Articles tagged with 'Entrepreneurship' | National University of Singapore

PIER71™ (Port Innovation Ecosystem Reimagined at BLOCK71), founded by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and NUS (through NUS Enterprise), celebrated its fifth anniversary at the inaugural PIER71™ Great Circle 2023 event on 21 Novembe...

Since its inception in 2015, BLOCK71 San Francisco has served as a dynamic hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, providing a collaborative space where start-ups, investors, and industry leaders from Singapore, Asia and the US converge to foster in...

Lianhe Zaobao, 17 November 2023, p5The Business Times Weekend, 18 November 2023, p3 and p4Lianhe Zaobao, 18 November 2023, p4

How can universities strike a balance between advancing their sustainability goals and fulfilling their international objectives, whether it is providing students with travel and study-abroad programmes or expanding global partnerships?The question o...

NUS Enterprise’s first-ever market immersion programme in Japan saw five start-ups from Singapore and Indonesia embark on a transformative experience in entrepreneurship in Tokyo and the Aichi prefecture. The five-day programme from 11 to 15 Septembe...

NUS has partnered Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) to establish a new S$20 million NUS-CSA CyberSG Talent, Innovation and Growth (TIG) Collaboration Centre. This initiative, unveiled during the Cybersecurity Industry Innovation Day on 29 Sept...

An entrepreneur who has created an Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things solution to make industrial workplaces safer; a youth sustainability advocate who has championed environmental projects; and a food sustainability ambassador who develo...

Bringing together aspiring student entrepreneurs, startup founders and professionals in the entrepreneurship field, the BLOCK71 Singapore Open House saw a juxtaposition of participants who gained an overview of the vibrant local tech start-up scene a...

Temasek, NUS and NTU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 12 September 2023 to embark on a joint S$75 million pilot programme that aims to accelerate the creation of successful deep tech start-ups from the pipeline of research at the two uni...

A start-up catalysing waste reduction for positive sustainability impact. An innovative venture that manufactures body-assistive apparel using patented fabric-based air-spring technology to reduce muscle effort and potential injury when doing physica...

For 62 university students across Southeast Asia, the summer holidays were well-spent gaining new perspectives on leadership and sustainability through the Temasek Foundation-NUS Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking (TF-NUS LEaRN) Programme....

The NUS Enterprise Summer Programme in Entrepreneurship (NUSSP) 2023, held over two exhilarating weeks from 10 to 21 July 2023, garnered a record cohort of nearly 300 students from 20 countries. Hosted by NUS Enterprise and supported by longstanding ...

Students from universities around the world converged at the NUS FoodTech Challenge 2023 from 22 June to 5 July, to collaborate and develop innovative food tech ideas to tackle pressing issues facing the food industry today. Participants had the oppo...

Fourteen deep tech start-ups presented their ground-breaking solutions to an enthusiastic audience comprising corporate partners, accelerators, venture capitalists and investors at the NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme (GRIP)’s Lift-Off Day ...

InnovFest x Elevating Founders, the highly anticipated flagship tech innovation conference in Asia, returned as the official start-up event of Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG) from 7 to 9 June 2023, bringing together university start-ups, entrepreneurs,...

Conventional ways of administering medication – by swallowing tablets, consuming bitter syrups, injections or rectal insertions – could be distressing and unpleasant for some patients, especially young children or the elderly. A team of researchers l...

8world, 1 July 2023Channel U News, 1 July 2023The Sunday Times, 2 July 2023, Singapore, pA17zbSunday, 2 July 2023, p8

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NUS and the University of Illinois System have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to set up NUS’ fourth NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) destination in North America.NOC students can look forward to the opportunity to enrol in innovation and entre...

NUS and the University of Toronto (UofT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that underscores both universities’ commitment to strengthen collaboration in the fields of innovation, academia and research.The partnership also aims to enhanc...

How can innovation be harnessed to promote an inclusive workplace for persons with disabilities or foster more sustainable ecosystems?This was among the real-world challenges that NUS undergraduates sought to address as part of the N-Novate X SDG Ope...

It’s never too early to start a business. While not every business venture will be a roaring success in the likes of unicorns such as Carousell, Patsnap, and Singrow, many student entrepreneurs that were once bitten by the entrepreneurship bug would ...

The Straits Times, 8 June 2023, The Big Story, pA5Lianhe Zaobao, 8 June 2023, p6

With the aim of nurturing start-ups and promoting entrepreneurship in Asia, InnovFest x Elevating Founders 2023 will be returning from 7 to 9 June 2023 to showcase the region's vibrant innovation and enterprise ecosystem.Organised by NUS Enterprise i...

NUS inked an agreement with social impact organisation Unicorns For Good (UFG) and the non-profit organisation Social Innovation Park (SIP) on 18 May 2023 to champion impact leadership for start-ups and innovators by harnessing the power of technolog...

The Business Times, 6 May 2023, p4

The Business Times Online, 21 April 2023

8world Online, 11 April 2023The Straits Times, 12 April 2023, The Big Story, Front PageCNA, 12 April 2023CNA Online, 12 April 2023Capital 95.8FM, 12 April 2023

Lianhe Zaobao, 5 April 2023, p7

Lianhe Zaobao, 16 March 2023, zbNOW, p3