Nanyang Polytechnic: Courses, Admission, Cost

Located in Yio Chu Kang, Nanyang Polytechnic (abbreviated as NYP) is a highly-ranked public polytechnic institution in Singapore. Founded in the year 1992, the institution then comprised the schools of health sciences and business management. In 1993, the Economic Development Board transferred the German-Singapore Institute, French-Singapore Institute and the Japan-Singapore Institute to NYP. In the same year, the institution inaugurated the schools of engineering and information technology. It originally operated at five temporary campuses before it moved to its present-day site at Ang Mo Kio in the year 1998. NYP started the schools of design, chemical and life sciences, which followed the inauguration of the interactive and digital media school in 2006.

NYP has a beautiful 74-acre campus modelled on a town-centre concept to offer all the conveniences of a self-sufficient Teaching and Learning City. The site consists of 14 state-of-the-art buildings that house all the administrative offices and academic facilities, three recreational and student development blocks and three staff accommodations. It has a fully-computerized library that holds a wide collection of digital and printed resources related to different subjects of teaching, learning and research. All the resources can be accessed by both the students and the faculty. The Foreign Language Centre provides language modules to the students on the foreign language they choose to learn. The centre also organizes regular overseas trips, exchange programmes and cultural activities to extend more exposure to the students. The campus features several retail outlets where students can get a variety of academic and leisure items. The institution offers excellent sports and recreational facilities, which include track and field, dance studio, fitness centre, rock climbing wall, gymnasium, soccer field, hockey pitch and indoor courts for badminton, squash, basketball and volleyball, sepak takraw and tennis. Other on-campus facilities include an auditorium, Olympic-sized pool and theatre for the Arts.

Nanyang Polytechnic comprises seven academic schools that offer a wide range of programmes in business management, interactive and social media, engineering, chemical and life sciences, health and social sciences, information technology and design. The institution extends diploma courses and programmes full-time. At present, the institution has over 14,715 students enrolled for various courses. It has a total of 1,501 faculty members on the roll, with each one being highly-knowledgeable and experienced in their respective subjects.

NYP maintains a comprehensive list of alumni from across the globe, which also includes the names of many popular personalities who have gained a lot of recognition and respect for their contribution in respective fields of profession. Some notable names in the list are Hariss Harun (Footballer), Romeo Tan (Popular Singaporean Actor), Anupama Aura Gurung (Miss Nepal Earth 2011), Carrie Wong (Singapore Actress), Hossan Leong (Actor, Host and Comedian), Lionel Lewis (Retired Football Goalkeeper) and Vanessa Peh (2018 Miss Singapore World).