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    The SMiE is developed to prepare NTU graduates for challenges in this new digital age, by promoting greater flexibility for them to pursue interdisciplinary programmes and pan-university majors.  

    Our full-time, three-year programme includes a 20-week, hands-on experiential session module that will introduce you to start-ups, venture capital firms, entrepreneurship support organisations, and innovation setups in corporations. It will equip you with essential entrepreneurship competency and a forward-looking mindset for identifying and launching new business ventures in this digital economy.   

    As an SMiE student, you will also have to be quick in identifying economic values of technology and be able to seize new opportunities, translating them into products and services that benefit society.   

    Upon graduation, you will be part of the next generation of talent in driving technological innovation.​      

    About Programme


    What makes potential employees attractive to employers? It’s their talent and ability to generate and execute innovative ideas. 


    At Nanyang Technological University (NTU), you can now pursue a double degree in Accountancy and Business with Second Major in Entrepreneurship (SMiE)), a joint degree programme in collaboration with the

    NTU Entrepreneurship Academy and Nanyang Business School. 

    Admission Requirements

    For our admission requirements, please refer to the following links:

    Singapore Cambridge GCE ‘A’ Level

    Diploma (polytechnic or equivalent institution)

    International Baccalaureate Diploma

    NUS High School Diploma

    International & Other Qualifications

    Course Exemptions

    Incoming freshmen with qualifications such as the ​A-Level, International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma, NUS High School diploma, or Polytechnic diploma are eligible for exemption from relevant ​​Accountancy or Business core courses.

    Your eligibility for exemptions will be assessed based on the criteria outlined in Annex A. NBS course exemption eligibility for polytechnic graduates is based on the programme they have completed prior to joining NTU, and not on a course-by-course basis.​​

    After matriculation, students may look out for an email inviting them to apply for exemptions and to write to NBS Student Administration at nbs-studentadmin@ntu.edu.sg if they have questions. Necessary supporting documents must be provided.

    Programme Structure & Duration

    Four and half years, with direct honours. 

    Curriculum

    Core Courses

    • Accounting I
    • Accounting II
    • Financial Management
    • Business Law
    • Statistics & Analysis
    • Marketing
    • Management Principles, Skills & Competencies
    • Organisational Behaviour and Design
    • Strategic Management
    • Business Operations & Process
    • Intermediate Excel
    • Principles of Economics

    Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Common Core)

    • Healthy Living and Mental Wellbeing
    • Sustainability: Society, Economy & Environment
    • Science and Technology for Humanity
    • Career & Entrepreneurial Development for the Future World
    • Ethics & Civics in a Multi-Cultural World
    • Navigating the Digital World
    • Inquiry and Communication in the Interdisciplinary World

    Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Foundational Core)

    • Careers Future Forward
    • Decision Making with Programming & Analytics
    • Professional Attachment
    • Communication Management Strategies

    Broadening and Deepening Electives

    Compulsory
    • Technopreneurial Mindset
    • Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
    • Managing New Ventures
    • Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures

    Elective (Choose four – five courses)
    • Enterprise Strategy
    • E-Startups & Social Media Strategies
    • Innovation Marketing
    • Law of Intellectual Property & New Media
    • Business Venture Implementation
    • Entrepreneurial Marketing and Business Development
    • Venture Capital Investment
    • Design and System Thinking
    • Technology Commercialisation
    • Social Entrepreneurship

    Experiential Programme
    (Overseas Entrepreneurship Programme / Local Professional Attachment with start-ups or venture capital firms)

    Specialisation Component (Accountancy Courses - Nine courses)

    1. Accounting Recognition & Measurement
    2. Assurance & Auditing
    3. Accounting for Decision-making & Control
    4. Principles of Taxation
    5. Company Law & Corporate Governance
    6. Accounting Information Systems
    7. Risk Reporting & Analysis
    8. Accounting Analysis & Valuation
    9. Risk Management & Advanced Auditing
    Actuarial Science

    Specialisation Core Courses

    1. Actuarial Economics
    2. Mathematics of Finance
    3. Statistical Modeling
    4. Models
    5. Life Contingencies & Demography
    6. Actuarial Statistics
    7. Actuarial Aspects of Asset Valuation
    8. Actuarial Computing

    The following courses are also available to Actuarial Science majors as Broadening & Deepening Electives (BDEs):

    1. Blockchain and AI in Finance
    2. FinTech in Investment Management
    3. Climate Risk Analytics
    4. Financial & Risk Analytics I
    5. Financial & Risk Analytics II (Need Financial & Risk Analytics as Pre-requisite)
    6. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques
    7. Analytics II: Advanced Predictive Techniques (Need Analytics I as Pre-requisite)

    Banking & Finance

    Specialisation Core Courses

    1. Ethics in the Investment Profession
    2. Investments

    Specialisation Prescribed Courses

    Choose six electives:

    1. Wealth Management
    2. Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies
    3. Introduction to Compliance
    4. FinTech in Investment Management
    5. Corporate Finance and Strategy
    6. Fixed Income Securities
    7. Equity Valuation
    8. Financial Modelling
    9. Alternative Investments
    10. Portfolio Management
    11. Global Financial Markets and Management
    12. Relationship Management
    13. Blockchain and AI in Finance
    14. Financial Application Design and Development
    15. Foundations of Risk Management
    16. Financial Markets and Products
    17. Financial and Risk Analytics I
    18. AI in Accounting and Finance
    19. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques

    You are advised to take the specific courses from one of the four clusters listed below if you want to enter certain sectors in the banking and finance industries.

