News & Events

Building the launchpad for student entrepreneurs

Three new initiatives under the Chua Thian Poh Entrepreneurship Education Fund give NTU student founders a structured path from idea to venture.

A clean sheet for metal 3D printing

By swapping metal powder for ultra-thin steel sheets, NTU researchers are making metal 3D printing stronger, safer and easier to adopt across sectors from aerospace to healthcare to energy systems.

The control problem: Making quantum computing work

NTU physicist Associate Professor Rainer Dumke has built a company around quantum computing’s most overlooked bottleneck: the control layer that connects classical machines to quantum processors.

The quantum clock is ticking. PQStation is getting ready

An NTU spin-off is helping banks and government agencies find and fix the cryptographic blind spots that may be unearthed by quantum computers.

A new home for big ideas to thrive

The new UOB Innovation Hub gives startups and spin-offs the space, infrastructure and networks to turn bold ideas into ventures that make societal impact.

The multiplicand matters

AI can accelerate almost any idea, which is exactly why Professor Luke Ong believes the expertise behind a venture now counts for more than the speed of building it.

From exchange floor to innovation board: A capital markets view of university deep tech

Capital markets veteran Chew Sutat, who spent 14 years taking companies to market at SGX, brings an investor’s eye to NTU’s deep-tech ambitions and the decade ahead.

Ideas to impact: NTUpreneur's GET Innovation Grant backs student ventures

The Growing Entrepreneurial Talents (GET) Innovation Grant supports NTU students in transforming early ideas into testable ventures, providing seed funding and mentorship to build first prototypes.

Technologies shaping tomorrow's industries

A glimpse into various technologies developed at NTU that address challenges spanning sustainability, energy, communications and healthcare, open to industry collaboration, licensing and investment partnerships.

Built to scale: From lab breakthrough to global power player

Amperesand, a deep-tech spin-off from NTU, is rewriting what power infrastructure can do for the world’s AI data centres.

Good science isn't enough: the case for designing translation from day one

Professor Lim Kah Leong points to IP discipline, repeatable processes and partnerships built before the science is ready, and not after.

Nurturing impact at scale

NTU President Ho Teck Hua on balancing basic science and entrepreneurship, and why translating ideas into real-world solutions requires patience, persistence, and the right ecosystem.

Turning multidisciplinary energy research into deep-tech ventures

Inside NTU I&E’s collaboration with ERI@N to build pathways from systems-led research to commercial deployment.

VFlowTech: Engineered for a cleaner future

From island microgrids to industrial power hubs, an NTU spin-off is redefining how renewable energy can be stored, scaled and shared.

Students put on their entrepreneurial hats

A hands-on sprint helps Honours College students learn how technology can create meaningful impact.

A fireside chat with Mr David Shem Tov

NTU I&E’s new Associate Vice President (AVP) for Technology Transfer and Head of NTUitive reflects on deep-tech translation, global innovation networks and NTU I&E’s role as a bridge between research and real-world impact.

A global investor’s view on where technologies go next

Mr David Su, founding managing partner at Matrix Partners China and Chair of the NTU I&E Advisory Board, reflects on investing in companies at scale and what the next decade means for innovators and universities.

Learning the ropes of entrepreneurship

The Experiential Learning team at NTUpreneur partners with student founders to stress-test, refine and connect ideas into ventures.

Building ventures and shaping founders

As an entrepreneurial academic, Professor Lam Kwok Yan has built ventures, mentored students and demonstrated how NTU-born ideas can scale from the lab to the global stage — even to the attention of Bill Gates himself.

The first spark: where NTU ideas begin

From NTU lab to global clinics, Dr Asif Hussain’s journey as an entrepreneur shows how protecting a vision can turn research into impact.

3D-printed suit for cyborg insects extends operations underwater

Deep tech start-ups showcase inventions at Echelon, Asia’s top tech and digital summit

Fat-producing enzyme amplifies damage in Parkinson’s disease

NTU boosts innovation with launch of UOB Innovation Hub

A way to disarm antibiotic-resistant bacteria and restore healing in chronic wounds

Technology captures first-ever ‘twitch’ of the eye’s night-vision cells

S$5m research centre for decentralised AI technologies launched

NTU and US-based Activate to launch S$12 million fellowship to accelerate science entrepreneurship and develop deep-tech start-ups

Safer, more sustainable antimicrobials to prevent infection of cow udders

NTU scientists awarded Singapore’s top honour for research excellence and impactful innovation

Singapore launches research alliance to boost weather and climate science

Scientists develop coral safe cooling sunscreen from pollen

A new energy-efficient ultracompact laser

AI-powered robot assembles search and rescue cyborg insects

National innovation centre for Gallium Nitride semiconductors launched

Eco-friendly chip emits UV light to keep food fresh

UOB and Wee Foundation gift S$110 million to advance NTU’s educational priorities