Double Degree Programme in Engineering & Business Administration

Overview

The double degree programme (DDP) in Engineering and Business Administration is a special degree programme that combines two disciplines that have significant synergies. This DDP is designed to develop the core engineering skills of students so that they would fulfill the requisite professional requirements of their chosen engineering fields. At the same time, this DDP will equip students with the necessary business skills and knowledge in the areas of organisational behavior, finance and accounting, marketing, economics, and business law, among others, in order to be successful in the business world. This combination of engineering and business skills will produce a new breed of business-savvy engineers for the marketplace.

The DDP can be completed within 5 years (i.e. 10 regular semesters).

Programme structure and requirements

The specific requirements for various cohorts may be found below.

Cohort AY2026/2027 onwards

Nominally, students will need to read 208 units in order to complete a double-honours DDP in Engineering and Business Administration. They can select one of the following Business majors:

Applied Business Analytics
Business Economics
Finance
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Leadership & Human Capital Management
Marketing
Operations & Supply Chain Management

Those who are pursuing the Accountancy major for their Business degree will need to complete around 216 units.

Requirements	Units	Remarks
General Education courses (common for CDE and Business) Data Literacy (4 units) Digital Literacy (4 units) Critique and Expression (4 units) Cultures and Connections (4 units) Singapore Studies (4 units) Communities and Engagement (4 units)	24	These courses are classified as CA and contribute toward the GPA for both degree programmes. Default courses are as follows: Digital Literacy: CS1010% Programming Methodology (any variant) Critique and Expression: ES2631 Critique and Communication of Thinking and Design Singapore Studies: CDE2501 Liveable Cities These courses can be fulfilled by those from University Town College Programme (UTCP), Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) programme, and NUS College (NUSC). Students in NUSC must read CS1010% to fulfil Computational Problem Solving, while those in Acacia College must read UTC2851 Problem Solving for Computing and AI in lieu of CS1010%. Students from Industrial and Systems Engineering must read IE1111R to fulfil Data Literacy even if they have already completed another course for this pillar prior to admission into the DDP.
Other courses in CDE Common Curriculum DTK1234 Design Thinking (4 units) EG1311% Design and Make (any variant) (4 units) EE2211 Introduction to Machine Learning or EE2213 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4 units) PF1101A Project Management and Finance (4 units)	16	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students with accredited diplomas for their Engineering degree programme may be exempted from DTK1234, EG1311% and/or PF1101A.
Other courses in Business Common Curriculum BSP1702 Legal Environment for Business (4 units) BSP1703 Managerial Economics (4 units) DAO1704 Decision Analytics using Spreadsheets (4 units) MNO2708 Business Ethics and Society (4 units) RE1708 Real Estate, Society and Enterprise (4 units) FSP4003 Field Service Project (8 units)	28	These courses are classified as C2 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C1 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students must still read DAO1704 to fulfil the Business Common Curriculum even if they have read CS1010% or other courses to fulfil Digital Literacy. Those who withdraw from the DDP and return to a single degree programme in Business must use DAO1704 to fulfil Digital Literacy while CS1010% or other courses (if they have read the courses) will be counted as unrestricted elective. Students are exempted from ES2002 if they read ES2631 or equivalent courses in UTCP, RVRC or NUSC for Critique and Expression. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP after reading ES2631 will be considered as having fulfilled the Critique and Expression pillar, but would have to read ES2002 if they have not read ES2002 or a preclusion of ES2002. Students may seek approval from Business to double-count Integrated Project in the Engineering major towards FSP4003.
Engineering major Basket of Mathematics courses (8 units) EG2401A Engineering Professionalism (2 units) Integrated Project (8 units) Internship (10 units) Engineering discipline-specific core and elective courses (52 units)	80	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students in this DDP are NOT exempted from internship. The 10 units of internship can be fulfilled through a combination of approved internship courses. Polytechnic-intake and other students who have received advanced placements credits for the internship requirement will be considered as having fulfilled the requirement. Students in this DDP are NOT exempted from EG2401A even though they will read MNO2708 from Business. However, EG2401A can be fulfilled by ETP3201S or ETP3206L for students in NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) programmes.
Business major Business function courses (24 units) Restricted courses (36 units or 44 units) (Note: refer to the BBA website for details of these courses.)	60 or 68	It is not compulsory for DDP students to select a business major for the BBA degree, but they are still required to complete at least 36 units of restricted courses for a general management major. Students who wish to major in a business area may have to read extra courses to meet the requirements of the major. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP are required to have a major in a business area. Students who are in the BBA (Accountancy) degree must complete 44 units of restricted courses for the major.
Business non-credit graduating requirements Work Experience Milestone: STR1000 Career Creation Starter Workshops STR2000 Career Creation Starter Clinics Internship Global Experience Milestone (Note: Refer to the BBA website for details of these requirements.)	0	DDP students who complete the 10 units of internship courses for their Engineering major while they are enrolled in NUS will be deemed to have satisfied the internship component of the Business Work Experience Milestone (but they must still complete STR1000 and STR2000). Polytechnic-intake and other students who have received advanced placements credits for the Engineering internship requirement must complete another form of internship (credit bearing or otherwise) to fulfil the Business Work Experience Milestone, and also complete STR1000 and STR2000. Global Experience Milestone may be fulfilled through student exchange, overseas internship, case competition, study trip, etc.
Total (minimum)	208 or 216

