Our CDIO Journey

SP was the first Polytechnic established in Singapore in 1954. SP piloted the CDIO Framework in 2004 when the framework was first introduced by the initial founding institutions (MIT in US with KTH, Chalmers and Linkoping in Sweden).

SP was thus the first institution in Singapore to become a CDIO Member. In 2007, all engineering programs in SP adopted the CDIO Framework, and several other non-engineering programs also used elements of the Framework to design their curriculum.

Over the years, we used the CDIO Framework to continually improve our programs so that they continue to remain relevant to key stakeholders with up-to-date content backed by innovative teaching and learning practices.

The SP-CDIO Centre was formally established in 2022 to spearhead the use of the CDIO Framework to drive continual improvements in curricular design for programs offered by SP. We also envision the Centre to be a resource and touchpoint for CDIO collaborators to work together in order to address the challenges in education in today’s VUCA world.

Since adopting CDIO in 2004, there have been several milestones in the development of CDIO as shown in the graphic below.

Singapore Polytechnic will be taking part in the 19th International CDIO Conference which will be held in Norway. For more details visit https://www.ntnu.edu/cdio

Year	Event
2024	SP@70 International Learning Festival: Hosted CDIO International Working Meeting along with other SP-wide events
2024	Introduced CDIO for developing students’ sustainability mindset via ESD
2024	Finetuning the “Learning from Deliberate Failure” pedagogy after pilot run
2024	SP is a member of the International Conference Programme Committee
2023	Introduced CDIO for new initiative “Learning from Deliberate Failure” pedagogy” in collaboration with Singapore University of Technology & Design, at the International Conference in Trondheim, Norway
2023	Pilot Run for Peer-to-Peer Support, focusing on Education for Sustainable Development
2022	SP retained the Role of Co-Leader, Asia Region
2022	Completed Peer-to-Peer Support Initiative along with other Collaborators
2022	Introduced CDIO for Technicians Framework
2021	Created a series of bite-sized videos for CDIO Syllabus and Core Standards
2021	Introduced CDIO for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Diplomas adopting SP Common Core Curriculum
2021	Twin Events: CDIO Asian Regional Meeting and TF-CDIO Forum on ESD
2020	First Online Asian Regional Meeting & CDIO Workshop
2019	Joint No. 2 in CDIO Paper Publications since 2005
2019	Twin Events: CDIO International Working Meeting & TF-CDIO Forum
2018	SP elected as Co-Director for CDIO International Council
2018	SP becomes one of 15 institutions worldwide to be considered as leaders in Engineering Education
2017	SkillsFuture Course Review
2017	World Solar Car Challenge
2016	World’s first pharmacy automation system
2015	Winners of CDIO Academy
2015	TVET CDIO Conference
2013	CDIO Asian Regional Meeting
2013	World Engineers Summit (1st Prize, National Level)
2012	SP becomes one of 20 institutions worldwide with highly regarded programmes of educational change in Engineering
2011	SP elected as Co-Leader for CDIO Asia Region
2009	SP hosted the 5th CDIO International Conference, the first institution outside North America and Europe
2008	Large-scale roll-out of CDIO
2004	SP becomes a CDIO member