Institutional Practices in Building a World Class University

TAN Chorh Chuan President

NUS Today A global, research-intensive University

Founded 1905 A comprehensive university NUS vision:

A leading global university centered in Asia

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NUS Key Facts 14 Faculties / Schools 3

Research Centres of Excellence;

21

research institutes and centres

AY2009/10: 33,741 students 25,391

undergraduates;

8,350

graduate students

4,305 faculty and research staff

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Three NUS Campuses DUKE-NUS @Outram Campus Kent Ridge Campus Bukit Timah Campus

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Building a World-Class University

Differentiation to Leap-frog

Category generics for top universities Excellent faculty

Excellent research Excellent teaching International networks

NUS specifics

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The Singapore Growth Story & NUS Enterprise Research-intensive GDP $B

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TEACHING UNIVERSITY

250 200 150

Future: Knowledge Intensive 90s: Technology intensive

100 50 0 1960

60s: Labour intensive

1965 1970

70s: Skill intensive

1975 1980

80s: Capital intensive

1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 6

3 Major Institutional Developments

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3 Major Institutional Developments

Teaching University Civil Service National Teaching + Research intensive Statutory Board National + Global Not-for-profit Company 8

Major Institutional Development #1

Teaching University in UK model Research-intensive with major elements from US model Teaching + Research 9

Global Education (& Experiential Learning) Self-directed Learning ***USP Academic Inquiry Track Management Education Education Framework

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Local and/or overseas Internships & Attachments Student Exchange Programme Summer Programme Residential Learning in Halls Co-curricular Activities Service Learning 1.

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Project-based Modules Honours Projects Independent Study Modules Special Programme in Science 1.

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Minor in Management Second Major in Management Double Degree in Business Masters in Management Masters in Public Policy

Entrepreneurship ***USP Entrepreneurial Development Track Multi- & Inter-disciplinary Learning ***USP Bicultural Immersion Track

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Modules offered by Centre for Technopreneurship Minor in Technopreneurship Project in Startup NUS Overseas Colleges NUS Entrepreneurship Society 1.

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USP Core Curriculum University Requirements Faculty Requirements Minor Second Major Double or Concurrent Degree Humanities & Social Sciences Science & Mathematics Professional Disciplines, except Medicine & Dentistry 10

Drivers for change

• The “thinking” T-shaped graduate • Promoting the spirit of the explorer • Nurturing effective & responsible global citizens • Riding on globalisation to create distinctive high value global programmes 11

Major Institutional Development #2

University governance & management closely aligned to the civil service Statutory Board with autonomy in setting up own HR & Finance systems Corporatised, not-for-profit Company 12

Institutional Development #2 : NUS as a company

• New relationship with

Ministry of Education

- policy and performance agreements - enhanced QA & accountability framework •

Greater autonomy

to chart strategic directions and allocate resources accordingly • Completely

performance-based HR

systems hinged upon competitive international practices 13

Major Institutional Development #3

Orientation predominantly National Orientation National and Global being global to enable us to create greater value & impact nationally 14

What is a Global University?

Seven “Qualities” of a Global University

1. Pursues a global vision

2. Recruits worldwide 3. Innovates education for the globalised world

4. Achieves high research impact 5. Uses & sets international benchmarks

6. Node in influential global networks

7. Thought leadership 16

Seven Qualities of a Global University #2. Recruits worldwide

Recruiting top faculty and administrators world-wide, key to international competitiveness Diversity as a comparative strength 17

Local & International Tenure-track Faculty Composition Top 5 International Faculty Countries

USA – 18% China – 15% India, Australia UK – 8% each (Taiwan – 5%)

36.8% 63.2% International faculty 2000

209 (17.7%)

2010

555 (36.8%)

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Office of Human Resources, as of February 2010 Based on total tenure-track faculty (1509) 18

NUS Senior Administrators Prof TAN Eng Chye

Provost

M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Yale) B.Sc.(Hons), (NUS)

Mr Joseph P. Mullinix

Deputy President (Administration)

MBA (Chicago) Graduate Studies at Harvard

Prof Barry Halliwell

Deputy President (Research & Technology)

D.Sc. (London) D. Phil. (Oxford)

Dr Lily Chan

Chief Executive Officer (NUS Enterprise)

Ph.D. (Illinois) 19

Prof Barry Halliwell

Deputy President (Research & Technology)

D.Sc. (London) D. Phil. (Oxford) • Internationally-acclaimed biochemist, specialising in free radicals and antioxidants.

• One of the world’s most highly cited researchers in Biology and Biochemistry (Hirsch Index 127) according to Thomas Reuters • Recruited to NUS from KCL in 1998.

Mr Joseph P. Mullinix

Deputy President (Administration)

MBA (Chicago) Graduate Studies (Harvard) • Senior Vice-President for Business and Finance, University of California • Vice-President for Finance and Administration, Yale University • Senior Vice-President at Columbia University • Vice-Provost, Academic Planning and Resource Management at Columbia University 20

Seven Qualities of a Global University #3. Innovates education for the globalised world

Endeavour to: - Bring the world to NUS - Bring NUS students to the world 21

A Leader in Global Education Bring the world to NUS

Bring NUS students to the world

Highly diverse

Students and faculty from 100 countries 20% undergraduates and 60% graduate students from abroad

Joint-degree programmes in NUS

E.g. Duke-NUS, MIT-NUS, Georgia Tech-NUS

Inbound exchange students

>1,000 per year 22

A Leader in Global Education

Bring the world to NUS

Bring NUS students to the world

50% undergraduates go overseas; 20% for > 6 months > 60 joint- & double-degree programmes with top universities around the world 6 NUS Overseas Colleges across the US, Europe, China and India 23

A Global Student: Joshua Shoo A Complete Educational Experience: Joshua Shoo (RJC & NUS Science Alumni)

• NUS Special Programme in Science • 1-year Student Exchange Programme at

Cornell University

• 1-year internship at NUS Overseas College,

Philadelphia

with

U Penn

• 6-weeks intensive research attachment with

CalTech

• Part of the winning team at Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition • First Class Honours in Biology in 4.5 year • A high flyer in government service – An Assistant Director in the Ministry of Manpower 24

#6. Node in influential global networks

•International Alliance of Research Universities (

IARU

) ANU, Berkeley, Cambridge, Copenhagen, ETH, Oxford,

NUS

, Beida, Todai, Yale •Association of Pacific Rim Universities (

APRU

) - 42 leading universities from 16 economies in the Pacific Rim

Global research alliances, e.g.

• Global Enterprise for Micro Mechanics and Molecular Medicine (

GEM4

) - Partners include: MIT,

NUS

, UIUC, Caltech, UCSD, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Cambridge, Imperial 25

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