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The aerospace engineering            economy, and to support national     Technology and Design We have
        industry has been witnessing         growth priorities.                   also put together different subjects
        immense growth in the recent                                              to offer students the flexibility
        period on account of a rise in the   Initiatives will include research    to build their portfolio in these
        overall airline industry across the   collaborations to develop state-    sectors.
        world. With increasing demand        of-the-art technologies and
        for new aircraft in order to meet    capabilities to support industry     Expertise:
        the rising air travel, numerous      transformation, in-depth faculty-    The university offers undergraduate
        leading aircraft manufacturers have   staff learning and training         and postgraduate programs. The
        been engaged in procurement of       exchanges, co-development            curriculum majorly focuses on
        various aircraft components and      of specialized, skills-based         engineering and architectural
        services. In addition, technological   courses, access to advanced        courses. The engineering
        advancements in aerospace            facilities and equipment for         course includes subjects like
        engineering have resulted into       teaching, learning, and research,    programming, mathematics, design
        a trend of aircraft replacement.     and enhanced internship and          thinking, physics, and chemistry.
        Various airline operators across     mentorship programmes focusing       The architecture course includes
        the world seek to maintain updated   on job placements, innovation and    engineering product development,
        and state-of-the-art aircrafts in    entrepreneurship.                    sustainable design, engineering
        order to retain dominance in their   Singapore University of              system & design and information
        respective markets.                  Technology and Design next           systems technology. This broad

        Growth plan:                         phase will be big and bold -         range of subjects gives students
                                             in both vision and ambition.         the opportunity to make a choice
        We have set aside a multi-million    With our innovative education,       among the courses according to
        dollar budget to spearhead our       multi-disciplinary research and      their interests. The students are
        next phase of growth in three        pervasive partnerships with          taught under well-experienced
        key economic sectors (Aviation,      industry, government and global      faculty members. They also get
        Cities, and Healthcare) supported    universities, we will deliver a truly   a chance to go for the student
        by capabilities in Artificial        unique and exciting university       exchange programs.
        Intelligence/Data Science.           experience for our students to
        We will work with industry to        create a better world by design.     1) Year of Founding: 2009
        develop a suite of integrated,       We will continue to produce          2.) Office Locations:  8 Somapah
        multi-disciplinary programmes to     technically grounded leaders and     Rd, Singapore
        enhance Singapore University of      innovators to meet the challenges
        Technology and Design education      of Singapore and the world.” -       3) Website: www.sutd.edu.sg
        and research offerings, to prepare   Professor Chong Tow Chong,
        our graduates for the future         President, Singapore University of





























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