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| Singapore Polytechnic | |
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| 新加坡理工學院 | |
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| Motto | SP CORE |
| Established | 1954 |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Mr Tan Hang Cheong |
| Staff | About 1500 |
| Students | 14,417 (Fulltime, as of 2007) |
| Location | Dover, Singapore |
| Campus | 38 Hectares |
| Website | www.sp.edu.sg |
Singapore Polytechnic (Abbreviation: SP; Chinese: 新加坡理工學院), the first polytechnic established in Singapore, was founded in 1954. The former campus was originally located at Prince Edward Road. In 1978, it was relocated to its present-day location at Dover right next to Dover MRT Station.
As of 2008, more than 130,000 students have graduated from Singapore Polytechnic.
Mission & Vision
Mission
"Our mission is to educate our students and to train them to excel in work and in life."
Vision
"We aspire to be a world-class institution. Our graduates will be highly competent, innovative and versatile, imbued with sound values and committed to life long learning."
Corporate goals
- Excellence in education and training
- Excellence in management
- Conducive learning environment
Core Values
The core values of the school are represented by the acronym, SP CORE, which stands for:
- Self Discipline
- Personal Integrity
- Care & Concern
- Openness
- Responsibility
- Excellence
Academic Schools and Departments
Singapore Polytechnic has 9 academic schools and 3 academic departments:
School of Architecture & the Built Environment (ABE)
Prior to 2009, this school went by the name of the School of the Built Environment. The School of Architecture & the Built Environment comprises the divisions of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering.
The School offers the following six full-time diploma courses:
- Diploma in Architecture (DARCH)
- Diploma in Civil Engineering & Management (DCEM)
- Diploma in Environmental Management and Water Technology (DEWT)
- Diploma in Integrated Events and Project Management (DEPM)
- Diploma in Landscape Architecture (DLA)
- Diploma in Property Development & Facilities Management (DPFM)
- Property & Facilities Management
- Quantity Surveying & Project Management
School of Business(SB)
The School of Business started with a humble beginning with just 280 students and less than 30 lecturers in 1986. The change in name from Department of Business Administration to the School of Business in this new millennium is significant. The new name more accurately reflects what we have become today.
Full Time Diploma
- Diploma in Accountancy (DAC)
- Integrated Accounting & Practice
- IT and E-Commerce
- Business Development
- International Business
- Diploma in Banking & Financial Services (DBF)
- Banking
- Financial Trading
- Diploma in Business Administration (DBA)
- International Business and Trade
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Marketing Management
- Retail Management
- Diploma in Business Information Technology (DBIT)
- E-Business Technology
- E-Business Management
- Diploma in Financial Informatics (DFI)
- Finance Concentration
- Accounting Concentration
- Diploma in Human Resource Management with Psychology (DHRMP)
- Diploma in Tourism & Resort Management (DTRM])
Part-time Diplomas
- Diploma in Business Administration (EDBA4) — Part-time
Part-time Advanced Diploma
- Advanced Diploma in Strategic Marketing (ASMKT) - Part-time
Specialist Diploma
- Specialist Diploma in Applied Business Psychology (SDABP)
- Certificate in Business (PCB)
School of Chemical & Life Sciences (CLS)
- Diploma in Applied Chemistry with Pharmaceutical Science (DACP)
- Diploma in Biomedical Science (DBS)
- Medical Technology
- Cardiac Technology
- Diploma in Biotechnology (DBT)
- Diploma in Chemical Engineering (DCHE)
- Diploma in Food Science & Technology (DFST)
- Diploma in Materials Science (DMLS)
- Diploma in Nutrition, Health & Wellness (DNHW)
- Nutrition
- Health & Fitness
- Diploma in Optometry (DOPT)
- Diploma in Perfumery and Cosmetic Science (DPCS)
School of Design (SD)
- Diploma in Creative Media Design (DCMD)
- Diploma in Games Design & Development (DGDD)
- Diploma in Interior Design (DID)
- Diploma in Experience & Product Design (DXPD)
School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)
- Diploma in Aerospace Electronics (DASE)
- Diploma in Bioelectronics (DBE)
- Diploma in Clean Energy (DCEG)
- Diploma in Computer Engineering (DCPE)
- Diploma in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (DEEE)
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Business
- Electrical Engineering (Control)
- Electrical Engineering (Power)
- Electronic Engineering (Communication)
- Electronic Engineering (Computer)
- Microelectronics
- Design
- Diploma in Electronics & Communication Engineering (DEC)
- Computer Systems Technology
- Microelectronics
- Telecommunications
- Diploma in Information Communication Technology (DICT)
- Broadband and Security Services
- Web Technology and Services
School of Digital Media & Infocommunication Technology (DMIT)
Notes: Previous abbreviation ICT
- Diploma in Information Technology (DIT)
- Enterprise Systems
- Information Systems
- Mobile Applications Development
- Game Development
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Diploma in Music & Audio Technology (DMAT)
- Diploma in Digital Media (DDM)
- 3D Animation
- Interactive Applications
- Computer Generated Effects
- Diploma in Infocomm Security Management (DISM)
School of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering (SMAE)
- Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering (DARE)
- Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME)
- Biomedical Engineering
- Energy Systems
- Materials
- Pharmaceuticals
- Informatics
- Teaching Factory (TF)
- Creativity, Innovation and Enterprise (CIE)
- Diploma in Mechatronics (DMA)
- Mechatronics
- Teaching Factory (TF)
- Diploma in Bioengineering (DBEN)
- Specialist Diploma in CNC Application (PSCNC)
Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA)
- Diploma in Marine Engineering (DMR)
- Diploma in Maritime Transportation Management (DMTM)
- Diploma in Nautical Studies (DNS)
Department of Educational & Staff Development
The mission of the Educational & Staff Development Department (ESDD) is to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in Singapore Polytechnic.
