Congratulations on graduating and welcome to the SOI Alumni family!

Stay up to date with your alma mater and take full advantage of the benefits of being a former SOI student even after graduation:

• Stay connected to your favourite lecturers and old poly mates through reunions and other social events.

• Advance your career by attending our professional courses through Alumni Skills Advancement Programme (ASAP)*.

• Access the opportunities available to you as SOI alumni to further your tertiary education at any one of our partner universities and institutions.

You may also want to consider joining the RP Alumni community. Check out the RP Alumni portal for more information.

No matter where you go or what you do after graduation, we would love to hear from you. Check out our alumni stories here!

* The Alumni Skills Advancement Programme will be extended to 31 March 2024.

RP alumni who graduated in 2021 or prior, and have yet to fully utilise their three (3) ASAP course credits for complimentary enrolment into the Skills-Based Modular Courses (SBMC) or short courses as offered by RP, are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible, before 31 March 2024.

“RP has fuelled my passion for IT and innovation. With the guidance and training i got, I was empowered to act on my desire to better society, meaningfully. “ – Charlie Angriawan 

Charlie Angriawan is the co-founder of Vita, the first-ever portal that allows a company to sort job applications using referee-assessed values instead of just reviewing the candidates' resumes. 
 
Charlie graduated with a Diploma in Business Applications (now known as Diploma in Financial Technology) in 2019. During his team in RP, he was actively involved in service-learning projects and industry competitions such as Global Fintech Hackcelerator 2017, where his team, Polygen, won the student category prize in the Grand Finals. 
 
Charlie shared that his diploma has equipped him with the fundamentals to better understand both the financial and technological industries. With these knowledge, he was able to have a more fruitful internship in a local fintech start-up company. 
 
After graduation, Charlie co-founded Vita, a start-up that aims to enable companies to better assess the holistic capabilities of job applicants. “We believe that there is a missing link in the recruitment process. We have seen many of our friends with amazing talents but struggling to find jobs. So, we did a study and found out that more than half of applications are being rejected by bots that are shortlisting candidates based on keywords in the resume,” Charlie added. 
 
Inspired by Charlie’s story? Looking for something to fire up your passion for IT, Fintech, and entrepreneurship? Talk to us about the Diploma in Financial Technology. 

“I fell in love with our ethical hacking module and got genuinely passionate in it that I wanted to learn more! That interest pushed me to go for Offensive Security Certified Professional.” – Lynn Lee Qing Xia 

Lynn Lee Qing Xia is an Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP). She got her professional certification right upon completing her Diploma in Infocomm Security Management (DISM) in 2021. 

Like many others, she did not know which course to pick before poly and thought Cybersecurity looked “pretty cool” so she chose it. She became passionate about it and fell in love with the art of hacking. She has DISM lecturers and mentors to thank for igniting her interest. 

Lynn is currently working as Cyber Security Consultant at Wizlynx. Her plans include furthering her studies while acquiring more industry experience, particularly in cyber. 

Want to be like Lynn? Check out the Diploma in Infocomm Security Management. 

“RP SOI has allowed me to dive deeper into the world of IT and mobile technology. Considering how technology has been part of the world’s progression, this course has clearly given us a competitive advantage over others in the future.” – Asher Chua 

Asher Chua works in Business Development at Impact. He graduated Valedictorian in RP with the Diploma in Mobile Software Development (DMSD) (now know as the Diploma in Digital Design & Development) in 2015, and SMU Magna Cum Laude in 2020.  

As a teenager, Asher described himself as disinterested in school and underwent a rebellious phase which led to him dropping out at the age of 15. Without an O-Level certificate, he struggled to find a stable job and went from one part-time job to another, until he decided to take his O-Levels as a private candidate. 

He saw a turning point in his journey when his 24-point O-Level result earned him a place in RP Diploma in Mobile Software Development. He was exposed to coding - a lot - and this kickstarted his passion for technology.  

Asher’s unconventional journey, fueled by his passion for technology, gaming and software development, brought him to a massive success of graduating with Bachelor of Science (Information Systems), Magna Cum Laude, SMU.  

Looking and waiting for a turning point in your journey to your dream career? Have yet to discover your passion? Find out more in the Diploma in Digital Design & Development.

“Don't compare yourself to others because there will always be others who are better than you. If you try, but fall short, it is not the end of the world. There are always opportunities for you to grow," – Chan Wei Zhang 

In his journey to being a software engineer, Chan Wei Zhang demonstrated how an unmotivated student with 109 in his PSLE result slip could be an achiever.  

As a child, Wei Zhang preferred computer games over studying. His education path outlines EM3 (a track for academically weaker pupils that was later scrapped in 2000, Normal (Technical) stream in secondary school, and ITE.  

“When I was in ITE, my only goal was to get into a polytechnic, and then enter the workforce. I had never imagined myself going to university,” he shared. 

Wei Zhang studied Diploma in Information Technology (DIT) in RP where he saw a dramatic improvement in his academic result. Such improvement inspired him to work harder until he received his results.  

RP served as Wei Zhang’s springboard to a degree in Information Security at NUS Computing. He is now working as a software engineer in one of the world’s leading manufacturers of equipment for test and measurement, as well as secure communications. 

Fancy an amazing journey like Chan Wei Zhang? Learn more at the Diploma in Information Technology (R12).