Genia Ong

NUS Engineering

NUS Engineering, within the National University of Singapore, was reconstituted in August 1980 with the merger between the University of Singapore and Nanyang University. In response to the nation's needs, an undergraduate degree programme in environmental engineering was initiated by the Department of Chemical Engineering, which subsequently changed its name to the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering in 1998. In July 2000, the Department of Electrical Engineering changed its name to the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering to reflect its strong research and educational activities in the computer engineering and related areas. The Division of Bioengineering was formed in 2002 and admitted its first batch of bioengineering students in AY2002/03. In 2003, the Faculty decided to consolidate and enhance the research and educational activities in environmental science and engineering in the Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering departments into a separate Division of Environmental Science & Engineering. In January 2004, the Chemical Engineering department became the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering which gives due recognition to the strong biomolecular research and educational activities in the department, and to acknowledge the role of biology as an enabling science in chemical engineering. The Department of Materials Science in the Faculty of Science was transferred to NUS Engineering in April 2005. It was renamed as the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and admitted its first batch of students for its Bachelor of Engineering degree in Materials Science & Engineering in AY2005/06. NUS Engineering has teamed up with the Faculty of Science to offer a multidisciplinary programme — the Engineering Science Programme from AY2006/07.