Over the years, NYP graduates have performed well in the job market and in further education. Most have gone on to successful careers or set up successful practices or businesses. Industry and universities tell us that our graduates are competent and well-trained technically. They are strong in application and practice, and are adept in project work.

Still, we would want to do more for our students so that they will graduate with enhanced communication and interpersonal skills, with greater confidence to take on leadership roles, and with a better appreciation of and a wider interest in subjects beyond their course of study. This goal aims at developing the all-rounder graduate.

Each year, NYP admits some 5,000 or more full-time diploma students. They bring with them a wide range of abilities, talents and interests. The polytechnic provides ample opportunities for all students to participate in a multitude of co-curricular activities. Most students will be able to find an interest group, a club, or an activity to suit their interests.

However, among every cohort of students, there will be those with special abilities and talents. It is the aim of this goal to provide more space for these students with special talents and passion – be it in academic fields, in the arts, sports, among others – to further develop and raise these talents to higher levels.

Students typically spend 3 years with the Polytechnic before they graduate. It is during this period that they will encounter many situations – from the teaching and learning in the “classroom” to their engagement in student activities on campus, and from their interactions with peers and mentors to the services and support they receive from the Polytechnic – that will shape their memories of being NYP students.

When students join NYP, they can look forward to quality education and training and to receiving a well-recognised diploma at the end of it. It is the aim of this goal to ensure that students will also obtain a good and positive experience – the NYP Experience – at the same time.

NYP welcomes diversity on campus and among our student population. Every year, we attract many international students into our courses. Coming from the region and beyond, they help enrich and add variety and colour to student life in NYP as well as provide an international dimension and a global perspective to the teaching and learning experience.

We will create an environment in which our international students can feel at home. We welcome them into the NYP community and into Singapore society where their different cultures and backgrounds are a source of strength and an opportunity for future networking and connections.

One of NYP’s key tasks is to prepare our students for work and life, and for lifelong learning. We aim to reach out to our prospective students and to provide them with information about the unique education & training opportunities that NYP offers so that they can make considered decisions on a suitable course of study when they leave their secondary school after their “O” Levels.

This goal aims to attract more and high-calibre students who are looking for quality education & training and a satisfying experience that NYP can provide.

AlumniNYP took in its first students in 1992. Over the years, and with each subsequent cohort, more graduates were added to the ranks of our growing alumni. Among them are many successful and influential individuals whose knowledge, experience and network of contacts would be a valuable resource and support for the Polytechnic and for future generations of NYP students. At the same time, the alumni can look forward to further upgrading opportunities, possibilities for collaboration in projects of mutual interests, and participation in social and networking functions organised by the Polytechnic.

The polytechnic is committed to growing this mutually beneficial relationship with the NYP alumni.

Apart from pre-employment training for school leavers, NYP has a crucial role in helping to meet the training and re-training needs of the workforce through various forms of continuing education & training. These include competency-based training for workers, customised courses for industry, upgrading programmes for polytechnic graduates, and professional conversion programmes for those seeking a career switch.

As Singapore’s economic landscape changes and with rapid advances in science and technology, there will always be a continuous need for learning and re-learning. This goal focuses our attention on harnessing our resources to support lifelong learning.

We live in a knowledge-intensive era. Many things we do involve the application and transformation of knowledge into new ideas, new products, new processes, and new services. Moving forward, it is expected of our students and staff to be able to think in new ways, to find novel solutions to problems and to look for better ways of doing things. At the same time, we need to develop a habit of seeking out and creating new opportunities to create value.

This goal aims at fostering and promoting the spirit of innovation and enterprise among students and staff in the polytechnic.

In the course of our engaging in innovation and industry project work, the polytechnic generates many new and novel ideas. Some of these have been patented and many others have found their way into products and solutions for industry. These are the polytechnic’s intellectual properties (IPs) and are a potential source of value waiting to be extracted.

This goal is focused on moving some of our IPs out of the polytechnic into the marketplace.

We live in a small and inter-connected world. Our staff and students need to understand that – as an individual, as a polytechnic, or as a nation – we cannot afford to be insular or expect to function effectively in isolation. Very often, we need to see events and interpret developments from an international – even global – perspective. Our students and staff need to appreciate the differences in practice and to be able to function across different cultures.

As a polytechnic, we too need to understand that we operate in an international arena. Many opportunities exist beyond the shores of Singapore. At the same time, others see many opportunities in Singapore too.