Universities - Singapore

More S’pore university, polytechnic graduates land jobs by the one-year mark after leaving school

The six autonomous universities had said in a statement that based on past cohorts, employment rates improve beyond the six-month mark.

54% of S’pore residents pursued a publicly funded university degree over their lifetime: 2025 data

About 44% came from fresh school leavers who entered full-time degree programmes. Around 10% were adult learners, who mostly enrolled in part-time undergraduate programmes.

Fuss over AI detectors in university assessments is unnecessary

Singapore Management University students present their projects and take questions from peers and instructors during an assessment component.

Fixing the ‘bottom rung’: S’pore fresh grads urged to use, critique AI to get a leg-up in employment

To help students build more sustained and in-depth work experience, placements for longer internships and workplace attachments have also gained traction.

Gain work experience only after graduation? It may be too late

The paradox of the AI era is this: if AI absorbs all the entry-level tasks, how do young professionals acquire the deep domain expertise needed to become the leaders of tomorrow?

How Singapore universities are preparing undergraduates for work

Muhammad Irfan Djuanda, 25, attended career fairs in his second year of university when he was searching for internships.

What it takes for fresh grads to land a job

(From left) Fresh graduates Gan Yi Lin, Muhammad Naufal Nasran, and Muhammad Irfan Djuanda.

NUS president Tan Eng Chye to step down end-2027, search for successor begins

NUS president Tan Eng Chye with students and colleagues at Supernova 2026.

Year-long internships to be given to 3,000 tertiary students to counter AI threat to entry-level jobs

The internships will be available to students in ITE, polytechnics, and universities.

What do an engineer, a physician and a historian have in common?

For a multidisciplinary team to work well, its members must understand one another, say the writers.

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