The National University of Singapore (NUS) and other local universities will launch new courses this year in areas such as data analytics and sustainable urban development.
NUS said in a release on Thursday (Feb 24) that the courses are part of its aim to help students keep pace with workplace transformation.
Professor Bernard Tan, NUS senior vice-provost (undergraduate education), said: "The overall goal of all our education reform efforts is to advance a university curriculum that prepares students well for a Fourth Industrial Revolution world and workplace."
This comes as Singapore gears up to reskill its workforce amid a quickly evolving economy.
Last December, SkillsFuture Singapore launched the first Skills Demand For The Future Economy Report that pinpoints the top 20 clusters of skills in the digital, green and care sectors most needed in the next one to three years.
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said then that globally, there is a huge demand for digital skills, and the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and demographic changes will see the local sustainability and care industries expand rapidly in the next few years.
Some of the new courses at NUS include a new full-time undergraduate programme known as the Bachelor of Engineering (Infrastructure and Project Management). It will cover modules in engineering, design, management, technology, building science and law, said NUS, to help graduates "excel in the built environment".
NUS also announced a second Major in Sustainable Urban Development, which "aims to train the next generation of urban problem-solvers". The course will be open to all undergraduate students and can be stacked with students' primary major in any field and completed in four years with no extra academic workload.
