CAREERS
What can you do with a degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy?
The LKY School’s Master in Public Policy (MPP) Programme provides rigorous training for a strong foundation in policy analysis, programme evaluation and management.
The LKY School’s Master in International Affairs (MIA) programme prepares students for a wide variety of career options by equipping them with both theoretical and practical knowledge of multidisciplinary subfields of international relationships, together with an immersive experience in Asia.
The APSIA Career Guide provides further information on careers for graduates of the MIA programme.
The LKY School’s Master in Public Administration (MPA) programmes prepares students for senior management roles in the public sector. It provides an intensive, interdisciplinary course of study for professionals who wish to work on increasingly complex issues shaping national, regional and global policies and projects.
Graduate Employment Outcomes
Interested to know what kind of careers our students embark on, upon graduating from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), NUS? To find out, click here to view our LKYSPP Graduate Employment Outcomes Report 2018.
(Note: The Graduate Employment Outcome Reports for 2017 & 2016 can also be found on the school’s website. Click here to access our website. The Graduate Employment Outcome Report for 2019 will be available by end April 2020.)
Employer organizations
Upon graduation, many of our students returned to work for their previous employers and continue to advance their careers in public policy, government and multilateral institutions. Others pursued careers in the private and non-profit sectors, taking on roles in government relations, public affairs consulting, management, policy management and research, just to name a few. Below is a list of some employers who hired our students for AY2018. To view the full list, please refer to our Graduate Employment Outcomes Report 2018.
| Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA),Singapore Australian Embassy based in Cambodia Australian Government Department of Social Services, Australia Bank of Thailand, Thailand Beenext Venture Capital, Singapore Blackbox Research Pte Ltd, Singapore Center for Digital Society, Indonesia Central Square Foundation, India Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Community Partners International, Myanmar Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, Singapore Development Alternatives Inc (DAI), Malaysia Defenders of Wildlife, United States Drew & Napier LLC, Singapore Facebook Inc, Indonesia GPT Marketing and Consulting, Georgia Homage, Singapore Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Singapore KPMG, Singapore Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Singapore Microsoft, Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya Ministry of Health, Maldives Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya Ministry of Health, Maldives Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication Japan, Japan Ministry of Law, Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Ministry of Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines National University of Singapore, Business School, Singapore Office of the President, Philippines OneDelta Synergies Pte Limited, Malaysia Openbox, United States Our Hong Kong Foundation, Hong Kong Prime Minister’s Office, South Korea Shanghai Minhang District Health and Family Planning Commission, China Smart Nation & Digital Government Office, Singapore Sogou Inc, China The Stakeholder Company (TSC), Singapore The World Bank Group, Indonesia UNESCO Institue for Lifelong Learning, Germany USAID Green Invest Asia, Thailand White Rook Advisory Pte Ltd, Singapore |
The following organisations have hired LKY School students as interns:
Internship Stories at a Glance
Read about some of the internships undertaken by our students in various organizations including United Nation agencies, development banks and beyond.
- Internship at The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Philippines
To date, a total of 12 LKY School students have interned at ADB through the LKYSPP-ADB Internship programme since 2017. Click here to read Charles’s internship experience at ADB in 2019.
How LKYSPP Career Services can support your career?
The LKY School provides a range of career services and resources to support the career plans of students. These include one-to-one career advising, career workshops and more. Click here for a comprehensive list of career services available at the LKY School.
- LKYSPP Job and Internship Portal Click here to browse our Job and Internship Portal, which is a public portal that lists opportunities that are relevant to LKYSPP students.
- NUS Talent Connect Portal Additionally, LKYSPP students can also access to the NUS Talent Job Portal using their NUS email addresses. Click here.
- Essential Skills Workshops
Essential Skills is a para-academic programme that aims to equip students with writing, communication, and career skills that are useful for their academic and professional success. The Essential Skills programme consists of a series of two-hour long, standalone workshops that students may attend throughout Semesters 1 and 2 of your academic year. These are hands-on workshops that aim to develop practical skills for personal and professional development. These workshops are grouped under the following two tracks:
- Communications, including workshops spanning across a broad range of skills, such as writing, reading, visual, verbal and nonverbal communication.
- Professional and Career Development, including workshops aiming to strengthen students’ career development skills, such as cover letter and resume writing, presentation skills, career planning, and networking.
Internship Opportunities
We encourage all our students to explore their career options by taking on an internship during their course of study.
The school provides some funding supporting to students who take on unpaid internship through the LKY School Internship Programme (LIP). The funding is not guaranteed and is available on a competitive basis. Click here to find out more about the LIP.
For the MPP and MPA programmes, internship is not a compulsory part of the course requirement.
For the MIA programme, students who chooses to do internship for their MIA Capstone Project or do a Master Thesis. A briefing on this will be conducted for MIA students.