engineering

Part II: PROGRAMMES
F Faculty of Engineering
1. Faculty’s Commitment
1.1 How we see ourselves
An Engineering School advancing technology,
influencing Asia and beyond.
1.2 What we seek to do
Nurture Engineer-Leaders with passion and boldness to
solve complex challenges.
1.3 Introduction
The largest faculty in NUS, the Faculty of Engineering
aims to nurture Engineer-Leaders with the ability to solve
complex problems and to bring about a better world
through innovation and technology. The Faculty is
among the top 15 in Engineering and Technology in the
Times Higher Education-QS World University Ranking
2009. Besides being equipped with a strong foundation
in engineering and scientific fundamentals, students will
also be given opportunities to tailor their own learning
experience involving elective modules, projects and
independent study modules within the scope of their
engineering major.
Students can also participate in a host of enhancement
programmes such as local and overseas industrial
attachment, short-term internships, the
technopreneurship programme, innovation programme,
undergraduate research opportunities programme
(UROP) and independent work programme. These
enhancement programmes expose students to the many
facets of industry and business in a global marketplace
setting — from R&D, design, manufacturing, and
intellectual property generation and protection, to
starting a technology-based business.
Engineering students can also choose a new learning
pathway — the Design-Centric Curriculum. Launched in
2009, this Curriculum provides a platform that brings
together engineering, form, function, aesthetics, culture
and lifestyle. Through the design process, students will
learn to solve problems from multidisciplinary
perspectives. Forging strong partnerships with the
University’s School of Design and Environment, Faculty
of Science and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, the
DCC explores three initial themes: Future Transportation
Systems, Engineering in Medicine; and Smart and
Sustainable Cities.
Students with exceptional potential as Engineer-Leaders
of tomorrow may choose to enrol in the Global
Engineering Programme (GEP) which enables students
to receive a Bachelor of Engineering in the field of their
choice after three years at NUS, supported by a
scholarship. They will then go on to pursue a
postgraduate degree at a top partner university.
Graduates can continue with doctoral studies thereafter
or enroll directly in a Ph.D. programme. NUS will also
source funding from external agencies to help fund GEP
students for their graduate studies overseas.
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Degrees offered:
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) [B.Eng. (Hons.)]
• Bachelor of Technology (Honours) [B.Tech. (Hons.)]
• Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
• Master of Science (M.Sc.)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
More details can be found in sections 3 to 5.
Choose your specialisations from:
• Division of Bioengineering
• Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Engineering Science Programme
• Division of Environmental Science & Engineering
• Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Department of Materials Science & Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
For up to date information on the Faculty, please visit:
http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg
History
Professional engineering education in Singapore had its
humble beginnings at the University of Malaya campus
in 1955. When the Department of Engineering was
transferred to Kuala Lumpur in 1958, there was a hiatus
in professional degree engineering courses in Singapore,
and Singapore students went to Kuala Lumpur for their
B. Eng. degree. Then in 1964, a School of Engineering
was established in the campus of the Singapore
Polytechnic to offer degree courses in Engineering, with
the University of Singapore overseeing standards and
awarding the B. Eng. degree.
The first batch of 37 Engineering students under this
scheme graduated in June 1968. In 1969, the School of
Engineering in the Singapore Polytechnic was
constituted as the Faculty of Engineering of the
University of Singapore. However it remained in the
Prince Edward Road campus of the polytechnic until the
Kent Ridge campus was built and ready to receive it. The
Faculty then comprised the Civil Engineering, Electrical
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments.
In 1972, the Department of Industrial & Systems
Engineering was established. The undergraduate degree
programme in Chemical Engineering which started in
the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science in
1975 was transferred to the Faculty of Engineering in
1979.
The Faculty of Engineering within the National University
of Singapore was reconstituted in August 1980 with the
merger between the University of Singapore and
Nanyang University. In response to the nation’s needs,
an undergraduate degree programme in environmental
engineering was initiated by the Department of
Chemical Engineering, which subsequently changed its
name to the Department of Chemical & Environmental
Engineering in 1998. In 2003, the Faculty decided to
consolidate and enhance the research and educational
activities in environmental science and engineering in
the Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Civil
Engineering departments into a separate Division of
Environmental Science & Engineering. In January 2004,
the Chemical Engineering department became the
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
which gives due recognition to the strong biomolecular
research and educational activities in the department