In the past, only about 20 per cent of polytechnic graduates got a place in the local universities. The good news is that, in recent years, with the expansion of university places, many more polytechnic graduates now make it to the local universities.
When the Government announced the expansion of university places in 2012, only 20 per cent of polytechnic graduates made it to the local universities. Last year, 30 per cent of polytechnic graduates – almost one in three – made it to one of the six local universities.
This means most of the new university places created over the last seven years, including at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), went to polytechnic diploma holders. SIT and SUSS cater more to polytechnic graduates, not just in their applied learning approach, but also in their degree programmes.