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Looking Ahead

Several new initiatives and plans were put in place during the year that will further strengthen NUS’ ability to transform and contribute. The following are some of these new developments:

• A Double Degree graduate programme earning students Master of Laws degrees from NUS and New York University School of Law will be introduced in academic year 2007-2008.
• A Joint Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree programme will be offered with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in academic year 2007-2008, providing students with a choice of 5 majors that includes Economics, English Literature, Geography, History and Political Science.
• A Ph.D programme in Pharmacy jointly developed with the University of Illinois (Chicago) will be offered in academic year 2008-2009.
• Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (GMS) will welcome its first intake of 25 graduate students in August 2007.
• The Young Artist Programme will take in its first batch of students in August 2007. The Programme is put together by the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music to provide professional training in musical performance for talented teenagers, even as they continue with their secondary education in designated local schools.
• NUS will host the first Asian leg of the Global Security Challenge in September 2007.
• TL@NUS, a collaboration between NUS and the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), will move to a permanent home at a new building sited at the Faculty of Engineering in 2008.
• NUS will host the World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education which will be held together with the American Society for Engineering Education Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in 2010.
• The University Town @ Warren, a residential complex providing integrated learning and living experiences for students, is expected to be completed in mid 2010. (Please see photos opposite page).
• NUS will host the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre and the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) at University Town @ Warren.

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