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Information and Communications Technology is an integral part of our daily lives. It is about using technology to improve our standard of living, our productivity in the workplace, ways of communicating between businesses and with each other, and many other facets of daily activity.
The world has become smaller because of the continuously exponential advances in ICT. The Internet and World Wide Web are but some of the most famous instances of ICT in action. On a more personal level, your mobile phone and PDA were also made possible by an Information and Communications Technologist!
The School of Information and Communications Technology seeks to help you answer these questions. Not only will it make you conversant with the industry and its latest developments, it will teach you how to process and deal with future change for a career in the ICT industry.
With us, you will also learn to be a team player while cultivating an independent, self-reliant and creative spirit. At the end of three years, you will be well poised to further your professional education here or overseas, or begin a challenging career in the exciting world of Information and Communications Technology.
For the Academic Year 2008/09, SIT will be offering five programmes:
- Diploma in Business Applications (DBA)
- Diploma in Business Information Systems (DBIS)
- Diploma in Interactive and Digital Media (DIDM)
- Diploma in Information Technology (DIT)
- Diploma in Information Technology Service Management (DSM)
The School actively pursues collaborations with industry. It maintains strong ties with key industry drivers through a programme of staff attachments, joint research and development projects, as well as the establishment of cutting-edge laboratories.
Our diploma programmes are designed to cover key technical areas for various certification programmes such as Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), SAP Best Practices Enterprise Resource Planning (BPERP), Information Technology Infra- structure (ITIL), Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), SUN Certified Programmer for Java, etc. These add value to our students in preparation for the world of work, by:
- Validating their acquisition of up-to-date technical skills
- Demonstrating their knowledge and skills
- Enhancing their status as IT professionals to prospective employers and clients.
Faculty in the School are engaged in projects that contribute towards keeping them at the forefront of developments in the IT industry. This ensures that all students in turn benefit from the personal and professional development of staff. Our technology development centres are currently established in areas such as IT security, open source, wireless and digital media design.
The School has partnered with industry leaders to provide laboratory and software applications to support student learning and projects, many of which are unique to Republic Polytechnic. Among the facilities are:
- A enterprise computing facility with IBM zSeries mainframe, running z/OS and Linux operating systems
- A state-of-the-art digital prepress and workflow laboratory
- A mobile digital broadcast laboratory
- Application systems running SAP, PeopleSoft, SunGard and other industry-leading enterprise and business software
- An IT Service Management practice laboratory with BMC Remedy service management suite
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