Private Education Act
Under the Private Education Act legislated in December 2009, a Council for Private Education (CPE) was set up to regulate the private education industry in Singapore. All Private Education Institutions (PEIs) are required to comply with the regulations under the Act in order to continue operations. SIM University (UniSIM) has obtained registration with the CPE for a maximum period of 6 years from 4 June 2010 to 3 June 2016.
The following are the formal requirements that UniSIM has put in place, vis-à-vis the stipulations of the Private Education Act:
As stipulated by CPE and with the aim of enhancing the confidence of students in the quality of education in Singapore, UniSIM will enter into a standard PEI-Student contract which protects the interests of our students; the terms of this contract are guided by the template provided by the CPE. The PEI-Student Contract lays out the important terms and conditions governing the relationship between the student and UniSIM. We will honour all terms and conditions spelt out in the contract and in all our communication materials.
A copy of our standard UniSIM-Student contract is available for viewing upon request.
The CPE requires all course fees paid by students to be protected. UniSIM, however, enjoys a waiver of this requirement in relation to MOE-subsidised programmes. For our General Studies Modular (credit) programme and postgraduate programmes, we have in place a Fee Protection Scheme (FPS) as required by CPE. The FPS serves to protect the student’s fees in the event the PEI is unable to continue operations due to insolvency, and/or regulatory closure. In addition, the FPS protects the student if the PEI fails to pay penalties or to return fees to the student arising from judgements made against it by the Singapore courts.
UniSIM has appointed Lonpac Insurance Berhad to be the FPS provider for our students in the General Studies Modular (credit) Programme and postgraduate programmes. The insurance coverage shall commence from the date of payment of the fees till the due date of the next payment or the course end date whichever is earlier.
More details of the FPS can also be found in the FPS Instruction Manual, available at CPE’s website.
The following information can be found in the respective pages of this website.
(a) |
Registration number of UniSIM |
CPE/UEN: 200504979Z |
(b) |
Name of PEI and all the names of its schools, departments and faculties where applicable |
About UniSIM > Organisation Structure |
(c) |
Addresses of all registered premises |
Why UniSIM > Campus Facilities |
(d) |
Accurate visual representations of the registered premises, including one or more photographs or video recordings of the premises |
(e) |
Number of classrooms, floor area and capacity of each classroom |
(f) |
Facilities and equipment |
(g) |
Name of every manager of UniSIM |
About UniSIM > Board of Trustees |
(h) |
Name of every Academic Board and Exam Board member of UniSIM |
About UniSIM > Academic Board and Exam & Awards Committee |
(i) |
Organisation structure of UniSIM and names of persons responsible for each school, department or faculty, where applicable |
About UniSIM > Organisation Structure
About UniSIM > Schools
About UniSIM > Learning Services
About UniSIM > Administration |
(j) |
Names of all the programmes which UniSIM has been permitted to offer and the courses or modules thereof |
Programmes
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(k) |
Name of every teacher deployed to teach, the course or module thereof the teacher is deployed to teach, and whether teach on full-time or part-time |
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (SASS)
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (SBIZ)
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (HDSS)
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (SST)
About UniSIM > Administration > Office of Graduate Studies |
(l) |
Qualifications of every teacher deployed
to teach |
About UniSIM > Schools -> Faculty > Teaching Associates (SASS)
About UniSIM > Schools -> Faculty > Teaching Associates (SBIZ)
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (HDSS)
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (SST)
About UniSIM > Administration > Office of Graduate Studies
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(m) |
Information on programmes – manner of teaching, requirements for enrolment and graduation, assessment and examination, duration of programme, commencement and end dates, and terms of industrial attachment |
Programmes
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(n) |
Average teacher-student ratio |
About UniSIM > Schools -> Faculty > Teaching Associates (SASS)
About UniSIM > Schools -> Faculty > Teaching Associates (SBIZ)
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (HDSS)
About UniSIM > Schools > Faculty > Teaching Associates (SST)
About UniSIM > Administration > Office of Graduate Studies |
(o) |
Fees payable by students |
Undergraduate Admissions > Tuition Fee and Subsidy
Graduate Admissions > Tuition Fee |