Our Spaces

Aug 2009

SUTD established as Singapore’s fourth public university

Singapore’s 4th publicly funded university is established to advance knowledge and nurture technically grounded leaders and innovators to serve societal needs with focus in design and technology.

Nov 2009

First SUTD office located at Ghim Moh Road, Chinese Language Centre

First SUTD office located at Ghim Moh Road, Chinese Language Centre

May 2011

Interim campus at Dover

SUTD started with an interim campus at the former ITE College Dover site, located at 20 Dover Drive. We were at this interim campus for a period of 4 years before moving to our permanent campus at Upper Changi.

Nov 2011

Ground-breaking ceremony for new East Coast campus held

We had our ground-breaking ceremony for our new campus at Upper Changi on 14 November 2011.

Oct 2012

Unveiled multi-disciplinary Fabrication Laboratory

On 18 October 2012, we launched our multidisciplinary fabrication laboratory. A 1,000 sqm laboratory modelled after MIT’s Pappalardo Lab, one of the fabrication laboratories at MIT, that aims to allow students to design and build virtually “almost anything”.

Aug 2013

Topping out ceremony for new East Coast campus held

On 6 September 2013, we held our topping out ceremony for our new East Coast campus located at 8 Somapah Road.

Mar 2014

Beam Raising ceremony of antique structures donated by Jackie Chan

On 11 March 2014, a beam raising ceremony was held to mark the completion of the structural frames for two antique houses donated by Jackie Chan.

Jan 2015

Moved from interim campus to brand new campus in Changi

23 January 2015 marked the day where SUTD moved into our brand new Campus located at 8 Somapah Road. SUTD was the first Singapore public university to be located in the east of Singapore.

May 2015

Opening ceremony of the new SUTD campus, opened by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

We celebrated our official opening ceremony of the East Coast campus on 8 May 2015.