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Decentralised Security Provider Silence Laboratories (SUTD start-up) Raises S$2.4mil in Seed Funding
Silence Laboratories, a cybersecurity firm headquartered in Singapore, has closed a US$1.7 million (about S$2.4m) round in seed funding, led by pi Ventures. The founders, Jay Prakash and Andrei Bytes earned their doctorate degrees at SUTD, where the company was incubated.
SUTD hosted SkillsFuture Festival@SUTD − Equipping Singapore’s workforce for the future economy
Themed “Design for the Future Economy”, the SkillsFuture Festival@SUTD took place on 23 July 2022 and was graced by Ms Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State for Education and Manpower.
Memorandum of Understanding between the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Administrative Committee, Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co., Ltd. and the Singapore University of Technology and Design
Under the MOU, ECAC, SSTEC and SUTD would undertake strategic cooperation to promote people-to-people exchanges, education and training, as well as research, innovation and enterprise, to support the Eco-City’s growth into a leading low-carbon, smart and sustainable city.
Strong demand for SUTD’s Class of 2021 graduates with more than 9 in 10 in full-time permanent employment
95% of fresh graduates from SUTD were employed within six months of completing their final examinations, reflecting strong demand for SUTD graduates; median gross monthly salary increased by about 10% in 2021 compared to 2020.
SUTD Secures First Green Loan From DBS to Finance Campus Land Cost
The Singapore University of Technology and Design has obtained a 20-year S$84 million green loan from DBS to finance the land costs in relation to its campus. Green loan is in line with SUTD’s Sustainability Plan to integrate sustainability into its business and operations.
KICS signs collaboration MoU with the Singapore University of Technology and Design on ‘Beyond 5G and 6G’
The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences and SUTD have signed an MoU that will pave the way for research collaboration for Beyond 5G/6G technologies between researchers in the KICS and SUTD’s Future Communications Research and Development Programme (FCP).
SUTD Announces Multi-Faceted Sustainability Plan for a More Sustainable and Happier World by Design
The next generation DesignZ Centre will lead the sustainability efforts to transform SUTD into a living lab for new sustainable technologies, in partnership with industry and community, to build a more sustainable and happier world by design.
SUTD and Ecole 42 Collaborate to Set-Up First Tuition-Free, No Instructor Programme in Singapore
Supported by SkillsFuture Singapore, the new programme called 42 Singapore, will offer modules in the fields of computer programming, coding, cybersecurity, network infrastructure, data science and more.
SUTD Confers Honorary Degrees for the First Time
In recognition of their exceptional contributions to the university since its establishment, SUTD conferred its first honorary degrees to two founding BOT members Mr Philip Ng and Mr Sam Goi.
Singapore maintains its lead and European cities dominate top 5, with Swiss cities in the spotlight, in 2021 global smart city index
Singapore (1st), Zurich (2nd) and Oslo (3rd) have come top in the 2021 IMD-SUTD Smart City Index, with a deep dive into the data showing how urban populations are attributing increasing importance to health and environmental-related dimensions of their cities.
