Singapore Poly launches first artificial intelligence diploma for full-time students

SINGAPORE - Students fresh out of secondary school will from April next year be able to take up a full-time diploma programme in applied artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics at Singapore Polytechnic (SP). The polytechnic, which will take up to 80 students in the first batch, will be the first of the five polys here to offer such a programme. Currently, such courses are offered as specialist diploma programmes, which are for existing diploma or degree holders - usually adult learners - to deepen their knowledge and skills. The new diploma course was launched on Friday (Oct 18) during the inaugural SP AI Symposium held at the Concorde Hotel, where there was a showcase of AI-related projects done by students and industry partners. Students enrolled in the programme will learn to apply AI and big data to solve current challenges across industries such as finance, information technology and commerce.