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![SUTD Appoints New ProvostChief Academic amp Innovation Officer After International Search](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/prof-chee-yeow-meng-provost-caio-20250203.jpg)
SUTD Appoints New Provost/Chief Academic & Innovation Officer After International Search
Professor Chee Yeow Meng, currently Vice President (Innovation and Enterprise) and Professor of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management at NUS, will join SUTD on 2 April 2025. The position of Provost/CAIO is a role redefined as part of SUTD Leap, a multi-year, multi-pronged strategic plan, that was launched in March 2024 with the aim of propelling SUTD to the forefront of the Design AI academic world.
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![Record Over 450 Students Participate in SUTDs Third Reconfigurable Robotics Competition](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/roboroarz-20250124-teaser-2.jpg)
Record Over 450 Students Participate in SUTD’s Third Reconfigurable Robotics Competition
RoboRoarZ Singapore is a unique design-centred reconfigurable robotics competition open to students aged 10 and above. Students from close to 40 local and overseas schools competed in this year’s run which was held at SUTD from 23 to 24 January.
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![SUTD Staff and Students Work Together With Smart AI-Powered Robots in Beach Clean-Up](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/beach-clean-20250122-teaser.jpg)
SUTD Staff and Students Work Together With Smart AI-Powered Robots in Beach Clean-Up
Four smart robots from SUTD made their way to Pasir Ris Park today to help their human teammates clean the beach – together with Guest-of-Honour, Mr Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (SPS) for the Minister of Sustainability and the Environment as well as the Ministry of Transport, and the SUTD community comprising students, faculty and staff.
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![SUTD Pivots Towards Artificial Intelligence With 50M Investment Becoming Worlds First Design AI University](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/teaser-sutd-campus-generic.jpg)
SUTD Pivots Towards Artificial Intelligence With $50M Investment, Becoming World’s First Design AI University
SUTD’s pivot to AI is premised on the principle that AI should no longer be viewed as a technological tool to be used by humans, but as part of a human-machine team, working together hand-in-hand and leveraging on each other’s strengths to find innovative solutions for real-world problems.
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![Award-winning architect to join SUTD as new Head of Pillar](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/khoo-peng-beng-asd-hop-20241202_8349720.jpg)
Award-winning architect to join SUTD as new Head of Pillar
Mr Khoo Peng Beng, who is known for transformational work like the Pinnacle@Duxton, will join the Singapore University of Technology and Design as Head of the Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) Pillar on 1 January 2025.
![Award-winning architect to join SUTD as new Head of Pillar](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/khoo-peng-beng-asd-hop-20241202_8349720.jpg)
![Certis and Singapore University of Technology and Design Forge Strategic Partnership to Accelerate AI Literacy amp Professional Growth](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/certis-sutd-ai-literacy-20241011-teaser.jpg)
Certis and Singapore University of Technology and Design Forge Strategic Partnership to Accelerate AI Literacy & Professional Growth
In a pivotal move for Singapore’s security industry, Certis and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have joined forces to enhance AI literacy and digital mastery, equipping security professionals and frontline personnel with the latest digital skills required to excel in today’s fast-evolving work environment.
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![SUTD Launches Eco-City Research and Innovation Centre in Tianjin Eco-City](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/seric-launch-teaser.jpg)
SUTD Launches Eco-City Research and Innovation Centre in Tianjin Eco-City
SERIC, launched at the Singapore-Tianjin Economic and Trade Council Meeting today by Singapore’s Minister for National Development Mr Desmond Lee and Tianjin Mayor Mr Zhang Gong, is set up to drive sustainable urban development solutions in support of the Eco-City’s vision of a greener future.
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Keppel Pledges S$500,000 to Support SUTD’s Sustainability Research & Innovation Efforts
The donation, to be managed by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD, will support SUTD in deepening research and innovation capabilities in sustainable, innovative cities; as well as research and educational initiatives related to the SUTD Eco-City Research & Innovation Centre (SERIC).
![SUTD and Science Centre Singapore Launch New Programme Aimed at Getting Youth to Solve Community Problems](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/steamunity-launch-20240909_teaser.jpg)
SUTD and Science Centre Singapore Launch New Programme Aimed at Getting Youth to Solve Community Problems
Called STEAMunity, this community-centric programme is supported by MOE and National Research Foundation. It hopes to inspire students to solve actual community problems by combining Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) with Design and Artificial Intelligence (DAI).
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![Launch of New Course to Upskill PMETs With Artificial Intelligence Skills](https://www.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/sutd-ntuc-aisp-ttab-20240829-teaser.jpg)
Launch of New Course to Upskill PMETs With Artificial Intelligence Skills
Launched by SUTD, NTUC, AiSP and TTAB, the new Design x AI x Tech (Cybersecurity) Certification Programme is targeted at PMETs looking to transition into the cybersecurity industry despite not having an IT background. It is part of a broader national effort to promote lifelong learning and upskilling the workforce.
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