
Manu Kapur is the Director of the Singapore-ETH Centre and Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zürich, where he also leads the Future Learning Initiative and co-founded the ETH Zürich–EPFL partnership. Trained as an engineer and statistician, he is internationally recognised for pioneering the theory of Productive Failure, which has transformed approaches to STEM education and informed large-scale curriculum reform in Singapore and beyond.
His research bridges science, policy, and practice, attracting significant international recognition, media coverage, and funding, and he is a sought-after keynote speaker at leading conferences worldwide.






