Singapore University of Technology and Design

The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is a public autonomous university in Singapore, established in 2009 as the country's fourth public university and incorporated in July 2009.新加坡科技设计大学（Singapore University of Technology and Design，简称 SUTD）是新加坡的一所公立自治大学，于 2009 年成立，为该国的第四所公立大学，并于 2009 年 7 月完成注册。

It was established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and in August 2010 signed a collaboration agreement with Zhejiang University.该校与美国麻省理工学院（Massachusetts Institute of Technology，简称 MIT）合作办学，并于 2010 年 8 月与中国浙江大学签署合作协议。

It is placed 266th in the QS World University Rankings 2027, in the 301-325 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 and 359th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027, and OpenAlex credits it with 14,632 works and 916,442 citations.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 266 位，2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名位列 301-325 区间，《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名第 359 位；OpenAlex 收录其 14,632 篇成果与 916,442 次引用。

History

• SUTD was incorporated in July 2009 as a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act, becoming Singapore's fourth public university.该校于 2009 年 7 月依《公司法》注册为担保有限公司，成为新加坡第四所公立大学。
• The university is an Institution of Public Character under the Charities Act of Singapore, a status that makes donations to it eligible for tax relief.该校也是新加坡《慈善法》下的公益机构（Institution of Public Character），这一身份使向其捐赠的款项可享受税务减免。
• The university was established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and elements of entrepreneurship, management and design thinking were built into its programmes.该校与麻省理工学院合作创办，其课程融入了创业、管理与设计思维等要素。
• In August 2010 SUTD signed a collaboration agreement with Zhejiang University, covering education, student exchange and research collaboration.2010 年 8 月，该校与浙江大学签署合作协议，内容涵盖教育、学生交换与科研合作。
• The university's founding president was Thomas Magnanti, a professor associated with MIT.该校创校校长为与麻省理工学院相关的托马斯·马尼安提教授（Thomas Magnanti）。
• SUTD's founding provost, Professor Chong Tow Chong, served from 2010 to 2018 and took over as the university's second president in 2018.该校创校教务长钟道冲教授（Chong Tow Chong）于 2010 至 2018 年任职，并于 2018 年接任为该校第二任校长。
• The university's interim campus was the former ITE College Dover campus in Dover, used from its founding in April 2012 until December 2014.该校临时校区设于杜佛（Dover）的原工艺教育学院杜佛校区，自 2012 年 4 月创校起使用至 2014 年 12 月。
• The university's first intake, in April 2012, was taught at the Dover campus.该校首批学生于 2012 年 4 月入学，在杜佛校区上课。
• The permanent campus opened in January 2015 near Changi Business Park, and is served by Upper Changi Station on the Downtown MRT line.永久校区于 2015 年 1 月在樟宜商业园附近启用，由地铁滨海市区线上樟宜站（Upper Changi）服务。
• As of 2018 it is the only university located in the eastern part of Singapore.截至 2018 年，该校是新加坡唯一位于东部的大学。
• Through an open selection process SUTD appointed DP Architects, in collaboration with UNStudio from Amsterdam, to design the academic cluster of its permanent campus.该校经公开遴选，委任 DP Architects 与来自阿姆斯特丹的 UNStudio 合作设计永久校区的教学建筑群。
• The initial intake in 2012 included ten post-doctoral researchers.2012 年的首批招录包括十名博士后研究员。
• By its 10th anniversary the university had grown from just over 100 faculty and staff and almost 300 pioneer students to almost 1,000 staff and 2,000 students.至创校十周年时，该校已从仅有 100 余名教职员与近 300 名首届学生，发展至近 1,000 名教职员与 2,000 名学生。
• By that anniversary the university had graduated 1,145 Bachelors, 192 Masters and 41 PhD students.至该周年时，该校已培养 1,145 名学士、192 名硕士与 41 名博士毕业生。
• In 2015, as part of the International Design Centre, the Design Innovation @ Singapore platform was formed to organise design- and technology-centred innovation programmes.2015 年，作为国际设计中心的一部分，「新加坡设计创新」（Design Innovation @ Singapore）平台成立，用于组织以设计与技术为核心的创新项目。
• In 2021 the Design Innovation team was integrated with the SUTD Academy to enhance its provision of Continuing Education and Training.2021 年，设计创新团队与「新科大专业进修学院」（SUTD Academy）整合，以加强其持续教育与培训服务。
• Professor Phoon Kok Kwang took over as the university's president from 1 August 2024, succeeding Professor Chong Tow Chong, who had led SUTD since 2018.潘国光教授（Phoon Kok Kwang）自 2024 年 8 月 1 日起接任该校校长，接替自 2018 年起领导该校的钟道冲教授。
• As of 2025 there are no active formal collaborations between SUTD and MIT.截至 2025 年，该校与麻省理工学院之间已无活跃的正式合作。
• SUTD was developed as part of Singapore's plan to expand and diversify its publicly funded university sector, which also includes the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and Singapore Institute of Technology.该校的建设是新加坡扩充并多元化其公费大学体系计划的一部分，该体系还包括新加坡国立大学、南洋理工大学、新加坡管理大学与新加坡理工大学。
• The university's foundational collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shaped its early curriculum, faculty and research culture, and SUTD continues to maintain a range of international partnerships after those founding agreements ended.该校与麻省理工学院的奠基性合作塑造了其早期课程、师资与研究文化；在最初的合作协议结束之后，该校仍维系着一系列国际合作伙伴关系。

