Education

Nanyang Technological University (NTU): Business

Category Business, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, Undergraduate
Tags Business, Nanyang Technological University, NTU

We offer two 3-year direct honours undergraduate degree programmes, the Bachelor of Accountancy and the Bachelor of Business. What is most appealing to you would be the other course options that go with your first degree, from second majors taken here at NBS to minor programmes offered by other schools in NTU. In addition, for students with an appetite for two degrees, we also offer double degree programmes, namely, Double Degree in Accountancy & Business (new!) and Double Degree in Business & Computing to meet your personal interests and career aspirations.

Our rigorous and relevant curriculum balances conceptual knowledge with practical and applied elements. To keep abreast with the rapidly changing economic and business landscape, the curriculum of the respective majors is carefully designed and constantly revised to meet the demands and requirements of industry. Our discipline and various major options tailor our graduates for many jobs in different industries and professions such as Banking, Insurance, IT, Accounting, Taxation, Auditing, Human Resources Consulting, Marketing, Actuarial Science, etc. In short, we offer students a wide range of majors, an array unparalleled anywhere else around this region.

Our Business programme offers a unique range of majors for students to pursue an in-depth training in a business discipline according to their aptitude and interest. The Actuarial Science programme is one that is unique in the region, recognised by the Institute of Actuaries in UK and the Society of Actuaries. Our Banking & Finance programme, which closely follows the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) curriculum, promises a high degree of industry relevance. Our Human Resource Consulting specialisation is created to develop students as HR consulting professionals for the effective management of human capital. The Information Technology programme prepares graduates who can effectively bridge the gap between technologists and business managers. Designed by a team of internationally diversified faculty with rich industry experience, our Marketing programme is crafted to include a strong global and Asian focus.

Among the top undergraduate Business programme in Asia, our Bachelor of Business is a rigorous and broad-based three-year accelerated honours programme. Widely-known for its professional orientation and innovative curriculum, the programme offers six cutting-edge and industry-relevant majors that are continuously updated through interactions and consultation with leading professional bodies such as the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute, the UK Institutes of Actuaries, the Singapore Tourism Board, and the Singapore Computer Society.

Our graduates are sought-after by the best employers for their ability to apply knowledge, think analytically and creatively, communicate confidently, and work effectively in teams as members and leaders. These capabilities are developed through a rigorous curriculum that emphasizes team-based projects, presentations, business simulations, integrative case studies, real-world projects and hands-on experience with leading industry applications. These capabilities are further developed through student activities such as participating in industry and international competitions and conferences and organising professional and social events that benefit other students.

Find your best match of a discipline major to undertake according to your different aptitudes and interests:

Actuarial Science
The first of its kind in Asia since 1991. Our students who successfully complete the requirements of this programme can qualify for up to nine exemptions from the Level 1 examinations of the Institute of Actuaries in U.K. This major is popular with students who have strong aptitude and interest in mathematics.

Banking and Finance
Offers the largest range of courses taught by Finance faculty who are ranked top in ASEAN and third in the Asia-Pacific region. Students can choose to focus on any of these 3 tracks: Corporate and Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Asset Management. The programme is also recognised as a CFA Programme Partner, giving our graduates a head-start in their preparation for the CFA qualification.

Human Resource Consulting
The only Human Resource Consulting major in the Asia-Pacific region that prepares graduates for the strategic role of developing the organisation’s human resource for competitive advantage. Some cutting-edge courses include Strategic HR & Consulting, HR Metrics and Learning & Performance Development.

Information Technology
With a state-of-the-art curriculum that combines IT competency with business domain knowledge, this unique program produces IT-savvy professionals who are much sought after by banks, consultancy firms, and IT vendors. Taught by the top Business-IT faculty in Asia, this highly-interactive programme also incorporate hands-on learning with SAP, Oracle and Sun applications. A NBS-Singapore Computer Society Student Chapter also allows for professional networking and mentoring.

Marketing
The curriculum has a strong global perspective and a very practical orientation. It is a highly interactive programme, with emphasis on thinking skills, imagination and creativity. The programme focuses on International Marketing, with courses in International Business, Cross-Cultural Buyer Behaviour and Global Market Strategy. Our students go on to find jobs in virtually every industry.

Tourism and Hospitality Management
Designed in collaboration with the Cornell-Nanyang Institute, the Singapore Tourism Board and major industry players, this major prepares students for the high growth tourism and hospitality industry. The innovative courses that build broad competencies include Economics of Tourism, Electronic Distribution, Revenue Management, and International Tourism & Hospitality Development.

Learning from the best professors in the business, exposure to constantly up-to-date curriculum and teaching pedagogy approaches, coupled with flexibility to encourage students to pursue exciting options such as overseas exchange, university minors, second majors, applied research projects and dovetailed with a compulsory internship stint, our graduates are guaranteed to perform well in the ever-demanding and challenging new global economy.