NUS Bulletin AY2020/21

Overview

The MTech EBAC programme prepares students for specialist, expert and leadership roles in enterprise business analytics to create business value through strategic use of data, analytics, models and frontline tools.

By contributing to more effective utilisation and management of data analytics, you can help your enterprise to focus on big decisions so that they gain better predictive ability that can translate to higher profits. Helping enterprises to build better and more effective models will lead to improved outcomes such as more attractive pricing, higher levels of customer care, better market segmentation and highly-efficient inventory and supply chain management.

Graduates of the programme will be capable of undertaking tasks such as:

• Discovering insights from data
• Applying concepts and techniques to solve major business problems
• Designing and customizing targeting marketing campaign
• Analysing sales channels
• Optimising the marketing mix of their organisations
• Improving decision-making to increase returns on investments for their organisations
• Predicting the future profitability of their organisations

Learning outcomes:

• Help enterprises move towards a stronger emphasis on computer tools and statistical techniques to develop high-performance analytics capability
• Translate massive and complex unstructured data into insights
• Produce predictive models to solve a broad range of problems across various business functions and units
• Contribute to the development of more effective business strategies and plans for sustainable growth and competitive advantage

Recognition:

• Top student is awarded the IBM Medal and Book Prize
• Best Project Prize

For more details, please visit https://www.iss.nus.edu.sg/graduate-programmes/programme/detail/master-of-technology-in-enterprise-business-analytics

Overview

The MTech IS programme emphasises the concepts, techniques and methods of Artificial Intelligence, and their application to the development of Intelligent Systems applications. The programme provides you with the essential knowledge and practical experience needed to become an Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems specialist, and prepares you to be able to lead the development of Intelligent Systems in providing effective and optimal business solutions for your organisation.

Learning outcomes:

• Apply Intelligent Systems concepts, techniques and methods to solve varied problems across multiple domains including: business, manufacturing, engineering, heathcare etc.
• Lead the development of Intelligent Systems using contemporary tools and techniques, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Prediction, Forecasting, Classification, Clustering and Optimisation
• Design and customise algorithms to solve complex business problems and create strategic advantage

Recognition:

• Top student is awarded the SPH Gold Medal & Book Prize
• Best Project Prize

For more details, please refer to https://www.iss.nus.edu.sg/graduate-programmes/programme/detail/master-of-technology-in-intelligent-systems

Overview

This MTech DL programme focuses on digital strategy, transformation and leadership.  It will equip students with the critical thinking, process and people skills to become an effective digital leader to take on new exciting job roles and drive breakthrough changes for organizations in the new economy.  The curriculum provides for an intensive industry oriented and practice based learning environment with strong engagement with practicing digital and business leaders. 

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the practice of digital business models
• Develop leadership skills to lead the digital journey and drive breakthrough change for organization
• Create effective plans to bring about digital transformation in the business for competitive advantage
• Embrace strategic thinking, innovation and effective communication

The programme is offered on:

• Part-time basis: Minimum of two years to maximum of four years

For more details, please visit https://www.iss.nus.edu.sg/graduate-programmes/programme/detail/master-of-technology-in-digital-leadership

Overview

The MTech SE programme emphasises the skills required for architecting scalable, secure and smart systems and platforms. The focus will also be exploitation of software technologies, methodologies and management techniques. It focuses on the practical and systematic construction of software systems, using innovative and state-of-the-art techniques. The programme will equip you with the essential knowledge and practical experience to architect, design, build and manage the delivery of robust software systems for your organisation and customers.

Learning Outcomes:

• Become software architects capable of architecting and designing systems that exploit major contemporary software platforms, technologies and methodologies
• Become software architects capable of architecting and designing smart and secure systems
• Become data architects equipped with data engineering skills to engineer big data from a variety of sources

Recognition:

• Top student is awarded the Accenture Gold Medal and Book Prize.
• Best Project Prize

For more details, please refer to https://www.iss.nus.edu.sg/graduate-programmes/programme/detail/master-of-technology-in-software-engineering

Overview

The GDipSA programme is best suited for non-IT graduates intending to craft a new career path in the IT industry. IT graduates who wish to advance their careers in their current field and recognise the need to equip themselves with the latest IT knowledge and skills to stay relevant may apply as well.

Having graduated 49 batches of students, this programme is going into its 52^nd intake. Many of our graduates are now prominent senior IT professionals, who have benefited from this programme.

Students who embark on this hands-on programme will be exposed to lectures, workshops, laboratory sessions, projects and a 5-month internship. We have designed numerous projects into the programme. The aim is to equip them with the necessary foundation to code, test, implement and troubleshoot IT solutions covering web and mobile platforms.

By the end of the programme, you will be equipped with sought-after technical skills and valuable soft skills.

Graduates of this programme may choose to upgrade your skills after gaining a few years of work experience in the IT industry. You will be fully eligible to take up a Master degree with NUS and universities. Our Master of Technology programmes, offered in full-time and part-time formats, are designed for working IT professionals and managers who wish to advance their knowledge and skills.

Technical learning outcomes:

• Gather user requirements
• Systematically analyse and design feasible IT solutions
• Select the right technology
• Code, test and implement proposed solutions
• Trouble-shoot problems

Non-technical learning outcomes:

• Problem solving
• Project management
• Teamwork
• Leadership

The IBM Gold Medal & Prize is awarded to the best student in the Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis programme. The ISS Prize is awarded to the student who is in the second place in the programme. The Accenture Prize is awarded to the best internship team in the programme.

For more details, please refer to https://www.iss.nus.edu.sg/graduate-programmes/programme/detail/graduate-diploma-in-systems-analysis