NEXUS: MAD Grad Experience & Concert 2026 is a two-day immersive experience celebrating student work across design, animation, music, digital media and creative entrepreneurship.
Key highlights include:
- Flea market and artist stalls featuring MAD alumni and student creators (T21 Level 3)
- Launch of new creative spaces — Immersive Games Studio (MAD x So Drama!) at T21 Level 1 and Riot Factory (MAD x Bloomr.SG) at T21 Level 3
- Special Guest Panel (11 March, 4pm, MLT12): The Transdisciplinary Edge: Skills for the New Design Economy — featuring creative industry leaders including Jackson Tan (Co-founder & Creative Director of Black Design), Esther Wong (Design Lead at Changi Airport Group) and more
- Industry Opening Night (11 March, 7pm, T19 Foyer) will highlight MOUs with industry partners such as Design Business Chamber Singapore, COL Group, and more as well as recognition of outstanding student projects through the Best of MAD Awards
- DJ performance by Løvkëy & DYSTORT (11 March, 7.45pm, T19 Foyer)
- Mediacorp 987 pop-up (12 March) with Sonia Chew and Joakim Gomez (T19 Level 1)
- MAD Grad Concert (12 March, 7pm, T19 Carpark) hosted by Mediacorp DJ Louisa Kan with performances by graduating students
- Free ice cream, fries, churros and more, plus live food stations!
Visitors can also explore nominated works, transdisciplinary projects, creative start-ups and portfolio showcases.
About Singapore Polytechnic
Established in 1954, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) is Singapore's first polytechnic. It has 10 schools that offer 30 full-time diploma courses and four common entry programmes for more than 12,800 students. Pedagogical innovation is foremost at SP. We have implemented institution-wide Flipped Learning and are at the forefront of using Analytics in Education. SP also leads the global CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) Collaborative in the region. By ensuring our curriculum is just in time with industry developments, we can offer a solution-driven internship programme to our industry partners.
At SP, we are committed to nurturing self-directed, versatile graduates who are also imbued with sound values so that they can be life ready, work ready, world ready, and be of service to industry and society. We have more than 240,000 graduates; among them are successful entrepreneurs, top executives in multi-national and public-listed corporations, industry leaders and professionals across various industries, and leaders in government.
SP clinched the inaugural ASEAN People's Award in 2015 for contributing to the region's community-building efforts. We are also the first polytechnic to be awarded the President's Award for the Environment in 2010, the President's Social Service Award in 2011, and the President's Award for Teachers in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023 and 2024.
For more information, visit www.sp.edu.sg. Follow SP on Facebook and YouTube @SingaporePolytechnic and Instagram and TikTok at @SingaporePoly.
Event Venue
Singapore Polytechnic, 500 Dover Rd, Media, Arts & Design School (Blocks T19–21), Singapore 139651, Singapore, Singapore
