Each place at SIT eyed by five poly graduates

[LiuDeHua]

Each place at SIT eyed by five poly graduates

 

Sandra DavieMy PaperMonday, May 11, 2015

Artist's impression of Singapore Institute of Technology’s satellite campus at Republic Polytechnic.

Even as the Government provides alternative pathways for school-leavers to achieve career success, the university that caters to polytechnic graduates continues to draw more students.

 

A record 9,600 polytechnic graduates applied for the 2,080 places offered by the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) this year.

Last year, there were 7,000 applications for 1,800 places.

 

The university offers 28 degrees with renowned overseas university partners such as Germany's Technical University of Munich. Since last year, it has been offering its own degrees. It has 36 degree courses in total.

 

There had been doubt over demand at SIT, as it was granted the charter to confer its own degrees only last year. Also, students enrolled in SIT-conferred degrees will have to spend an extra eight months to a year doing intensive internships combining work and study.

 

Yet, of the 9,600 applications, more than half were for the eight SIT-conferred degree programmes.

 

Said SIT's director of admissions, Kelly Koh: "Despite SIT being just over one year old as an autonomous university, it is fast gaining traction and we have seen that most of the SIT-conferred degree programmes are well-received."

 

He added that word is also getting out on the benefits of its internship programme, which is designed to be more in-depth and structured than a traditional industrial attachment.

 

The university, which now operates from an interim campus in Dover Road, has also set up an Enterprise & Innovation Hub where its students will work on projects suggested by firms.

 

Among the popular courses are accountancy, hospitality business, information security and aeronautical engineering.

The university has shortlisted more applicants - 4,000 this year - for interviews.

 

Said Mr Koh: "In line with our holistic approach, we believe in putting in the extra effort to identify students who display attributes and qualities, beyond academic performance, who are suited for the course."

 

Students go through two interviews, and to select those for the hospitality degree programme, employers are invited to sit on the interview panel.

 

Applicants said SIT's niche degrees and emphasis on getting its students job-ready were the reasons why they picked the university.

Said Mr Lim, who graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic and is applying to do the new information security degree offered by SIT: "I like SIT's focus on giving students work and industry experience. It will be a definite advantage when I go out to work."

 

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[LiuDeHua]

So which are the recognised degrees in Singapore now?

By recognised, I mean that a government agency or stat board will pay that employee on the graduate pay scale.

 

- NTU
- NUS
- SMU
- SUTD?
- SIT?

 

 

[Kangadrool]

We are getting very cumfusing messages. One moment someone said, university must not train graduates to be job specific, one moment students are flocking to job-specific courses. LOL...

safestrest route is NUS, then NTU.

 

So which are the recognised degrees in Singapore now?

By recognised, I mean that a government agency or stat board will pay that employee on the graduate pay scale.

 

- NTU
- NUS
- SMU
- SUTD?
- SIT?

 

 

 

[Jeffc]

So which are the recognised degrees in Singapore now?

By recognised, I mean that a government agency or stat board will pay that employee on the graduate pay scale.

 

- NTU

- NUS

- SMU

- SUTD?

- SIT?

 

 

SIM

[Knoobie]

So which are the recognised degrees in Singapore now?

By recognised, I mean that a government agency or stat board will pay that employee on the graduate pay scale.

 

- NTU

- NUS

- SMU

- SUTD?

- SIT?

 

 

IIRC, stat board recognize any degree even overseas so long it is accredited by the home country..

 

saw that entry criteria are local diploma at least. some times I wonder, what if those work from the bottom with years of experience but insufficient qualifications (such as ITE grads) why are they not given the opportunity?

 

I rather they scrap the whole academic baseline thing and put in years of working experience.. so many students nowadays go study and study.. end up in totally unrelated positions..

[Mustank]

So which are the recognised degrees in Singapore now?

By recognised, I mean that a government agency or stat board will pay that employee on the graduate pay scale.

 

- NTU

- NUS

- SMU

- SUTD?

- SIT?

 

 

 

SPU