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Professional Certificates comprise non-credit-bearing short courses conducted over six to seven days. You will acquire industry-relevant knowledge and skills in a particular subject area.

Eligible graduates who complete and fulfil the requirements of the Professional Certificate courses under each category below will be awarded the respective certificates by NUS.

Note: The maximum candidature period that learners must complete the required courses to be awarded the professional certificate is 24 months.

1. Professional Certificate in Accounting & Finance

This Professional Certificate gives participants an understanding of the principles of accounting and finance in order to make informed business decisions. They will learn how to interpret financial statements and develop their financial acumen. The programme demystifies financial jargon and concepts such as P/E ratios, and allows participants to understand performance metrics, read and use company reports, and grasp other accounting issues. It also provides participants with fundamental knowledge about artificial intelligence and its applications in banking and finance.

2. Professional Certificate in Small Business Management

This Professional Certificate is designed to help participants start their own small business or better manage an existing one. Participants will be equipped with the know-how to navigate the essential stages of entrepreneurship, from fleshing ideas out to meet market needs, to understanding the legal underpinnings of contracts, as well as the financial basis of decisions.

3. Professional Certificate in Real Estate Wealth Management

This Professional Certificate in Real Estate Wealth Management (PC-REWM) aims to prepare participants for jobs in real estate wealth planning, investment advisory and analysis, transaction and agency, etc. The programme will focus on the understanding and provision of customised real estate wealth planning; provision of advisory services such as real estate products, markets & services, and real estate investment strategies.

4. Professional Certificate in Human Resource Management

This Professional Certificate is designed for HR Professionals and Business Owners to learn about the trends and developments, the issues and challenges of managing talents globally and locally, and emerging HR technologies. With the accelerating changes in workforce demographics and business operations, this programme will better position HR leaders to navigate through this rapidly changing environment. In addition, employment law, statutory obligations and contract issues will be taught using real life cases and examples based on Singapore context to help both employees and employers to have a good knowledge of their employment rights and obligations, to reduce legal disputes and unnecessary costs.

5. Professional Certificate in Climate Change & Sustainability for Business

This Professional Certificate provides a comprehensive overview of key topics and skills relevant to advancing sustainability practices in various industries. Participants gain up-to-date knowledge on business sustainability issues, essential regulations as well as emerging contexts and applications of sustainability. They will develop competence to advance sustainability in their organisations, understand impact investing, and take advantage of climate change opportunities today, and in the near future. Participants will be equipped to make informed decisions, ready to navigate innovative disruptions that may have fundamental impact on their organisation as well as the society at large.

6. Professional Certificate in Innovation & Transformation

Customise and enhance your learning experience by choosing from a comprehensive range of Live In-Person and Online Asynchronous modules listed below. You will need to complete a total of 42 – 49 hours of modules from the list below to meet the requirements for earning the Professional Certificate. To find out more, please click here.

Live in-person (Face-to-Face)
  • Digital Disruption & Technology Strategy (13hrs)
  • Innovation & Design Thinking (14hrs)
  • Global Supply Chain Management (21hrs)
  • Al for Leaders: Leveraging Data Analytics for Business (31hrs)
  • HR Analytics (14hrs)
  • Predictive Analytics for Marketing (14hrs)
  • Digital Marketing: Online Display Ads (7hrs)
  • Digital Marketing: Optimising Digital ROI (7hrs)
  • Digital Marketing: Search Engines (7hrs)
  • Digital Marketing: Social Media & User Content (7 hrs)

Online Asynchronous
  • Strategies for Industry 4.0 and the Platform Economy (7 hours)
  • Introduction & Application of the Design Thinking Process (7 hours)
  • Digitalising Core Operations and the Supply Chain (3.5 hours)
  • Big Data Analytics & AI Technologies: Implementation and Value Creation (7 hours)
  • Mastering Engagement Strategies for the New Age Customer (7 hours)
This comprehensive and highly customisable Professional Certificate equips participants with the knowledge and skills to drive innovation and navigate transformative change. Participants will gain a sufficiently broad view of digitalisation possibilities and understand strategic concepts and design thinking frameworks that can be applied across any identifiable business digitalisation opportunity. This Professional Certificate is designed for leaders, managers, professionals and individuals looking to better understand digital transformation and require the option of blended learning or customising their learning content to accommodate their job demands, existing knowledge or work experience.
7. Professional Certificate in AI For Excellence in Digital Marketing

This Professional Certificate will incorporate current AI-enabled capabilities, and also incorporate more hands-on practice for participants to hone their understanding of digital marketing in specific areas, utilizing AI-enabled capabilities. With the expected step jump in demand for applying AI in business functions, this PC will help marketing leaders or business owners to keep up with the rapid changes in AI capabilities for marketing.