NTU and MINDEF launch new Work-Learn Scheme for Digital Specialists

A new Work-Learn scheme launched by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and NTU Singapore will train selected Full-time National Servicemen (NSFs) as Digital Specialists under the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)’s newly established Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) for a duration of four years.

Under this Digital Work-Learn Scheme, these Digital Specialists will develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications and perform software engineering tasks in support of real-world military operations.

The Memorandum of Understanding for the new programme was signed earlier today by Defence Cyber Chief Brigadier-General (BG) Mark Tan and Professor Louis Phee, Vice President (Innovation & Entrepreneurship) and Dean of NTU’s College of Engineering, in a ceremony at NTU.

To complement their in-house vocational training and operational hands-on experiences, these NSFs can take up modules to earn academic credits at NTU that contribute to a degree in Data Science and AI, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

The first batch of Digital Specialists will enlist in April 2023 and begin their first semester at NTU in August 2023. Interested pre-enlistees can apply for the Digital Work-Learn Scheme one year before their enlistment.