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He submits varsity application made of Lego bricks

Thu Aug 11 2011

18-year-old Teh Jun Hao built a 1.5m-long submersible aircraft carrier within a month, which got him admitted to the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

He submits varsity application made of Lego bricks

SINGAPORE - To enter his dream university, 18-year-old Teh Jun Hao did not just submit an application form on a few sheets of paper.

Instead, the former Meridien Junior College student built his varsity application - out of Lego bricks.

Mr Teh built a 1.5m-long submersible aircraft carrier - a design of which is not yet in existence- within a month, but he had been designing military ships in his spare time for several years.

Mr Teh's construction skills as showcased in a video he made (view it on the next page) got him into the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

Since primary school, the 'average student' has had a keen interest in science and technology. Some of the 10,000 Lego pieces used to build his impressive-looking warship - with battery-operated moving parts - are five to six years old.

Mr Teh had wanted to apply to the university from year one in junior college. And he was encouraged to do so by his parents.

His father Teh Kai Chong, 55, is an auditor, and his mother Ma Ping Qian, 50, is an enrichment instructor.

Singapore's fourth university is set to open its doors in April next year, but Mr Teh will only join two years from now, after completing his full-time national service.

According to the Straits Times, SUTD has no shortage of applicants just nine months before it opens its doors, and has admitted about 7 per cent of those who have applied.

The newest university will focus specifically on engineering and design, and offer a different model of university education from those currently available.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is helping SUTD build its curriculum from scratch, in its largest collaboration anywhere in the world.

The first batch of 500 students will start at an interim campus in Dover next year as its permanent campus at Changi will only open in 2014. It will have 4,000 undergraduate and 2,000 postgraduate students then.

The next SUTD open house is from Sept 30 to Oct 2 at the Dover campus, next to the ITE College West.