SMU, NUS and NTU undergraduates can shave six months or a year off the normal four-year duration of a bachelor’s degree programme. SMU said that about one in 10 of its students complete their undergraduate programmes in three or three-and-a-half years. It also offers a fast-track programme that allows students to graduate within four to four-and-a-half years with a Bachelor of Science (Information Systems Management) degree from SMU and a master degree in information technology from Carnegie Mellon University. SMU Vice Provost (Undergraduate) and Professor of Accounting Pang Yang Hoong said that the University is not concerned about the minority of students who choose private education routes to a quick degree. She added: “Students coming to SMU are here to receive a holistic education rather than a quick means to a paper degree... This is borne out by our annual employment statistics showing that SMU graduates are in high demand.”