The success of our graduates is largely the result of the real life experiences we offer our students on campus – a unique way of training students – not only through the usual classroom and laboratory settings, but also through real life projects and learning enterprises which simulates real life work environment.

At the School of Applied Science, we adopt the “Learning Enterprise” approach. The concept of Learning Enterprises as an innovative teaching approach is developed from TP’s philosophy of ‘bringing education to life and life to education’. The Learning Enterprise offers students an insight into how science and technology lead to competitive advantages for businesses. The Learning Enterprise serves as a platform to test concepts of new products, services and businesses, and eventually for a business spin-off.

The academic architecture in the School of Applied Science aims to develop collaborative and self-directed learning skills for our students to be life-long learners through real-life and applied learning experiences.  One notable outcome of this is the smooth transition of student interns into companies as employees. 

The academic architecture of the School of Applied Science emphasises:

• Building a strong foundation core among first-year students
• Strengthening key concepts and skills in the diploma-specific content among second year students
• Enhancing applied learning for final-year students

Final-year students will be required to read an Elective Cluster offered by the School. The Elective Clusters to be offered by the various courses, and the subjects under these clusters, are summarised below: