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Singapore Polytechnic
新加坡理工學院
Image:Singapore_Polytechnic_Logo.jpg‎
Motto:SP CORE
Established:1954
Type:Public
Principal:Mr Tan Hang Cheong
Staff:About 1500
Students:14,417 (Fulltime, as of 2007)
Location:Dover, Singapore
Campus:38 Hectares
Website:www.sp.edu.sg
Location of SP
Location of SP

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As of 2008, more than 130,000 students have graduated from Singapore Polytechnic.

Contents

Mission & Vision

Mission

"Our mission is to educate our students and to train them to excel in work and in life. "

Vision

"We aspire to be a world-class institution. Our graduates will be highly competent, innovative and versatile, imbued with sound values and committed to life long learning. "

Corporate goals

Core Values

The core values of the school are represented by the acronym, SP CORE, which stands for:

Academic Schools and Departments

Singapore Polytechnic has 8 academic schools and 3 academic departments:

School of the Built Environment (BE)

The School of the Built Environment comprises the divisions of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering.

The School provides student-centred learning and broad-based training to train graduates who are creative, innovative and enterprising.

These competent, versatile and skilled graduates are then able to meet the challenges in the industry and professions by assisting architects, event managers, landscape architects, builders, quantity surveyors, property and facilities managers, or civil and structural engineers at the middle management.

The School offers the following six full-time diploma courses:

School of Business (SB)

School of Business
School of Business

The School of Business started with a humble beginning with just 280 students and less than 30 lecturers in 1986. The change in name from Department of Business Administration to the School of Business in this new millennium is significant. The new name more accurately reflects what we have become today.

Full Time Diploma


Part-time Diplomas

Part-time Advanced Diploma

Specialist Diploma

School of Chemical & Life Sciences (CLS)

School of Chemical & Life Sciences
School of Chemical & Life Sciences

School of Design (SD)

School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)

School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

School of Media & Infocommunication Technology (MIT)

School of Media & Infocommunication Technology
School of Media & Infocommunication Technology

Notes: Previous abbreviation ICT

School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (MM)

Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA)

Department of Educational & Staff Development

The mission of the Educational & Staff Development Department (ESDD) is to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in Singapore Polytechnic. It provides expertise for the professional development of academic staff and assists academic schools and departments in developing strategies to enhance the quality of teaching and learning.

The department's key functions include encouraging and leading educational innovations and initiatives, providing consultancy in the areas of curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment, applying educational research to enhance teaching and learning, promoting e-learning and notebook PC pedagogy, promoting pedagogically sound applications of educational technology to teaching and learning, and providing services to support audio/video production and e-learning content creation.

School of Communication, Arts and Social Sciences (CASS)

CASS offers an excellent programme that is specially designed to achieve an optimum blend of academic and vocational education and training to prepare our students for fulfilling careers and further education in fields related to communication, arts and social sciences.

Department of Mathematics & Science

Facilities

Sports[1]

A full field stadium
A Swimming Complex
8 Tennis Courts
6 Badminton Courts
2 Gyms
A Table Tennis Court

Awards and Certifications

The Polytechnic has been awarded the prestigious Singapore Quality Class as well as the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications. A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual Education of young men (see Gymnasium Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) It has also been honoured with the Singapore Public Service Award for Organisational Excellence and the People Developer and Family Friendly Awards.

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Singapore Polytechnic - Sports Facilities

External links

Official School Blogs

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