Double counting of Integrated Project and FSP4003

Students may seek approval from the NUS Business School to double count the Integrated Project course in their Engineering major toward FSP4003 if they pursue one of the following:

Option 1: Work on a group project in the Integrated Project course which has a significant business element. The business element will not be graded as a part of the Integrated Project course, but students will require Business to endorse the project scope at the start of the project and submit an additional write-up to the NUS Business School at the end of the project.
Option 2: Read CDE4301A Ideas to Start-up (12 units) which is one the choices for the Integrated Project courses. CDE4301A covers both technical and business development of new product or service. Each project team in CDE4301A typically has between two and four students. For students who choose this option, 8 units from CDE4301A will be double-counted towards FSP4003 while the remaining 4 units will be counted as unrestricted electives. CDE4301A is offered by the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre under its Innovation & Design Programme.

For both options above, the Integrated Project course (including CDE4301A) cannot be counted towards another requirement (e.g. Second Major, Minor, Specialisation) since it would already be double-counted towards FSP4003.

Students who are able to double count Integrated Project toward FSP4003 can complete the DDP with a minimum of 196 units (204 units for those in Accountancy).

Cohort AY2025/2026

Nominally, students will need to read 202 units in order to complete a double-honours DDP in Engineering and Business Administration. They can select one of the following Business majors:

Applied Business Analytics
Business Economics
Finance
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Leadership & Human Capital Management
Marketing
Operations & Supply Chain Management

Those who are pursuing the Accountancy major for their Business degree will need to complete around 210 units.

Requirements	Units	Remarks
General Education courses (common for CDE and Business) Data Literacy (4 units) Digital Literacy (4 units) Critique and Expression (4 units) Cultures and Connections (4 units) Singapore Studies (4 units) Communities and Engagement (4 units)	24	These courses are classified as CA and contribute toward the GPA for both degree programmes. Default courses are as follows: Data Literacy: GEA1000 Quantitative Reasoning with Data Digital Literacy: CS1010% Programming Methodology (any variant) Critique and Expression: ES2631 Critique and Communication of Thinking and Design Singapore Studies: CDE2501 Liveable Cities These courses can be fulfilled by those from University Town College Programme (UTCP), Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) programme, and NUS College (NUSC). Students can take ST1131, BT1101, or DSA1101 in lieu of GEA1000. Students from Industrial and Systems Engineering who have read IE1111R are exempted from GEA1000 and must replace it with 4 units of unrestricted electives.
Other courses in CDE Common Curriculum DTK1234 Design Thinking (4 units) EG1311% Design and Make (any variant) (4 units) EE2211 Introduction to Machine Learning or EE2213 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4 units) PF1101A Project Management and Finance (4 units)	16	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students with accredited diplomas for their Engineering degree programme may be exempted from DTK1234, EG1311% and/or PF1101A.
Other courses in Business Common Curriculum BSP1702 Legal Environment for Business (4 units) BSP1703 Managerial Economics (4 units) DAO1704 Decision Analytics Using Spreadsheets (4 units) RE1707 Real Estate, Society and Enterprise (2 units) FSP4003 Field Service Project (8 units)	22	These courses are classified as C2 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C1 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students are exempted from ES2002 if they read ES2631 or equivalent courses in UTCP, RVRC or NUSC for Critique and Expression. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP after reading ES2631 will be considered as having fulfilled the Critique and Expression pillar, but would have to read ES2002 if they have not read ES2002 or a preclusion of ES2002. Students are exempted from MNO2707 if they read EG2401A. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP after reading EG2401A do not need to read MNO2707. Students may seek approval from Business to double-count Integrated Project in the Engineering major towards FSP4003.
Engineering major Basket of Mathematics courses (8 units) EG2401A Engineering Professionalism (2 units) Integrated Project (8 units) Internship (10 units) Engineering discipline-specific core and elective courses (52 units)	80	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students in this DDP are NOT exempted from internship. The 10 units of internship can be fulfilled through a combination of approved internship courses. Polytechnic-intake and other students who have received advanced placements credits for the internship requirement will be considered as having fulfilled the requirement.
Business major Business function courses (24 units) Restricted courses (36 units or 44 units) (Note: refer to the BBA website for details of these courses.)	60 or 68	It is not compulsory for DDP students to select a business major for the BBA degree, but they are still required to complete at least 36 units of restricted courses for a general management major. Students who wish to major in a business area may have to read extra courses to meet the requirements of the major. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP are required to have a major in a business area. Students who are in the BBA (Accountancy) degree must complete 44 units of restricted courses for the major.
Business non-credit graduating requirements Work Experience Milestone: STR1000 Career Creation Starter Workshops STR2000 Career Creation Starter Clinics Internship Global Experience Milestone (Note: Refer to the BBA website for details of these requirements.)	0	DDP students who complete the 10 units of internship courses for their Engineering major while they are enrolled in NUS will be deemed to have satisfied the internship component of the Business Work Experience Milestone (but they must still complete STR1000 and STR2000). Polytechnic-intake and other students who have received advanced placements credits for the Engineering internship requirement must complete another form of internship (credit bearing or otherwise) to fulfil the Business Work Experience Milestone, and also complete STR1000 and STR2000. Global Experience Milestone may be fulfilled through student exchange, overseas internship, case competition, study trip, etc.
Total (minimum)	202 or 210

