The Talent Development Programme (TDP) is a premier programme for the NUS for academically talented and highly motivated students. The TDP offers special challenges and the best opportunities to qualified students, and encourages them to seek breadth and excellence in their undergraduate studies. It is directed at students who have potential to become leaders in their chosen fields in the future.

TDP aims to nurture both general leadership and technical leadership. For general leadership development, TDP students take part in the various excellent programmes under the broad umbrella of the university TDP. To nurture technical leadership in the domain of Computing, TDP students enjoy a broad-based, challenging and stimulating university experience.

TDP students enjoy greater flexibility in course planning and module selection. This planning is done in consultation with a TDP Mentor assigned to each TDP student. To build a solid foundation, TDP students take the following specially designed "TDP modules" during their first few semesters:

• CS1101S Programming Methodology
• TDCS1102 Data Structures and Algorithms (Independent Study)
• TDCS2103 Software Design Methodology (Independent Study)

TDP students enjoy early opportunities for independent research work under the UROP(Computing) programme where they take the modules CS2288 and CS3288. Finally, TDP students are given ample opportunities and support for leadership roles in activities within the School of Computing. They plan their own annual programme of activities for TDP.