Academics

• A four-year full-time undergraduate programme is offered at SUTD, and students spend their later years on capstone design projects and internships with industry partners.该校提供四年制全日制本科课程，学生在高年级阶段需完成毕业设计项目并与产业伙伴开展实习。
• Students choose between five degree programmes: Computer Science and Design, Engineering Product Development, Engineering Systems and Design, Architecture and Sustainable Design, and Design and Artificial Intelligence.学生可在五个学位项目中选择：计算机科学与设计、工程产品开发、工程系统与设计、建筑与可持续设计，以及设计与人工智能。
• A two-year full-time MIT-SUTD Dual master's degree programme is offered in collaboration with MIT to graduates interested in research.该校与麻省理工学院合作，为有志研究的研究生提供两年制全日制的 MIT-SUTD 双硕士学位项目。
• The dual master's degree covers Civil and Environmental Engineering, Supply Chain Management and Engineering in Manufacturing.该双硕士学位涵盖土木与环境工程、供应链管理与制造工程三个方向。
• Candidates spend up to one year in the United States and another year in Singapore, receiving master's degrees from both MIT and SUTD.学生最多在美国学习一年、在新加坡学习一年，可同时获得麻省理工学院与该校的硕士学位。
• The university also offers the SUTD PhD programme, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary and collaborative research.该校还开设 SUTD 博士项目，着重跨学科与协作研究。
• The PhD programme is enhanced by opportunities for industry internships, overseas research attachments and teaching experience.该博士项目还提供企业实习、海外研究交流与教学实践的机会。
• Post-doctorate fellows at SUTD spend one year at MIT and then another year at SUTD, where they conduct research and teach.该校的博士后研究员先在麻省理工学院工作一年，再到该校工作一年，从事研究并授课。
• The SUTD-MIT International Design Centre is based both in Singapore at SUTD and in Cambridge, Massachusetts at MIT.该校与麻省理工学院的国际设计中心同时设在新加坡的该校与马萨诸塞州剑桥的麻省理工学院。
• The International Design Centre has more than a hundred projects involving approximately 270 faculty, researchers and students.该国际设计中心有 100 多个项目，涉及约 270 名教师、研究人员与学生。
• The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities is one of the research centres in SUTD.李光耀创新城市中心（Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities）是该校的研究中心之一。
• iTrust is a multidisciplinary research centre established collaboratively by SUTD and the Ministry of Defence, focusing on cybersecurity.iTrust 是由该校与新加坡国防部合作建立的多学科研究中心，聚焦网络安全。
• Systems of interest to iTrust include large infrastructure of national importance such as power grids, water treatment plants and oil refineries.iTrust 关注的对象包括电网、水处理厂与炼油厂等对国家至关重要的大型基础设施。
• Temasek Labs at SUTD undertakes research and development focused on defence system design, and complements work at the DSO National Laboratories, the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.该校的淡马锡实验室（Temasek Labs at SUTD）从事以国防系统设计为核心的研发，并与国防科技研究院、新加坡国立大学、南洋理工大学的工作互为补充。
• The City Form Lab, founded by Andres Sevtsuk at MIT in 2010 and moved to SUTD in 2011, develops software tools for researching urban form and land use patterns.城市形态实验室（City Form Lab）由安德烈斯·塞夫楚克（Andres Sevtsuk）于 2010 年在麻省理工学院创立，2011 年迁至该校，开发用于研究城市形态与土地利用模式的软件工具。
• SUTD is one of Singapore's autonomous universities, alongside the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, Singapore Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Education.该校是新加坡的自治大学之一，与新加坡国立大学、南洋理工大学、新加坡管理大学、新加坡理工大学及国立教育学院并列。
• The undergraduate curriculum replaces conventional departmental silos with cross-disciplinary learning, cross-border experience and human-centred engineering education, and it was developed from an outside-in analysis of what the world needs.该校本科课程以跨学科学习、跨国经历与以人为本的工程教育取代传统的院系壁垒，其设计源于「由外而内」地分析世界需要什么。
• The five degree programmes, Computer Science and Design, Engineering Product Development, Engineering Systems and Design, Architecture and Sustainable Design and Design and Artificial Intelligence, each combine design thinking with a technical discipline.五个学位项目——计算机科学与设计、工程产品开发、工程系统与设计、建筑与可持续设计及设计与人工智能——各自将设计思维与一门技术学科相结合。
• SUTD's postgraduate and research activity spans design, engineering, architecture and information systems, supported by research centres such as the International Design Centre, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and Temasek Labs.该校的研究生教育与科研横跨设计、工程、建筑与信息系统，得到国际设计中心、李光耀创新城市中心与淡马锡实验室等研究机构的支撑。

