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SAFTI Military Institute

SAF Education Office

The SAF Education Office is the central agency that coordinates and synchronises all efforts in Professional Military Education and Training (PMET) and Continuing Education (CE) for all SAF personnel.

Last updated on 19 October 2026

About SAF Education Office (SEO)

SEO is the central agency that coordinates and synchronises all efforts in Professional Military Education and Training (PMET) and CE to meet the SAF's intent to increase the engagement of all SAF personnel, through enhanced education and accreditation of their leadership and work experience acquired during operational mission and on-the-job projects.

The Office plans and drives PMET and CE for Officers, WOSpecs and Military Experts across Services, and formulates, coordinates, and implements CE strategy and PMET and CE programmes internally within the SAF and externally with Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs). The Office also forges partnerships with IHLs to offer diploma, degree and postgraduate education, and administers the accreditation of these programmes.


Nurturing our People

The operational environment and challenges faced by the SAF raised the competency demands on our people and the organisation. There is a need to equip our people with the ability to assimilate new skills and knowledge quickly, while still remain grounded as effective leaders and warriors. Thus, the SAF Nurturing Framework was implemented in 2008 to nurture the cognitive potential of our leaders, and seek to maximise their potential through holistic, progressive and continuous development. The Nurturing Framework is anchored on the 3 pillars of Professional Military Education and Training (PMET), Continuing Education (CE) and Leadership Development (LD).

Continuing Education (CE) Project Office was set up in 2007 to nurture the cognitive potential of our people, and to distinguish the SAF as an organisation that is committed towards the people development, creating value and realising the potential of its people. The CE Project Office was later reorganised into the SAF Education Office (SEO) in 2010.


Professional Military Education & Training (PMET)

Through military education and training, PMET in the SAF equips our SAF Regulars with foundational knowledge and skills, and enhance their competency to perform military specific functions and tasks. Such PMET courses are conducted in the SAF – whether it is Route of Advancement Courses in SAFTI Command Schools or Rotation Training conducted by the Training Institutes - allows our people to perform their task as a Military Professional. They impart relevant skills and knowledge to perform the military job occupational specialisation, deepen the military profession and inculcate the desired values, behaviours and attitudes.

- Military Studies and Geopolitics Programme (MSGP)

The SAF engages academics and lecturers from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) to conduct lessons on military studies and regional geopolitics for selected SAF courses. The MSGP lessons enable the SAF Regulars and NSFs to better understand the role of the military as an institution, and provide the contextual and historical background on the conduct of military operations. Regional geopolitics lessons provide our people with an awareness of trends and developments in ASEAN, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific as well as an understanding of the major defence and strategic issues confronting Singapore. It will also help our people to make sense of their operational environment and to understand the wider strategic implications of their actions.

Continuing Education (CE)

Continuing Education focuses on nurturing and enhancing the cognitive potential of our people. CE also fosters a life-long learning culture among the SAF Regulars. MINDEF/SAF values CE and has in place various provisions to support our Regulars in their CE endeavours in the 3 areas of academic qualification, skills upgrading or personal development. In terms of academic qualification, the SAF has various in-service sponsorships and awards, ranging from Continuous Learning Academic Sponsorship Scheme (CLASS) Award and Military Domain Expert Scheme (MDES) Study Award (MSA), the SAF Academic Award, or the CE Masters. These sponsorships and awards are administered by the respective SAF agencies.

Key programmes and initiatives

SAF Continuing Education Master’s Programme (SCEMP)

The SAF CE Master’s Programme is designed to equip eligible SAF Officers with a Master’s Degree through full-time and/or part-time study post-Command and Staff Course (CSC)/ Command and Staff (Executive)(CSC(E) at the Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College (GKS CSC). Officers have a variety of Master’s Degree Programmes to choose from, covering domains across Arts and Humanities; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); Training and Education; Healthcare; and Emerging Domains such as Sustainability, Innovation, Design Thinking offered by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). In addition, non-graduate SAF Officers attending CSC/ CSC(E) can enrol into Bachelor’s degree programmes from SUSS as part of this initiative. Attending the programmes will expose the SAF Officers to the latest ideas and practices in their chosen field, beyond their jobs in the SAF. These programmes will develop well-rounded leaders who are equipped to meet the increasing complexities and dynamic challenges of the new security environment.

For more information about:

  1. SAF-NTU programmes, please visit: here (opens in new tab)

List of NTU-CEM programmes [PDF, 241.13 KB] (opens in new tab)


  1. SAF-NUS programmes, please visit: here (opens in new tab)

List of NUS programmes [PDF, 280.05 KB] (opens in new tab)


  1. SAF-SMU programmes, please visit: here (opens in new tab)

List of SMU programmes [PDF, 246.99 KB] (opens in new tab)


For SAF-SMU Academy, Industry Practice Master of Digital Economy (IPMDE) , please visit : here (opens in new tab)


  1. SAF-SUSS programmes, please visit: here (opens in new tab)

List of SUSS programmes [PDF, 255.46 KB] (opens in new tab)


  1. SAF-SUTD programmes , please visit: here (opens in new tab)

List of SUTD programmes [PDF, 237.72 KB] (opens in new tab)


  1. SAF-SIT programmes , please visit: here (opens in new tab)

List of SIT programmes [PDF, 165.59 KB] (opens in new tab)


Please contact the following for SIT's programme:

Master of Engineering - 65921263

Master of Science (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) - 65924515


SAF-SUSS Part-Time Degree Programmes

The SAF-SUSS Part-Time Degree Programme allows non-graduate SAF Officers, Warrant Officers and Military Experts to attain a degree with SUSS. Eligible SAF personnel will be sponsored for part-time local studies with tuition fees and approved charges paid for. Under this programme, SAF personnel can choose from a range of SUSS undergraduate degree programmes. They may also choose to do a degree with a minor in Military Studies. Completion of SAF PMET courses such as the previous UGPMET programme (where applicable) for junior Officers, and the CSC/ CSC(E) for mid-level Officers, will earn credits towards the SUSS undergraduate degree.


Contact us

SAF Education Office

500 Upper Jurong Road
Singapore 638364

Tel: 6799-7298
Fax: 6799-7299