NTU to launch new honours college in August 2025, with 500 students in first intake
The first batch of the NTU Honours College will comprise those enrolled in the university's signature programmes. PHOTO: ST FILE
NTU to launch new honours college in August 2025, with 500 students in first intake
SINGAPORE - A new undergraduate college at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will take in its first batch of about 500 students from August 2025.
The first batch of the NTU Honours College, which caters to high-potential students, will comprise those enrolled in the university's signature programmes, said NTU on May 13. These include programmes like the CN Yang Scholars Programme, the Renaissance Engineering Programme, and the University Scholars Programme.
Freshmen from other degree courses with strong academic performance by the end of their first year will also be invited to apply to the college from their second year.
Students in the NTU Honours College remain enrolled in their respective schools or faculties, such as Engineering, Business or Science, although they will take on new hands-on modules that cut across disciplines, on top of the curriculum of their own programmes.
The new college's curriculum focuses o n using technology for good, and equipping students with skills like entrepreneurship and leadership, said NTU.
Students will also get interdisciplinary learning experiences, which include a Tech-For-Good service learning course, where they will work in teams to develop tech-driven solutions to address societal needs.
There is also a venture creation programme with funding of up to S$100,000 to potentially turn ideas into business ventures, and the opportunity to organise a regional symposium modelled after the St. Gallen Symposium.
Upon graduation, students will receive an NTU Honours College certificate on top of their degree certificate.
NTU president Ho Teck Hua said the new college aims to 'nurture game changers who are driven to create a better world'.
He added: 'Its curriculum sparks intellectual curiosity, fosters a spirit of service, and challenges our students to turn ideas into action.'
NTU's latest move comes after the National University of Singapore's setting up of its NUS College (NUSC), a result of the merger between Yale-NUS College and the University Scholars Programme.
NUSC is termed an honours college, where high-achieving students can access a more rigorous education. Students there have a broad-based interdisciplinary curriculum, residential life programme and flagship Global Pathways Programme to complement their major studies.
It took in its first batch of 400 students in August 2022.
These students, while still belonging to a home college, faculty, or school in NUS, take part in a common curriculum and fulfil elective requirements at NUSC. They also live in the NUSC residential colleges for at least two years.
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