Developed and Awarded by Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore

The 6-month blended programme equips you with foundational management skills and prepares you to enrol in a Diploma programme. This program is suitable for Singaporean and PR individuals who have preference using technology to enhance independent learning at their preferred pace. It has a combination of real-time online delivery and physical face-to-face delivery.

Blended learning is an approach to education that combines online lesson delivery and interaction with traditional face-to-face classroom learning. It requires the physical presence of both the teacher and student, with some elements of student control over time, place, path, or pace.

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Structure

• Lecturers are both academic and industry-based professionals with extensive work experience and expertise in their domain knowledge. 
• Average teacher-student ratio 1:6 - View a list of lecturers’ teaching modules (PDF 87 KB)
• Each module has a 50% classroom delivery and 50% online delivery. This blended mode has 90 hours of lesson delivery in a physical classroom setting and 105 hours of lessons delivered online. Students are required to attend both classroom delivery and online lessons according to the timetable.  

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Assessment & Attendence

• For examinable-based module, the module is assessed through continuous assessment and end-of-term exam.
• For 100% continuous module, the module is assessed through multiple continuous assessments.
• Continuous assessments may include case studies, quizzes, class tests, discussions, presentations, group and individual assignments.
• Students must pass all the modules in the course in order to qualify for progression to the Diploma programmes.

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Requirements to Graduate

To graduate, students must successfully complete and pass all 5 modules. Graduating students will receive a result transcript and the Certificate of Completion from SIM.

Graduating students will be deemed as meeting the academic requirement for entry into the Diploma programmes as follows:

• SIM Diploma in Accounting
• SIM Diploma in Banking and Finance
• SIM Diploma in International Business
• SIM Diploma in Management Studies

Modules

• Study Skills for Effective Learning 
• Introduction to Management 
• Elements of Economics 
• Principles of Accounting and Business Finance 
• Marketing Fundamentals 

View module descriptions (PDF 10.3 KB)

Accepted Entry Qualifications

The following qualifications are accepted: 

• At least 3 GCE ‘O’ level credit passes (Grade 1 to 6); or  
  • Nitec Certificate (Minimum GPA 3.0) in: 
  • Business Services; or 
  • Finance Services; or 
  • Logistics Services; or 
  • Retail Services; or 
  • Travel and Tourism Services; or 
• Higher Nitec Certificate; or  
• Other qualifications will be assessed based on the equivalence to GCE ‘O’ level examinations.

English Language Requirements

• GCE ‘O’ level credit pass (Grade 1 to 6) in English (as a first language); or
• IELTS with an overall score of at least 5.5; or
• TOEFL score of at least 550 (paper-based) plus 4 in the Test of Written English (TWE); or
• SAT1 score of at least 550 (critical reading and writing); or
• Pearson Test of English (PTEA) 42; or
• RMIT English Worldwide (REW) Advanced Level; or
• Pass SIM English Test at Advanced 1 Level; or
• An equivalent English language qualification.

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Programme Fees 

All fees inclusive of prevailing GST.  

• Total: S$3,758.40
• Per module: S$751.68

Fees will be subject to revised GST of 9% from 1 Jan 2024.

Refer to GST Notes under Fees Tab for more information.

GST Notes

•    Fees published are inclusive of current GST of 8%. The parts of fees not invoiced, not paid and where services are not rendered in year 2023 are subject to the new GST rates effective on 1 Jan 2024. Refer to IRAS website here for more details.
•    For invoice generated in 2023 for services to be rendered in 2024, if payment is collected by 2023, 8% GST will apply.
•    For invoice generated in 2023, if the payment is received in 2024 and service is rendered in 2024, 9% GST will apply. Credit note against original invoice and a new invoice bearing 9% GST will be issued.
•    For invoice generated in 2023 and service is rendered in 2023, if payment is collected in 2024 (i.e. late payment), 8% still applies.

Mandatory Fees 

All fees inclusive of prevailing GST.

Application Fee Payable for each application form that is submitted. Fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. The fee will be refunded fully only if the intake does not commence. Unpaid applications will not be processed.

Local applicants: S$97.20 International applicants: S$486 (not inclusive of Student’s Pass application)