     Note: Cluster courses are not mandatory. Courses with * are considered more important than the courses below in each cluster.

    Wealth Management

    1. Wealth Management*
    2. Introduction to Compliance*
    3. Global Financial Markets and Management*
    4. Relationship Management*

    1. Alternative Investments
    2. Sustainable Finance

    You should aim to pass the CMFAS exams or CACS exams by IBF before graduation.


    Asset Management

    1. Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies*
    2. Fixed Income Securities*
    3. Equity Valuation*
    4. Portfolio Management*
    5. Global Financial Markets and Management*

    1. Financial Modelling
    2. Alternative Investments
    3. Financial and Risk Analytics I
    4. Financial Risk Management 

    You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation


    Investment Banking

    1. Corporate Finance and Strategy*
    2. Equity Valuation*
    3. Financial Modelling*
    4. Global Financial Markets and Management*
    5. Equity Investing with Big Data
    6. Sustainable Finance

    1. Introduction to Compliance
    2. Financial and Risk Analytics I
    3. Climate Risk Analytics

    You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation


    FinTech

    1. FinTech in Investment Management*
    2. Blockchain and AI in Finance*
    3. Financial and Risk Analytics I / Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques*
    4. Equity Investing with Big Data

    1. Introduction to Compliance
    2. Financial Modelling
    3. AI in Accounting and Finance
    4. Climate Risk Analytics

    Business Analytics

    Specialisation Core Courses

    1. Designing & Developing Databases
    2. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques
    3. Analytics II: Advanced Predictive Techniques

    Specialisation Prescribed Electives

    Choose three electives:

    1. Supply Chain Analytics
    2. Financial Service Processes & Analytics
    3. Lean Operations & Analytics
    4. Business Analytics Consulting
    5. Programming for Business Transformation
    6. Decision Modelling & Analytics
    7. AI in Accounting & Finance
    8. Service Operations Management

    Human Resource Consulting

    Specialisation Prescribed Electives

    Choose seven electives:

    1. Strategic HR Management & Consulting
    2. Total Rewards Management
    3. Talent Sourcing & Acquisition
    4. Managing & Consulting through Research
    5. Employment Law
    6. Talent Development & Management
    7. People Analytics
    8. Cultural Intelligence: How to be an Explorer of the World

    Note: In view of the pre-requisites for various HR Consulting (HRC) courses, HRC students have to take BH2605 Strategic HR & Consulting in Year 2 Semester 1 in order to have more options in course selections in Year 3.

    International Trading

    Specialisation Core Courses

    1. Ethics in the Investment Profession
    2. Investments
    3. Trade Incoterms & Ship Chartering
    4. Commodity Markets
    5. International Tax & Trading Law
    6. Trade, Structured & Supply Chain Finance
    7. Enterprise Risk Management in Commodity Markets
    8. Commodities Trading
    9. Strategic Management in Commodity Market

    Marketing

    Specialisation Core Courses
    1. Consumer Insights
    2. Digital Marketing
    3. Marketing Analytics
    4. Strategic Brand Management

    Specialisation Prescribed Electives

    Choose three electives

    1. Market Intelligence
    2. Integrated Marketing Communications
    3. Channel Value Creation
    4. Modern and Emerging Technologies in Marketing
    5. Marketing Strategy
    6. Consumer Neuroscience: How Brain Science Is Informing Business
    Risk Analytics (formerly Risk Management & Insurance)

    Specialisation Core Courses

    1. Quantitative Analysis
    2. Foundations of Risk Management
    3. Financial Markets and Products
    4. Financial & Risk Analytics I
    5. Valuation and Risk Models
    6. Financial & Risk Analytics II

    Specialisation Prescribed Electives

    Choose one elective:

    1. FinTech in Investment Management
    2. Computing for Risk Management & Insurance Practices
    3. Operational Risk and Resiliency
    4. Climate Risk Analytics

    Accreditation

    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) 
    • European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) 
    • Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) 
    • Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) 
    • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) 
    • Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) 
    • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 
    • CPA Australia 
    • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) 
    • Certified Management Accountants Australia (CMA) 
    • Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) 

    Double Degree in Accountancy & Business with Second Major in Entrepreneurship

    School Nanyang Business School (NBS)
    Level Dual/Double Degree
    Mode Full-time
    Subject Business
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