Career Prospects
What can I do upon graduation?
As a Quality Professional, you could be involved in
- Reviewing daily quality inspection results
- Driving continuous improvement actions with production department
- Handling customer or supplier related non-conformance matters
- Lead or support the analysis and validate corrective/preventive action
- Conduct regular internal audits for procedural/process compliance
- Document and implement any QA related procedures/instructions
What Can I do upon graduation?
You can start work as a QA Assistant Engineer. You could then be involved in
- First Article Inspection
- Initial Process Capability Studies
- Carrying out Failure Analysis
- Taking up Continuous Improvement Projects
Prospects are good and you could be promoted to become QA Engineer, QA Manager and eventually QA Director.
What can I do upon graduation?
You can also work as a Failure Analysis/Reliability Engineering Assistant. You could then be involved in
- Performing FA jobs
- Track calibration status of measuring equipment
- Perform reliability tests
- Summarizing and interpreting reliability data to help improve product quality
- Tacking key reliability indices
Prospects are good and you could be similarly be promoted to become QA Engineer, QA Manager and eventually QA Director.
What Can I do upon graduation?
If you prefer to work in non-manufacturing environment, your can start work as a Quality Service Executive. You could then be involved in
- Documentation development
- Establishing quality standards
- Assisting in the launch and maintenance of quality systems
- Conducting internal quality audit activities
- Leading Continuous Improvement Projects
Career Choice
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Local Universities
National University of Singapore
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Graduates can seek admission into National University of Singapore for the following courses
Mechanical Engineering ( with advanced standing )
Business Administration
Arts & Social Science
Bachelor of Technology (part-time)
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
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Graduates can seek admission into Nanyang Technological University for the following courses
Mechanical & Production Engineering ( Direct Entry into 2nd year )
Materials Engineering ( Direct Entry into 2nd year )
Electrical & Electronic Engineering ( Direct Entry into 2nd year )
Accountacy, Business
Mathematics Science
Science (Education) - NIE
Arts (Education) - NIE
Chinese, English
Psychology, Sociology
Note: Applicants in the top 5% of their cohort ( Diploma with merit / Certification of Merit ) may apply for any courses in NTU, regardless of their diploma.
Singapore Management University (SMU)
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Graduates can also apply for admission into the Singapore Management University (SMU)
The Basic requirements for applicants are: - A polytechnic diploma
- An acceptable foundation in mathematics (at least a C6 grade in Additional Mathematics for GCE O-Level or equivalent)
- A personal interview (this includes writing a short essay prior to the interview) for short listed applicants)
Note: Applicants with good results in their polytechnic diplomas will be considered for Advanced Standing at SMU. Students with Advanced Standing may be granted exemptions of up to 5 courses.
Overseas Universities
Overseas universities - Business Courses
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Some other Universities that have granted advanced standing and credit exemptions are
Bachelor of Commerce
University of Queensland ( with advanced standing )
Murdoch University ( with advanced standing )
Deakin University ( with advanced standing )
Bachelor of Science ( Management )
University of London ( with advanced standing )
Bachelor of Business ( Business Administration )
RMIT ( with credit exemptions )
Overseas universities - Engineering Courses
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Some other Universities that have granted advanced standing and credit exemptions to QME graduates are
Bachelor of Engineering ( Mechanical Engineering )
University of Birmingham ( Direct entry into second year )
University of Manchester ( Direct entry into second year ) Bachelor of Engineering ( Telecommunication Engineering )
University of New South Wales ( Direct entry into second year )
Bachelor of Engineering
University of Western Sydney ( With advanced standing )