Nanyang Polytechnic - History

History

  • Established 1 April 1992
  • Enrolled its pioneer batch of students for its School of Health Sciences and School of Business Management in July 1992.
  • Set up the School of Engineering and the School of Information Technology in July 1993.
  • The French-Singapore Institute, German-Singapore Institute and the Japan-Singapore Institute were transferred from the Economic Development Board to the Polytechnic in February 1993.
  • Operated from five temporary campuses
    • Bukit Merah: School of Business
    • Jurong: School of Engineering
    • Outram: School of Nursing
    • Tiong Bahru: School of Business
    • Yishun: School of Engineering, School of Information Technology before moving to its permanent home in Ang Mo Kio in April 1998.
  • School of Design and School of Chemical and Life Sciences was set up in November 2000.
  • Established the School of Interactive and Digital Media in November 2006.
  • Mr Chan Lee Mun took over as Principal and CEO in August 2007; Mr Lin Cheng Ton went on to head NYP International.

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