Campus

• The permanent campus opened in January 2015 near Changi Business Park in eastern Singapore.永久校区于 2015 年 1 月启用，位于新加坡东部的樟宜商业园附近。
• It is served by Upper Changi Station on the Downtown MRT line, placing the campus close to Changi Airport and the eastern business districts.校区由地铁滨海市区线上樟宜站（Upper Changi）服务，使其靠近樟宜机场与东部各商业区。
• As of 2018 SUTD is the only university located in the eastern part of Singapore.截至 2018 年，该校是新加坡唯一位于东部的大学。
• The academic cluster was designed by DP Architects in collaboration with UNStudio of Amsterdam, chosen through an open selection process.该校教学建筑群由 DP Architects 与阿姆斯特丹的 UNStudio 合作设计，经公开遴选出。
• The interim campus was the former ITE College Dover campus in Dover, used from April 2012 until December 2014, when the university moved to its permanent site at Upper Changi.临时校区为杜佛的原工艺教育学院杜佛校区，自 2012 年 4 月使用至 2014 年 12 月，此后学校迁往上樟宜的永久校区。
• The site of the permanent campus was originally intended for the planned campus of the defunct University of New South Wales Asia.永久校区的用地原为已停办的澳洲新南威尔士大学亚洲分校的预定校址。
• The City Form Lab has produced the open-source Urban Network Analysis Toolbox for ArcGIS and the SUTD Gridshell Pavilion.城市形态实验室开发了面向 ArcGIS 的开源城市网络分析工具箱（Urban Network Analysis Toolbox），并建成该校的网壳亭（Gridshell Pavilion）。
• The campus lies in Upper Changi, close to Changi Business Park and connected to the wider city by the MRT.校区位于上樟宜，紧邻樟宜商业园，并经地铁与全城相连。
• The permanent campus was built near Changi Business Park in Upper Changi, placing it close to Singapore's airport and eastern industrial and business districts.永久校区建于上樟宜的樟宜商业园附近，紧邻新加坡机场与东部工业及商业区。
• The campus site had originally been intended for a proposed campus of the University of New South Wales Asia before that institution closed in 2007 and the land was reassigned to SUTD.该校园用地原为澳洲新南威尔士大学亚洲分校的预定校址，该校于 2007 年停办后，土地被重新划拨给新加坡科技设计大学。
• The campus is arranged as a set of interconnected buildings meant to encourage cross-disciplinary interaction, reflecting SUTD's emphasis on design-led, project-based learning rather than traditional departmental faculties.该校校园由相互连通的建筑群组成，旨在促进跨学科互动，体现其以设计为导向、以项目为载体的学习方式，而非传统的院系建制。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 SUTD is placed 266th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，新加坡科技设计大学位列世界第 266 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it in the 301-325 band.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列为 301-325 区间。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks it 359th in the world.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名将其列为世界第 359 位。
• SUTD is Singapore's fourth public university and one of the country's autonomous universities.该校是新加坡第四所公立大学，也是该国自治大学之一。
• OpenAlex credits the university with 14,632 works and 916,442 citations.OpenAlex 收录该校 14,632 篇成果与 916,442 次引用。
