Partners
Joining hands with the world's top universities to build an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Partnering with Top Universities to Create an Intelligent Future
Working in deep synergy with the National University of Singapore and its innovation ecosystem, turning academic research into deployable industrial capabilities.
National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Founded in 1905, NUS is Singapore's foremost world-class university. Guided by the values of innovation, resilience, excellence, respect, and integrity, it is committed to educating, inspiring, and transforming the world.
NUS in Numbers
Renewing Tradition, Reshaping Education
Interdisciplinary
Multiple interdisciplinary colleges offering cross-disciplinary majors, minors, general education core courses, and experiential programs
International
Partnerships with 300 universities across 40 countries, offering student exchange programs and short-term overseas study
Holistic
An enhanced general education curriculum covering data literacy, critical thinking, cultural competence, and service learning
Lifelong
Coursework-based graduate programs closely tied to industry development, focusing on emerging fields such as green finance and biomedical informatics
NUS Guangzhou Research Translation and Innovation Institute
NUS Guangzhou Research Translation and Innovation Institute (NUS GRTII)
Jointly established through the close partnership of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Administration, and the National University of Singapore, NUS GRTII is NUS's flagship initiative in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It provides strategic talent resources and intellectual support for regional development, incubates enterprises from NUS research outcomes, promotes the innovative translation of international research achievements and industrial upgrading, and enables two-way flows of talent, technology, and startups.
Key Research Areas
Core Laboratories
Intelligent Systems Lab
Advancing innovative research and development in intelligent transportation management and low-altitude flight systems
AI Applications Lab
Focused on frontier technical questions in artificial intelligence, supporting high-quality development of the field
Smart Healthcare Lab
Dedicated to people's health, aligned with the needs of the healthcare sector, and built on NUS's biomedical resources and strengths
Three Development Pillars
Research Translation
Drawing on NUS's world-class research strength and global collaborations to advance scientific research and its translation into impact
Talent Development
Diverse talent programs including PhD scholarships, executive development programs, and youth international exchange initiatives
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
An all-round incubation platform built on NUS BLOCK71, helping research outcomes reach the market
NUS BLOCK71
NUS BLOCK71 ()
「Where dreams set sail, and future achievers rise」
Founded by NUS Enterprise, NUS BLOCK71 is committed to building a vibrant global innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. It provides an all-round incubation platform that effectively connects international technology, startups, investors, and other rich resources, offering incubatees diversified services and opportunities to expand into markets at home and abroad, and helping research outcomes move from the lab to the market.
Global Innovation Hub, Startup Ecosystem Pioneer
Since 2011, we have —
- Incubated more than 1,600 startups, witnessing countless zero-to-one breakthroughs
- Home to 10 unicorns, including leading companies such as Ajaib, Biofourmis, Carousell, and Hasura
- A global network of 11 innovation hubs: Singapore, San Francisco, Suzhou, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Nagoya, and Tokyo
- Partnering with over 100 top institutions — VCs, multinationals, and research institutes — to build a golden ecosystem
- Helped startups raise over US$2 billion, making capital fuel for founders rather than a constraint
- Built a borderless brain trust: hands-on mentors, serial entrepreneurs, and industry leaders in cross-border ventures
BLOCK71 Guangzhou
As a key part of NUS Guangzhou Research Translation and Innovation Institute, BLOCK71 Guangzhou is strategically positioned at the heart of the Greater Bay Area, within an hour's reach of its major cities. Amid the new pattern of dual-circulation industrial collaboration at home and abroad, it seizes the historic opportunity of building a world-class city cluster in the Greater Bay Area, supports and cultivates a new generation of entrepreneurs through all-round business services, builds an innovation hub between Singapore and the Greater Bay Area, and fosters a sustainable cross-border entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Build the Intelligent Future of Civil Engineering with Us
From strategic consulting to product deployment to capabilities that take root — one team stays with you all the way, turning academic research strengths into deployable industrial capabilities.