The Graduate Diploma is a postgraduate academic qualification taken after a Bachelor's degree. It is usually awarded by a University or a Graduate school. It usually takes 2 terms of study to complete and has a wide variety of courses on offer. It is also possible for graduate diploma holders to progress to a Master's degree on an accelerated pathway compared to first embarking on a 3 or 4-year degree program. To ensure that the Graduate Diploma qualification is recognised, they must be registered with the Ministry of Education (Singapore).
The Graduate diploma is generally a professional conversion qualification to reskill a graduate with new specialised skills, for instance the GDipPsy - Graduate Diploma in Psychology is aimed at offering specialised skills in Psychology. See also Postgraduate Diploma. Occasionally, matured candidates without a bachelor degree may be accepted into the Graduate Diploma programs based on his/her work experience, these applications are subjected to the respective academic committee review.
Graduate Diploma (GradDip) are awarded by several institutions in Singapore including the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, SIM University, Marketing Institute of Singapore, University of Adelaide, Singapore campus and Aventis School of Management. The Graduate Diploma in Information and Communication Technology (G Dip ICT) offered by Nanyang Technological University is the most attractive graduate diploma in Singapore.
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