Training in Singapore

The programme studies the specifics of the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian and South-East Asian markets: collecting traditions, online sales, private-treaty markets, regulation. It addresses the due-diligence issues specific to the region and cooperation with European and American operators.

Local speakers — dealers, collectors, lawyers — contribute their perspective.

The Singapore laboratory specialises in advanced methods: multispectral imaging, portable spectrometry, image analysis by artificial intelligence, signature databases. Trainees learn to use these tools and to interpret the results.

An annual seminar brings together researchers, laboratories and market players.

Specific programmes are aimed at the region's customs and cultural administrations. They address maritime trade routes, free zones, port logistics and regional legal particularities. They are run in liaison with ASEAN and the World Customs Organization.

Regional joint operations are prepared with the trainees.

The campus works with the National University of Singapore, museums, chambers of commerce and auction houses. It hosts researchers in residence. Its partners offer placements and jobs.

It is open to trainees from other campuses for exchange modules.

The campus offers 60 rooms, a workspace, a restaurant and a library. It is accessible by public transport. Classes are in English, with interpretation into Mandarin and Japanese for some sessions.

Trainees receive assistance with visas and housing.

The Academy's reception service answers practical questions Monday to Friday, in French, English and Spanish, and can direct each visitor to the programme, scholarship or free resource that fits their situation. A guidance counsellor also offers a thirty-minute individual meeting, by appointment, to build a realistic training pathway.

Trainees' feedback is valuable: each session gives rise to a questionnaire, and the most useful suggestions are examined each quarter by the teaching committee. Do not hesitate to write to report a difficulty, propose a subject or tell us what the training has changed in your practice.