Introduction
What does it take to make Gwen Stefani’s concert here a roaring success? What makes the IMF meetings successful? Ever wanted to be part of the team responsible for mega concerts like Live Earth and WOMAD?
Now you can, with the Diploma in Audio-visual Technology! Learn skills to meet the demand for state-of-art stage, lighting & recording equipment and audio-visual systems, and enter the entertainment and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) industries as an audio-technologist or an audio-video technical professional. Your education will allow you to support world-class facilities like the Integrated Resorts (IR) and Esplanade. You might even be able to design the next iPod or Wii!
Our three-year course trains you in video-conferencing and streaming, live performance system integration and management, stage lighting, live sound control and digital media applications. Our new laboratories have up-to-date facilities and equipment so you can be trained in the latest media technology including top-end hi-fi sound and stage equipment. A strong emphasis on hands-on training allows you to go on an optional attachment with leading players like Esplanade and MediaCorp as early as your first year.
Get the best of a well-balanced curriculum covering theoretical, practical and artistic education, with one diploma! Supporting studies are offered in the electrical, electronics and computing disciplines, as well as skills like entrepreneurship, communication and innovation.
Choose between a design project or a six-month full-time industrial attachment in your final year. Both programmes are platforms that will allow you to express your passion and ideas; and promote innovative thinking, adaptability and independent learning.
Career Prospects
Work as an audio-visual technologist or an audio-video technical professional. Upon graduation, your audio-visual expertise could well land you a job in the MICE, arts and entertainment, audio video consumer electronics or broadcast and multimedia industries. Your potential employers are the Esplanade, MediaCorp, Singapore Association of Convention & Exhibition Organisers & Suppliers, event production companies such as TheShowCompany, Philips, Pioneer, JVC Fujitsu… not to mention exciting careers in world-class hotels, integrated resorts, audio-video consultancy services, equipment supply, advertising, education and theme parks.
Accreditation for Further Studies
The diploma will open doors for you, allowing you to pursue further education in local and overseas universities. Specialised degree programmes on audio-visual, broadcast or digital media technology will help you go further in your career. Supporting studies in electrical, electronic and computer engineering will allow you to enter such degree courses.
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Plug into the entertainment, MICE and IR industries as audiovisual technologists or audio-video professionals |
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Work attachments with leading players like Esplanade and MediaCorp, as early as your first year in the course |
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Combines technology and arts & entertainment education for the best of both worlds |
Contact Us
Mr Chan Khin Choong, Vinnie
Electrical Engineering Division
Blk 23, Level 05-06
Tel: 6460 6963
Fax : 6467 6504
Email: ckc2@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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