Double counting of Integrated Project and FSP4003

Students may seek approval from the NUS Business School to double count the Integrated Project course in their Engineering major toward FSP4003 if they pursue one of the following:

Option 1: Work on a group project in the Integrated Project course which has a significant business element. The business element will not be graded as a part of the Integrated Project course, but students will require Business to endorse the project scope at the start of the project and submit an additional write-up to the NUS Business School at the end of the project.
Option 2: Read CDE4301A Ideas to Start-up (12 units) which is one the choices for the Integrated Project courses. CDE4301A covers both technical and business development of new product or service. Each project team in CDE4301A typically has between two and four students. For students who choose this option, 8 units from CDE4301A will be double-counted towards FSP4003 while the remaining 4 units will be counted as unrestricted electives. CDE4301A is offered by the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre under its Innovation & Design Programme.

Students who are able to double count Integrated Project toward FSP4003 can complete the DDP with a minimum of 194 units (202 units for those in Accountancy).

Cohort AY2024/2025

Nominally, students need to read around 202 units in order to complete the double-honours DDP in Engineering and Business (the option for a single-honours DDP is no longer available for this cohort onwards). They can select one of the following Business majors:

Applied Business Analytics
Business Economics
Finance
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Leadership & Human Capital Management
Marketing
Operations & Supply Chain Management

Those who are pursuing the Accountancy major for their Business degree will need to complete around 210 units.

