University of Glasgow Singapore

"Our role in history is to create it, to write it with our ambitions and successes. So our doors are forever open to those who share our commitment to achieving more - to change the world, and benefit humanity."

- Professor Anton Muscatelli, The Principal of University of Glasgow

Welcome to University of Glasgow Singapore (UGS). UGS is the first subsidiary furth of Scotland in the University's 560-year history. UGS started operation at Ngee Ann Polytechnic campus on 8 August 2011 and was officially marked open in Singapore by Professor Andrea Nolan, Senior Vice Principal of UoG, on 6 September 2011. In partnership with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), we warmly welcome highly qualified polytechnic graduates to our exciting Honours degree programmes delivered in Singapore, including:

• BEng (Honours) in Aeronautical Engineering
• BEng (Honours) in Aerospace Systems
• BEng (Honours) in Mechanical Design Engineering
• BEng (Honours) in Mechatronics

- Professor Yun Li, Director of University of Glasgow Singapore

Our Mission:

• To deliver undergraduate degree programmes in Singapore to the standards of University of Glasgow in the UK;
• To provide PhD training and to facilitate EngD (IPP) programmes in Singapore;
• To develop research collaboration with Singapore’s AUs, A*STAR and other Governmental organisations, and NGOs;
• To develop consultancy and undergraduate project collaboration with industrial companies and R&D organisations in Singapore.

Our Vision:

To be the University of Glasgow’s centre of excellence serving the Asia-Pacific region.

Our Engineering:

"The education we provide is hugely supported by our research environment. That's one of the key attractions to the students who study at Glasgow. They want to be taught by world-leaders and they want to be challenged."

- Professor Andrea Nolan, Senior Vice-Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

On 12 October 2011, our SIT-UoG students benefited from motivational coaching by Professor David E Goldberg, a world leader in Evolutionary Computation and engineering leadership coach to National University of Singapore. If you have missed it, you can click on the following link to Professor Goldberg’s 7-minute video:

Engineering is for the Coolest Kids
- Changing the Way We Talk About, Teach, & Practice Engineering in the 21st Century

For general information and Singapore entry requirements, please refer to: http://www.gla.ac.uk/international/country/singapore/

About University of Glasgow

Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow (UOG) is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and is in the top 1% of universities in the world. UOG is a member of the distinguished Russell Group, comprising the United Kingdom’s 20 leading research-intensive universities, and is also a founding member of Universitas 21– a network of universities established as an international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance. UOG’s students graduate equipped with the skills they need to compete in a global workplace, and with friendships and networks that last a lifetime. Associated with seven Nobel Laureates and boasting alumni like Adam Smith, Lord Kelvin and James Watt, UOG sustains a broad portfolio of leading-edge research funded by industry, research councils and governmental agencies.