• The university was established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later with Zhejiang University, making it one of the world's first universities to integrate design and innovation into research and engineering.该校先后与麻省理工学院和中国浙江大学合作创办，是世界上最早将设计与创新融入研究与工程的大学之一。
• The university states that 91.5 per cent of its fresh graduates found work within six months of their final examinations, and that more than half received multiple job offers.该校表示，其应届毕业生中有 91.5% 在毕业考试后六个月内找到工作，逾半数获得多个录用通知。
• In 2025 a start-up co-founded by an SUTD alumnus won the Hult Prize global championship and US$1 million in seed funding.2025 年，由该校校友联合创办的一家初创公司赢得霍特奖（Hult Prize）全球总冠军，并获 100 万美元种子资金。
• The International Design Centre, shared with MIT, has more than a hundred projects and involves about 270 faculty, researchers and students.与麻省理工学院共建的国际设计中心拥有 100 多个项目，涉及约 270 名教师、研究人员与学生。
• SUTD admits about 600 students each year, and its small, design- and project-based cohorts support its interdisciplinary teaching model, in which students work on real-world problems with industry partners.该校每年招收约 600 名学生，其小而精、以设计与项目为核心的班级支撑其跨学科教学模式，学生与产业伙伴共同解决现实问题。
• Its principal research centres include the International Design Centre, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, iTrust and Temasek Labs, each focused on applied, cross-disciplinary problems in design, cities, cybersecurity and defence.其主要研究中心包括国际设计中心、李光耀创新城市中心、iTrust 与淡马锡实验室，分别聚焦设计、城市、网络安全与国防领域的应用型跨学科课题。

Student life

• The university's vision is captured by the phrase "A Better World by Design".该校的愿景表述为「以设计创造更美好的世界」（A Better World by Design）。
• Students live in a dormitory on campus, and the university runs a range of student clubs and societies.学生住在校内宿舍，学校设有多种学生社团与学会。
• The university's Board of Trustees has been chaired by Lee Tzu Yang, who spoke at the university's 10th anniversary.该校董事会由李祖扬（Lee Tzu Yang）担任主席，他在创校十周年活动上致辞。
• Student clubs such as the SUTD Mountaineering Club organise expeditions and outdoor activities for students.诸如该校登山俱乐部（SUTD Mountaineering Club）等学生社团为学生组织远征与户外活动。
• The Design Innovation @ Singapore platform, formed in 2015, runs design- and technology-centred programmes for Singapore and beyond.2015 年成立的「新加坡设计创新」平台，为新加坡及更广地区提供以设计与技术为核心的项目。
• The campus is served by the Downtown MRT line at Upper Changi, linking it to central Singapore.校区由地铁滨海市区线上樟宜站服务，与新加坡市中心相连。
• The campus lies near Changi Business Park, integrating study with the surrounding industry and enabling internships and collaborations.校区紧邻樟宜商业园，将教学与周边产业相结合，为学生提供实习与合作机会。
• The university's residential facilities, student clubs and design-and-make culture are meant to reinforce a hands-on, interdisciplinary ethos expressed in its vision of a better world by design.该校的住宿设施、学生社团与动手设计文化，旨在强化其「以设计创造更美好世界」愿景所体现的实践与跨学科精神。
• SUTD's undergraduate programme is modular and project-based, and students undertake design projects, internships and overseas exchanges as part of their four-year degrees.该校本科课程采用模块化与项目制，学生在四年学位学习期间需完成设计项目、实习与海外交流。

