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HISTORY
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The National University of Singapore is one of two local tertiary institutions that award fully accredited degrees in engineering. The Faculty of Engineering has over 8,000 staff and students. With an increasing international student population, the faculty has developed into a truly cosmopolitan environment for tertiary education,
emphasizing both fundamentals and applications. The faculty is known for being an incubator of national laboratories and major Research and Development projects. It has consistently provided for many of the country's engineering manpower needs in industrial development, while continuing to contribute to a growing
knowledge based economy. Time and again, the faculty has proven its ability to adapt and stay on top of today's rapidly changing technologies.
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New FoE Building &
Statue
1999
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Professional engineering education in Singapore had its humble beginning in 1956.
Classes then were held at the Singapore campus of the University of Malaya. When the Department of Engineering was transferred to Kuala Lumpur in
1958, a four-year diploma course was established in the Singapore Polytechnic. This course was superseded in 1964 by the establishment of the four-year Bachelor of Engineering course. The first batch of Engineering students graduated in 1968. It was not until 1969 that a more local identity was established with the inauguration of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Singapore. It became the Faculty of Engineering under the National University of Singapore with the merger in 1980 between the University of Singapore and Nanyang University.
The past few years saw many key developments in the Faculty. Curriculum changes and new programmes were introduced to enhance the engineering education and graduates. Alliances with prominent local and overseas institutions were also established to boost the faculty's competitiveness
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Prince Edward
Rd. Campus
1969
Construction
Work to build
Kent Ridge Campus
Kent Ridge
Campus 1978
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