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Faced with the global mobility of talent and ideas – vital resources for knowledge-driven economies – universities have to contend with intensifying competition. Amidst this global landscape, NUS seeks to remain relevant while pursuing global excellence with purpose, with passion and with perseverance – three quintessential dimensions to the NUS difference.
Purpose: Pursuing Excellence, Driving G-10-10
The larger purpose of service to country and society drives our NUS community's unrelenting pursuit of excellence in education, research and service. Our shared aspiration is for NUS to become a great university that transforms the lives of individuals and shapes the life of society. An integral part of NUS' journey towards greatness is to grow 10 great programmes or departments in 10 years, or
G-10-10 for short. At the heart of this endeavour is our people striving for three bests – be our best, help others be their best, and recruit the best. Moving purposefully towards G-10-10 helps energise and drive our community towards new peaks of global excellence.
Passion: Seeing Possibilities, Seizing Opportunities
NUS' journey is also fuelled by passion, enabling us to overcome challenges, see possibilities and seize opportunities. To accelerate NUS' quest for global research excellence, we are seizing opportunities created by recent national initiatives. Hosting the National Research Foundation's (NRF) Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) at our University Town@Warren holds promise of greater synergies. As CREATE brings researchers from leading universities like MIT to work here alongside Singapore collaborators, our faculty and students have the opportunity to learn and work with top researchers, and contribute to the organic growth of Singapore's talent base. NUS has also been selected to set up the first Research Centre of Excellence (RCE) with co-funding from NRF and the Ministry of Education. This RCE in quantum information science and technology was spawned in our Physics department, where individuals with similar interests and a shared passion for excellence built up expertise in quantum information. Their passion helped them see possibilities and seize opportunities for substantial external funding.
Perseverance: Braving Challenges, Staying the Course
Setting our sights on G-10-10, we should expect challenges, detours and setbacks. Perseverance is needed to rise to the challenges and stay the course. In this journey, failure is not fatal. The real failure is if we give up trying. As we journey together towards our shared aspirations, I am grateful for the efforts and support of our stakeholders – faculty and staff, alumni and friends, and students. May purpose, passion and perseverance continue to be hallmarks of our community.
SHIH Choon Fong
President
National University of Singapore
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