"In these fast-changing, disruptive times, universities play a key role, not just in leading and shaping thinking through cutting-edge research, but also in training our young people in multi-disciplinary ways of problem-solving."

Mr. Piyush Gupta, Chairman

SMU Board of Trustees

"Our responsibility goes beyond preparing graduates for jobs. We can nurture engaged citizens, and cultivate meaningful involvement in the community, be it through community-based participatory research, volunteer work, or initiatives that support social development."

Professor Lily Kong

SMU President

"The main challenge that I have is to strike a balance between my belief in sustainability and financial sustainability. Through SMU’s incubation programme, I had the opportunity to gain access to mentors which I now recognised its value and apply in my startup."

Joline Tang, Founder of The Sustainability Project

SMU Alumni, Class of 2018 - School of Accountancy / BAcc

"One of the challenges I face is the translation of strategy into day-to-day operations. We don’t want the strategy to be mere fluff but to produce key, actionable results. The MiM programme offers thought leadership whereby concepts are not taught in isolation. They are applied in case studies and real-life business scenarios. We are challenged to think about what’s next, how are businesses evolving? This encourages me to look at my organisation’s strategy from a more progressive angle."

Maria Luiza Ramiento

SMU Master of Science in Management (MiM) student

"Throughout the collaborations with SMU-X over various aspects of business operations, we gained valuable insights from the innovative and detailed research provided by the self-motivated students and well-experienced Professors. We also managed to understand more about our target audience on what they expect as consumers. We truly believe that business partnerships with SMU-X will be beneficial for companies seeking effective business strategy, actionable proposals and growth."

Eileen Goh

Chief Creative Officer, DMK

"I am glad that Fudan University and Singapore Management University have developed close cooperation in student and faculty exchanges and joint research in a number of areas including economics, management, sociology and computer science over the past few years. I hope, and also believe that SMU and Fudan will continue to keep this momentum for a long-term partnership."

Professor Jin Li

President of Fudan University

"(SMU’s) pedagogy allows for a good balance between theory and real-world implementation, through the many opportunities to work with actual companies in and outside of Singapore. I am appreciative of the fact that SMU promotes an all-rounded view of the real world with the inclusion of a social or non-profit element during the four undergraduate years. Chloe has been able to work with and learn from each of these elements during her SMU journey."

Jerome Yuen, father of Chloe

an SMU Bachelor of Business Management student majoring in Marketing and Strategic Management

"A different U’ was what caught my attention back when I joined SMU. The constant intellectual rigour and confidence to challenge demanded by the curriculum has stretched me as a person. Juggling academics with student club activities and overseas community service project not only forged the best of friendships, it also honed my time management and interpersonal skills to take with me to the workplace and life."

Pearlynn Wee, Data Analyst, UBS Group AG

Class of 2019,  Bachelor of Business Management & Bachelor of Science (Economics),  Major in Operations Management and Economics