Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Abbreviation: NP; Chinese: 义安理工学院; Malay: Politeknik Ngee Ann), is an institute of higher learning in Singapore, founded in 1963 as Ngee Ann College with 116 students. It was subsequently renamed Ngee Ann Technical College in 1968, before adopting its current name in 1982. The Polytechnic has an enrolment of about 15,000 full-time students, 3000 part-time students and an alumni community of about 1,200,000. The campus is spread over 35 hectares at the fringe of the upmarket Bukit Timah residential district. The Polytechnic offers 49 full-time Diploma courses through seven academic schools. Nurturing enterprising professionals for the economy through education and training. Connecting Minds, Unlocking Talents and Creating Value Engineering with business management programme To give students the flexibility to make their choice only at the end of the first semester in Year 1, Ngee Ann’s School of Engineering offers the Engineering with business management Programme (EBM). Up to 25% of the curriculum is made up of business modules offered by NP's School of Business & Accountancy.