SIT graduate Muhammad Tirmidzi Mohamed Harun, 29, now works as an executive engineer with SMRT, where he did his internship.
With so much interest from companies, the 2,500 SIT students going on internship every year have on average three positions to choose from. SIT president Chua Kee Chaing is heartened that the longer and more substantive work attachments have translated into good job prospects for the university’s graduates.
By the end of their internship, students are encouraged to identify a problem in their companies which they can use as a case study for their final-year project and come up with solutions. Partner companies, including Weston Robot and STMicroelectronics, say they support the programme because students gain strong grounding in applicable theory in a real work environment, which enhances their job-readiness.