Thomas Magnanti
Presidente de la Universidad de Tecnología y Diseño de Singapur
Conference: “Educating Technically-grounded Leaders for Design Driven Innovation”
Schedule: 15rh December, 10:00 hrs.
Location: Salón de Congresos (map)
Streaming: Sala Virtual and Auditorio (map)
The Singapore University of Technology and Design is established in collaboration with MIT to advance knowledge and nurture technically grounded leaders and innovators to serve societal needs. This will be accomplished, with a focus on Design, through an integrated multi-disciplinary curriculum and multi-disciplinary research.
The Singapore University of Technology and Design’s (SUTD) collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) represents MIT’s most significant collaboration on education to date. It is multifaceted and covers the following:
- Development of the undergraduate curriculum
- Co-teaching of subjects
- Student exchanges
- Recruitment and development of SUTD faculty
- Establishment of a major co-located research centre, SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC)
Source: http://www.sutd.edu.sg