Reported by Hannah Beech 4. Professor Lim Pin, the vice-chancellor, cites the studies with justifiable pride. But the university feels it needs to do more to prepare its students for the real world, where textbook solutions may not apply. Hence recent initiatives to promote independent thinking. The schools of medicine and engineering plan to trim syllabuses to reduce memory work.
Research facilities are comprehensive, and the penetration of information technology outstanding.
For instance, the university has a fully computerized main library, said to be among the best in the region. Alumni have definitely not been constrained, at least after graduation. Certainly no one gripes about the physical environment. Most of the 18,000 students are based at the impressive Kent Ridge campus, spread over 150 hectares on a series of low hills in the west of the island. Reported by Santha Oorjitham 5.