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| School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, NTU | |
|---|---|
| Name | School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
| Established | 2005 |
| Type | Public |
| Parent | Nanyang Technological University |
| City | Singapore |
| Country | Singapore |
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, NTU The School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University is a major academic unit focused on Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and allied scientific inquiries within Nanyang Technological University. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate instruction linked to professional pathways and research initiatives connected to regional hubs such as A*STAR and global partners including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, and ETH Zurich. The school contributes to national science agendas exemplified by collaborations with National University of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, and industry stakeholders like Siemens, BASF, and Shell.
The school's formation followed strategic planning by Nanyang Technological University leadership and policy directives influenced by Singaporean science strategy documents alongside input from international reviewers from Imperial College London, California Institute of Technology, and University of Oxford. Early milestones included faculty appointments drawn from institutions such as Princeton University, Harvard University, Stanford University, and University of Tokyo, and the launch of degree programs modeled on curricula from University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. Over time the school expanded research links with King's College London, University of Melbourne, Peking University, and Tsinghua University.
Academic departments mirror international standards and include departments with faculty trained at Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, and Seoul National University. Undergraduate programs align with counterparts at University of Toronto, University of Hong Kong, and Monash University, while postgraduate offerings are comparable to those at University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and Duke University. The school administers joint degrees and double-degree schemes with partners such as University of California, Los Angeles, University of British Columbia, and Ecole Polytechnique. Professional development modules reference frameworks used by Royal Society, American Physical Society, and International Mathematical Union.
Research centres host interdisciplinary teams comparable to units at Max Planck Society, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and CERN in scope and ambition. Centres within the school collaborate with Duke-NUS Medical School, A*STAR, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, and facilities like Synchrotron Light Research Institute and Paul Scherrer Institute. Active research themes connect to initiatives at European Research Council, National Institutes of Health, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and projects funded by Singapore Ministry of Education, National Research Foundation (Singapore), and international funders including Horizon 2020 partners. The school has produced projects in materials science akin to those at MIT Materials Research Laboratory, quantum information similar to work at Perimeter Institute, and computational mathematics echoing groups at Flatiron Institute.
Laboratories and core facilities are benchmarked against infrastructures at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory, with instrumentation sourced from vendors collaborating with National Instruments, Agilent Technologies, and Bruker. Teaching spaces follow designs influenced by University of Cambridge and University of Oxford collegiate layouts, and computing clusters interoperate with national grids like SingAREN and cloud partners including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Specialized facilities include spectroscopy suites, cleanrooms comparable to those at IMRE and microscopy centres referencing standards used at Janelia Research Campus.
Faculty appointments include scholars who have held fellowships from Royal Society, National Science Foundation, European Research Council, and awards such as Humboldt Research Award and Alder Award. Administrative leadership is structured along models seen at Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science and Princeton University departments, with committees interacting with bodies like Singapore Ministry of Education and international accreditation agencies including ABET and AACSB for interdisciplinary programs. Visiting professors and research fellows have affiliations with Nobel Prize laureates' institutions such as University of Copenhagen and University of Strasbourg.
Student societies and clubs draw inspiration from organizations at National University of Singapore and student unions in United Kingdom and United States, featuring chapters aligned with The Optical Society and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Extracurriculars include outreach programs partnering with Science Centre Singapore, competitions like International Mathematical Olympiad training camps, and hackathons modeled on events at ETH Zurich and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate student associations interact with national fellowships such as NRF Graduate Scholarship and international networks like Global Young Academy.
The school's partnerships span multinational corporations such as Microsoft, BASF, Siemens, Shell, and research agencies including A*STAR, Duke-NUS Medical School, and Agency for Science, Technology and Research. Academic exchange and joint research agreements exist with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Peking University, and Tsinghua University, with technology translation pathways engaging incubators and accelerators similar to Block71 and innovation ecosystems tied to ONE°15 Marina Club and regional innovation clusters associated with Biopolis.