Notable people

• Thomas Magnanti, a professor associated with MIT, was SUTD's founding president.与麻省理工学院相关的托马斯·马尼安提教授（Thomas Magnanti）是该校创校校长。
• Professor Chong Tow Chong was SUTD's founding provost from 2010 to 2018 and its second president from 2018.钟道冲教授（Chong Tow Chong）于 2010 至 2018 年任该校创校教务长，自 2018 年起任第二任校长。
• Professor Phoon Kok Kwang has been the president of SUTD since 1 August 2024.潘国光教授（Phoon Kok Kwang）自 2024 年 8 月 1 日起任该校校长。
• Lee Tzu Yang chairs the SUTD Board of Trustees.李祖扬（Lee Tzu Yang）任该校董事会主席。
• Andres Sevtsuk founded the City Form Lab at MIT in 2010 before it moved to SUTD in 2011.安德烈斯·塞夫楚克（Andres Sevtsuk）于 2010 年在麻省理工学院创立城市形态实验室，该实验室于 2011 年迁至该校。
• Adam Huh Dam, an SUTD graduate of Engineering Product Development, co-founded the start-up Stick 'Em, which won the Hult Prize in 2025.该校工程产品开发专业毕业生亚当·许丹（Adam Huh Dam）联合创办初创公司 Stick 'Em，该公司于 2025 年赢得霍特奖。
• Aditya Batura, an Information Systems Technology and Design alumnus of the Class of 2015, is co-founder and chief executive of Codomo Pte Ltd.该校 2015 届信息系统技术与设计专业校友阿迪亚·巴图拉（Aditya Batura）是 Codomo Pte Ltd 的联合创办人兼首席执行官。
• Joshua Cheong was one of SUTD's pioneer students, in the first intake of 2012, and later worked in the banking industry and undertook graduate study in the United Kingdom.约书亚·张（Joshua Cheong）是该校 2012 年首届招录的先驱学生之一，此后曾在银行业工作，并赴英国攻读研究生。
• Faith Lim, a Design and Artificial Intelligence student, co-founded the boutique agency Faio Creatives in May 2021.设计与人工智能专业学生费思·林（Faith Lim）于 2021 年 5 月联合创办精品创意机构 Faio Creatives。
• Chong Ing Kai and Tew Jing An were among the co-founders of the edtech start-up Stick 'Em, which won the 2025 Hult Prize global championship and US$1 million in seed funding.Chong Ing Kai 与 Tew Jing An 是教育科技初创公司 Stick 'Em 的联合创办人之一，该公司赢得 2025 年霍特奖全球总冠军及 100 万美元种子资金。
• Thomas Magnanti came to SUTD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he had earlier served as a professor and as dean of its School of Engineering.托马斯·马尼安提（Thomas Magnanti）由麻省理工学院来到该校，此前曾在麻省理工任教授并担任其工程学院院长。
• Lee Tzu Yang, who has chaired the SUTD Board of Trustees, spoke at the university's 10th anniversary about its achievements and its ambitions for the coming decade.李祖扬（Lee Tzu Yang）长期担任该校董事会主席，并在创校十周年致辞中回顾学校成就、展望未来十年。