Introduction
The Diploma in Business Information Technology (BIT) is about “smart business”. Businesses today thrive not only on selling the right product and providing the right service, but more on doing these smartly to give them an advantage on the competition.
The BIT diploma offers a powerful integration of business and IT training that is grounded in the realities of the industry and marketplace. Students learn the best of business and innovative IT in a premier business school that takes a practical approach to teaching and learning.
Increasingly, businesses, from pure-plays such as e-Bay, Google and YouTube, to mega
corporations such as McDonald’s and PSA, including small/medium enterprises rely heavily
on Information Technology such as the web, databases, business financials and business
intelligence to drive their operations towards greater growth.
The right use of IT can transform businesses, realise opportunities, raise service quality
and propel an organisation into the global market.
You can become a successful and highly adaptable business professional – a change
agent who will lead businesses in competing and growing intelligently through the innovative
use of IT.
As a BIT graduate, you will gain from:
Balanced blend of business & IT modules
- Learn from the best business and IT practices
- Work on an integrated project to deliver IT-driven business solutions
Innovative teaching methods
- Problem-based learning to bring out creative business solutions to real-life corporate scenarios
- Service-learning to build confidence through community service projects
- Exposure to learning tools such as e-games, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, wikis, forums, chats and virtual worlds
Tech-savvy
- Confidence in harnessing IT for strategic business goals
- Attachment programmes of about 6 months with leading local and global corporations like ABB Industry, Abacus Travel Systems, ECS Computers (Asia), SAP (Asia), Ernst & Young (Singapore) and Volkswagen Group
- Global exposure with visits to international and local IT-empowered organisations
Career Prospects
The future of Singapore’s businesses and IT industries holds much promise with the establishment of the infocomminfrastructure envisioned in Singapore’s Intelligent Nation 2015 plans. You will find employment in business process outsourcing, e-business consulting and management, information audit and risk management, business analysis and intelligence, knowledge management, integrated enterprise systems, technopreneurship and web services.
Accreditation for Further Studies
Your Diploma is accredited with local universities such as National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and overseas universities like University of Melbourne, Monash University (Australia), Queen’s University Belfast and Queen Mary’s College, University of London (UK). You will be granted exemptions where appropriate. Many universities in Australia and UK grant at least one year’s exemption to our graduates.
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Balanced and broad based coverage of business and IT |
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Integrated project work with industry partners to deliver IT-driven business solutions |
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Six-month attachment programme with leading IT-empowered organisations |
Contact us
School of Business & Accountancy
535 Clementi Road
Singapore 599489
Tel: 6 4608324
Fax: 6 4673474
Email: sch-ba@np.edu.sg
Academic Manager
Mr. Lim Shee Chee
E-mail: lsc22@np.edu.sg
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Toll free: 1800-4607333 (admission to full-time courses)
General enquiries: 6466 6555
Fax: 6468 3207
Website: www.np.edu.sg
Email: JoinNP@np.edu.sg
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