OUR MISSION
To produce PhD graduates with expertise at the intersection of IT and business for R&D units and applied academic institutions. To establish SCIS as a distinct research and teaching school in Asia that attracts high-calibre professors, and influences academic research and industry practices.
OUR GOAL
To develop researchers/educators who address deep technology challenges in real information systems that impact business processes or management, or who develop tools and methodologies to translate business goals to technology solutions. Our PhD graduates will be capable of collaborating with faculty members from different research areas, designing technology solutions for real-world problems and applications, while still producing top-rate academic publications.
Industrial Postgraduate Programme
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EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF OUR GRADUATES
R&D UNITS
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
INDUSTRY
START-UPS
Our graduates have gone on to secure job placements like Google, Twitter, A*Star, etc.
POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PROGRAMME
LIVING ANALYTICS RESEARCH CENTER STUDY & RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The Living Analytics Research Center (LARC) is a collaboration between our University and the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Our PhD Students enjoy the opportunity to conduct their dissertation research at LARC, working on exciting, real problems and collaborating with leading researchers.
LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (IIE)
SMU's Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship will work with you in transitioning your technology innovation or a business model innovation into a commercial for profit company. Enrol in their workshops taught by serial entrepreneurs and acquire the skills required to translate your technology innovation into a business. Work with their Sandbox manager to explore the appropriate grants that can help you build a prototype of your innovation. Their Innovation manager can link you to Entrepreneurs-in-residence and business mentors who will work shoulder to shoulder with you in creating a company using your PhD research results. Benefit from their Entrepreneurs corner and Affiliates corner to develop networks that can help you achieve your entrepreneurial dreams.
FUJITSU-SMU URBAN COMPUTING & ENGINEERING (UNiCEN) CORP. LAB STUDY & RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The Fujitsu-SMU Urban Computing & Engineering Corp Lab is funded by National Research Foundation and Fujitsu Ltd, and is part of the Centre of Excellence collaboration between A*STAR, Fujitsu and SMU.
At the lab, students will be involved in our lab’s exciting industry-relevant R&Ds on combining human behavior and management approaches with computational capability to create intelligent systems for urban dynamics and decisions. Students will also have the opportunity to engage with targeted industry players to design and implement working prototypes.
SECURE MOBILE CENTRE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF), the Secure Mobile Centre (SMC) studies technologies and solutions to secure different layers of mobile computing systems (ranging from mobile platforms, mobile applications, to mobile Internet services) via implementation of a holistic and end-to-end approach. At SMC, PhD students get opportunities to not only create state-of-the-art mobile computing security technologies, but also evaluate the scalability and usability of these technologies through collaborations with public and private sectors to conduct experiments in real world settings.
Last updated on 30 Apr 2021 .