S’pore universities’ computing enrolment surges, amid industry changes and stiff competition for jobs

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SINGAPORE – With a near-perfect score for his A-level exams, 22-year-old Kee Song Yang had his pick of university courses before settling on computer science, in part for the promise of a high starting wage.

But he came up empty-handed despite sending out dozens of internship applications in the last summer break – signalling the rising competition within the industry.

The third-year National University of Singapore (NUS) student, who is worried about his job prospects, is among the swelling numbers of local undergraduates studying computer science and related disciplines who are soon entering a rapidly changing and highly competitive tech industry.