Craft Your Learning Journey
At CDE, you can craft your own degree based on how broad, deep or integrated you want your education to be. Your 40 courses makeup will consist of a Common Curriculum, a Major of your choice, and a wide range of Unrestricted Electives. This tailored approach empowers you to explore diverse disciplines, develop new skills, and pursue your passions. Our curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation, in-depth education, and expansive opportunities.
The Common Curriculum gives you a solid starting point for your academic journey, setting you up for career success no matter what path you choose. Your Primary Major provides a comprehensive education in your selected discipline, empowering you to achieve your goals and pursue your passions.
The Unrestricted Electives offer endless possibilities, with over 4,000 courses across CDE and NUS at your fingertips. It gives you the flexibility to choose if you would like to deepen your expertise in your Major, take a Second Major, Minors, Specialisations, general electives or a combination of them depending on your aptitude and interests. This flexibility enables you to explore new interests, develop interdisciplinary skills, and enhance your career prospects.
By crafting your own learning journey, you will be well-prepared to navigate ambiguity and uncertainty and succeed in an ever-evolving world. You will graduate with a unique combination of skills, knowledge, and experiences that will set you apart in your chosen career.
Common Curriculum
The Common Curriculum consists of 10 carefully curated pillars to give a solid foundation in interdisciplinary skills. We emphasise instilling lifelong skills in data and digital literacy, design thinking, and critical thinking.
Major Requirements
Choose 20 courses from your selected Major, from the following programmes:
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Science
Engineering
Design
Systems
Engineering
and Project
Management
Science and
Engineering
Engineering
Unrestricted Electives
Choose 10 courses to fulfill your Unrestricted Electives Space. Over 4,000 Unrestricted Electives across CDE and NUS are available to you. Click on each of the headers to explore.
An opportunity for you to broaden your knowledge and competencies.
Experiential learning opportunities for innovation and research within CDE.
Embark in a course of study in an additional area outside of your Major.
Focus on a particular area within your chosen discipline.
You can choose what you want to learn, how you wish to learn and from whom you wish to learn, for up to two courses.
Career-Centric Pathways
Our flexible curriculum prepares you to pursue diverse career opportunities in the future. Here are some interesting examples:
