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.
