NCPA at NTU is a leading institution in Asia that provides quality education and research as well as to promote good governance in the region and beyond. It is the first higher learning institution in Singapore that is certified by China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs to conduct executive development programmes for Chinese government officials and professionals.

Presently, NCPA offers four graduate programmes, namely the Master of Science in Managerial Economics (Chinese), the Master of Public Administration (English, Chinese), and Master of Social Sciences (China and Global Governance) (English). In addition, it provides Executive Development Programmes with a wide range of theme-based topics including public administration and public policy, urban planning and management, social management, and higher education management and internationalisation. Among its over 17,000 alumni mostly from China, and ASEAN and beyond, many are holding decision-making positions at all levels of government in their countries, including ministerial-level leaders, mayors and heads of organisations. NCPA has received students from all over China and many other parts of the world including Southeast Asian countries, Latin America, Africa, and Europe, etc.

The Lien Ying Chow Legacy Fellowship, established in year 2007, is targeted at outstanding senior government officials and distinguished professionals, as well as academics from Singapore and China. The Fellowship provides a platform for both countries to gain useful insights from each other’s expertise and experience in public administration, corporate governance and management.

NCPA continuously seeks out strategic alliances and collaborations to organise events and conduct research that inform good practices in public and non-profit sectors. It has established solid collaborative networks with world-renowned organisations in public administration. NCPA’s newly established Lien Research Programme on Belt and Road Initiative focuses on policy-oriented research on the BRI from the perspective of Singapore and its role in the initiative.