Talk:Nanyang Technological University/Archive 1

[Beijing/Peking] University[edit]

With reference to this edit (not by , the following is "for your information":

Although Wikipedia Naming Conventions states that "Mainland China place names should be in Hanyu Pinyin", this might have to be considered a special case, because the university itself uses the form "Peking University" on it's own websites: [1] [2].

I would infer that the original author obtained "Beijing University" from local (Singapore) sources such as this ST news report or NTU press release.

The official name ("Peking University") is most likely a holdover from before the PRC government standardised place names to be in pinyin. However I think it is correct to respect that it remains the offcial version of the name.

Your comments are welcome, as always. : Hamstersanonymous 16:57, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Change Uni Name ??[edit]

Will NTU be renamed as Nanyang University? If so, when will it happen?

NTU has its origins in Nanyang University ???[edit]

I quote from this page:

"Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was established by an Act of Parliament on 1 July 1991. It has its origins in Nanyang University, which was founded by Tan Lark Sye in 1955. In August 1980, Nanyang University was merged with the University of Singapore to become the National University of Singapore (NUS).

In August 1981, the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) was set up on the same campus with the primary function of providing facilities for tertiary education and research in various branches of engineering and technology and to educate practice-oriented engineers for the burgeoning economy. At that time, NTI was to be part of the NUS in all academic matters, while in all other respects it would be independent. The founding President is Dr Cham Tao Soon who continued to be the President when NTI was reconstituted as NTU."

I question the validity and accuracy of this statement: "It (NTU) has its origins in Nanyang University":

1. Nanyang University was a private university founded by Chinese commuities in South-east asia led by late Mr. Tan Lark Sye in 1950's while NTI (which was promoted to NTU in 1991) was set up by Singapore government in 1981.

2. Nanyang University was the only Chinese university ever built outside of China (HK and Taiwan included) (This Chineseness was the main factor attributed to its demise in 1980). On the other hand, NTU is a 100% English university .

3. So you can see that Nanyang University and NTU are two entirely different universities with no common historical and cultural background, comparing them is like comparing apple and orange. The only commonality between Nanyang University and NTU is that they share the same premise and the same prefix "Nanyang".

4. So tell me: what substantial elements/components of NTU can find "origins" in Nanyang university, other than the real-estate and name prefix ?

5. The statement was derived from the statement taken from NTU's official website I quote:

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has a distinguished lineage with roots that go back to 1955, when Nanyang University (Nantah), the first Chinese-language university in Southeast Asia, was set up with donations from people of all walks of life, from Singapore and the region. The university grounds - Yunnan Garden campus - were donated by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, a clan association.

source: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/publicportal/about+ntu/about+us/history.htm

which is a one-side intepretation of relationship between Nanyang University and NTU without any historical evidence.

There is an article well-circulated on web explaining the political agenda beneath the lie about NTU's so-called "50th aniversary" fabricated by NTU (see http://www.spug.net/forums/showthread.php?t=72535&highlight=ntu ).

Please remove this statement if you are unable to answer the question #4 above.

Please also note that this whole issue about the history of NTU and Nanyang University is very controversial especially among Nantah alumni therefore more sensitvity is required.

Furthermore, you apparently have used such invalid statement to erroneously deduce that "Nanyang university IS NTU", and included the following names of three Nanyang University alumni in the "alumni section" of this page:

Ang Mong Seng - Member of Parliament in Singapore for Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency

Low Thia Kiang - Secretary-General of the Workers' Party of Singapore and Member of Parliament in Singapore for Hougang Constituency

Ong Ah Heng - Member of Parliament in Singapore for Nee Soon Central Constituency

They are all Nanyang University graduates -- NOT NTU graduates, please remove these names from this page.

南大网侍郎 08:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)=nantah.webservant[reply]

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Nanyangmba merge proposal[edit]

The article Nanyangmba reads like an advertisement. Little of note in its present form to warrant its own article. Perhaps it should be moved into a new article Nanyang Business School. Gimboid13 (talk) 20:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Zero (talk) 06:49, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

External links to individual schools[edit]

In the Colleges, Schools and Institutes section, there are external links to every school in NTU. I think the links are rather unnecessary; if someone wants to find more information about NTU and its schools, he/she can visit the NTU homepage and navigate from there. In addition, this may be a violation of WP:EL. Comments? --Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What have I done?} 14:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This listing has been removed, in favor of a more detailed description of individual schools, in my most recent revision (11:19, 12 March 2014‎).

Along the way, I have also removed some paragraphs like: "NTU initiated its makeover of the undergraduate experience in 2011 to give NTU students the edge in tomorrow's global economy – as creative leaders with a strong social conscience, a love for learning, strong leadership and teamwork skills, and familiarity with real-world issues such as new sustainability challenges." This material seems to have been cut and pasted from NTU press releases, and un-encyclopedic (not to mention possibly copyright violations).

(User:Rsrikanth05 reverted my edits, but I think he is mistaken, so I reverted his revert. Rsrikanth05, feel free to discuss.) -- Quantumness (talk) 11:23, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I guess my version of Stiki didn't show the entire thing. Anyway, I'm a little uncomfortable in the links used as sources. All are primary. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:54, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A student from India[edit]

Dear Sir/Madam

Greetings!

I wouid like to know following points about the University:-

1. Do you offer coursed in Touriam Management? 2. Who is your associate in India (North)? 3. What will be the course fee for aforesaid course? 4. What will be the Cost of living in Singapore? 5. Do you assist in getting job after completion of Course? 6. Do you allow part time working during studies?

Please respond back earliest on email id <email removed>

Regards Arun Sharma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.98.184.54 (talk) 05:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, but we do not represent the university. We are an encyclopedia. Please direct any questions to the university. Perhaps its website is a good place to start? --Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What I've done?} 16:18, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Location[edit]

Where exactly is the location of the main campus? There can be multiple options for this. As of now I have left it at Singapore, but I am confused myself.

Western Water Catchment
Jurong
Jurong West
Yunnan Garden
Nanyang
Nanyang Drive

--Lemongirl942 (talk) 04:08, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yunnan constituency, Jurong West, Singapore to be exact. Northwest of Pioneer MRT Station (as a reference point) The campus itself can be considered a township by itself. I will update it in. Muggershell (talk) 14:16, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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