AsianScientist (July 28, 2017) – The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced today that top academic leader and mathematician Professor Tan Eng Chye will be the University’s next President. Tan, who is an alumnus, and has served as Provost for the past ten years, will succeed the University’s current President, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, on 1 January 2018.
NUS also announced the appointment of Professor Ho Teck Hua as its new Senior Deputy President and Provost from 1 January 2018. Ho, who is currently the Deputy President (Research & Technology), is respected internationally for his innovative research leadership. He returned from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015, after more than two decades overseas, to take on the role of Deputy President (Research & Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at NUS. Currently, he heads two national research and development programs in artificial intelligence and data science.
Tan Chorh Chuan, who has been President of NUS since 2008, will be seconded to Singapore’s Ministry of Health at the end of 2017.
“During Prof Tan Chorh Chuan’s tenure as President, NUS has transformed along an extraordinary trajectory of excellence. We are particularly grateful that he has developed a deep bench of talent with outstanding individuals for the next leadership team. We greatly appreciate Chorh Chuan for his many contributions,” said NUS Chairman Mr. Hsieh Fu Hua, who chaired the search for the new president.
NUS’ next President, Tan Eng Chye, is widely credited for nurturing and recruiting many top faculty, and creating the environment for them to excel. Under his leadership, the proportion of NUS undergraduates who have had overseas educational experiences increased to over 80 percent in 2016.
“To continue to be among the world’s great universities, we must further accelerate NUS’ transformation by driving innovation across talent development, education that is future-focused, and research that impacts lives and society,” said Tan Eng Chye.
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Source: National University of Singapore.
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