SMU-Master of IT in Business (MITB) Fast Track

The SMU-Master of IT in Business (MITB) Fast Track Programme welcomes promising SMU undergraduates to pursue a Bachelor and Master of IT in Business (MITB) degree concurrently within SMU.

MITB Programmes currently offered:

 

For full MITB course listing and specific track grad requirements, refer to 'MITB2' tab from here [SMU Intranet only].

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Possible financing options for the MITB Programme fees:

• Global Impact Scholarship Award — This scholarship is awarded during SMU Undergraduate admissions.

• SCIS Local Fast Track Scholarships — This scholarship may be offered to Year 2 students with excellent academic qualifications.

• SkillsFuture Funding for Singapore Citizens

• Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) for Singapore Citizens

• Other scholarships managed by MITB — (may be offered if students meet the requirements)

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ADMISSIONS PROCESSES

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1A. Entering Students

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Students should apply via the undergraduate admissions process for the Bachelor Programme first (recommended that you apply for BSc (Information Systems), BSc (Computer Science) or BSc (Computing and Law) programme). You can find information about applying for admission to SMU here.

Other pre-requisites, please refer to MITB Fast Track Admission Matters (Pre-requisites) below.

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1B. Current Students

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Second-year students (preferably from our school) and has attained a cumulative GPA of ≥ 3.40* are welcome to apply for the MITB Programme here at end of Year 2.

You should aim to commence the MITB Programme latest by Year 4 Term 2.#

Other pre-requisites, please refer to MITB Fast Track Admission Matters (Pre-requisites) below.

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2. MITB fast track Admissions Matters

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Fees

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• Please refer to the MITB fees schedule here

• Please note that the $100 application fee will be waived for Global Impact Scholars and SCIS Local Fast Track Scholars. Scholars can submit their applications as per normal and skip application fee payment by selecting “other payment mode” option at the application fee payment page

• For self-funded students, you will be eligible for the following discounts:

  • SMU Alumni: 10% off the total tuition fees OR
  • AI Talent Development Grant: S$9K (ONLY IF applying for MITB-AI track and are Singapore Citizens)

In addition, students with excellent academic results may be offered a MITB Scholarship.

• For undergraduate scholarship recipients, please email to scis_ugrad@smu.edu.sg to check. Recipient(s) of Global Impact Scholarship Award will also have to inform Centre for Scholars’ Development (CSD).

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Pre-requisites

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• It is recommended that students intending to apply for the MITB Programme under fast track are enrolled in BSc (Information Systems) or BSc (Computer Science) or BSc (Computing and Law) Programme.

• Global Impact Scholars with Information Systems as a 2nd major may be considered on a case-by-case basis during the MITB Programme application.

  • Otherwise, you will need to show coding artefact (if you choose MITB-AI track), or be analytical and mathematically inclined (if you choose MITB-Analytics track).

• Cumulative GPA required: ≥ 3.60 (for recipients of the Global Impact Scholarship Award) or ≥ 3.40 (for all other students).

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3. MITB Fast Track Programme matters

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MITB course exemptions

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• Students can choose to transfer up to 4 CUs from undergraduate programmes to MITB (course exemption), so remaining CUs for MITB Programme is minimum 11*.

• Pre-requisite for course exemptions = Minimum B (and with Cumulative GPA ≥ 3.0) for each course to be exempted

*For relevant undergraduate to MITB mapped courses, please refer to MITB1 tab from here [SMU Intranet only].

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MITB Fast Track Routes

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• Integrated (i.e. do MITB concurrently with undergraduate programme) and students can start applying for MITB Programme at the end of undergraduate Year 2 (latest before Year 4 Term 1).
  
  This applies to:

  • Students who are self-funding the MITB Programme
  • Recipients of the Global Impact Scholarship Award or SCIS Local Fast Track Scholarship

 

• Sequential (i.e. do MITB after undergraduate graduation) and students should apply within 5 years of graduating from undergraduate programmes.
  
  This is applicable only to:

  • Recipients of Global Impact Scholarship Award

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TIMELINE OPTIONS AT-A-GLANCE

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MITB course delivery

• Full-time candidature (12 months) or Part-time candidature (24 months).
• All MITB courses are run in the evenings during weekdays (7 p.m. to 10:30 .p.m.), and Saturdays’ mornings (9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and afternoons (1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.).