NYP Facts

History of NYP

• Established on 1 April 1992.
• Enrolled its pioneer batch of students for its School of Health Sciences and School of Business Management in July 1992.
• Set up the School of Engineering and the School of Information Technology in July 1993.
• The French-Singapore Institute, German-Singapore Institute and the Japan-Singapore Institute were transferred from the Economic Development Board to the Polytechnic in February 1993.
• Operated from five temporary campuses - Bukit Merah, Jurong, Outram, Tiong Bahru and Yishun - before moving to its permanent home in Ang Mo Kio in April 1998.
• Set up the School of Design and School of Chemical & Life Sciences in November 2000.
• The School of Interactive & Digital Media was established in November 2006.
• Mr Chan Lee Mun took over as Principal and CEO in August 2007;Mr Lin Cheng Ton went on to head NYP International.

The NYP Campus

• Occupies 30.5 hectares of land and built for a capacity of 15,000 students and 1,300 staff members.
• Houses 14 administration blocks, three blocks for recreational and student development purposes and three blocks for staff accommodation.

Key Milestones

• 2011 - Singapore Quality Award
• 2010 - Public Service Achievement Award
• 2009 - Innovation Excellence Award
• 2009 - SHRI Leading HR Practices in E-Human Resource Management Award
• 2009 - Hewitt Best Employer Award
• 2008 - Singapore HEALTH Award (Platinum)
• 2007 - 5-Year Outstanding SHARE award
• 2006 - Distinguished Public Service Award for Organisational Excellence
• 2005 - Singapore Service Class
• 2005 - People Excellence Award
• 2005 - SHRI Leading Corporate HR Award
• 2005 - BCA Green Mark Platinum Award
• 2005 - Singapore Environment al Achievement Award
• 2004 - Public Service Award for Organisational Excellence
• 2004 - ASEAN Energy Efficiency & Conservation Best Practices Competition (Top Award in New & Existing Building category)
• 2004 - Energy Efficient Building Award (Top Award in New & Existing Building category)
• 2004 - Singapore HEALTH Award (Gold)
• 2003 - Singapore Innovation Class Award
• 2003 - Intelligent20 Award
• 2003 - Singapore HEALTH Award (Silver)
• 2001 - ISO9001:2000 Certification
• 2000 - Public Service Award for Organisational Excellence
• 2000 - ISO9001 Certification
• 2000 - Green Leaf Award
• 1999 - ISO14001 Certification
• 1999 - People Developer Standard
• 1999 - Singapore Quality Class
• 1996 - ISO9002 Certification