SINGAPORE--(Marketwired - Jul 20, 2017) - PSB Academy's City Campus at Marina Square hosted over 2,000 students last Saturday as they graduated with certificates and diplomas from PSB Academy, and will celebrate graduands from one of the United Kingdom's leading universities (1), Coventry University, tomorrow.
Amongst them are individuals like Bryan Lee Seng Long, whose ambitions to become a data scientist have inspired him to pursue a Master's degree at the National University of Singapore.
Bryan, 37, graduated at the top of his class with a Diploma in Infocomm Technology from PSB Academy. A chemist working at one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies, Evonik (SEA), Bryan's diploma will afford him the necessary credit exemptions to complete a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science from Coventry University as a part-time PSB Academy undergraduate student in November later this year.
Armed with his degree from Coventry University, Bryan hopes to enroll into a Masters in Technology with Knowledge Engineering with the NUS Institute of System Science after he graduates. "Preparation and planning before your next move will help you get ahead," says Bryan, who hopes that his investment in education will help him fulfill his career ambitions.
Bryan was one of 2,187 other graduates from PSB Academy's class of 2017 who received certificates and diplomas ranging from sports and exercise science, business administration, tourism and hospitality, engineering and life sciences. Another 238 students will graduate with business and engineering degrees from Coventry University.
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Like Bryan, the same thirst for learning has been the driving force behind Richard Lee Ze Hong's success as a top student in his Diploma in Tourism & Hospitality Management cohort.
At 21, Richard is planning to continue his undergraduate studies in events management at Coventry University's home campus in the UK, and has already secured a year-long internship at The Derby Conference Centre. He attributes much of his success to the diverse learning environment at PSB Academy: "I've benefitted from a world of diverse cultures in Singapore, and studying at PSB Academy also gave me the phenomenal opportunity to continue my studies overseas," says Richard, who hopes that his journey will inspire other students to pursue their dreams as well.
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Despite being a full-time student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Coventry University, 25-year-old Abdul Halim Bin Hidayat spent most of his weekday nights and weekends doing ad-hoc work as a service engineer at Aim Fire Systems & Engineering Pte Ltd.