University of Glasgow celebrates links with Singapore partners

SINGAPORE: A delegation from The University of Glasgow visited Singapore this week to formally mark the launch of two new aerospace courses to be taught in partnership with Singapore Institute of Technology. The undergraduate degree programmes BEng Aeronautical Engineering and BEng Aerospace Systems will be taught through Singapore Polytechnic campus and supplement the BEng Mechatronics and BEng Mechanical Design Engineering courses already offered through Ngee Ann Polytechnic campus. A signing ceremony between SIT, University of Glasgow and Singapore Polytechnic took place on Tuesday 27 March at Raffles Hotel. The University has been developing its collaborations with SIT and partner polytechnics since 2010 and hopes to add further courses, such as Computing Science, to its offering in the next few years. Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, said: "Singapore is one of Asia's strongest and most dynamic economies with the aviation sector generating more than five percent of GDP. "By providing these new programmes in Aeronautical Engineering and Aerospace Systems, in addition to our existing Mechanical Engineering programmes, we hope to produce the highly-qualified graduates required by Singapore's growing aviation sector. We will also play a role in helping the Singapore Government achieve its goal of having 30% of students in university education by 2015.