Looking Ahead

As NUS moves forward towards its second centenary, its faces new and greater challenges. The University is optimistic that with the promise of the future as outlined below, the best lies ahead.

• A Disaster Recovery Centre will be in full operation from December 2005 onwards to ensure critical IT services will continue to function in all contingencies, with minimum service disruption.
  
  
• The Faculty of Law and various research institutes will relocate to Bukit Timah when Singapore Management University vacates the 11-hectare campus. The site is close to the heart of NUS as its links with the University date back to 1928 when Raffles College, one of the University’s predecessor institutions, was founded.
  
  
• Several of the Office of Life Sciences’ research programmes will be relocating to its new facility in 2006. The building will provide a vibrant platform for interdisciplinary research by fostering integrative research amongst its 450 occupants.
  
  
• In 2006, NUS will be corporatised into a not-for-profit entity. The new status will give the University greater autonomy to be flexible and create a unique educational experience that will enable it to compete more effectively in the global university landscape.
  
  
• NUS will play a key role in the Asia Pacific World Institute, an initiative for advanced studies of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU).
  
  
• NUS will participate in a global university partnership with seven leading research universities from Asia, Australia, Europe and the US. The partnership will pave the way for a “global university town” at the University where opportunities will be provided for research and education that transcend continents.
  
  
• NUS will engage in a full year of dedicated events from 25 June 2005 to May 2006 to celebrate its centennial. The University traced its roots to the founding of The Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School in 1905.
  
  
• NUS will host the 2006 international CASE conference as part of its centennial celebrations. The event will focus on alumni relations, communications and philanthropy. CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) is a US-based global organisation for educational institutions.