(SCTP) Advanced Professional Certificate in Personal Venture Building and Technology Commercialisation

The Advanced Professional Certificate in Personal Venture Building and Technology Commercialisation is designed to equip aspiring industry veterans, technopreneurs, researchers, and corporate innovators with the skills and frameworks needed to create their first personal venture, including bringing cutting-edge technologies to market.

This Programme fosters robust industry collaboration by integrating real-world case studies, lectures from NTU professors and industry leaders, and experience hands-on projects with corporate and public sector partners. Coupled with mentorship Collaborations with NTUitive will provide participants unique insights into cutting-edge technologies and venture building. Such partnerships not only enrich the learning experience but also facilitate networking opportunities, opening doors to forging partnerships.

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See Technology the Way Investors Do: Learn to look at emerging research and innovation through a commercial lens — identifying which technologies have real market potential and which don't. This skill alone sets you apart in any boardroom, investment committee, or founding team.

Stop Guessing, Start Validating: Replace intuition with method. You'll learn how to rigorously design product-market fit and sharpen your unique selling proposition, so that when you go to market, you go with evidence — not hope.

Lead Teams That Actually Build: Ventures fail not from lack of ideas, but from poor team dynamics. You'll develop the people leadership and team formation skills that founders, intrapreneurs, and innovation leads rely on to move from concept to company.

Get Mentored by People Who Have Done It: Access a curated network of venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs, and industry leaders — not just as guest speakers, but as active mentors invested in your venture's success.

Walk Into Any Investor Meeting Ready: From your first pitch to your final Hackathon presentation, you'll develop the fluency, confidence, and structure to present your business case compellingly — and get the funding, partnerships, or buy-in your idea deserves.

Tap Into NTU's Innovation Infrastructure: Go beyond the classroom. As part of this programme, you can be matched with NTU researchers and gain potential access to world-class lab facilities — giving your venture a head start that most founders never get.

Funding Eligibility

¹Eligible Singapore Citizens (SCs) aged 39 years and below and Permanent Residents (PRs)must attain at least 75% training attendance and passed all associated assessments to be eligible for funding up to 70% of the course fee. Learners will have to bear the full courses fee upon failure to meet either one of the requirements. 

² Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) - SCs aged 40 and above must attain at least 75% training attendance and passed all associated assessments to be eligible for funding up to 90% of the course fee. Learners will have to bear the full courses fee upon failure to meet either one of the requirements. 

³Additional Course Fee Funding Support - Individuals must be Singapore Citizens and meet one of the following eligibility criteria:
a) Long-term unemployed individuals (unemployed for six months or more);or
b) Individuals in need of financial assistance – ComCare Short-to-Medium Term Assistance (SMTA) recipients or Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) recipients; or
c) Persons with disabilities.

Other Funding Support 

• NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
• Eligible for a SkillsFuture Mid-Career Course Credits top-up of $4,000 to offset out-of-pocket fees for SkillsFuture Career Transition Programmes (SCTP). 
• SkillsFuture Mid-Career Training Allowance is available for the SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme in full-time and part-time.

Course Withdrawal and Refund Policy

Refunds requested prior to course commencement date may be subjected to an administrative fee and the deduction of any non-refundable pre-paid amounts. No refunds will be granted upon course commencement.

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