MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN!
Dear students, alumni, colleagues, and partners of CDE,
The recent Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (QS WUR) by Subject 2024 have placed six of our CDE programmes in the global top 10. This is a significant achievement, with Architecture/Built Environment and Chemical Engineering ranking at #5, Civil & Structural Engineering at #4, Electrical & Electronic Engineering at #6, Materials Science at #8, and Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering at #7. These rankings highlight our institution's global standing and underscore our commitment to interdisciplinary learning, equipping our students to thrive in the future's diverse challenges and opportunities.
But beyond the hard numbers of ranking stats, the quality of our education and research programmes can be seen in many other ways.
This month, the Bumblebee Team, a multi-disciplinary project programme comprising students across multiple disciplines such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science, and based in CDE, has once again achieved success this time at the Singapore AUV Challenge 2024. Faculty members from our Division of Industrial Design, Assistant Professor Clement Zheng and Ms Tiffany Loy represented Singapore with other creatives at the Milan Design Week as part of DesignSingapore Council's Future Impact 2, which looks to a new era of design, where technology empowers designers to create a better tomorrow. Lastly, CDE class ambassadors came together to connect and share ideas on how alums can support current students and the larger CDE-NUS community.
Professor Teo Kie Leong
Dean
College of Design and Engineering (CDE)
HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
Between Line & Form Exhibition
Between Line & Form is an exhibition of hand-drawn architectural sketches by Ar. Rene Tan, presented in conjunction with the RT+Q Drawing Prize at NUS. Spanning over 40 years, the showcase features lead-on-paper sketches, mechanical pencil on vellum, ink and Pantone on Mylar, pen parti diagrams, ballpoint design esquisses, and sketchbooks on loan from the National Archives of Singapore. These drawings trace a personal journey through observation, discovery, improvisation, and speculation. From “Covid Drawings” exploring interior space to “Otto Wagner Drawings” on proportion and detail, “Pantone Drawings” on light and shadow, “Travel Sketches” on place and memory, and “Sketchbook Etudes” tracking design ideas, each work embodies what Michael Graves called “tangible speculations.” Between Line & Form invites visitors to reflect on the enduring value of hand sketching in an increasingly digital design culture, and to appreciate the liberating journey between each line and the next.
CDE Innovation Day 2026
CDE Innovation Day 2026 gives NUS students and researchers a clear pathway to develop ideas, strengthen prototypes and turn research into real-world solutions through three tailored tracks. Bringing together design, engineering and enterprise, the programme helps participants build skills, test and refine their concepts, and compete for more than SGD 300,000 in funding at the […]
Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute (CFI) Annual Symposium 2026
The CFI Annual Symposium 2026 is a 3-day conference, co-located with the 6th International Symposium of Water Disaster Mitigation and Water Environmental Regulation (WDWE) and the 2026 Asia Tsunami Workshop (ATW), which would be held at SIT Punggol from 21st October to 23rd October. The theme for this year’s CFI Annual Symposium 2026 is ‘Adapting Cities for Coastal and Flood Resilience’, reflecting the urgent need to take proactive steps to prepare for flooding in our cities. Admission is free for all CFI Symposium attendees. Paid tickets are also available for WDWE and ATW.
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