Requirements	Units	Remarks
General Education courses (common for CDE and Business) Data Literacy (4 units) Digital Literacy (4 units) Critique and Expression (4 units) Cultures and Connections (4 units) Singapore Studies (4 units) Communities and Engagement (4 units)	24	These courses are classified as CA and contribute toward the GPA for both degree programmes. Default courses are as follows: Data Literacy: GEA1000 Quantitative Reasoning with Data Digital Literacy: CS1010% Programming Methodology (any variant) Critique and Expression: ES2631 Critique and Communication of Thinking and Design Singapore Studies: CDE2501 Liveable Cities ^ Except for Data Literacy and Digital Literacy, these courses can be fulfilled by those from University Town College Programme (UTCP), Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) programme, and NUS College (NUSC). Students can take ST1131, BT1101, or DSA1101 in lieu of GEA1000. Students from Industrial and Systems Engineering who have read IE1111R are exempted from GEA1000 and must replace it with 4 units of unrestricted electives.
Other courses in CDE Common Curriculum DTK1234 Design Thinking (4 units) EG1311 Design and Make (4 units) EE2211 Introduction to Machine Learning or EE2213 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4 units) PF1101 Fundamentals of Project Management or PF1101A Project Management and Finance (4 units) Engineering major-specific courses (12 units) * Integrated Project (8 units)	36	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students with accredited diplomas for their Engineering degree programme may be exempted from DTK1234, EG1311 and/or PF1101/PF1101A. Students will choose from curated list of CDE Integrated Project courses for CDE majors.
Other courses in Business Common Curriculum BSP1702 Legal Environment for Business (4 units) BSP1703 Managerial Economics (4 units) DAO1704 Decision Analytics Using Spreadsheets (4 units) RE1707 Real Estate, Society and Enterprise (2 units) FSP4003 Field Service Project (8 units)	22	These courses are classified as C2 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C1 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students are exempted from ES2002 if they read ES2631 or equivalent courses in UTCP, RVRC or NUSC for Critique and Expression. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP after reading ES2631 will be considered as having fulfilled the Critique and Expression pillar, but would have to read ES2002 if they have not read ES2002 or a preclusion of ES2002. Students are exempted from MNO2707 if they read EG2401A. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP after reading EG2401A do not need to read MNO2707. Students may seek approval from Business to double-count a course from CDE Integrated Project towards FSP4003.
Engineering major Basket of Mathematics courses (8 units) EG2401A Engineering Professionalism (2 units) Internship (10 units) Engineering discipline-specific core and elective courses (40 units)	60	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students in this DDP are NOT exempted from internship. The 10 units of internship can be fulfilled through a combination of approved internship courses. Polytechnic-intake and other students who have received advanced placements credits for the internship requirement will be considered as having fulfilled the requirement.
Business major Business function courses (24 units) Restricted courses (36 units or 44 units) (Note: refer to the BBA website for details of these courses.)	60 or 68	It is not compulsory for DDP students to select a business major for the BBA degree, but they are still required to complete at least 36 units of restricted courses for a general management major. Students who wish to major in a business area may have to read extra courses to meet the requirements of the major. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP are required to have a major in a business area. Students who are in the BBA (Accountancy) degree must complete 44 units of restricted courses for the major.
Business non-credit graduating requirements Work Experience Milestone: STR1000 Career Creation Starter Workshops STR2000 Career Creation Starter Clinics Internship Global Experience Milestone (Note: Refer to the BBA website for details of these requirements.)	0	DDP students who complete the 10 units of internship courses for their Engineering major while they are enrolled in NUS will be deemed to have satisfied the internship component of the Business Work Experience Milestone (but they must still complete STR1000 and STR2000). Polytechnic-intake and other students who have received advanced placements credits for the Engineering internship requirement must complete another form of internship (credit bearing or otherwise) to fulfil the Business Work Experience Milestone, and also complete STR1000 and STR2000. Global Experience Milestone may be fulfilled through student exchange, overseas internship, case competition, study trip, etc.
Total (minimum)	202 or 210

Notes:

^ Unless they are in UTCP, RVRC or NUSC, students who have read another Singapore Studies course must still read CDE2501.

* Students who have already completed Creating Narratives, Liveable Cities, and/or Systems Thinking and Dynamics must still read the 12 units of Engineering major-specific courses.

Double counting of CDE Integrated Project and FSP4003

Students may seek approval from the NUS Business School to double count their CDE Integrated Project course toward FSP4003 if they pursue one of the following:

Option 1: Work on a group project in the CDE Integrated Project course which has a significant business element. The business element will not be graded as a part of the Integrated Project course, but students will require Business to endorse the project scope at the start of the project and submit an additional write-up to the NUS Business School at the end of the project.
Option 2: Read CDE4301A Ideas to Start-up (12 units) which is one the choices for the CDE Integrated Project courses. CDE4301A covers both technical and business development of new product or service. Each project team in CDE4301A typically has between two and four students. For students who choose this option, 8 units from CDE4301A will be double-counted towards FSP4003 while the remaining 4 units will be counted as unrestricted electives. CDE4301A is offered by the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre under its Innovation & Design Programme.

For both options above, the CDE Integrated Project course (including CDE4301A) cannot be counted towards another requirement (e.g. Second Major, Minor, Specialisation) since it would already be double-counted toward FSP4003.

Students who are able to double count CDE Integrated Project toward FSP4003 can complete the DDP with a minimum of 194 units (202 units for those in Accountancy).

