Introduction

The School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS) at the Singapore Management University (SMU) is collaborating with Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne (UoM) to offer students that have graduated from SMU’s Master of IT in Business (MITB) the opportunity to obtain 100 points/ 1 year credit waiver into UoM’s Master of Information Systems (MIS), and to begin study from the 2nd year of the UoM MIS programme.

Programme Structure

Students enrol and graduate from the MITB programme with the completion of 15 Course Units (CUs), obtaining min CGPA of 2.5 in every term as ‘Stage 1’ of the Programme and proceed to MIS as ‘Stage 2’ of the programme by completing 100 points/ 8 subjects in Semesters 3 & 4 (2nd year) at UoM. Students complete 50 points / 4 subjects each semester from the remaining foundation, lower and upper core subjects as detailed in Table 2. The typical programme structure is as follows:

Full-time MITB student

Admission Criteria into MITB Programme

Please refer to MITB admission requirements: https://scis.smu.edu.sg/master-it-business/admissions/entry-requirements

Admission Criteria into MIS Programme

SMU MITB students have up to 6 years upon graduation to apply to the SMU-UoM Sequential Master Degrees Advanced Standing Programme, and must fulfil the following conditions before their enrolment into MIS:

• Successfully complete and graduated with a minimum CGPA of 2.5 from any one of the three MITB tracks (Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; Financial Technology & Analytics)
• Completed courses as set out in Table 1 below to earn 100 points/1 year credit waiver to MIS.
• Satisfy all language and admission requirements of Melbourne based on Melbourne Course’s website. More details about language requirements can be found here.

Table 1: SMU–UoM Matching Subjects

Table 2: UoM subjects to complete the MIS

*UoM subjects listed in Table 2 are based on the 2018 course structure. Please check the Course and Subject Handbook for up to date information

MITB Graduation Criteria

To graduate, students will need to fulfil all required 15 CUs as stipulated by SMU's MITB programme while maintaining a minimum CGPA of 2.5 every term to be awarded the SMU MITB degree.

MIS Graduation Criteria

To graduate, students will need to pass all required subjects as outlined in Table 2.

Tuition Fee

Please refer to the following website for the prevailing tuition fees.
smu.sg/mitbfees

Application Process

1. MITB students interested in the advanced standing programme should inform SMU after grad filing at MITB has been completed
2. SMU to provide student name, date of birth and most recent academic transcripts from the MITB to UoM to request the UoM application fee waiver
3. UoM to return UoM application fee waiver form to student
4. Student to apply online for the MIS 100 point programme (Professional specialisation) via https://prod.ss.unimelb.edu.au/student/SM/eApplications/eAppLogin.aspx?r=&f=%23UM.EAP.CI2LOGIN.WEB and upload ALL academic transcripts (including undergraduate studies) and the UoM application fee waiver form (and any other documents as requested by the online system)
5. Student to notify UoM and SMU of the student ID number generated by the online application once the application is submitted so that UoM can flag the application as a priority application under the advanced standing agreement
6. UoM to notify SMU of the application status

Enquiries and Application

For enquiries and application,

Contact details at SMU:
Dr. Yeo Lip Pin
Associate Director, SCIS Postgraduate Professional Programmes
Telephone Number：+65-6808-5307
Email：lpyeo@smu.edu.sg
Address for Enquiries: School of Computing and Information Systems, Level 4 Graduate Programme Office, 90 Stamford Road, Singapore 178903

Contact details at UOM:
Fabienne Brown
Recruitment Coordinator, Future Students Team
Telephone number: +61 3 90359756
Email: fabienne.brown@unimelb.edu.au
To apply for the Master of Information Systems at UoM, follow the steps in the Application Process above.
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