Inter-institutional Partnerships

The Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) is an international research campus and innovation hub supported by the National Research Foundation. This initiative seeks to attract selected elite international research universities to set up world-class research centres locally so that there will be intensive research collaboration, graduate student training, and technology transfer activities with Singapore-based universities and research institutions.

The College of Engineering (CoE) is actively participating in the following CREATE programmes through its respective Schools:

PartnersProgrammes/ Research Centres
Ben-Gurion University and Hebrew University of JerusalemBen-Gurion University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and NTU research centre for Energy and Water Management
Cambridge University

Cambridge Centre for Carbon Reduction in Chemical Technology (C4T)

ETH Zurich - The Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyThe Singapore-ETH Center for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC)
Hebrew University of JerusalemHebrew University of Jerusalem's Research Centre on Inflammatory Diseases
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre

National University of Singapore (NUS) and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, NTU and NUS Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Peking University

Singapore-Peking University Research Centre for a Sustainable Low Carbon Future

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

TUM-CREATE Centre on Electromobility in Megacities

University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS) Research Centre

Director: Professor Vu N. Duong

Jointly established with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, the Air Traffic Management Research Institute (ATMRI) is the first institute dedicated to research and development in air transportation. The institute seeks to transform air traffic management through digital technologies.

Director: Professor Chen Xiaodong

The Max Planck-NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses aims to break new grounds in artificial senses and extend senses beyond the human capability by developing solutions and systems for robotics, sensory mechanisms, prosthetics and healthcare.

Director: Professor Jason Xu Zhichuan

The  Maritime Energy and Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence (MESD) is a collaboration between NTU and the Singapore Maritime Institute, combining their expertise to enhance Singapore's position as a global hub for maritime knowledge and innovation. MESD focuses on advancing future port and shipping applications to drive sustainable growth in the maritime sector.

Co-director: Professor Madhavi Srinivasan

NTU Singapore – CEA Alliance for Research in Circular Economy (NTU SCARCE) is jointly set up by NTU and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), NTU SCARCE formulates advanced technologies in materials sorting, dismantling, dissolution, separation, and reuse, to enable innovative, energy efficient solutions for the recycling and recovery of resources from e-waste.

Co-director: Professor Yap Fook Fah

Supported by the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, the Transport Research Centre (TRC) conducts research to advance Singapore’s land transport systems in areas such as:
• Public Transport
• Active Mobility
• Driving and Road System
• Geotechnical and Tunnelling Engineering
• Condition-based Maintenance

Lead Principal Investigator: Professor Tay Wee Peng 

COSMO is a national initiative to establish Singapore as a Global Innovation Hub for Connected Mobility. One of its key focus is to leverage on 5G & Cellular-V2X technologies to develop new innovations to enable future mobility and intelligent transport solutions.