Collaborate and catalyse

In line with its Smart Campus initiative, NTU is building strategic alliances with industry leaders to develop technologically advanced solutions for a sustainable future. By facilitating the flow of ideas between faculty, students and leading corporations, the university seeks to turn knowledge into groundbreaking products and services. A hub of top talent in academia and research, NTU encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, and has become the partner of choice for many global concerns.

Key industry partnerships

NTU attracts a host of major companies such as Alibaba, HP, Volvo, Delta Electronics, and Singtel, collaborating in artificial intelligence, data science, robotics, smart transportation, computing, personalised medicine, healthcare and clean energy.

Both HP and Rolls-Royce maintain their largest university engagements worldwide via corporate labs at NTU. In addition, the world’s first full size, autonomous electric bus developed in partnership with Volvo has received global acclaim.

Other renowned industry players that started centres with NTU include WeBank, in fintech; the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, in recycling and recovery of resources from e-waste; and the World Health Organisation, in digital health and education.

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