The Division of Industrial Design (DID) offers a highly selective degree course in Industrial Design. We teach a potent combination of Design Thinking, innovation methods, and a clever mix of artistic, humanistic, technological and business disciplines. Our graduates are enabled to take up highly-valuable and versatile roles as creative designers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders of change.

Founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is the largest and most respected university in the nation. NUS is Singapore's flagship university consistently ranked among the top two universities in Asia and 11th (QS) in the world. The Division of Industrial Design was founded as Singapore's first university-level course in Industrial Design in 1999, ranked 31 in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject: Art & Design.

The faculty position serves to strengthen scholarship in areas related to (Industrial) Design. The division regards scholarship as a creative process of inquiry and exploration that adds to the knowledge or appreciation of disciplinary or interdisciplinary understanding, including pedagogical innovations in learning design.