National University of Singapore

🇸🇬🦁 Repost from instagram.com/nuspresident - "Wonderful to catch up with friends and colleagues at this year’s Singapore Academic Network National Day Lunch. My gratitude to the team from NUS Provost’s Office for organising such a meaningful gathering.

“Majulah Singapura, Go Beyond!” — this year’s National Day theme — resonates strongly with NUS’ forward-looking ambition to create impact for Singapore and the world.

Our Singaporean faculty are at the heart of this journey – leading research and innovations, inspiring the next generation through education, transforming lives and shaping our society.

Thank you for choosing to build your academic careers at NUS and for the extraordinary contributions you make to our University and our Nation. You are not only advancing knowledge and discovery. You are helping to shape Singapore’s future and write the next chapter of our national story.

Together, as , let us continue to go beyond — for Singapore, for NUS, and for the world."

Building the next generation of AI, one chip at a time! NUS and STMicroelectronics NV have joined forces to launch the ST–NUS HELIX Corporate Lab, a bold step forward in bringing AI closer to the devices and machines we use every day.

From smarter chips to intelligent systems, the Corporate Lab is where cutting-edge AI meets real-world hardware. Experts in AI, circuit design, memory systems, and more will work side by side to make edge AI faster, smarter, and more energy-efficient.

Supported by Singapore's Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) plan and anchored at NUS College of Design and Engineering, with participation from NUS Computing, this collaboration is set to redefine the possibilities at the intersection of software and silicon.

The lab was officially launched today by Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Read more at: https://news.nus.edu.sg/stmicroelectronics-nus-launch-corp-lab-to-power-future-of-edge-ai-in-singapore/

From Singapore to Seoul 🇸🇬🇰🇷🛫— and from the familiar to the unexpected.

For NUS Business School, National University of Singapore undergraduate Yunci Ho, a semester at Korea University through the NUS Student Exchange Programme was more than an academic experience. It was a journey of navigating new cultures, building friendships across borders, embracing uncertainty and discovering greater confidence in herself.

From snowboarding for the first time to exploring Korean culture and learning to work with people from diverse backgrounds, Yunci found that some of the most meaningful learning happens beyond the classroom.

Her advice to fellow NUS students? Prepare well, then embrace the unexpected. 🌏🙌

Read about Yunci’s transformative exchange journey at nus.edu/YunciatKoreaUni.

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Researchers from NUS and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) are leading the new S$22 million SG Bio-SPRINT programme, a five-year initiative to develop sustainable plant-based specialty polymers, which are used in the production of adhesives, specialty coatings and electronics.

Using lignocellulosic biomass - plant dry matter from agriculture and forestry waste - as a renewable feedstock, the programme aims to create greener alternatives to petrochemical-based materials while supporting Singapore’s transition toward a circular bioeconomy.

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Read more at: https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-astar-sg-bio-sprint

What would be your key take away from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Ecuador? For NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students who visited the country as part of an NUS STEER field immersion, the aspects of the trip that left the deepest impressions were shaped by their interests, fields of study and personal passions, including:
🌿 Biodiversity and conservation
🤝 People and communities
🏛️ Politics and governance

Across 10 days, the students travelled through Ecuador, encountering its landscapes, communities and institutions, and seeing how the issues they care about intersect in the real world.

More than photographs and memories, they came back with new perspectives on the things they care about. Read about it at https://news.nus.edu.sg/same-journey-different-takeaways/

Here’s a webinar not to be missed!

Join NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye, who will moderate a timely conversation with university and industry leaders on what it means to prepare students for a future shaped by AI.

This year’s graduating class is the first cohort to complete an entire bachelor’s degree in the age of generative AI. As AI transforms industries and reshapes the nature of work, how do universities prepare students for a future that no one can yet fully describe?

Hear first-hand perspectives from:

• Feon Ang, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, LinkedIn
• Kohei Itoh, President, Keio University (Keio University Global Page)
• Zhang Xiang, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
• Tan Eng Chye, President, National University of Singapore — Moderator

Join us on August 27 for a reflection on the past four years and a look ahead to the next decade.

Find out more and to register: https://www.dialogasianu.org/newevent

Repost from instagram.com/humans_ofnus - "Behind every great university are the people who dedicate their lives to building it.

On 18 August, NUS President and Provost took a moment to honour these individuals at a heartfelt appreciation luncheon, bringing together some of NUS' finest minds and most devoted contributors.

We are proud to celebrate:
🏅 21 Emeritus Professors across our Colleges, Faculties, and Schools.
🌟 9 Honorary Fellows whose dedication and contributions have left a lasting mark on our NUS community.
👏 3 Emeritus Senior Administrators who have served with distinction, helping to keep NUS thriving.

To each and every one of our honourees, thank you for your years of exceptional service, scholarly excellence, and unwavering commitment to NUS. Your contributions have helped shape NUS into the university it is today, and your legacy will continue to inspire generations to come."

What if yeast could “see” colours? Researchers from NUS SynCTI and Department of Biomedical Engineering, NUS have engineered baker’s yeast to sense and respond to red and blue light! This breakthrough by Associate Professor Poh Chueh Loo and his team lets scientists control cell behaviour using light, opening exciting new doors for programmable and predictable biological manufacturing. NUS College of Design and Engineering

This is the first time that a single strain of yeast has been engineered to respond to multiple colors of light. Now, the NUS team is boosting its light sensitivity to help produce valuable chemicals and materials. The future of biotech is brighter than ever!

Read more: https://news.nus.edu.sg/nus-researchers-engineered-colour-sensing-yeast/

What happens to the tough, lightweight materials used in aircraft when they reach the end of their service life? Researchers from NUS Mechanical Engineering have developed a way to turn hard-to-recycle carbon fibre and epoxy composite waste into aerogels — extremely light, sponge-like materials that could be used for heat insulation, sound absorption and oil spill clean-up. NUS College of Design and Engineering

Instead of recovering only the carbon fibres and discarding the epoxy, the team uses both parts of the waste material. The processed composite is freeze-dried into a porous, versatile structure suited for diverse applications.

Led by Associate Professor Duong Hai Minh, the study points to a possible way to give advanced composite waste a second life.

Read more: https://news.nus.edu.sg/giving-aircraft-waste-second-life/

Congratulations to Prof Koh Ming Joo from NUS Department of Chemistry, who has been selected as one of 10 finalists in the Physical Sciences category of the 2026 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year! National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science

Prof Koh’s research aims to make the synthesis of sugars and related molecules simpler and more sustainable. His team developed a light-driven method that works directly with sugars, reducing the multiple chemical steps traditionally needed to prepare them.

These molecules are important in chemistry, biology and medicine, and more efficient ways of making them could support areas such as drug discovery.

Read Prof Koh’s Falling Walls interview: https://falling-walls.com/breakthroughs/finalists-interviews/ming-joo-koh