Institutional Practices in Building a World Class University

1. Institutional Practices in Building a World Class University TAN Chorh Chuan President

2. NUS Today A global, research-intensive University Founded 1905 A comprehensive university NUS vision: A leading global university centered in Asia

3. NUS Key Facts 14 Faculties / Schools 3 Research Centres of Excellence; 21 research institutes and centres 25,391 undergraduates; 8,350 graduate students AY2009/10: 33,741 students 4,305 faculty and research staff

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

5. Building a World-Class University Differentiation to Leap-frog NUS specifics Category generics for top universities Excellent faculty Excellent research Excellent teaching International networks 5

6. The Singapore Growth Story & NUS Enterprise Research-intensive GDP $B TEACHING UNIVERSITY 90s: Technology- intensive Future: Knowledge- Intensive 80s: Capital- intensive 70s: Skill- intensive 60s: Labour- intensive

7. 3 Major Institutional Developments 7

8. 3 Major Institutional Developments Civil Service Statutory Board Not-for-profit Company Teaching University Teaching + Research- intensive National National + Global 8

9. Major Institutional Development #1 Teaching University in UK model Research-intensive with major elements from US model Teaching + Research 9

10. Education Framework Local and/or overseas Internships & Attachments Student Exchange Programme Summer Programme Residential Learning in Halls Co-curricular Activities Service Learning Global Education (& Experiential Learning) Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme Project-based Modules Honours Projects Independent Study Modules Special Programme in Science Self-directed Learning ***USP Academic Inquiry Track Minor in Management Second Major in Management Double Degree in Business Masters in Management Masters in Public Policy Management Education Modules offered by Centre for Technopreneurship Minor in Technopreneurship Project in Startup NUS Overseas Colleges NUS Entrepreneurship Society Entrepreneurship ***USP Entrepreneurial Development Track USP Core Curriculum University Requirements Faculty Requirements Minor Second Major Double or Concurrent Degree Multi- & Inter-disciplinary Learning ***USP Bicultural Immersion Track Professional Disciplines, except Medicine & Dentistry Humanities & Social Sciences Science & Mathematics 10

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Major Institutional Development #3 Orientation predominantly National Orientation National and Global being global to enable us to create greater value & impact nationally 14

15. What is a Global University?

16. Seven “Qualities” of a Global University Pursues a global vision Recruits worldwide Innovates education for the globalised world Achieves high research impact Uses & sets international benchmarks Node in influential global networks Thought leadership 16

17. 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

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

19. NUS Senior Administrators Prof Barry Halliwell Deputy President (Research & Technology) D.Sc. (London) D. Phil. (Oxford) 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 Dr Lily Chan Chief Executive Officer (NUS Enterprise) Ph.D. (Illinois) 19

20. Prof Barry Halliwell Deputy President (Research & Technology) D.Sc. (London) D. Phil. (Oxford) Mr Joseph P. Mullinix Deputy President (Administration) MBA (Chicago) Graduate Studies (Harvard) • 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. • 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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 internshipat 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

25. #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

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