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SUTD Student Startup Neural Drive Secures US$250,000 From San Francisco Venture Capital Firm Afore Capital
Neural Drive is an AI wearable that reads brainwaves and neural biosignals, enabling paralysed individuals to communicate and control their surroundings through deliberate eye blinks and focused thought.
SUTD Rises 253 Places to Rank 266th Globally in QS World University Rankings 2027
The improvement recognises SUTD’s faculty strength and faculty-student ratio, alongside gains in employer reputation. The latest results place SUTD as one of the world’s top 300 universities and third among Singapore institutions.
SUTD Drone Start-Up Acquired by Australian-Listed Nanoveu
Spinoff Robotics Pte Ltd, a drone technology start-up from SUTD, has been acquired by Nanoveu Limited, an A$65 million Australian-listed technology company specialising in advanced semiconductors and artificial intelligence. The move will bring together the AI chip capabilities of Nanoveu and the advanced drone technology of Spinoff Robotics.
SUTD Sets the Stage for an Innovation-Focused Education With Launch of New $35M “DIVE” Platform
The platform provides students and alumni funding and support to encourage them to grow beyond the classroom and laboratory. DIVE runs alongside academic life, giving students the option to explore and cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. Every undergraduate who embarks on the DIVE journey will be trained to be a builder and innovator using AI, Design and Domain knowledge (“trilingual”).
Singapore University of Technology and Design and Yayasan Mendaki Establish Partnership to Strengthen AI, Design and Digital Capabilities for the Malay/Muslim Community
By combining MENDAKI’s strong community reach with SUTD’s expertise in technology, innovation and applied design, the partnership seeks to translate academic and industry expertise into meaningful, real-world impact.
SUTD and RSAF Launch Singapore’s First On-Site Fast Prototyping Design·AI Fab Lab
Focussed on AI-driven experimentation and rapid prototyping, the SUTD D·AI Fab Lab @ RSAF is the first in a series of on-site new age research labs which aim to deliver real-world results in previously unheard of timelines – hours and days, instead of months and years.
SUTD Graduates Remain Employable Amidst Cautious Hiring Landscape
Close to 90% of SUTD fresh graduates secured employment despite cautious hiring conditions; 30.1% of fresh graduates in full-time permanent employment received return offers from companies where they had interned.
Global Fabless Semiconductor Giant MediaTek Sets Up S$34M Joint Research Lab With SUTD
Bringing together SUTD’s research expertise and MediaTek’s industrial reach to address some of the most pressing challenges in communications, like non-terrestrial networks, AI-native radio access, and the drive to make telecommunications infrastructure more sustainable.
SUTD Breaks With Tradition; Holds Singapore’s First Off-Campus Open House
From 27 February to 1 March, SUTD is reimagining the Open House experience by bringing it to VivoCity, one of Singapore’s largest shopping malls. Here, parents and students can experience seven specially curated Design Artificial Intelligence (Design AI) innovations through interactive, game-based demonstrations.
SUTD Broadens Scope of Its Flagship Design and AI Degree, Becoming First University to Integrate Social Sciences Into a Technology Degree
The supercharged Design and Artificial Intelligence (DAI) undergraduate degree programme is aimed at attracting high-calibre students with strong interests in social science domains such as economics, business, finance, psychology, philosophy, and human-AI interaction, alongside proficiency in Mathematics and the Sciences.
