Singapore recruitment campaign for Australian-based technology program

The University of Queensland is launching a new recruitment campaign in Singapore for its increasingly popular Master of Technology Management program.

Under the scheme, students can complete the program through the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), with courses and study materials delivered through state-of-the-art web-based teaching.

The program is based at The University of Queensland's Technology and Innovation Management Centre, offering a career-relevant management degree for a changing and increasingly competitive world.

It brings together both theoretical and practical aspects underpinning the connections between engineering, technology and business development.

The first round of postgraduate students in Singapore began the course in November 2000, and recruitment is underway for the start of semester in July.

Centre Director Dr Shantha Liyanage, who has worked as a consultant to a number of Asian Governments and international agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, says a biotechnology program will be introduced in 2002.

'Our programs are designed to give the edge to managers and professionals who need to keep ahead of technological change,' Dr Liyanage said.

Meanwhile, 110 recent UQ graduates are to attend the University's graduation ceremony at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore on March 16 at 7.30pm. The event is being hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay and the Singapore Alumni Association, with Chancellor Sir Llewellyn Edwards as the presiding officer.

The University of Queensland has more than 3000 international students from 129 different countries, representing more than 11 percent of the total student population. The number of students from Singapore has been growing rapidly over the past five years. In 1996 there were 269 Singapore students in campus - last year there was 670. The most popular programs were in the disciplines of business, commerce, engineering, IT and the Arts.

For more information contact Jan King at UQ Communications on 3365 1120 or email: communications@mailbox.uq.edu.au