Temasek Informatics & IT School - Frequently Asked Questions

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1. What is this course about?

This course equips you with the knowledge of e-business processes and technical skills to harness the power of the latest technologies including the Internet, E-commerce, Web-Services and M-commerce.

2. What are the entry requirements?

Minimum Entry Requirements

5 GCE 'O' Level subjects including:

English Language (EL1)*	Grades 1 - 7
Mathematics (E or A)	Grades 1 - 6
Any two other subjects, excluding CCA	Grades 1 - 6
Any one other subject, excluding CCA	-

To be eligible for selection, you must have sat for at least one of the following subjects:
Additional Science, Additional Combined Science, Chemistry, Combined Science, Design & Technology, Engineering Science, Integrated Science, Physics, Physical Science, Science (Chemistry, Biology), Science (Physics, Biology), Science (Physics, Chemistry), Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology).

*SPM/UEC holders must have a minimum of grade 6 for their Bahasa Inggeris (Paper 122/Paper 322)/ Communication English or English Language (for UEC holders).

3 What are the areas of specialization?

We will prepare you to effectively lead, define, design and implement business improvement projects in the banking, finance, trade and logistics, sales and marketing, and technopreneurship sectors.

4. What are the career opportunities?

As the knowledge and skills acquired in this course are high demand in the infocomm industry, graduates are expect wide and promising career choices in areas such as software solution design, software tool, component and product development, and Research & Development. Some possible job positions are:

E-commerce Application Developer
Enterprise Application Developer
Information Systems Officer
systems Analyst
Software Engineer
Game Developers

5. What are the relevant further education courses?

Graduates from our diploma may be granted between 1-2 years of exemption by overseas universities for relevant degree programmes depending on academic performance.

Universities in Australia includes:

Bond University, Central
Queensland University
Edith Cowan University
Deakin University, Griffith University
La Trobe University
Monash University
Murdoch University
RMIT University
University of Canberra
James Cook University
University of Melbourne
University of Newcastle
University of Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
University of South Australia
University of Southern Queensland
Swinburne University of Technology
University of Tasmania
University of Technology Sydney
University of Western Australia
University of Western Sydney
University of Wollongong

Universities in UK include:

Coventry University
Heriot-Watt University
University of Essex
University of Manchester
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Universities in USA include:

University of Minnesota

Universities in Singapore include:

Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
Singapore Management University.

6. How do employers feel about this course?

"We have been engaging Diploma in IT students as interns to assist in system development for several years now. These students have been eager to learn, resourceful and creative. In fact, we employed some of them after they graduated and are pleased with their ability to meet the challenges of the IT industry"

Dr .Foong Wai Keong
President & CEO
Ecquaria Technologies Pte Ltd

"TP's Information Technology graduates are software professionals well-equipped in the fundamentals of IT and systems application development. Temasek Info Tech School has a good track record and its graduates are quick to fit into a job in the industry. The strong industry orientation is the hallmark of the course."

Mr. Goh Kiat Soon
General Manager
Outsourcing Unit
Singapore Computer Systems Pte Ltd