Thai The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), founded in 1956, is Singapore's oldest not-for-profit professional institute for lifelong learning. MDIS provides the opportunity for individuals to develop professionally through academic programmes in the areas of Business and Management, Mass Communications, Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Life Sciences and Information Technology, offered in collaboration with highly acclaimed universities in France, United Kingdom, United States of America and

Australia. Its current student enrolment is more than 12,000, out of which about 3,500 are international students from over 55 countries. MDIS also offers quality management development seminars and services. The success of MDIS' graduates is attributed to the institute's strong commitment to high quality standards of education. MDIS' exemplary education and business excellence were further endorsed in July 2003 when MDIS became one of the first institutes to achieve the Singapore Quality Class award for Private Education Organisations (PEOs). In August 2005, MDIS received the CaseTrust Accreditation for PEOs.

Headquartered in Singapore, MDIS has representative offices in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. It is also represented by agents in Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. With these representations, MDIS has created awareness of its courses and programmes regionally. In addition, MDIS participates actively in overseas education fairs and exhibitions in these countries, which consolidate MDIS' efforts to explore the regional markets and its vision for regionalisation.

MDIS has a history of providing training and educational services to the community and the nation. The $35 million MDIS UniCampus occupies a three-hectare land area. It has state-of-the-art classrooms, biomedical laboratories, computer laboratories, a hospitality training centre, a mass communications studio and sports facilities such as a gym, and basketball and tennis courts. The UniCampus also has an amphitheatre that can house art performances and other events.

The UniCampus is Wi-Fi enabled, allowing students access to the World Wide Web anywhere in the campus. In addition, MDIS enhances students’ learning experience with the Blackboard Learning System and Video Streaming Technology which allow them online access to lecture notes, learning resources and recorded lessons anytime, anywhere.

MDIS has another learning centre, MDIS Dhoby Ghaut, located at Orchard Road.