Cohorts AY2021/2022 to AY2023/2024

Single honours

Students who are pursuing a single honours DDP (i.e. Bachelor of Engineering with Honours plus Bachelor of Business Administration) need to fulfil at minimum of 182 units the following requirements:

Requirements	Units	Remarks
General Education courses Data Literacy (4 units) Digital Literacy (4 units) Critique and Expression (4 units) Cultures and Connections (4 units) Singapore Studies (4 units) Communities and Engagement (4 units)	24	These courses are classified as CA and contribute toward the GPA for both degree programmes. Default courses are as follows: Data Literacy: GEA1000 Quantitative Reasoning with Data Digital Literacy: CS1010% Programming Methodology (any variant) Critique and Expression: ES2631 Critique and Communication of Thinking and Design Except for Data Literacy and Digital Literacy, these courses can be fulfilled by those from University Town College Programme (UTCP), Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) programme, and NUS College (NUSC).
Other CDE Common Curriculum courses CDE2000 Creating Narratives (4 units) DTK1234 Design Thinking (4 units) EG1311 Design and Make (4 units) IE2141 Systems Thinking and Dynamics (4 units) EE2211 Introduction to Machine Learning (4 units) CDE2501/EG2501 Liveable Cities (4 units) PF1101 Fundamentals of Project Management (4 units) Integrated Project (8 units)	36	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students who have read the Junior Seminar course (UTC1702%) in Residential College 4 are exempted from IE2141 and must replace it with 4 units of unrestricted electives. Students to choose from curated list of Integrated Project courses for CDE majors.
Engineering major Basket of Mathematics courses (8 units) Internship (10 units) EG2401A Engineering Professionalism (2 units) Engineering discipline-specific core and elective courses (40 units)	56 (with common course) 60 (without common course)	These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students in this DDP are NOT exempted from internship. The 10 units of internship can be fulfilled through a combination of approved internship courses. Polytechnic-intake and other students who have received advanced placements credits for the internship requirement will be considered as having fulfilled the requirement. Up to one 4-unit Business specialisation course can be double-counted as an elective course for the Engineering major (discipline-specific).
Business non-credit graduating requirements BPM1701 Calculus and Statistics BPM1702 Microsoft Excel Skills for Business BPM1705 Understanding How Business Works STR1000 Career Creation Starter Workshops STR2000 Career Creation Starter Clinics Global Immersion and Study	0	These courses must be completed within the first semester after matriculation or first semester of commencing the DDP for mid-stream DDP students. Global Immersion and Study may be fulfilled through student exchange, overseas internship, case competition, or study trip.
Business core courses ACC1701 Accounting for Decision Makers (4 units) BSP1702 Legal Environment of Business (4 units) BSP1703 Managerial Economics (4 units) BSP2701 Global Economy (2 units) BSP3701 Strategic Management (4 units) DAO1704 Decision Analytics Using Spreadsheets (4 units) DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics (4 units) DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management (4 units) FIN2704 Finance (4 units) MKT1705 Principles of Marketing (4 units) MNO1706 Organisational Behaviour (4 units) MNO2705 Leadership and Decision Making under Uncertainty (4 units)	46	These courses are classified as C2 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C1 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students are exempted from ES2002 if they read ES2631 or equivalent courses in UTCP, RVRC or NUSC for Critique and Expression. Students whose home Faculty is Business who withdraw from the DDP after reading ES2631 will be considered as having fulfilled the Critique and Expression pillar, but would have to read ES2002 if they have not read ES2002 or a preclusion of ES2002.
Business specialisation courses	16 (with common course) 20 (without common course)	These courses are classified as C2 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C1 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Additional 4-unit Business specialisation course is needed to complete the specialisation if common course between Engineering and Business is not related to the specialisation.
Common course	0 or 4	Up to one 4-unit Business specialisation course can be double-counted as an elective course for the Engineering major (discipline-specific). This course is classified as CA and contributes toward the GPA for both degree programmes.
Total (minimum)	182 or 186

Double honours

Students who are pursuing a double honours DDP (i.e. Bachelor of Engineering with Honours plus Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours) need to fulfil the requirements listed above plus additional 20 units of Business honours requirement:

Research option: BHD4001 Dissertation (12 units) in the area of specialisation, and 2 advanced Independent Study courses not related to dissertation research area (8 units) or FSP4003 Field Service Project (8 units).
Coursework Option: FSP4003 Field Service Project (8 units), and 12 units of Level-4000 Business courses (of which 8 units must be in the area of specialisation).

