Overview
Zoom, Carousell, Grab, WhatsApp, PayNow, SafeEntry… We use these in our daily lives to communicate and interact, buy and sell online, get food delivered, make payments seamlessly and identify whereabouts etc. These products and platforms fuel a digital economy.
In the Graduate Certificate in Designing and Managing Products and Platforms, we have carefully curated a suite of four stackable modules to develop the essential skills for digital businesses. The fifth and final module is the practice module. The programme will give you a head start in your product management career and strengthen your practise as a product manager, platform designer, product/platform owner, business architect or digital product strategist.
Tailored for adult learners, this Graduate Certificate in Designing and Managing Products and Platforms engages through hands-on interactive learning, industry practitioners’ experience sharing, case studies and in-depth discussions, with a unique blend of business and technical content.
Key Takeaways
- Apply a product management framework for planning and launching products
- Understand and apply the central concepts of Design Thinking to innovation projects
- Perform market research, identify the competition, converse with your potential customers to formulate a sustainable market positioning, and a sustainable product business model
- Design the components of a business platform covering value propositions, transactions, trust and governance and technical architecture
Fees & Subsidies
| Managing Digital Products |
Singapore Citizens & PRs aged 21 years and above (70%funding support) |
Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above (90% funding support) |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) (90% funding support) |
International/Others |
| Full course fee |
S$3,800 |
S$3,800 |
S$3,800 |
S$3,800 |
| SSG Funding |
S$2,660 |
S$2,660 |
S$2,660 |
- |
| Nett course fee |
S$1,140 |
S$1,140 |
S$1,140 |
S$3,800 |
| 9% GST on nett course fee |
S$102.60 |
S$102.60 |
S$102.60 |
S$342 |
| Additional Funding if eligible under various schemes |
- |
S$760 |
S$760 |
- |
| Total nett course fee payable, including GST |
S$1,242.60 |
S$482.60 |
S$482.60 |
S$4,142 |
| Graduate Certificate in Designing and Managing Products and Platforms |
Singapore Citizens aged 21 years and above (70% funding support)
|
Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above (90% funding support) |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) (90% funding support)
|
International/Others |
| Singapore Citizens |
PRs |
| Service Design |
S$2,400 |
S$2,400 |
S$2,400 |
S$2,400 |
S$2,400 |
| Digital Product Strategy |
S$3,300 |
S$3,300
|
S$3,300
|
S$3,300
|
S$3,300
|
| Architecting Platforms as a Business |
S$3,600 |
S$3,600 |
S$3,600 |
S$3,600 |
S$3,600
|
| Subtotal |
S$9,300 |
S$9,300 |
S$9,300 |
S$9,300 |
S$9,300 |
| NUS-ISS Subsidy |
S$3,720 |
S$1,860 |
S$3,720 |
S$3,720 |
- |
| Nett fees |
S$5,580 |
S$7,440 |
S$5,580 |
S$5,580 |
S$9,300 |
| 9% GST on nett course fees |
S$502.20 |
S$669.60 |
S$502.20 |
S$502.20 |
S$837 |
| Total nett fee payable, inclusive of GST |
S$6,082.20 |
S$8,109.60 |
S$6,082.20 |
S$6,082.20 |
S$10,137 |
| Managing Digital Products |
S$1,242.60 |
S$1,242.60 |
S$482.60 |
S$482.60 |
S$4,142 |
| Total nett fee payable, inclusive of GST |
S$7,324.80 |
S$9,352.20 |
S$6,564.80 |
S$6,564.80 |
S$14,279 |
Note:
1. The Graduate Certificate (Grad Cert) fees above are valid from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2025. NUS-ISS reserves the right to amend the fees without notice.
2. The subsidy applies on the start date of the first course of the Grad Cert. Full payment must be made for all courses under the Grad Cert before the start of the first course.
3. NUS-ISS Subsidy is not applicable to Managing Digital Products.
4. NUS-ISS subsidies are only for eligible self-paying participants.
5. Participants who enrol for the entire Grad Cert must join the timetable for the through-train MTech programme. Participants who wish to have a more flexible timetable may opt to take the same courses under NUS-ISS Executive Education but will not be entitled to Grad Cert subsidies.
6. The subsidy will be pro-rated by the courses taken in the Grad Cert. If a participant is given a waiver for a component course, the subsidy will be reduced in proportion.
7. Participants who have previously taken a course, whether in part or in full, but have not received a waiver for the course will not receive subsidy for subsequent attendance of the modular course. The overall subsidy for the Grad Cert will be reduced in proportion.
8. There is no subsidy for the Grad Cert Practice Module.
| |
Full Fee |
| Practice Module (10 Man Days) |
S$200 |
| 9% GST on nett course |
S$18 |
| Total fee payable |
S$218 |