Established in May 1999, Hartford Education Corporation Limited (formerly known as Hartford Holdings Limited) is a leading education provider of business management programmes listed on the Singapore Exchange. In April 2004, Hartford became a subsidiary of RafflesEducationCorp (formerly known as RafflesLaSalle), one of the leading creative and design management education groups in the Asia. Hartford has subsidiaries in China , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Mongolia , New Zealand and Vietnam and has partnerships with several foreign universities, namely University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, Australian International Hotel School and The University of Newcastle in Australia .

Hartford also offers its own diploma programmes such as The Advanced Diploma in Business with specialisations, The Advanced Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management, The Advanced Diploma in Corporate Communications (Investor Relations) and The Advanced Diploma in Leisure Management that are developed by Hartford's team of local and foreign academics from overseas universities, polytechnics as well as industry professionals.

In 2003, Hartford announced its initial public offering (IPO), resulting in its public shares being 68.2 times
over-subscribed. Headquartered in Singapore, Hartford is one of the few distance education providers listed
in Asia. As such, we are robustly financed to provide a first-class educational infrastructure, the best education programmes, and excellent student support services.

In 2007, Hartford was awarded the prestigious Singapore Quality Class Award for Private Education Organisation (SQC PEO) by SPRING Singapore in recognition of excellent business processes and operational systems.

Hartford was awarded CaseTrust for Education (For Good Business Practices) in July 2005.

Our Vision
As a Premier Education Provider we are committed to nurturing entrepreneurial and innovative talent in the field of business management, so as to support the economic development of the countries we operate in.

Our Mission
We prepare our students to be future business leaders by providing an education distinguished by its practical relevance and passion for excellence. We focus both on undergraduate education that emphasises a personalised learning environment and on selected masters, doctoral, and other graduate programmes that provide students with specialised educational experiences. We aim to provide an unequalled education that will serve our students for a lifetime, and meet the needs of our wider community in all the countries we operate in.

Service Guarantee statement
Hartford Institute is committed to constantly meet our customer's needs by providing consistently high quality products and services through a customer-oriented quality management system, and by continual improvement of the effectiveness of the quality management system.

Hartford Institute is dedicated in supporting the development and professional growth of our students and staff by providing high quality training, seminars and workshops in a variety of creative ways and by enhancing students' education experiences through creative brainstorming.

Hartford Institute is committed in life-long learning accessibility either through a virtual setting such as e-learning, or through the traditional classroom approach blended with the latest proven technologies and creative ideas.

All the education programmes and services provided by Hartford have one goal: providing quality learning environment and services without compromising the integrity and the high standards set by our University partners and by operating with Professional practices.

Our Success Story
The programmes administered by Hartford have attracted many human resource managers and executives from reputable multi-national companies to participate in our internship programme. Listed below are just some of the organisations whom have embraced and taken pride in our internship programme.

· Sentosa Leisure Group
· Sentosa Luge 
· OGL Asia Pte Ltd 
· Intercontinental Hotel
· Meritus Mandarin 
· Orchard Parade Hotel 
· Oriental Singapore
· Trader Hotel
· Flutes at the Fort 
· Pasta Fresca Da Salvatore
· C K Tang Ltd 
· Escape Theme Park
· Jurong Bird Park Singapore

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