The department's key functions include encouraging and leading educational innovations and initiatives, providing consultancy in the areas of curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment, applying educational research to enhance teaching and learning, promoting e-learning and notebook PC pedagogy, promoting pedagogically sound applications of educational technology to teaching and learning, and providing services to support audio/video production and e-learning content creation.
- Specialist Diploma in e-Learning Design & Development (SEDD)
School of Communication, Arts and Social Sciences (CASS)
CASS offers an excellent programme that is specially designed to achieve an optimum blend of academic and vocational education and training to prepare our students for fulfilling careers and further education in fields related to communication, arts and social sciences.
- Diploma in Media & Communication (DMC)
- Diploma in Applied Drama and Psychology (DADP)
- Diploma in Creative Writing for Television and New Media
- Specialist Diploma in English Language Teaching
- Certificate in Theatre Performance and Production
Department of Mathematics & Science
- Specialist Diploma in Statistics and Data Mining
- Certificate in Software Programming and Applications (PCSPA)
- Certificate in Engineering Mathematics (PCEM)
Facilities
- SP has 6 Foodcourts, 2 Cafes and 1 restaurant.
- SP is one of the few Polytechnics that allocated clubhouses to Clubs Officially under the SAA.
- SP's alumni clubhouse, Singapore Polytechnic Graduates Guild (SPGG), is just next to the campus, and contains a bowling alley, swimming pool, pool room, a gym and a restaurant. All facilities are available for graduates and current students to use.
- SP also has a Kindergarten within the campus for Staff's children.
- SP also has two libraries to cater to students: a Main Library (with a new extension as of May 2009), and a Hilltop Library (an entirely new building to relocate the former BizIT Library as of October 2009).
Sports[1]
A Sports Complex, complete with a full-length football pitch and running track
Another football pitch side-by-side with 3 street soccer courts
A Swimming Complex
8 Tennis Courts
6 Badminton Courts
2 Gyms
3 Basketball Courts
A Table Tennis Court
5 Squash Courts
Moberly is the oldest block in SP. Once a British army barracks, the original building has been refurbished into a recreational hub. It contains 6 pool tables (one on level 1, five on level 2), LAN and console gaming, jamming studios, karaoke rooms, study rooms, a cafe and a museum. It is located close to the basketball courts, Teaching Block 10 and Food court 3.
Awards and Certifications
The Polytechnic has been awarded the prestigious Singapore Quality Class as well as the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications. It has also been honoured with the Singapore Public Service Award for Organisational Excellence and the People Developer and Family Friendly Awards.
Direct Polytechnic Admissions Exercise
On January 28 2008, Singapore Polytechnic admitted its first batch of 77 students who became the pioneer batch of DPA students for early education, before the actual academic year 08/09 begins. The programme they attended was the Polytechnic Preparatory Programme, or PPP for short.
The 77 students were separated into 4 clusters, all from the 8 faculties:
Cluster 1 (C1) - School of Chemical Life Sciences
Cluster 2 (C2) - School of Business, School of Digital Media and Technology (for Diploma in Business Information Technology [DBIT] only) and School of Communication, Arts, and Social Sciences (for Diploma in Media and Communication)
Cluster 3 (C3) - School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Cluster 4 (C4) - School of Design, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, School of Digital Media and Infocomm Technology (for the other courses excluding DBIT), and School of The Built Environment
Students studied 4 modules, which are Effective Speaking Skills (ESS), Math Reasoning (MS), Learning-to-Learn (L2L), and also Innovation, Design, Enterprise in Action (IDEAs). 3 of them are General Elective Modules (GEMs), which all students in year 1 to year 2 need to take them. When the DPA students completed the modules, they had exemptions to the GEMs they need to take for the next 2 academic years. All modules were light and they contained 2 credit units.
They also did activities during their free time, such as Muay Thai, Balloon Sculpting, and Tennis, etc. During 27 - 29 February 2008, the 77 of them went on to a camp at Turi Beach, Batam, for a leadership camp, ahead of their peers who also went to the same place during September 2008. The activities they did there consisted of Jungle Trekking, White Water Rafting, Low Ropes and also cheerleading.
The PPP 2008 ended 28 March 2008, where most of the DPA students were already helping out in their respective faculties' Freshmen Orientation Camp. By then, they had already made friends and enjoyed the time spent there.
The PPP 2009 started on 2 February where the 2nd batch of DPA students, where they were separated into 5 clusters this time, because the intake increased to 104, up from the previous 77.
The school will begin its DPA intake for 2010's batch on July 2009.
References
External links
- Singapore Polytechnic Homepage
- List of Singapore Polytechnic Schools
- Singapore Polytechnic Library (ELISER)
Official School Blogs
- School of the Built Environment Club's Blog
- School of Media and Info-Communications Technology Club's Blog
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