Published on 21 Oct 2019

Falling cohort size prompts NTU to review funding for programmes

TODAY, 21 Oct
- Similar reports on Channel 8 News, 21 Oct, 10pm and BERITA Mediacorp online.

A shrinking cohort size due to declining birth rates - which has already hit secondary schools and junior colleges here- has prompted the NTU to review and make changes to how it allocates its financial resources. An NTU spokesperson stressed that the university’s financial position is sound. Nevertheless, changes were “made in financial allocations to optimise resources, so as to ensure the changing needs of students and other university stakeholders continue to be met”. An MOE spokesperson said the ministry provides operating grants to publicly-funded Autonomous Universities (AUs) on a per student basis and AUs have the autonomy to decide on its internal allocation.


Related stories

NTU WKWSCI Signs MOU with Huazhong University of Science and Technology to Advance Health Communication Research

Published on 21 Apr 2026

14 Mass Communication courses for transferable skills across any industry

Published on 07 Oct 2022

1 in 3 who are aware of deepfakes say they have inadvertently shared them on social media

Published on 24 Nov 2020

​NCID survey: 60% received fake COVID-19 information on social media

Published on 21 May 2020

​NTU works with KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital to provide free Thalassemia test

Published on 24 Feb 2020

​Teaching at the Frontier

Published on 20 Feb 2020