Students may seek approval from the NUS Business School to double count their CDE Integrated Project course toward FSP4003 if they pursue one of the following:

Option 1: Work on a group project in the CDE Integrated Project course which has a significant business element. The business element will not be graded as a part of the Integrated Project course, but students will require Business to endorse the project scope at the start of the project and submit an additional write-up to the NUS Business School at the end of the project.
Option 2: Read CDE4301A Ideas to Start-up (12 units) which is one the choices for the CDE Integrated Project courses. CDE4301A covers both technical and business development of new product or service. Each project team in CDE4301A typically has between two and four students. For students who choose this option, 8 units from CDE4301A will be double-counted towards FSP4003 while the remaining 4 units will be counted as unrestricted electives. CDE4301A is offered by the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre under its Innovation & Design Programme.

Depending on whether there is double-counting of Business specialisation courses and CDE Integrated Project toward FSP4003, students will need to complete between 194 units and 206 units for a double honours DDP.

Double-counting of Business specialisation courses

One 4-unit Business specialisation course can be double-counted as an elective course for the following Engineering majors.

Biomedical Engineering
- DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization *
- DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
- DOS3701 Supply Chain Management
- DOS3711 Strategic Information Systems
Electrical Engineering
- DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization *
- DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
- DOS3701 Supply Chain Management
- DOS3702 Purchasing and Materials Management
- DOS3711 Strategic Information Systems
- FIN3701 Corporate Finance
- FIN3702 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Environmental Engineering
- DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization *
- DBA3711 Stochastic Models in Management
- DBA3803 Predictive Analytics in Business
- DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
Industrial & Systems Engineering
- DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
- FIN3701 Corporate Finance
- FIN3702 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Materials Science & Engineering
- DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization *
- DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
- DOS3701 Supply Chain Management
- DOS3702 Purchasing and Materials Management
Mechanical Engineering
- DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization *
- DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
- DOS3701 Supply Chain Management

Students from Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Engineering Science will not be able to double-count the Business specialisation courses toward their Engineering major as these majors only comprise core courses (i.e. there are no technical electives within the 60 units required for these majors).

(* NOTE: DBA3701 is mutually precluded with IE2110 Operations Research I)

Cohorts AY2018/2019 to AY2020/2021

Single honours

Students who are pursuing a single honours DDP (i.e. Bachelor of Engineering with Honours plus Bachelor of Business Administration) need to fulfil the following requirements:

Requirements	Units	Remarks
General Education courses GER1000 Quantitative Reasoning (4 units) GEQ1000 Asking Questions (4 units) Human Cultures (GEH) (4 units) Singapore Studies (GES) (4 units) Thinking and Expression (GET) (4 units)	20	These courses are classified as CA and contribute toward the GPA for both degree programmes. These courses can be fulfilled by those from University Town College Programme, Ridge View Residential College programme, and University Scholars Programme.
Engineering core and elective courses Refer to list of core and elective courses for each Engineering major	88 or 92	88 units for all Engineering majors except Civil Engineering which requires 92 units. These courses are classified as C1 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C2 for those whose home Faculty is Business. Students in this DDP are exempted from compulsory internship for the Engineering major. The units for internship can be fulfilled using free/unrestricted electives (if necessary). Additional Engineering courses are needed to fulfil this requirement if students choose to read less than 20 units of common courses (see below).
Business preparatory courses BPM1701 Calculus and Statistics BPM1702 Microsoft Excel Skills for Business BPM1705 Understanding How Business Works STR1000 Career Creation Starter Workshops STR2000 Career Creation Starter Clinics Global Immersion and Study	0	These courses must be completed within the first semester after matriculation or first semester of commencing the DDP for mid-stream DDP students. Global Immersion and Study may be fulfilled through student exchange, overseas internship, case competition, or study trip. Students whose home faculty is not Business will be granted a waiver for STR1000 and STR2000 if they have passed both CFG1010 Roots & Wings 1.0 and CFG1002 Career Catalyst. There is no partial waiver or new substitution.
Business core courses ACC1701 Accounting for Decision Makers (4 units) BSP1702 Legal Environment of Business (4 units) BSP1703 Managerial Economics (4 units) BSP2701 Global Economy (2 units) BSP3701 Strategic Management (4 units) DAO1704 Decision Analytics Using Spreadsheets (4 units) DAO2702 Programming for Business Analytics (4 units) DAO2703 Operations and Technology Management (4 units) FIN2704 Finance (4 units) MKT1705 Principles of Marketing (4 units) MNO1706 Organisational Behaviour (4 units) MNO2705 Leadership and Decision Making under Uncertainty (4 units)	46	These courses are classified as C2 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C1 for those whose home Faculty is Business. DDP students are exempted from ES2002 Business Communication for Leaders (BBA) if they read ES2531, UWC2101%, ES1601, or UTW2001%. DDP students from Computer Engineering must read ES2002 if they have not read UWC2101%, ES1601, or UTW2001%.
Business specialisation courses	8 (Cohort AY2018/2019) 4 (Cohorts AY2019/2020 and AY2020/2021)	These courses are classified as C2 for students whose home Faculty is CDE and C1 for those whose home Faculty is Business. It is not compulsory for DDP students to do a specialisation for the Business degree. Students who wish to specialise in a business area may have to read extra courses to meet the respective specialisation requirement. DDP students whose home Faculty is Business will be required to do a specialisation if they withdraw from the DDP and return to the single degree programme in Business. Additional Business specialisation courses are needed to fulfil this requirement if students choose to read less than 20 units of common courses (see below).
Common courses ES2531 Critical Thinking and Writing or ES2631 Critique and Communication of Design and Thinking (4 units) Two common Engineering courses (8 units) Two common Business courses (8 units)	20	These courses are classified as CA and contribute toward the GPA for both degree programmes. Students who read less than two common Engineering and/or two common Business courses must complete additional courses for their Engineering major and Business specialisation. Each common Engineering/Business course that is not read must be replaced by one additional course for the Engineering major and one additional course for Business specialisation. Students should check with their home department in CDE and the NUS Business School on these additional courses that can be used to replace the common courses.
Total (minimum)	182 or 186	182 units for all Engineering majors except Civil Engineering which requires 186 units.

