NUS today unveiled the first new-build net-zero energy building in Singapore. Located within its School of Design and Environment, the new SDE4 building is energy efficient and environmentally friendly, with a suite of innovative building strategies to improve the comfort and well-being of building users.

Dean of NUS Design and Environment Professor Lam Khee Poh joins other NUS Professors at the upcoming World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters (Davos 2019).

Prof Dean Ho, Provost’s Chair Professor at NUS Biomedical Engineering and NUS Pharmacology, Director of NUS SINAPSE (Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology) and member of NUS BIGHEART (Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research and Technology) was elected as Fellow of the prestigious US National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This is the highest professional distinction for academic […]

14 faculty members have been named in the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers report published by Clarivate Analytics. They are among the 30 researchers from NUS who are in the 2018 report. Five of the 14 Faculty’s researchers, listed in the 2017 report, are among the top again. The annual list of Highly Cited Researchers acknowledges […]

NUS Engineering held its inaugural Industry Day on 21 November 2018. Titled “Enabling Industry Innovation”, the event aims to bring together partners from industry, government and academia to explore and collaborate in driving the future of Singapore’s innovation and enterprise. NUS Engineering Dean Prof Chua Kee Chaing kick-started the first Industry Day with a welcome […]

NUS graduates are among the world’s top 10 most employable, according to the latest Global University Employability Ranking. The University has jumped six places to be ranked 10th worldwide and is the only Singapore university to feature among the global top 10, testament to a decade of increasingly strong performance in producing workplace-ready graduates. The […]

The NUS Mechanical Engineering researchers have made another significant contribution towards resolving the global issue of plastic waste. The research team led by Associate Professor Hai Minh Duong and Professor Nhan Phan-Tien, in collaboration with Dr Xiwen Zhang from the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), […]

Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Chan Chun Sing, at the Opening Ceremony of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) on 30 October 2018, announced the formation of the Cooling Energy Science and Technology Singapore (CoolestSG) Consortium. CoolestSG, which is hosted in NUS, will develop and accelerate the deployment and commercialisation of cooling technologies, which […]

The Singapore Energy Centre (SgEC) was launched on 31 October 2018, in conjunction with the Singapore International Energy Week 2018 (SIEW). The SgEC, a joint research centre between NUS and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), aims to develop sustainable energy solutions to overcome the global energy challenges of the future. It is a consortium funded […]

Applied Materials, Inc. and NUS jointly launched the Applied Materials-NUS Advanced Materials Corporate Lab on 25 October 2018. The establishment of the S$70 million corporate laboratory is supported by the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF). Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance and Chairman of the NRF, was the Guest-of-Honour at the launch ceremony held […]

The Centre of Excellence in Modelling and Simulation for Next Generation Ports (C4NGP) – a collaboration between NUS and the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) – inked MOUs with seven industry and research partners to develop digital twins of next-generation ports and maritime systems at its official opening on 19 October 2018. The signing ceremony was […]

Professor Philip Liu, Vice President (Research and Technology) and Distinguished Professor from NUS Civil & Environmental Engineering, received an Honorary Professorship at Tsinghua University in China on 14 October 2018. Pro Liu’s research focuses on Coastal Oceanography and Engineering. He is known for his outstanding achievements and contributions to tsunami and coastal disaster resilience technology. […]