SINGAPORE – A new six-month artificial intelligence (AI) programme that aims to train more than 200 fresh graduates and mid-career professionals over the next three years to become AI practitioners was launched at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) on Oct 2.

To complement the programme, SIT also unveiled an Applied AI Doctoral Training Centre, which creates a development pathway from AI practitioners to applied AI researchers and innovators.

The AI programme was launched during the official opening of the SIT x Nvidia AI centre (SNAIC), a collaboration between the university and chipmaker giant Nvidia that conducts applied AI research.

Since its inception one-and-a-half years ago, SNAIC has worked with 70 companies to develop 50 AI solutions across manufacturing, healthcare and transport sectors.

The new training initiative, called SNAIC AI Programme, was developed in collaboration with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. It aims to equip professionals with the skills to leverage AI tools, libraries and algorithms to develop AI applications.

The programme includes a two-month-long intensive training that is based on modules developed by Snaic, training professionals with the latest AI skills and tools in generative AI, large language models and agentic AI, which refers to AI systems designed to make autonomous decisions.

Participants will spend four months on projects with industry partners to solve real-world business problems with AI. They will be supervised by instructors and experts from SIT and SNAIC.

The programme costs $1,000 before GST, and is open to applicants with foundational skills in Python, cloud platforms, and data technologies, as well as a degree or diploma in computing, engineering, or related fields.

Speaking to the media, Professor Susanna Leong, vice-president for applied research at SIT, said: “We also hope to be able to train SIT’s accountancy, allied health and engineering students to be fluent in AI, so that in their respective domains, they can us...