Nanyang Technological University was inaugurated on 1 July 1991, when the Nanyang Technological Institute, set up in 1981 on the grounds of the former Nanyang University, was reconstituted as a university incorporating the National Institute of Education. NTU became autonomous in 2006 and describes itself as one of the two largest public universities in Singapore. Its main campus is at 50 Nanyang Avenue, with the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Walk and a campus at Novena.
Its colleges cover business, computing and data science, engineering, humanities, arts and social sciences, medicine, science and graduate studies, alongside two autonomous institutes, the National Institute of Education and the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies. NTU’s enrolment statistics for academic year 2026-27 show 25,463 undergraduates and 18,933 graduate students. Its About page cites 8,000 faculty, researchers and staff. Ho Teck Hua has been president since 2023.