Double honours

Research option: BHD4001 Dissertation (12 units) in the area of specialisation, and 2 advanced Independent Study courses not related to dissertation research area (8 units) or FSP4003 Field Service Project (8 units).
Coursework Option: FSP4003 Field Service Project (8 units), and 12 units of Level-4000 Business courses (of which 8 units must be in the area of specialisation).

Common Engineering and Business courses

Engineering major	Engineering courses that can be counted as common courses	Business courses that can be counted as common courses
Biomedical Engineering	EE3801 Data Engineering Principles IE2110 Operations Research I * IE2130 Quality Engineering I ^ IE4240 Project Management MT4002 Technology Management Strategy	DOS3701 Supply Chain Management DOS3711 Strategic Information Systems DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization * DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
Chemical Engineering	CN5111 Optimization of Chemical Processes CN5191 Project Engineering	DOS3701 Supply Chain Management DOS3711 Strategic Information Systems DBA3711 Stochastic Models in Management DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
Civil Engineering	CE5603 Engineering Economics & Project Evaluation CE5804 Global Infrastructure Project Management TP5026 Transportation Management & Policy TP5027 Transport & Freight Terminal Management TP5028 Intermodal Transportation Operations	DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization * DBA3711 Stochastic Models in Management DBA3803 Predictive Analytics in Business DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
Computer Engineering	EE3801 Data Engineering Principles EE4211 Data Science for the Internet of Things EE4802 Learning from Data CS4244 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning ^ EE3031 Innovation & Enterprise I IE2110 Operations Research I * IE2130 Quality Engineering I ^ MT4002 Technology Management Strategy	DOS3701 Supply Chain Management DOS3702 Purchasing and Materials Management DOS3711 Strategic Information Systems DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization * DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting FIN3701 Corporate Finance FIN3702 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Electrical Engineering	EE3801 Data Engineering Principles EE4211 Data Science for the Internet of Things EE4802 Learning from Data CS4244 Knowledge Representation and Reasoning ^ EE3031 Innovation & Enterprise I IE2110 Operations Research I * IE2130 Quality Engineering I ^ MT4002 Technology Management Strategy	DOS3701 Supply Chain Management DOS3702 Purchasing and Materials Management DOS3711 Strategic Information Systems DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization * DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting FIN3701 Corporate Finance FIN3702 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Environmental Engineering	CE2183 Construction Project Management CE5603 Engineering Economics & Project Evaluation CE5804 Global Infrastructure Project Management SH5402 Advanced Safety, Health & Environment Management	DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization * DBA3711 Stochastic Models in Management DBA3803 Predictive Analytics in Business DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
Industrial & Systems Engineering	IE2110 Operations Research I * IE2130 Quality Engineering I ^ IE4220 Supply Chain Modelling IE4240 Project Management	DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting FIN3701 Corporate Finance FIN3702 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Materials Science & Engineering	IE2110 Operations Research I * IE2130 Quality Engineering I ^ IE4240 Project Management ^	DOS3701 Supply Chain Management DOS3702 Purchasing and Materials Management DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization * DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting
Mechanical Engineering	EE3801 Data Engineering Principles EE4802 Learning from Data IE2110 Operations Research I * IE2130 Quality Engineering I ^ IE4240 Project Management MT4002 Technology Management Strategy	DOS3701 Supply Chain Management DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization * DBA4811 Analytical Tools for Consulting

