Singapore–MIT Alliance
The Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) is a global partnership in graduate education among MIT, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The goals and aims of SMA are threefold:
- To set a new standard for international collaboration in graduate research and education
- To invigorate engineering education in Singapore
- To strengthen MIT through the extension of its global impact, the enhancement of its curriculum, and the improvement of its infrastructure
Research and education programs include:
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Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-systems
Investigation of the broad foundations of advanced materials that encompass processing, structure, properties, and performance, with a particular emphasis on applications in microelectronics and emerging nanotechnologies.
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Computational Engineering
A collaboration among MIT, NUS, NTU, and the Research Institutes for Microelectronics, High Performance Computing, and Defense Medical Environment. This program focuses on educating the professionals who will model, simulate, optimize, and design the engineered systems of the next decade in applications as diverse as aircraft design, the electric power grid, the Internet, and air transport systems.
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Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering
Cutting-edge research and training in the fields of molecular engineering and process science focused on the pharmaceutical industry. It provides a unique opportunity to obtain a dual master’s degree—one from NUS and one from the Chemical Engineering Practice Program of the chemical engineering department at MIT.
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Manufacturing Systems and Technology
A comprehensive education and research effort focused on enabling manufacturing systems and technologies for emerging industries such as molecular diagnosis, advanced drug screening, photonic devices, micro-robots, nano-scale optical devices, and potential products employing micro- and nano-scale fluidics.
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Computational and Systems Biology
A partnership between MIT’s CSBi program and the biology, bioengineering, and biotechnology programs at NUS, NTU, and the A*STAR research institutes. This program focuses on the development of advanced technologies in biological probes, imaging, and computational biology and the application of these technologies to problems in tissue biology, including stem cell differentiation, tissue morphogenesis, infectious disease models, and tissue physiology.
