Newcastle University

From September, Newcastle University and The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will offer Singapore's first undergraduate degree in Electrical Power Engineering.

Following an official signing last month, a team from Nanyang Polytechnic - including the Institution's Principal & CEO Chan Lee Mun - visited the School that will be providing the new academic programme.

Professor Barrie Mecrow, Head of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to join together the unique expertise of the two countries to develop cutting edge teaching and research in an area where high-calibre graduates are desperately needed.

“We have been teaching Electrical Engineering at Newcastle University since the 1880s and are now recognised as world leaders in the field, working with global companies such as Dyson, Siemens, Airbus, BAE Systems, Jaguar Landrover and Renault to name but a few.

“Our new students at SIT will benefit from the industrial links which Newcastle University has already established, both in terms of the transfer of expertise and future research and job opportunities.”

The new course will be added to those already available in Singapore, including engineering degrees in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering and Offshore Engineering, Mechanical Design & Manufacturing Engineering, and Chemical Engineering as well as Food & Human Nutrition. The partnership between Newcastle University and SIT, based on an earlier partnership between the University and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, began in 2010.

PICTURE: The visit of dignitaries from Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore to Newcastle Univerity's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
From left: Edward Ho, Dr. Graeme Chester, Prof. Barrie Mecrow, Prof. Satnam Dlay, Chan Lee Mun (Principal & CEO, Nanyang Polytechnic).

Published: 23rd November 2012