Resources - College of Design and Engineering

Study & Collaboration Areas

You can find several spaces around CDE set aside for quiet study or small-group discussions. For a change of scenery, explore the dedicated study or collaboration spaces at Yusof Ishak House, NUS Libraries, and UTown. You can even book private discussion rooms at the latter two locations for your group projects.

Study spaces in CDE:

To-gather student life space, TechnoEdge Level 3 (office hours/in accordance with Starbucks' opening hours)
EA Atrium, Level 3 & 6
E1 Level 6
E3 Level 5
E4 Level 4 outside LT6, ECubes
E5 Level 1, towards Central Library
SDE1 Level 3, towards SDE4
SDE3 Level 4 (outside LRs)

Facilities Booking

Makers@CDE

Have an idea? Build it at Makers@CDE! Learn new skills through our workshops, get trained on the machines in our labs, and use our spaces to turn your ideas into real prototypes.

Need advice? Chat with our Makers-in-Residence for design feedback, technical guidance, or just to bounce off ideas.

Whether you’re working on a course project or building something for fun, we’ll help you make it happen.

Find out more on this page: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/student-life/makers/

Printing

You can print documents up to A3 size in black and white, as well as in colour at several facilities around NUS. Many of these offers remote network printing from your notebook – just follow the instructions at those locations.

Facilities in and around CDE are listed below:

Location	Operating Hours
~~E2-03-04~~ (Relocated) E1 Level 6 Study Corner (beside tutorial room E1-06-16)	Daily 24 hours
E3 Level 6 (Outside Cheers)	Daily 24 hours
SDE1 Level 4 Printing Room/Building Services Lab	Daily 24 hours
~~SDE4 Level 2 Information Resource Centre (IRC)~~ (Permanently Closed)	Term Period 9.00am to 9.00pm (Mon – Fri) Vacation period 9:00 am to 5:30 pm (Mon – Fri) ~~Closed on Sat, Sun & NUS/Public Holidays~~ ~~Refer to IRC for the latest opening hours.~~

Teaching Computer Labs/PC Clusters

General Purpose PC Clusters

Free to use PC Clusters with Windows or Mac computers for use by the NUS community are commonly found within NUS. These computers are installed with standard software. Open to all NUS staff and students. For a list of the Common venues, please refer to this link.

CDE Teaching Computer Labs

There are various computing labs located around CDE for teaching purposes. Generally, only CDE staff and students are allowed to access these labs. Students from other faculties taking modules being conducted in such venue will have to be granted access specifically. Please note that these teaching labs are frequently booked for classes, especially during term time, so students not attending the classes are expected to vacate these venues.

Please refer to the following table below for more details.

Location	Operating Hours
E1 Level 4 (Windows - PC1, PC2) E1 Level 4 (Linux - WS2, WS3 and WS4) E2 Level 3 (Windows - PC3, PC4, PC5 and PC6)	8.00am – 11.59pm (Mon – Fri) 8.00am – 6.00pm (Sat) Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays
SDE1 Level 4 (Windows - Computer Lab 2 or CL2)* SDE2 Level 3 (Windows - ES1, ES2)*

*Please be informed that the teaching clusters will be closed from 8 Dec 2025 to facilitate scheduled maintenance and a technology refresh exercise. The rooms are expected to be ready before the start of the upcoming semester.
In the meantime, please visit the other computing labs if needed.

IT Software

Notebooks

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