What Others Say

"Nanyang Polytechnic had shown us its high level of practical competency and readiness for undertaking customer satisfaction projects through its swiftness and professionalism. They had been very accommodative to our unique needs. .... our liaison with Nanyang Polytechnic and its staff members had been very satisfactory and pleasant.  We are very pleased with their service-centric approaches."

~ Prof Bosco Chen Bloodworth, Professional Quality Director, Health Sciences Authority, 2009

“You can see it for yourself here (Nanyang Polytechnic). Some people are good with their hands, some are better at thinking out problems. This economy needs all kinds of talented people.”

~ News article in the Business Times, 6 Jan 2009
“Polys serving nation well: MM Lee”

“A World-Class/Most Impressive Education System”

~ Kim Pringle Al-Sahhaf, Head of Education Sector,
Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority, during a visit to NYP in Feb 2008

“Incredible! Can’t express enough the magnitude of what I’ve see today. Can’t wait to work closely with you to replicate in Saudi.”

~ Ahmad Abdulkarim,
Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority, during a visit to NYP in Feb 2008

“We are very impressed with the program, structure and content of your e-Learning system and AES. Your openness in sharing bring great learning to our team. Through you, we are able to gain insight to a Best-in-Class e-Learning system.”

~ Mr Chia Beng Chye, Vice President,
Quality Systems & Information Management, Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company,
after an e-Learning benchmarking visit, Apr 2007

“NYP has also distinguished itself with its agility. It has innovated constantly to meet the needs of a changing economy, worked very closely with its partners in industry and focused continually on developing new capabilities…”

~ Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Education Minister,
NYP’s 15th Anniversary Dinner on 30 Mar 2007

“We are very fortunate to find a strong dependable partner in Nanyang Polytechnic. We have worked with Nanyang Polytechnic on a wide range of subjects for many years… DSO staff have benefited from working with NYP colleagues on these challenging ASIC design projects.”

~ Mr Quek Gim Pew, Chief Executive Officer,
DSO National Laboratories, at the iCASIC II MOU Signing Ceremony on 12 Sep 2006

“An oasis of innovation - well done!”

~ Mr Boon Swan Foo, Managing Director
A* Star, during a visit to NYP in Oct 2006

“NYP has a unique culture and competency of industry collaborations by which other IHLs will be measured with.”

~ Mr Barney Lau, Managing Director,
Microsoft Singapore, during a visit NYP in Aug 2005

"I went to Nanyang Poly. I was impressed. They are close to industry, they can respond to industry needs as the needs change and they provide practical and useful training to the students. So, as a result, the graduates are in great demand, very well-paid and skilled."

~ Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
National Day Rally Speech 2005
Sunday 21 August 2005
at the University Cultural Centre, NUS

"Our people have those creative skills and our polytechnics and our ITEs, it's not just the universities. Nanyang Polytechnic is producing good people who will be in demand for creative industries and we're talking about hundreds initially, later on maybe thousands, but it will make a contribution with good jobs for Singaporeans."

~ Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's
National Day Rally 2004 Speech
Sunday 22 August 2004, at the
University Cultural Centre, NUS

"I was greatly surprised during the tour and witnessed many innovative ICT programmes and industrial project activities. NYP is on track to experimenting numerous indigenous and innovative pedagogical training models which have position the Poly well ahead of most IHLs worldwide in ICT education training."

~ Mr Gorden Dryden, co-author of
'The Learning Revolution' in his feedback
following a visit to NYP in November 2002

"NYP has leveraged on EDB's manpower development experience - which absorbed the best from diverse sources... the Polytechnic has further built on this rich experience to create an institution that is responsive to change and that continually develops innovative concepts. Innovations such as Teaching Factory, Integrated Teaching & Learning and AES (Accumulated Experience Sharing) and Borderless Schools have today become the hallmarks of NYP."

~ "Training a New Breed of Technologists"
- from the EDB book 'Heart Work', 2002

"Dear Cheng Ton, You are already implementing many of the ideas in this book at NYP. I salute you!"

~ Mr Peter B. Vaill, author of the book
'Learning as a Way of Being: Strategies for
Survival in a World of Permanent White Water',
giving his comments following his visit to NYP in 1999.

"In the Nanyang Polytechnic, there is a paradox of a young institution having a wealth of experience. The potent mix of youthful vigour, fruitful experience, world-class training programmes, overseas connections and some of the latest equipment in the world, is pushing the Nanyang Polytechnic onward at a Fast Forward speed that can only be accelerated..."

- Mr Mickey Chiang, author of the book
"from Economic Debacle to Economic Miracle"
Times Editions, 1998

"NYP has been a valuable long-term technology partner with Microsoft, thanks to its strong system capabilities and a team of competent staff. In my recent two visits to NYP, I was impressed by the high level of capabilities through many complex industrial projects, which require an integration of technologies such as wireless communications, intelligent control, and design and software development. These projects are relevant and very useful to the industry. I also saw many active industry linkages at work and they are growing stronger. The NYP-Microsoft Partnership and the Embedded System Community are just two examples.

These achievements can be attributed to NYP's strong commitment in investing in staff capability development. Together with the able leadership and a strong development-oriented corporate culture, NYP has certainly set a best-in-class standard in tertiary education."

~ Mr Barney Lau, Managing Director
Microsoft Singapore Pte Ltd