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Tourism Academy @SentosaLocr.tcd on thE

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venlional teaing is conducled. and husines. olltlet in Srosa whic' become practical training grotfor students to apply what they have learnedwww.iouri.smacadem}:edu.sg

Tema:ek PolytechnicEstabli hed inAp_ il 1990. Tem·-ase].; Polytechnic.(TP) is a signifj·cantcontribmorto Fr-:_!,~"'~~"ri=~~~,--the field of para. . T-

pl'Ofes. iOllal edu·cation in Singa­pore. Sjmaled in J'N"I'NNUNnOI'

the eaut of the islmrd. TP currently offer 4,) j

time tlu'ee-year diploma cour es in the areaapplied sciences. business, desi)5n, engineer11lunanilies and social sciences, and informaand IT to 2J'otmd 15,00U stUdents. it also 0:over 40 part·time cou! ses up to the i\dvanDiploma level. TP has also coUaborated withSentosa Le:sltre Group to establish the TourAcademy ~ Sento a.www.tp.e.du.sgl

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"'" "-",.,.~, "'"."""'''''1'10'' in SingapFOtU1ded in 1964 as a membership societ);SIM Group now comnrises four core serviSIM Universi~ (UniSIM) is Singapore's firstvate university dedicated to p'O iding upging opportunities for adult learners and hClUTent enrolment of about 6,5UO s ude;lts. :Global Education offers high quality acadeprogrammes through its parmerships witttablishcd international tmive sities and iltunons from tile US. UK, Australia and Switland. S]}I MembeLhip proVides an effecnexus fo I embel'S to network and exchanglsights and idea through work hops, tall,scompany visits.sim.edu.sgisimlpub/gen!sim..j)ub,.gen !wme.

Tisch School of the Arts (Tisch) (USA)Tisch :rom. ew York University established itflrst-eve:' branch .campus in Singapo[t! in 2007.The Tisch School of the Arts A ia campus of·fers an inren. '\,P three-year Ma teL in Fine·A:t in film production. Tili is the fIrst time.NYU is oilering a degree independently out·sid" New York and it 's envisaged that the cam­pus will enrol some 250 student- iII Sin apore.The cour es will be [aughT by Tisch's faculty atNew Yurk in residence 0 . the S:ncapore cam-

Raffles Design Institute. I The Raffle De·

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, ,,.:-.~ ,I.' , design disci--.N',.NN"'I'N.".,..,..NI''''''.,J pJines of Fash.ion. Lllte ior. Digital Media, Product and Jew·ellery De ign and Visual Communication(Grapl ic Design). The curricultun is designed·0 be an incubation hub to develop creative pro­fessionals and entreprenems. State-of· the-arttechnology applicatio 18 and exposurp. to workwitj indll:'try professionals align mdentwith current indu try practice.

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University of Nevada, las Vegas'W.illiam F. Harrah College of HotelAdministration (USA)UNL ha_ set upits :1rst intel'lla- :tional campus inS:ngapore. The'Wil:im 1 F. Ha:" .rah College of '.Hotel AdminL··tratiO:l at UNLV , ,has consistemly .r"'N'UUNIVI'~N"'I'I'''''

been one of thetop ranked ho'pitality prugrilmme in theUnited Stilt",. TmV Singapore offers Bache·lors and Executive Masters courses :n Hospitality. ranagement. as well as professional andcertificate courses tailore'l to meet the needs ofindusll"): The chool also offe.s student a \'0.'

rietrof o\er ea internshj program". includ·ing L.a Vegas based internships.WWlO.lln lv.edu.sg

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TMISThe Tourism Management Institute of Singa·pore ('fM1S) was officially launched on No·vember 16, 2000. It was previously the Centrefor Tourism·Related Studies (CTRS), estab·

S. P. Jain Centre of Management$. P Jain Insti·tute of Man·agement, aleading busi­ness schoolfrom India, has :.,set up its thirdcampus in Sin­gapore. The B·school offers a full time MBA a part-time Ex·ecutive MBA and several other executive train·ing progralilllles from this campus. The Singa·pore campus complements it.- fir t two cam­puses in India and Dubai to prOVide partici·pants with a uniq re learning experjencethrough the pooling of learning from all threecampuses.www.spjain.org

I PSR Academy.. (a~ m.~mber of TUV

."........--0._ ....:;.-__ ~ SUD Gi"oup) has--- -_-.,""".. ~ been leading and

; , ~ educating Singa·~ pore's workforceI for the past 43,

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Singapore's largest education and training in­stitutions, with over 30.000 individuals attend­ing its courses annually. PSB Academy part·ners some the finest universities from Aus­tralia, UK and the US to offer inte nationallyrecognised qualifications. The range of corpo­rate executive programmes has also been thechoice from many MNCs, government agenciesand companies, both in Singapore and the reogion. PSB Academy was one of the first fewproviders to e:;rn the Singapore Qua ity Class(SQC) award for Private Education Organisa·tions (PEOs). It is also CaseTrust accreditedand 1809001:2000 certified.www.psb·academy.edll.sg

faeturingE.lgineering, and the Singapore Mar·itime Academy.www.sp.edu.sg

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Singapore PolytechnicSingapore Polytechnic. the natio l'S first edu­cational fnstitution of it" kind, was set up 'n1954 to train technologists and professionals tosupport the industr'alisation and economic de·velopment of Singapore. Since then, its dovel­opment has paralleled the progress of modern

rhe Massacbusetts Institute of Technology~MIT) (USA) bas collaborated with NUS andNanyang Technological University (NTU) toform the Singapore·MIT Alliance (SMA). SMAhas set a new standard for global engineeringeducation and research and boosted techno-

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Singapore's cosmopolitan ethos, hilin· , prenp.l1rship in.~ual basic education system, global connectiv· , Singapore, SMAity, international education options, pedagogi· ~ conducts gradu·~al approach, industry·relevant education an,d ~ ate research1 safe and friendlv environment has made the ~ and educational:ountry a compelling destination for interna· , programmes intional students 'to live. learn and play. Located ~ advanced engi-in the heart of South·East Asia, the Lion City's ~ neering. Exist·\fast range of educational options provides 'Nt-nrn,/,..,.NNt-NUr' ing pro·world·class education at affordable costs. So, if grammes withyou are interested in pursuing an education NUS and NTU include Advanced Materials forlbroad, why not head to Singapore? Here is a Micro· and Nano·Systems, Chemical andPhar·thumbnail sketch of some of the country's ed· . maceutical Engineering, Computational Engl­ucational institutions neering, Computation and Systems Biology,

and :Yla.llufacturing Systems and Technology.web.mit.edu!sma/

Offering adiverse and distinctive mix of educational services in acosmopolitan and comfortable environment, is acountry less than aflyingtime of six hours away from us in India, says RAI UMRAOPATI RAY

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