Poll: Campus wishlist 2016

By Karl Lim, Lim Ching Ying, News Editors 

Many changes will soon take place on campus as NTU unrolls the second phase of its Campus Master Plan, projected for completion in 2020.

Students can expect more residential halls, more faculty housing, new academic wings, and an improved Sports and Recreation Centre within the next five years, said NTU President Professor Bertil Andersson at his State of the University Address on 8 Mar.

He also quashed initial concerns over the environmental impact of proposed radical changes to Yunnan Garden.

The area in front of the Chinese Heritage Centre will make way for the garden’s expansion.

NTU’s Campus Master Plan will not be the only blueprint to give the university a facelift.

The first phase of the Jurong Innovation District should be in place by 2022, announced Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat in his Budget 2016 speech on 24 Mar.

NTU will be part of this industrial park.

Touted as the future of enterprise, learning and innovation, it aims to bring students together with researchers and businesses during production processes.

The Nanyang Chronicle polled 106 students to find out what they make of the news, and if such changes accurately reflect the student population’s wants and needs.

Graphics by Lim Pei Yi

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Nanyang Chronicle on April 4, 2016, with the headline ‘Poll: Campus wishlist 2016’. Print Edition