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SINGAPORE: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) president Su Guaning has announced he would not seek a new term when his current term ends on June 30 next year.
NTU said current provost professor Bertil Andersson would be appointed president-designate from January 1, 2011 and would take over officially from July 1, 2011.
Dr Su, who has spent eight years at NTU, said it would be difficult for him to put down a burden that has also been a joy and a source of energy.
However, building a world-class university is a marathon relay that requires the passing of the baton, he added.
He said he looked forward to devoting more time to his family and personal interests, as well as focusing more on the students and leadership as a professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and through his continued engagement in Nanyang Business School.
Education Minister Ng Eng Hen, in a statement, thanked Dr Su for his significant contributions.
Dr Eng said under Dr Su's leadership, NTU has been transformed from a teaching university focused on engineering, into a university with strengths in education and research, and with a distinctive character as a university grounded in science, technology and management.
Three new schools - School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and School of Art, Design and Media - were added, expanding NTU's offerings.
NTU has also won competitive funding from the National Research Foundation and the Ministry of Education to set up two Research Centres of Excellence, namely the Earth Observatory of Singapore and Singapore Centre for Environmental and Life Sciences Engineering.
Dr Ng said these additions put NTU at the forefront of catalysing scientific breakthroughs, technological advances and capability development for the Singapore economy.
Chairman of the NTU Board of Trustees Koh Boon Hwee said the board is grateful to Dr Su for his transformational leadership.
-CNA/wk
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