Faculty of Engineering

Undergraduate Office

Special Programmes:

Concurrent MSc.(Management) Programme for Engineering Undergraduates

Engineering students who are interested to pursue a higher degree in Business & Management may like to consider doing a Concurrent Master of Science (Management) Programme. 

The NUS Master of Science (Management), MSc(Mgt), consisting of 20 management and leadership modules drawn from the BBA, MBA & PhD curricula, is only available as a concurrent program for eligible current NUS undergraduates.  Students may gain this additional master's degree generally with about one extra year's coursework study and no research requirement.

Applications are welcome anytime, and students are admitted year-round.  There are no application fees or admission quota. Details on application procedure for the concurrent MSc(Mgt) programme can be found at: http://bschool.nus.edu.sg/mscmgt/aboutmsc.htm.

The structure for the concurrent MSc(Mgt) programme is as follows:
 
40-MC Domain Knowledge Requirements (DKR) segment


A student must complete the following 10 modules, or 40 MCs, chosen from modules currently offered in the Minor in Business programme:

1.   4 Level-1000 modules or their equivalents;

2.   4 Level-2000 modules or their equivalents; and

3.   2 Level-3000 modules: 1 module, or its equivalent, from each of 2 different areas out of those available.

 

For details on modules listed under the Minor in Business, please refer to: http://bba.nus.edu/majorminor_minor.html

40-MC MSc Requirements (MSR) segment


A student must complete 40 MCs from the modules below:

1.   at most 2 Level-4000 modules chosen from any offered by the School of Business, or equivalent modules;

2.   at least 3 Level-5000/6000 research-type coursework modules chosen from any offered by the School of Business ; and

3.   at most 5 MBA-type modules chosen from any offered by the School of Business , which had not been covered by the student for the DKR segment.

 

No MSc(Mgt) module taken in NUS can be on the satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Degree
Requirements

BEng(Hons) prog.

MSc(Mgt) prog.

BEng(Hons) + MSc(Mgt)
programme

University level requirements

Total 28 MCs

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Total 12 MCs

GEMs

8 MCs

 

8 MCs

Singapore Studies

4 MCs

 

4 MCs

Breadth

16 MCs

 

Exempted (MSc(Mgt) programme requirements will count towards breadth)

Engineering Programme requirements

Total

120 MCs

 

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Total 106 MCs (16 MCs of common modules map to compulsory common engineering requirements & BEng discipline requirements)

Engineering Modules

(Common Engineering modules, Discipline Core modules, Elective modules, Projects & FYP Thesis)

 

 

106 MCs

 

 

MSc(Mgt) programme requirements

 

Total 80 MCs

Total 64 MCs (16 MCs of common modules map to MSc(Mgt requirements)

Domain Knowledge Requirements

 

40 MCs

28 MCs comprising the following

Ø       All of the following three modules

o FNA1002 Financial Accounting

o MKT1003 Principles of Marketing

o BSP1005 Managerial Economics

Ø      Any three of the Level 2000 modules (or equivalent modules) listed under the MSc programme structure

Ø      One 2000-level module from any of the following areas*

Ø Finance - FNA 3101 or FNA 3102

Ø Management - MNO 3301 or MNO 3303

Ø Marketing - MKT3402

Ø Operations & Supply Chain - DSC3201or DSC 3203

* The area must be different from the one under which the 2000 level module taken by the student under common requirements falls

MSc requirements

 

40 MCs

36 MCs comprising the following

Ø       One 4000-level module from those listed in the MSc(Mgt) programme structure.

Ø       Minimum three research-type (5000 or 6000 level) modules listed in the MSc(Mgt) programme structure.

Ø Maximum five MBA level modules from those listed in the MSc(Mgt) programme structure

Common Modules

 

 

Total 16 MCs

 

 

 

Following two modules:

Ø       BSP 2005 Asia Pacific Business and Society (replaces the 3MC EG2401 Engineering Professionalism)

Ø       MNO 1001 Management and Organisation (replaces the 3MC HR2002 Understanding Human Relations in the New Economy)

Two modules from DDP's Table E subject to the following conditions:

Ø       at least one 4000 level modules and

Ø       at least 1 each from the BEng & BBA module lists.

Unrestricted Elective Requirements

 

 

 

Unrestricted Electives

Total

12 MCs

 

Exempted (MSc(Mgt) programme requirements will count towards UEM)

Total

Total

160 MCs

Total

80 MCs

Total 198 MCs

 

    
     For equivalent/substituting graduate modules, please click
here.

     For relevant/recognized graduate modules, please click here.

 

 

Degree Classification

The MSc(Mgt) degree will be awarded to students who have  

•  earned at least a Second Class Lower division in the B.Eng.(Hons.) programme and

•  maintained a CAP of 3.5 in the modules counting towards the MSc(Mgt) requirement.

 Students who fulfill the DKR requirement of MSc(Mgt) programme will be awarded a Minor in Business.

 

Exit

Students can choose to leave the Concurrent programme, or can be required to leave if they fail to meet requirements. For example, students who do not maintain a CAP of 4.0 in modules contributing to the BEng(Hons) degree for any two consecutive semesters will be required to leave the Concurrent degree programme.

Students who choose to leave the Concurrent programme are permitted to work for the B. Eng(Hons) degree in the FoE.  Common modules completed in the Concurrent programme may be counted towards the fulfillment of the BEng(Hons) degree requirements.

 

Further Enquiry
For FAQs on Concurrent Degree Programmes (CDP), please click here.
For enquiry about this Concurrent MSc (Mgt) Programme, please email to mscmgt@nus.edu.sg.
For more details on this programme, please visit the Concurrent MSc Programme website at http://mscmgt.nus.edu/aboutmsc.htm

 

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