Engineering Doctorate Programme to Meet Industry Needs

Engineering Doctorate Programme to Meet Industry Needs

Championed by:

Fellow Hang Chang Chieh

Executive Director, Institute for Engineering Leadership, National University of Singapore

The proposal calls for research-intensive Singapore universities to introduce the Engineering Doctorate degree programmme that will produce industry-ready postgraduates at the doctoral level. Championed by Professor Hang Chang Chieh, the proposal is envisaged to improve the employability of engineers, enhance high quality collaboration between industry and academia and complement the existing PhD programmes to educate and train advanced engineering manpower for Singapore’s industry, creating a competitive advantage for Singapore and attracting more bright Singaporeans into an engineering career. The proposal was adopted by the Academy and sent to the local engineering universities in July 2015 for comments and support to introduce the degree programme in their universities.