Graduate Certificate in Advanced Maritime Technologies

The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Maritime Technologies at NUS uses project-based experiential learning, in which students tackle real business problems in a chosen technical domain. Students are placed in an industrial setting and apply theory and practical skills to complicated challenges, which encourages active learning and builds analytical thinking, planning and time management. The curriculum is a single project course, coded CDE5000 and combining an industrial project with an attachment, worth eight units. Candidates need a GPA of at least 2.5 out of 5. Normal duration is six months for full-time students and twelve months for part-time students, with maximum durations of twelve and twenty-four months. There is no lecture attendance requirement, and assessment combines a mid-term report, a final report and an oral presentation. The certificate can be stacked towards relevant master's programmes with departmental approval. The full tuition fee is SGD 11,600 before GST. Intakes are in August and January.