Seoul | Korea
11 April 2016

2. Professor Michael Crow
“Universities are comprehensive knowledge enterprises committed to discovery, creativity & innovation.”
“Respond to multiple constituencies and advance broader social & economic outcomes.”
Professor Michael Crow
President
Arizona State University

3. The Knowledge Triangle

4. The Singapore Government “Walks the Talk” for the Knowledge Society
Research, Innovation & Enterprise Council (RIEC): Chaired by the Prime Minister of Singapore, it brings together world-leading experts & 9 Cabinet Ministers to ADVISE the Singapore Cabinet on national research & innovation policies & strategies to drive the transformation of Singapore into a knowledge-based economy
Source: A*STAR
5-year Science & Technology plan for research funding
S$19 billion est.
(120 billion SEK) 15% increase
*Does NOT include basic funding for the universities
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5. Singapore RIE 2020 Industrial collaboration key enabling role:
Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering
Health & Biomedical Sciences
Services & Digital Economy
Urban Solutions & Sustainability
Industrial collaboration
key enabling role:
Economic Development
Board (EDB)
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6. NTU’s Basic Facts & Figures
1991: Establishment of Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Total student population: ≈ 33,200
24,300 undergraduates
≈ 8,900 graduate students
International students:
15% of undergrads (11.6% for AY15)
53% of Masters
76% of PhDs
Total staff strength: ≈ 7,310
≈ 1,660 faculty, with 967 international faculty
≈ 2,890 research staff
≈ 2,760 admin & support staff
The NTU College Structure
College of Engineering
College of Business
College of Science
70% of international faculty & research staff
Let me now share with you some interesting facts and figures about NTU…
Currently, NTU employs more than 4,500 staff and faculty members, and has a student population of over 30,000 (read off statistics on student population). We also have more than 112,800 alumni members. (112,868)
Not surprisingly, graduates of the university are much sought-after and well-paid. NTU graduates from the Class of 2007 (largest cohort size of 4,847) earned a higher salary than their seniors. They earned a mean gross monthly salary of $2,900, a 7.8% increase from the previous year.
Top NBS graduates earn between $8,000 and $15,000 per month. Nine in 10 NBS students secured jobs even before graduation, number rose to 95% a month after graduation.
97% of Engineering graduates were offered jobs before or within four months of graduation.
100% of NTU’s pioneer batch of Bioengineering graduates were offered jobs
99% of Civil Engineering graduates received job offers
College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
National Institute of Education

7. NTU – A Fast Rising University

8. Asian Normalised Research Impact Trends (NTU Top in Asia)
Normalised Citation Impact
Source: Thomson Reuters

9. Working with Top National & International Companies
BAE
Systems
ST Engineering
Rolls Royce
BMW
Lockheed
Martin
Sembcorp Marine
SMRT
AIA
Strong Collaboration with Singapore Economic Development Board

10. Rolls-Royce @ NTU Corporate Lab
Research areas:
Electrical Power & Control Systems
Manufacturing Process Technology
Data Analytics
Total funding of $75M for manpower comprising:
40 PhD students
25 Masters students
100 Undergraduate students
70 Researchers
56 NTU PIs, Professors
20 Rolls-Royce Research Staff
Target KPIs: 30 patents & publications over 5 yrs
Develop both fundamental & commercial solutions

11. Industry Collaboration – What Companies Need
Universities’ help & ability to conduct long-term, high-quality research
Business-friendly coupled with high-level academic research environment to undertake research on behalf/jointly with companies
Access to talent - skilled, highly educated & trained research manpower at postgraduate & postdoc level
Allow companies the flexibility to rapidly respond to specialised manpower needs & access latest technological advances
Outsourcing & reducing in-house research capabilities

12. Industry Collaboration – What is in it for Universities Such as NTU
Access to real-world data & state-of-the-art facilities
Joint involvement in PhD supervision
Future employment opportunities for graduates & post-docs
Involvement of industrial leaders as adjunct professors for teaching
Engagement in IP exploitation process/adoption of research results
Greater chance of achieving commercialisation & spin-offs from research outcomes
Political brownie point: Supporting countries’ economies

13. Basic Facts Behind NTU’s Successful Collaboration with Industry
Strong engineering with a culture for applied research
Internal top-down decision system
Establishment of interdisciplinary themes
Culture of delivering (not only publications)
Top-level university today
Supply of very good students & post-docs
International profile
Availability of space
Singapore attractive for international industrial investments
Strong support ecosystem (NRF, EDB, SPRING)
Efficient Vice-President for Research (Prof Lam Khin Yong)

14. Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 1967
“There are only two kinds of research – applied research and not-yet-applied research.”
Lord George Porter
Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 1967

15. Thank You Yunnan Garden Residential Campus
One of the world’s 15 most beautiful campuses, according to
American Express’ Travel + Leisure magazine
Thank You
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