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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SUTD is committed to a high standard of corporate governance and has put in place the
appropriate governance structures which are critical to the effective performance and
operation of the University.
GOVERNANCE EVALUATIONCHECKLIST
The University’s governance evaluation checklist can be viewed at the charity portal
website
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BOARDOFTRUSTEES
The SUTD Board of Trustees comprises 20 trustees appointed by the Minister of Education.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for ensuring that the University acts in accordance
with its objects and to ensure that the funds and assets of the University are properly
accounted for and safeguarded.
The objects of the University are to:-
a. establish, operate, maintain and promote the University as a going concern;
b. promote and undertake the advancement of education by providing educational
facilities and course of study or instruction; and
c. advance and disseminate knowledge and to promote and engage in research
and scholarship.
The trustees are not paid any remuneration for services rendered by them as trustees
of the University.
SUTD has over 90 Fifth Row or co-curricular activities
