Imperial College London is opening its first overseas research centre in Singapore, as part of a “more strategic approach” to international collaboration.
The initiative, called Imperial Global: Singapore, is designed to allow the institution’s scientists to work more closely with university, industry, government and third-sector partners in Singapore. The first programme at the centre will be a $20 million (£15.8 million) collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) to improve medical device and health data security.
Mary Ryan, vice-provost for research and enterprise at Imperial, told Times Higher Education that the university had a long history of collaboration in Singapore, including the establishment of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in 2010, alongside NTU.
“This is a more strategic approach to how we think about catalysing even greater partnerships, both in Singapore and then using that as a platform across the region,” she said.
