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The university offers various programs for students, including:

• Youth: Programs designed for young individuals, including Advance@NUS and Certificate Programmes.
• Undergraduate: Programs for undergraduate students, including BTech in Engineering and Bachelor of Information Technology.
• Graduate: Programs for graduate students, including MSc (Artificial Intelligence & Innovation), MSc (Smart Industries and Digital Transformation), MSc (Venture Creation), and MSc (Environmental Management).
• NUS Lifelong Learning (L³): Programs for lifelong learning, including Overview, Browse Courses, SkillsFuture Credit Eligible Courses, Micro-credentials @ NUS, NUS Lifelong Learning for Alumni, Learning & Development (L&D) for Companies, Mentorship Support Grant (MSG), Placement-Oriented Programmes, Career Conversion Programmes (CCP), and NUS SkillsFuture Career Transition Programmes (SCTP).

BTech in Engineering Preparatory Unit (BEPU) in Mechanical Engineering

The BTech in Engineering Preparatory Unit (BEPU) in Mechanical Engineering is a program that covers various topics in mechanical engineering, including:

Syllabus

1. Introduction - Definitions; Vectors; Vectorial Law; Principle of Transmissibility; Scalar Product; Cross Product; Equilibrium of a Particle- Free Body Diagram. Moment and Equilibrium.
2. Moment of a Force - Moment of a Couple, Equilibrium of a Two-Force Body. Equilibrium of a Rigid Body in 2-D
3. Equilibrium of a Rigid Body- Statically Indeterminate System; Partial Constraints; Improper Constraints. Equilibrium of a Three-Force Body, Equilibrium of a Body in 3-D
4. Distributed Forces - Centre of Gravity of a 2-D Body, Distributed Loans on Beam
5. Analysis of Truss - Simple Trusses, Analysis of Trusses by Method of Joint, Analysis of Truss by Method of Section.
6. Friction - Dry Friction, Coefficients of Friction
7. Deformable Bodies- Stress and Strain and Sign Convention; Linear Elastic Stress-Strain Relationships.
8. Axial Force Members- Solution of Axially-Loaded Structures; Statically Indeterminate Axially Loaded Structures.
9. Torsion of Cylindrical Shafts- Torque and Torsional Deformation (Relationships between Torque, Angle of Twist, Shear Stresses and Shear Strains); Solid and Hollow Shafts; Polar Second Moment of Area: Stepped Shafts; Torque Distribution; Composite Shafts.
10. Flexure (Bending) of Beams- Idealized Loads and Supports; Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams; Relationships between Load-Intensity, Shear Force and Bending Moment, Singularity Functions.
11. Normal Stresses in Beams Subjected to Bending Curvature- Longitudinal Strains; Normal Stresses; Neutral Axis; Flexural Formula; Second Moment of Area; Design of Beams for Bending.
12. Beam Deflection Induced by Bending- Equations for Deflection and Slope; Relationships between Deflection, Slope, Shear Force and Bending Moment; Macaulay's Method of Double Integration; Application to Determinate Beams.

NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (NUS SCALE)

The NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (NUS SCALE) offers various programs for lifelong learning, including:

• Overview
• Browse Courses
• SkillsFuture Credit Eligible Courses
• Micro-credentials @ NUS
• NUS Lifelong Learning for Alumni
• Learning & Development (L&D) for Companies
• Mentorship Support Grant (MSG)
• Placement-Oriented Programmes
• Career Conversion Programmes (CCP)
• NUS SkillsFuture Career Transition Programmes (SCTP)