Nanyang Technological University
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Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviation: NTU; Malay: Universiti Teknologi Nanyang; Chinese: 南洋理工大学; pinyin: Nányáng Lǐgōng Dàxué; Tamil: நன்யாங் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம், Naṉyāṅ Toḻilnuṭpa Palkalaikkaḻakam) is one of the two largest public and autonomous universities in Singapore.NTU was inaugurated in 1991, when its predecessor institution, the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) merged with the National Institute of Education (NIE). NTU has since grown to become a full-fledged, comprehensive and research-intensive university, with over 32,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the various colleges of engineering, business, science, humanities, arts and social sciences, and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine - set up jointly with Imperial College London.
In recent years, various college and university rankings have placed NTU amongst the top universities in Asia and beyond. In the 2014 QS World University Rankings, NTU is ranked 39th globally, and is also placed 1st in the world among young universities according to the 2014 QS Top 50 Under 50. NTU is also ranked No.4 in Asia according to the 2015 QS Asian University Rankings. NTU's College of Engineering is also ranked 9th in the world according to the latest 2014 QS World University Rankings by Faculty. NTU's business school, Nanyang Business School, is placed 66th worldwide (4th in Asia, 1st in Singapore) by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2014.
The university's main campus is a 200-ha residential, garden campus located in the south-western part of Singapore at Jurong West, and is the largest university campus in Singapore. It is situated in close proximity to the Boon Lay bus interchange and the Boon Lay Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station. NTU also has two other campuses at Novena and one-north.
