ABOUT THE NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU), SINGAPOREInaugurated on 1 July 1991, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) started out as a teaching university which has today transformed into a research-intensive global university.Its predecessor institution, Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI), was set up in 1981 on the grounds of the former Nanyang University to educate practice-oriented engineers for the burgeoning Singapore economy.In 1991, NTI merged with the National Institute of Edu