Our School offers full-time diploma courses covering a wide array of disciplines — all of which provide our students with a broad based curriculum that opens the doors to flexible career opportunities in Singapore’s new digital economy.  These courses prepare our students to become professionals who will be able to meet the dynamic needs of the industry when they graduate.  We have successfully trained thousands of Engineering diploma holders who have entered the workforce or proceeded to further their studies at university.

The shift towards home-based learning (HBL) arising from the health situation, while posing some unprecedented challenges, has also opened new doors of opportunity and brought some benefits as well.  We have learnt the importance of adapting quickly to changes and embracing technology.  Moving forward, we will adapt ourselves to the evolving situation and strike the best balance between HBL and F2F so as to give our students the best learning experience.  The safety and well-being of our students and staff are of utmost importance to us.

We have also introduced some new initiatives, such as continual education and training (CET) programmes in line with our national SkillsFuture framework, as well as “university pathway programmes” that allow full-time diploma students to take university modules in the final year of their diploma course with us, and get a one-year exemption for selected degree courses at local universities.  Do check our website for more updates on these programmes.

Supporting our academic programmes are our Centres of Excellence, the nerve-centres of research & development in our School.  These Centres ensure that we remain at the forefront of technology, making our School of Engineering a place where opportunities are provided for students to realise their ambitions, where new ideas are born, where innovative projects materialise, and where our collaboration with the industry comes to fruition.

As our student, you can look forward to a holistic and engaging learning experience which will prepare you well for a fulfilling and rewarding career.  We also look forward to working with industry partners to explore opportunities for collaboration.

Best wishes

Song Kwok Yuen (Mr)

Director,

School of Engineering

Temasek Polytechnic

Diploma Brochures

These colourful 4-page brochures give you an insight into each Engineering diploma course, including its core strengths, industry prospects, career opportunities,  the core subjects you will study in each year of the course,  as well as some interesting success stories of past students of the course – all presented with insightful photos. 

Diploma courses

• Aerospace Electronics
• Aerospace Engineering
• Architectural Technology & Building Services
• Aviation Management
• Biomedical Engineering
• Business Process & Systems Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electronics
• Integrated Facility Management
• Mechatronics
   

Common Entry Programmes
 

• Common Engineering Programme

However, in line with Temasek Polytechnic's rebranding exercise in January 2012, the Engineering School logo was subsequently replaced with a generic Temasek Polytechnic logo, to be supplemented with the name "School of Engineering."  However, the tagline "Where the Future Happens" and the key message that the School is forward-looking, technologically advanced, and provides quality education that gives its students a bright future, definitely still hold true.

Twin Engines

In 2002, Temasek Polytechnic School of Engineering launched its Twin Engines, which saw the School moving forward with renewed vigour by focusing on two key areas of emphasis: Project Development & Technical Expertise, and Teaching Excellence.

In line with this, the School established Centres of Excellence called Competency Units”(CU) to spur research & development and to develop areas of expertise so as to keep the School’s training curriculum relevant, and to maintain the use of cutting-edge technology.  In 2008, the Competency Units were re-clustered into Diploma Units” (DU) to better reflect relevant technology areas that are in line with national initiatives and emphases.

Peaks of Excellence

In 2008, the School embarked on a drive to establish and consolidate its niche areas of excellence.  These are in the fields of Aviation & Aerospace, Clean Energy, and Interactive Digital Media (IDM).

Advanced Manufacturing Niche

Advanced Manufacturing, which involves the use of innovative technologies such as robotics, automation, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing to enhance products or processes, is a major focus area in the School of  Engineering.  

Aviation & Aerospace Niche

The School has also established the infrastructure to provide the support and resources for these niche areas.  Collaborating with Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) of Germany, the School set up the LTT Centre,  one of Singapore’s best-equipped aerospace training centres staffed by both the School’s lecturers as well as expert aerospace instructors from Germany.  The Temasek Aviation & Aerospace Centre was then established to complement the LTT Centre in supporting the Temasek Aerospace Programme (Diploma Aerospace Electronics, Diploma in Aerospace Engineering , Diploma Aviation Management & Services) in the School of Engineering. The School of Engineering also tied up with the Singapore Youth Flying Club (SYFC) to provide suitable Aerospace and Aviation students with the opportunity to take flying lessons at SYFC’s flying school as part of their diploma course, leading to a Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL).

In 2012, following a lengthy and thorough auditing of its aerospace training programme and facilities, the School of Engineering was accredited as a SAR-147 Approved Maintenance Training Organisation (AMTO) by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) – becoming the first and only local tertiary institution to have received this accreditation. In effect, employers look up to this accreditation as it guarantees that certain standards have been met and certain modules have been covered during the course, thereby giving aerospace diploma holders from Temasek Polytechnic better recognition and job prospects upon graduation. At the same time, aerospace students get direct credits which they can use for their subsequent Aircraft Maintenance Licence (AML) professional training, thereby shortening their AML apprenticeship by 10 months (compared to aerospace diploma holders from other polytechnics).