SINGAPORE – With the growing shift towards digital and AI-driven healthcare, the National University of Singapore\u2019s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) has introduced a new integrated nursing-informatics degree programme to equip nurses for expanded professional and leadership roles<\/p>\n in this evolving landscape.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n To be offered by the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies (NUS Nursing) under NUS Medicine, the concurrent degree programme will combine the existing Bachelor of Science in Nursing honours programme and Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics. <\/p>\n The curriculum will integrate professional nursing education with biomedical informatics, covering topics such as data analytics and clinical decision support, health information system design and management, as well as ethics, privacy and cybersecurity in digital healthcare. <\/p>\n The four-and-a-half-year full-time programme will welcome its first cohort of about 20 students in August. <\/p>\n The new programme was launched on Feb 27 at the opening ceremony of the East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars 2026, held at the NUS University Cultural Centre. <\/p>\n Organised by NUS Nursing, the conference on how data and technology are reshaping nursing practice and healthcare delivery was attended by more than 1,800 nursing scholars, educators and healthcare leaders from more than 34 countries. <\/p>\n The new programme offers students two specialisations: analytics and hospital management. As part of the master\u2019s programme, students will learn alongside individuals from other fields such as allied health, computing and engineering.<\/p>\n In a media release, NUS Medicine noted that this is reflective of the interdisciplinary nature of modern healthcare teams.<\/p>\n \u201cBeyond traditional career pathways in clinical practice, education, research and management, nursing informatics significantly expands the range of professional roles available to nurses,\u201d the medical school said. <\/p>\n \u201cGraduates will gain dual expertise in care and technology, enabling them to practise as nurses while also taking on emerging roles such as clinical informatics specialists, digital health project managers, electronic health records implementation consultants and healthcare data analysts,\u201d it added. <\/p>\n