b'MUDD 24 URBAN NETWORKS|URBAN GATEWAYSFigure 1.The four Academic Pillars of SUTD are spread across the campus, promoting cross-pollination between disciplines. [2] In response, the efficacy of core aspects of the undergraduateThe relative youth of these education systems, however, experiencelecture-based classes and department-specificrepresents a significant advantage and opportunity over buildingsare being re-evaluated. Many universities haveinstitutions with more codified bureaucratic processes. Below, begun to shift their programs to respond to the market-drivenwe explore the specific pedagogical and spatial planning needs of their current and prospective students. Stanford, forsolutions at two schools that are pioneering new directions in instance, is piloting a provocative attendance model, dubbededucation.@Stanford, that splits ones undergraduate experience into six years spread over the students lifetime and focuses onSingapore Tech School Dismantles Majorsmissions rather than majors (Hayward2014). The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) 143 was incorporated in 2009, and developed in partnership 117In South and Latin America as well as Southeast Asia, techwith the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).and manufacturing booms have created fertile economiesThe university strives to integrate technology and design and robust job markets, creating opportunities from basiceducation in the fields of engineering, product development, manufacturing, to software development, to top-levelarchitecture and sustainable design, and information systems.management and CEO positions. In these markets, theThese aspirations promote research and learning, industry need for high-performing graduates has never been higher. partnership, and integration with global, knowledge-based These regions, however, often do not have the robust highereconomies.education systems of their global neighbours in the U.S. or Europe. The university has dismantled the idea of majors, creatingMUDD 24 - Urban Gateways | Urban Networks - Boston Pieprz & Sheth-paper.indd 4 26/11/2019 5:04:44 PM'