Continuing Education and Training
Success belongs to those who are committed to improving themselves constantly. So don’t stop your learning path upon graduation. Continue to upgrade yourself to stay ahead of competitions.
ACADEMY FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION @ RP
The Academy for Continuing Education @ RP (ACE) supports Republic Polytechnic’s (RP) Continuing Education and Training (CET) for adult learners. Collaborating with the centre, we offer skill and knowledge upgrading programmes for those who are looking for careers advancements or for personal growth. The Advantages of Learning with RP We are an institution that firmly believes in excellence learning. RP’s way of learning has been designed to embrace the holistic development and career preparation of the individual. Our CET trainers are RP’s full time Academics and Academic Associates. Our courses are specially tailored to suit an adult’s way of learning.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
The National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, is Singapore’s national teacher education institute and we are proud to be an integral part of the nation’s education service. The Singapore education system has been referred to as being one of the most successful in the world. This is, in part, due to the sound educational policies and impactful research in shaping the curriculum and management practices for schools. More importantly, much of this success is owed to the passion and perseverance of the 30,000 committed teachers and education professionals contributing in our system. We are proud to be able to call this community our colleagues and to work alongside them to improve the quality of our education system. Thus, NIE is committed to our vision to be an institute of distinction and our mission to create a world-class institute renowned for its excellence in teacher education and educational research.
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the colleges of Engineering, Business, Science, and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and its Interdisciplinary Graduate School. NTU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine was established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU’s campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 54 are certified Green Mark Platinum. Besides its 200-ha (500-acre) lush green, residential campus in the western part of Singapore, NTU also has a second campus in the heart of Novena, Singapore’s medical district.
SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
The Singapore Management University (SMU) is internationally recognised for its world-class research and distinguished teaching. Established in 2000, SMU’s mission is to generate leading-edge research with global impact and produce broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the knowledge-based economy. It is known for its interactive and technologically enabled pedagogy of seminar-style teaching in small-size classes. SMU has an emphasis on generating rigorous, high-impact, and relevant multi-disciplinary research that addresses Asian issues of global relevance, SMU faculty collaborate with leading international researchers and universities from USA, Europe, China and India as well as with partners in the business community and public sector, through its research institutes, centres and labs. SMU’s city campus is a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of downtown Singapore, fostering strategic linkages with business, government and the wider community.
SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) is the sixth autonomous university in Singapore. SUSS champions’ lifelong learning, offers degrees primarily in the domain of social sciences and applied learning. The university collaborates with local and overseas academic partners in curriculum development, teaching, exchange programmes and research. The university also collaborates with local, overseas industry partners and statutory boards of the Singapore Government to develop industry related courses, provide study scholarships, sponsorships, study resources, recognition, industrial attachment placements and work opportunities.
SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) is Singapore’s university of applied learning. SIT’s vision is to be a leader in innovative learning by integrating learning, industry and community. Its mission is to nurture and develop individuals who build on their interests and talents to impact society in meaningful ways. SIT offers applied degree programmes targeted at growth sectors of the economy with a unique pedagogy that integrates work and study. SIT’s degree programmes feature an eight to 12-month Integrated Work Study Programme (IWSP) which exemplifies the best of university-industry collaboration. Since its establishment in 2009, SIT has grown from its inaugural batch of 500 students in 10 degree programmes to over 6,000 students in 43 degree programmes from across SIT and 10 overseas university partners. These degree programmes are grouped into five clusters – Engineering (ENG), Chemical Engineering and Food Technology (CEFT), Infocomm Technology (ICT), Health and Social Sciences (HSS), as well as Design and Specialised Businesses (DSB). SIT also aims to cultivate in its students four distinctive traits, or the SIT-DNA, which will prepare them to be ‘thinking tinkerers’, who are ‘able to learn, unlearn and relearn’, be ‘catalysts for transformation’ and finally, become ‘grounded in the community’.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS) began as a medical college with 23 students. Today, we are one of Asia’s leading universities, with over 38,000 students across three campuses – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram. Offering a distinctively Asian yet global experience, our students are given the opportunity to excel not just academically, but also to grow socially. NUS is recognised for its breadth of academic programmes, experiential learning, entrepreneurship education and impactful research. As we continue to grow from strength to strength, we take pride in nurturing our students and equipping them with the necessary skills to be the leaders of tomorrow.
SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is the fourth autonomous university to be established in Singapore. SUTD’s mission is to advance knowledge and nurture technically grounded leaders and innovators to serve societal needs. At SUTD, design as a discipline cuts across the curriculum and provides a novel framework for the research and educational programmes. SUTD undergraduate students are granted either a Bachelor of Engineering or a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in one of its four areas of focus, called “pillars”: Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD), Engineering Product Development (EPD), Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) or Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD). It also offers an MIT–SUTD Dual master’s degree programme, a full-time programme leading to a degree from both MIT and SUTD. SUTD also offers Ph.D. degrees in each of its four pillars. SUTD is the only institution in Singapore apart from the Yale-NUS College to follow a holistic admissions process.
