18 August 2018
The Nanyang Technological University has received an $11 million gift to further medical education and research.
The gift came from the estate of the late Irene Tan Liang Kheng, with one-to-one matching from the government.
The funds will be used to provide more opportunities to deserving Singaporean students with financial difficulties to pursue a medical education at NTU.
From next year, one scholarship will be awarded for each year’s cohort in the school’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree programme.
NTU president Subra Suresh also unveiled the Ong Tiong Tat and Irene Tan Liang Kheng Auditorium, named in honour of the late philanthropic couple.