Notes:

* IE2110 Operations Research I and DBA3701 Introduction to Optimization are mutually precluded. Students who have completed either course are not allowed to read the other course.

^ For Cohort AY2018/2019 only.

Admission

Students will be admitted into this DDP only if they meet the requirements of both the College of Design and Engineering (CDE) and the NUS Business School. A committee comprising staff members from both CDE and Business will review the applications. An applicant’s co-curricular achievements may be considered as part of the selection criteria.

Admission at matriculation

Students who are applying to NUS may select this DDP in their NUS application form. Applicants must meet the admission requirements of both degree programmes:

College of Design and Engineering: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/undergraduate/apply-to-cde/
NUS Business School: https://bba.nus.edu.sg/admissions-scholarships/entry-requirements/

Successful applicants will be admitted into the DDP when they matriculate in NUS i.e. at the start of their first semester.

Mid-stream admission (Cohort AY2024/2025 onwards)

Current students who are interested to pursue this DDP must meet the following criteria at the point of admission into the DDP:

Minimum GPA of 4.00 (before exercising the S/U option on any course) for their first degree programme.
Completed at least 60 units and 80 units (excluding units earned from student exchange programmes or advanced placement credits), i.e. typically in the third, fourth or fifth semester in NUS. Students cannot enrol in this DDP after the end of their fifth semester.
Passed at least 12 units of courses from the major in the second degree programme, including the gateway course(s) for the Engineering major (for students whose home Faculty is Business) but excluding courses that are counted towards both degree programmes (e.g. General Education courses).
Obtained a minimum GPA of 4.00 (before exercising the S/U option), i.e. average grade of B+, for the courses from the major in the second degree programme.
Able to complete both degree programmes within a maximum candidature period of 10 regular semesters.

In addition to the above, students may also need to go through an interview and/or additional assessments. Admission is subject to availability of vacancies in the second degree programme, and may be subject to other factors such as performance in interview, additional assessments, and quality of other applicants.

The application window is open between Week 6 and Week 11 of each regular semester. Applications submitted before or after this window will not be accepted. Applications will be reviewed after the release of examination results for the same semester, and the outcome will be made known within 2 to 3 weeks from the release of examination results.

Click here to apply (for current NUS students only)

Candidature period and tuition fees

The normal candidature period for the single honours and double honours DDP are 9 and 10 consecutive semesters, respectively. Students in a DDP are require to pay only the prevailing tuition fee of their home Faculty's degree programme.

Students who take longer than the normal candidature period to complete this DDP will have to pay partial non-subsidised fees, culminating in full non-subsidised fees, during the extended semesters (click here for more information).

Completion and exit

Students from Cohorts AY2018/2019 to AY2020/2021 are required to leave this DDP if any of the following occurs:

GPA below 3.75 for the first degree programme for two consecutive semesters
GPA below 3.25 for the second degree programme for two consecutive semesters
Combination of both for two consecutive semesters

Students from Cohorts AY2021/2022 are required to leave this DDP if their GPA for one or both degree programmes is below 3.50 for two consecutive semesters.

Students can also choose to leave this DDP on their own accord by submitting their request to their home Faculty between the release of examination results of the immediate past semester and by the first week of the following semester. Students should consider their decision carefully as it is irrevocable. Those who have withdrawn from this DDP will not be readmitted into the DDP regardless of their GPA.

Upon exit from this DDP, students will return to their home Faculty for their single degree programme. Students whose home Faculty is CDE must complete the compulsory internship requirement in their single degree programme. The separate GPAs for the two degrees will be combined into a single GPA, using all courses from both degree programmes.

Contact us

You may contact the following if you have questions about this DDP:

College of Design and Engineering: Ms Lesley Poong (lesley@nus.edu.sg or 6516 1339)
NUS Business School: Mr Hazim Shafarudin (hazim.s@nus.edu.sg)