Hayley Pham Class of 2005 Sembcorp Utilities Scholarship First Class Honours, Imperial College

Hayley has achieved what many dream about – a First Class Honours from a prestigious university. In 2007, she graduated with First Class Honours in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Imperial College, UK.

“It was tough going, as there were as many as 11 modules to juggle with many projects. But I’m influenced by the Singaporean spirit of excelling in whatever we do…so I set my heart and mind to do well. Plus, my lecturers and friends at NYP showed a lot of faith in me, and I simply couldn’t let them down!” said Hayley, who hails from Vietnam.

She first joined NYP to take up the Diploma in Electronics, Computer & Communications Engineering in 2001. After graduating in 2004, Hayley worked as a Development Technologist at NYP to gain work experience, before attaining a scholarship to further her studies in the UK in 2005.

Despite her hectic schedule, Hayley enjoyed her studies. “I feel fortunate to have done both a diploma and a degree. The diploma gave me a strong engineering foundation, and the nature of the NYP diploma is that it is very practical, which helped me, especially in projects. And the degree has allowed me to gain an in-depth study of the various fields of Electrical and Electronics engineering,” said Hayley, who is now working as a senior executive in the energy business development field.

Stanley Lim Wee Tong Class of 2003 First Class Honours, Nanyang Technological University

Pursue your desire, dreams and goals and you will have no regrets.

Stanley has graduated with First Class Honours in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in 2009.

His advice to the 'O' level students would be to pursue what you really desire and have interest in. As long as you have the passion and drive, no matter which areas of studies you choose, you will definitely excel and succeed beyond your imagination.

Back in 1999, after the completion of his ‘O’ Levels, he entered Nanyang Junior College under the “first 3 months” programme. Afterall, JC education is probably the usual path that students would take prior to university education. "My results were good enough to stay in NYJC or to transfer to AJC. However,I chose to enter the Polytechnic. I knew what I wanted in life and JC education may somewhat be too generic for that." said Stanley

Since young,he always had the desire to innovate and create new things to contribute to mankind through engineering and technology. He knew that he needed a strong foundation to achieve that. So after browsing through the curriculum of courses offered in the then four main polytechnics, indubitably,he knew ECC would be the course. Since then, he never looked back, and indeed he is grateful that he has made a critical choice that he never regret.

Last updated on 10 Nov 2009 by Jessie Goh