Industry Graduate Diploma in Data Governance and Management

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Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% training attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to be eligible for course fee funding. Click here for more information.

Comprising the Advanced Certificate in Governance, Risk Management and Data Compliance and Advanced Certificate in Data Governance Systems, this Industry Graduate Diploma programme seeks to ensure that your policies, rules, and definitions apply to all your data across your entire organisation. You can deliver trusted data to a broad range of individuals in a variety of different roles, from business leaders to data managers and developers. And you can ensure that data is appropriately governed, transformed, and reliably delivered across all applications and analytics deployments in the organisation.

Participants will be awarded the Industry Graduate Diploma in Data Governance and Management upon successful completion of both Advanced Certificate programmes. 

Click on the programme and module titles for more details:

Programme 1

Advanced Certificate in Governance, Risk Management and Data Compliance

• Module 1: Crisis Communications and Data Breach Response for DPOs (3 days)
• Module 2: Managing Performance, Stakeholders, Team Strengths for Data Governance (2 days)
• Module 3: Data Ethics and AI Governance Frameworks (2 days)
• Module 4: Policy and Third Party Management of Data (2 days)
• Module 5: Governance, Risk, Compliance: A Hands-on Approach (2 days)
• Module 6: Business Continuity Management for Managers (2 days)

Programme 2

Advanced Certificate in Data Governance Systems

• Module 1: Digital Data Governance Frameworks and Standards (2 days)
• Module 2: Data Protection Risks and Audit Management (2 days)
• Module 3: Mobile Applications - Privacy by Design and Design Thinking (3 days)
• Module 4: Concepts and Principles of Records Management in Today’s Digital Environment (2 days)
• Module 5: Implementing a Compliance Management System ISO37301 (2 days)
• Module 6: Implementing the Privacy Information Management Standard ISO27701 (2 days)

+ ASSESSMENT

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of every module as well as an overall Industry Graduate Diploma exam. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

For more information on assessment and re-assessment policy, click here.

+ CERTIFICATION

Upon completion of all the required modules within 2 years and passing the overall IGD exam, participants will be awarded an Industry Graduate Diploma in Data Governance and Management by Singapore Management University.

For more details, visit Industry Graduate Diploma in Data Governance and Management or contact enquiries.academy@smu.edu.sg.

+ FEES AND FUNDING

*The course fees are exclusive of the following: $272.50 registration fee, $109 application fee, and $545 exam fees.

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme for Mid-Career Individuals

A SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career) top-up of $4,000 will be provided to Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to further offset out-of-pocket course fees for this programme.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)

PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click  here  to find out more.

SELF SPONSORED

# SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

# Workfare Skills Support Scheme

Workfare Skills Support (WSS) Scheme in replacement of Workfare Training Support (WTS) Scheme:

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

COMPANY SPONSORED

# Enhanced Training Support Scheme

• Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
• Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than SGD100 million
• Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
• Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
• Trainers must not be a full-time national serviceman
• Trainees will be able to enjoy ETSS funding only if the company's SME's status has been approved. To verify your SME's status, please click here.

# Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here.
For more information, please refer to:

• AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
• Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

# SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC)

This course is eligible for SFEC funding. Companies should check their SFEC eligibility on the Business Grant Portal.

For more information on course details, write to us at courses@straitsinteractive.com or call us at 6974 8949 / 6920 5462.