In 1964, a small Productivity Unit was built in the Economic Development Board to upgrade and knowledge the skills of Singapore's workforce to meet the growing economy. In 1972, the small Productivity Unit has grown to become Management Services Supervisory Development Division under National Productivity Board to raise the productivity levels of workforce. In 1988,
Management Services Supervisory Development Division became a full fledged Training Institution
– Institute of Productivity Training (ITP). The Institute of Productivity Training was merged with Productivity and standards Board and named as PSB-ITP in 1996. PSB was formed after the merging of National Productivity Board (NPB) and Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR). In 2001, PSB-ITP was corporatised and renamed as PSB Academy and started offering a wide range of education and corporate training services.
PSB Academy became the member of German Organisation TUV SUD in 2006 and moved to an $10 million new campus
The vision of PSB Academy is to be Asia's leading Academy for the industry.
The mission of PSB Academy is to prepare students to respond to today's challenging world and be the one stop solution provider.
PSB is accredited by Singapore Quality Class for Private Education Organisation (SQC-PEO) serves as the industry standard for organisation excellence in the private education sector. PSB has ISO9001:2000 certification showcases the systematic and world standard approach to manage the business and committed to provide the highest quality programmes. PSB is awarded by Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) Trust assures that the institution has to provide the mechanisms of good quality student welfare and protection. PSB Academy’s Engineering degrees are the only foreign university degrees in Singapore to be accredited by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) and Engineers Australia (EA). The accreditations assure that the standards and quality of the Engineering programmes offered by PSB Academy are recognised by the industry. PSB courses are accredited by Cambridge International Examinations, University of Cambridge assures that the qualifications are accepted and recognised by the leading universities and employers across the world.
The USP’s of PSB Academy are
- The strong accreditations and accolades which make PSB world-wide recognise
- Quality Programmes and the strong partnerships with renowned Universities in UK, USA and Australia. The partner universities from UK are University of London, University of Nottingham and Loughborough University. From Australia they are University of Newcastle, University of Western Australia and University of Wollongong and from USA California State University.
- Sterling Heritage and Reputation in Education & Training
- Distinguished Academic & Examination Board
- The strength of International students is 2000 out of 10,000.
Location & Facilities
PSB is located at two campuses- Delta and Henderson
The facilities available to students at both the campuses- equipped with computer laboratories, electronics & electrical project laboratories, mechanical & materials laboratories, chemistry laboratories, hospitality training room as well as a multi-media studio. Campuses can accommodate about 3,000 students. They have more than 50 classrooms and lecture rooms which are fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities ranging from LCD projectors, visualisers & wireless audio systems and many more.