校长室邮件 NTU校长即将卸任！回顾NTU近年发展

- NTU took a decisive step in its commitment to be a leader in environmental sustainability, and to demonstrate at scale how we build on our education and research activities to effect long-lasting change on our own Smart Campus and for the planet. In October 2021, NTU released the Sustainability Manifesto with a pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035. It also became the first university in the world to issue sustainability-linked public bonds.

- These academic achievements and ambitions have been underpinned by important governance and administrative successes, to build a robust, sustainable and secure future for NTU. The deliberate measures we introduced in 2018 have guided the University to financial sustainability while preserving our reserves for the rainy day. In its first ever credit rating exercise, NTU received Aaa credit rating from Moody’s, with “stable outlook”, in October 2021. Our strategic investments in cloud-based digital technologies have enabled us to accelerate our migration to online learning while nurturing new teaching and learning innovations during and beyond the pandemic.

- And our infrastructure for future achievements that benefit industry and society has also been developed: major new Corporate and Joint Laboratories have been established at NTU in the past four years including those with HP Inc., Continental, Schaeffler, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and Surbana Jurong. A new S$94-million Research Centre of Excellence, the Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science, and the S$40-million Waste-to-Energy facility were established in the last three years. The scope and scale of NTU’s innovation and NTUitive’s impact in nurturing startups have also expanded significantly.

This letter comes with a big ‘thank you’ to each one of you – the faculty, staff and students with whom I have had the privilege to interact. None of this could have happened without your engagement, commitment and support. I give special thanks to my close leadership team: the current and former members of the core and extended President’s Council including the VPs, deans, administrative heads, School Chairs, and Faculty Senate members, as well as current and former members of the Board of Trustees. Their contributions, together with the strong support over the years from the Singapore government agencies, mean that the future success of NTU will be assured. I owe personal thanks to so many people and I look forward to reaching out to them in due course. For now, I express my deep gratitude particularly to Prof Ling San, Prof Lam Khin Yong, Ms Tan Aik Na, Ms Loretta Cruz, Ms Loreen Tan, and Ms Huei Ashley E. Lee for all their dedication and hard work and for giving me their unstinting support.

I know that NTU will go from strength to strength with all your effort – enhancing the University’s activities in learning, knowledge creation and dissemination, talent development, innovation, and service to Singapore and humanity. I know this because you, alongside our more than 250,000 alumni in over 150 countries, will fly the NTU flag high.

I plan to continue to work hard during the remainder of my term as President to further the goals of NTU 2025. I have been and continue to be deeply appreciative of the opportunity to have served as NTU’s President. NTU is a very special place because you make it so. It has been a privilege to be a part of your success.

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