The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), founded in 1956, is Singapore’s oldest not-for-profit professional institute for lifelong learning. Since then, MDIS has collaborated with various renowned universities across the world to offer credible certified courses.

MDIS provides opportunities for individuals to develop professionally through academic programmes in the areas of business and management, mass communications, information technology, life sciences, psychology, and travel, tourism and hospitality management offered in collaboration with highly acclaimed universities in Australia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The programmes keep pace with the global economy and are focused on producing industry-ready graduates.

The MDIS campus provides a truly global student community, with over 12,500 students out of which are 4,000 international students from over 66 countries.

In September 2008, MDIS set up its first overseas campus in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan that is located in Central Asia. The campus offers world-class tertiary education to its students and other students from the Central Asia region.

Emphasis on quality
The success of MDIS’ graduates is attributed to the Institute’s strong commitment to high quality standards of education. The Institute’s exemplary education and business excellence standards were further endorsed in July 2003 when it received the Singapore Quality Class award under a new category created for Private Education Organisations (PEOs). In August 2005, MDIS received the CaseTrust Accreditation for PEOs.

MDIS’ lecturers are industry practitioners and with relevant practical experience. In addition, the lecturers are approved by the MDIS Academic Committee and their partner universities.

Lifelong Learning Pathway
MDIS provides a full progression path for international students who can expect to progress from professional certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree within the Institute.