About NYP

Our History
  • Established on 1 April 1992.
  • Enrolled its pioneer batch of students for its School of Health
  • Sciences and School of Business Management in July 1992.
  • Set up the School of Engineering and the School of Information Technology in July 1993.
  • The French-Singapore Institute, German-Singapore Institute and the Japan-Singapore Institute were transferred from the Economic Development Board to the Polytechnic in February 1993.
  • Operated from five temporary campuses - Bukit Merah, Jurong, Outram, Tiong Bahru and Yishun - before moving to its permanent home in Ang Mo Kio in April 1998.
  • Set up the School of Design and School of Chemical & Life Sciences in November 2000.
  • The School of Interactive & Digital Media was established in November 2006.
  • Mr Chan Lee Mun took over as Principal and CEO in August 2007; Mr Lin Cheng Ton went on to head NYP International.


Our Vision
To be A Premier Polytechnic of Global Distinction

Our Mission
We provide quality education and training to prepare students and adult learners for work and life, equipping them to be life-long learners and to contribute to the technological, economic and social development of Singapore.
We will harness our resources, expertise, creativity and innovation to support the development of business and industry and to complement Singapore’s globalization efforts.