Safety Health and Environmental Technology

Industry is increasingly recognising the common philosophy and approaches in the promotion of safety, industrial hygiene and environment protection. Regulatory authorities are requesting the implementation of safety management based on the system-safety approach and risk management methodology to minimise the risk of accidents, health effects and environment damages in the different stages of the product or project life cycle, from business conception, design, building/construction, use/operation to dismantling/decommissioning.

In order for the prevention of accidents, diseases and environment damage to be effective, the hazards have to be identified and assessed and the associated risk evaluated and treated. The programmes must be documented, resourced, planned, monitored and audited. It is a line function to implement management system programmes but such programmes have to be coordinated under the stewardship of appropriate knowledgeable specialists and advisors.

To make full use of the synergy between safety, industrial hygiene and environmental management systems, these advisory specialists require the appropriate level of knowledge in all three areas. They are then equipped to take up the challenge of integrating their management. This is considered to be the most cost-effective way of minimising production loss, preventing accidents and diseases, avoiding damage to property and safeguarding the environment.

The course is designed to provide the candidate with a good understanding of philosophy and approaches in managing safety, industrial hygiene and environmental knowledge so as to optimise globally, rather than locally, on these important topics in order to advise line management on the most productive and appropriate business path forward.

The objective of the course is to develop experts to advise senior management in industry on Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) matters. The MSc holder will be a credible professional in the identification and assessment of hazards as well as risk evaluation and treatment in the management of any SHE programme. The course is conducted by faculty members drawn from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department and invited lecturers from industries and government ministries.

The Master of Science (Safety, Health and Environmental Technology) course, or MSc (SHE), is hosted by the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The programme accepts both full time and part time students. To qualify for the MSc (SHE) degree with or without an area of specialization, a candidate must successfully complete a programme of study consisting of at least 40 Modular Credits (MCs).  In addition, a student must obtain a minimum CAP of 3.00 (Grade B-) for the best modules equivalent to 40 MCs (inclusive of compulsory modules, where required). A student may choose to graduate with one of the following:

• MSc (SHE)
• MSc (SHE) with specialisation in Industrial Hygiene
• MSc (SHE) with specialisation in Process Safety

Programme course modules are presented in the following four groups

Foundation Modules

• SH5002    Fundamentals in Industrial Safety
• SH5003    Fundamentals in Environmental Protection
• SH5101    Industrial Toxicology
• SH5108    Chemical Hazard Management

Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene

• SH5102  Occupational Ergonomics
• SH5104  Occupational Health
• SH5105  Noise and Other Physical Agents
• SH5106  Radiation
• SH5107  Industrial Ventilation
• SH5109  Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• SH5110  Chemical Hazard Evaluation

Core Modules in Process Safety

• SH5201  Hazard Identification and Evaluation
• SH5202  Quantified Risk Analysis
• SH5203  Emergency Planning
• SH5204  Safety Engineering
• SH5205  Incident Management
• SH5206  Human Factors in Process Safety
• SH5401  SHE and Quality Management Systems OR
• ESE5602 Environmental Management Systems

Elective Modules

• SH5402  Advanced SHE Management
• SH5403  Independent Study
• SH5404  Safety Health and Environmental Project
• ESE5202 Air Pollution Control Technology
• ESE5204 Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management
• ESE5205 Sludge and Solid Waste Management
• ESE5402 Industrial Wastewater Control
• ESE5403 Water Reclamation & Reuse
• ESE5603 Pollution Minimization and Prevention
• SH5880  Topics in Industrial Hygiene
• SH5881  Topics in Process Safety
• SH5882  Topics in Environment Protection

All modules are worth 4 MCs each except SH5404 Safety Health & Environmental Project which is worth 8 MCs.

Not all modules are necessarily available in any one year.

To be awarded with a specialisation, the student must also meet the requirements for that specialisation as stipulated below.

MSc (SHE) without specialisation

A candidate (full-time and part-time) must successfully complete a programme of study consisting of:

• the 4 foundation modules listed in part (i) Foundation Modules, and
• any 6 modules from part (ii) Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene, (iii) Core Modules in Process Safety, (iv) Elective Modules and/or any other 2 modules subjected to the approval of the Department..

Depending on the background of the candidate, the Department may allow the waiver of foundation modules on a case-by-case basis. In such instances, the candidate must make up for these modules from part (ii) Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene, (iii) Core Modules in Process Safety, (iv) Elective Modules and/or other modules subjected to the approval of the Department.

MSc (SHE) with specialisation in Industrial Hygiene

A candidate (full-time and part-time) must successfully complete a programme of study consisting of:

• the 4 foundation modules listed in part (i) Foundation Modules,
• any 5 modules from part (ii) Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene, and
• any 1 module from part (ii) Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene, (iii) Core Modules in Process Safety, or (iv) Elective Modules , or any other module subjected to the approval of the Department. .

Depending on the background of the candidate, the Department may allow the waiver of foundation modules on a case-by-case basis. In such instances, the candidate must make up for these modules from part (ii) Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene, (iii) Core Modules in Process Safety, (iv) Elective Modules and/or other modules subjected to the approval of the Department.

MSc (SHE) with specialisation in Process Safety

A candidate (full-time and part-time) must successfully complete a programme of study consisting of:

• the 4 foundation modules listed in part (i) Foundation Modules,
• any 5 modules from part (iii) Core Modules in Process Safety, and
• any 1 module from part (ii) Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene, (iii) Core Modules in Process Safety, or (iv) Elective Modules or any other module subjected to the approval of the Department.

Depending on the background of the candidate, the Department may allow the waiver of foundation modules on a case-by-case basis. In such instances, the candidate must make up for these modules from part (ii) Core Modules in Industrial Hygiene, (iii) Core Modules in Process Safety,  (iv) Elective Modules and/or other modules subjected to the approval of the Department.

• At least a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or its equivalent.
• Payment of application fees (S$50)
• The page of your passport bearing the passport number
• Employment pass / work permit 
• Documentary proof of change in name (if you had your name changed and your name in NRIC / Passport is not identical to the name printed on your degree scroll / certificate and university transcript)
• Polytechnic results and certificate (if applicable), or its equivalent 
• Original official transcript, or its certified true copies,
• Financial statement indicating a balance of at least S$25,000 or its equivalent to show applicants’ ability to support themselves financially (i.e. estimated expenses of S$25,000 a year in Singapore) - only applicable to International applicants applying for full-time courses and who are not residing or not working in Singapore.
• TOEFL scoresheet indicating a min. score of 92 (internet-based test) or IELTS (Academic) result of 6.5 
• Referee reports / recommendation letters 

Scholarships

• NUS Graduate Scholarship