The Singapore-​ETH Centre (SEC) was established by one of the world’s leading universities - ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) and the National Research Foundation Singapore in 2010.

The centre provides a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment to researchers working on diverse themes focussed on sustainable and liveable cities, resilient urban systems, and patient-​centric healthcare. The centre is home to a community of over 100 doctoral, postdoctoral and professorial researchers working in three main programmes - Future Cities Lab Global, Future Resilient Systems, and Future Health Technologies – and a range of related research projects.

As part of the National Research Foundation's CREATE campus (Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise), members of the SEC also benefit from opportunities to engage with colleagues from top universities based in the campus.