Postgraduate Professional Development (All Master's Programmes excluding EMBA/MWM)

Postgraduate Professional Development (All Master's Programmes excluding EMBA/MWM)

Organized by the Office of Postgraduate Professional Programmes (OPGPP), the compulsory Postgraduate Professional Development (PGPD) course brings together students from different SMU Masters programmes, in a series of workshops designed to help you develop your network, horizons and skills in key professional areas that are vital to your long-run success.

Both full-time and part-time students are required to complete 4 full-day Postgraduate Professional Development (PGPD) workshops during their candidature which will count towards 1 CU in total under the PGPD course, to file for graduation.

PGPD workshop which comprises of Career Development Series (CDS) components organized by the Postgraduate Career Services Office on career planning strategies and interview skills (a combination of 8 hours which will be counted as 1 PGPD workshop out of the 4 PGPD workshops required for graduation).

For queries on Career Development Series workshops, please contact your assigned career coach or the SMU Postgraduate Career Services (PGCS) office at smupgcs@smu.edu.sg.

To find out more about PGPD requirements, please click here.