Introduction and Background

Milestones

8 July 2002: Announcement of Republic Polytechnic Bill

The polytechnic project team started operating in the premises of Data Storage Institute, NUS from January 2002.

The team moved into Tanglin Campus (former MOE) on 1st July 2002.

The Republic Polytechnic Act 2002 was passed by Parliament on 8th July 2002.

• See the complete National Day Rally Speech

1 August 2002: Establishment of Republic Polytechnic

The first intake of 800 students started their academic year at Tanglin Campus in July 2003.

• See the Republic Polytechnic Act

9 December 2002: Logo Launch

25 February 2003: MOU Signing Ceremony with 33 industry partners

5 July 2003: Woodlands Campus Groundbreaking Ceremony

1 August 2003: 1st Year Anniversary

November 2003: ISO Certification (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001)

20 July 2004: Family Friendly Award

1 August 2004: 2nd Year Anniversary

30 August 2004: Full implementation of wireless VOIP system

22 October 2004: MOU Signing with Singapore Sports School

31 January 2005: Official Launch of School of Technology for the Arts and new Diplomas

21 February 2005: MOU Signing with Monash International Programme in Biomedical Sciences

9 Mar 2005: MOU Signing with Basketball Association of Singapore

20 May 2005: Singapore Quality Class

28 May 2005: RP Awards Presentation Ceremony 2005

22 July 2005: Meritorious Defence Partner Award

29 July 2005: 3rd year anniversary

6 October 2005: Singapore Health Award (Silver)

11 October 2005: President Nathan Visits RP

19 November 2005: Republic Polytechnic Centre Opening

30 November 2005: Singapore Innovation Class Award

1 December 2005: Official Launch of School of Sports. Health & Leisure

4 March 2006: Official Move to new Woodlands Campus

27 April 2006: RP Clinches Green Mark Award (Platinum)

30 May 2006: 1st Graduation Ceremony

1 June 2006: RP Bags Two At The Singapore HR Awards 2006

2 August 2006: 4th year anniversary

2 August 2006: RP Receives Distinguished Defence Partner Award

7 August 2006: Opening of RP Student Career Centre

17 August 2006: RP Wins Merit Award at National Service Learning Awards 2006

25 September 2006: Academic Awards Ceremony 2006

6 October 2006: RP Receives Gold At Singapore HEALTH Awards 2006

6 November 2006: Announcement of RP Enterprise Computing Learning Centre

7 November 2006: RP Plays Host To The Launch of Clean and Green Week 2006

15 November 2006: RP Receives TEC Innovation Service Award (Bronze) 2006: Integrated Wireless Infrastructure

13 December 2006: RP Successfully Recertified In QEHS Standards (ISO9001:2000, ISO14001:2004, OHSAS18001:1999)

10 Jan 2007: SUI! Retail Shop Opens Doors to Budding Entrepreneurs

08 Feb 2007: Launch of RP-Agilent Wireless Solutions Lab

11 May 2007: RP Pledges to Fair Employment Practices

26 Jul 2007: RP Receives 2nd Distinguished Defence Partner Award

31 Jul 2007: PM Lee Officially Opens RP Campus in Woodlands

15 Aug 2007: RP is Awarded a Grant under the National Research Foundation (NRF) R&D Program on IDM in Education

06 Sep 2007: RP and Parkway Group Healthcare Sign a Memorandum of Understanding

17 Sep 2007: Launch of RP-Xilinx Programmable Logic Solutions Laboratory

26 Sep 2007: RP Collaborates with Wavex Technologies to Develop the First Intelligent Library Test-Bed Project

26 Oct 2007: RP and National Community Leadership Institute (NACLI) Collaborate to Offer Leadership Training for Grassroots Leaders

29 Oct 2007: CBL Data Recovery and RP Collaborate to Advance Data Shredding Technologies

12 Nov 2007: RP and BMC Software Unveil Singapore’s First Academic Qualification in IT Service Management

23 Jan 2008: NEC Asia Pte Ltd Renews Industrial Collaboration on Radio Frequency Identification with RP

12 Feb 2008: A*STAR’s Exploit Technologies and Six Tertiary Institutions in Singapore Seal Cooperation to Boost Technology Transfer with the Formation of the Technology Transfer Network (TTN)

25 Mar 2008: RP and the Department of Ophthalmology, National University Hospital, Launch the Certificate in Opticianry Practice

29 Mar 2008: RP and People's Association Initiated the Student Attachment Programme

31 Mar 2008: Launch of School of Hospitality in Collaboration with Raffles Hotels and Resorts

5 Apr 2008: RP Opens the First Service-Learning Centre in Singapore