The School of Information Technology (SIT) offers diploma courses in Information Technology, Engineering Informatics, Business Informatics, Multimedia & Infocomm Technology and Business Enterprise IT to meet the diverse and growing need for IT professionals in every sector of the economy.

Students will find themselves in an environment that emphasises an innovative mindset, enterprising spirit, up-to-date technologies, and industry-honed experiences. Through real-life projects, students work as a team to integrate different technologies and domain knowledge.  Students will have opportunities to undergo local industrial attachment or overseas placement programme to gain relevant work experience, industry exposure and a global mindset.

The School’s Centre for IT Innovation (CITI) is a platform for collaboration with leading IT companies, with staff and students working on projects to provide solutions and services to the industry. In the process, they gained insights into technology developments and industry needs. As part of its capability developments, NYP partners with technology leaders such as IBM, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Oracle, SAP and ILOG to spearhead the development of technologies in the areas of web services, enterprise solutions, RFID integration, mobility solutions, business rules solutions, IP convergence and grid computing. NYP collaborates with industry-wide organisations such as Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) to set up the Service Oriented Architecture Centre, and RosettaNet to set up a global Centre for e-business process standards to drive industry-wide adoption of new technologies and standards. CITI enables SIT to develop its capabilities in areas like XML, web services, Web2.0 computing, IP convergence, wireless communications and networking, mobile computing, business rules solutions and digital entertainment technologies.

Learning at SIT is supported by a multi-vendor, open system computing environment linked through a high speed gigabit network and equipped with the latest software suites. Individual internet access and computing facilities ranging from high-end servers and graphic workstations to multimedia PCs and mobile devices make it easy for students to take on self-directed e-learning as well as collaborative learning.

SIT students are motivated to realise their aspirations through the broad-based training and choice of specialisations. They have excelled in prestigious local and international IT competitions such as the World Skills Competition. SIT graduates are highly regarded by industry as knowledgeable, well-rounded and versatile professionals. They are also readily accepted for further studies at renowned local and overseas universities.

Last updated on 30 Apr 2008 by Teo Lay Tin