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About Us

Ensuring that students have enriching out-of-classroom experiences and feel adequately supported are at the heart of what we do at the Co-Curriculum Development unit.

We design, coordinate & implement SMU's approach to co-curricular learning. 

We design & deliver empowering co-curricular learning experiences.

We measure & document students' co-curricular learning.

SMU Resilience Framework

Much of the Co-Curriculum Development team’s work is undergirded by the SMU Resilience Framework.

At SMU, we adopt a proactive approach towards holistic wellbeing through developing the skill of resilience in our students. The SMU Resilience Framework aims to empower students to take charge of their own wellbeing. By doing so, the University is not only improving the likelihood of student success, but also helping students find their footing to thrive and succeed, providing a pathway to a life of flourishing.

Message from the Dean of Students

Your SMU chapter will be unforgettable, probably amazing. Study hard, but more importantly, make the best of your resources both in and out of class. Take part, connect and step up; your capabilities will outshine what you first thought possible of yourselves.

Professor
Paulin Straughan
Dean of Students

Discover the opportunities, communities and support that shape undergraduate life at SMU, helping you learn deeply, grow confidently and make the most of your university experience.

2025 Resource Guide by ODOS

Explore the experiences and support that enrich postgraduate life at SMU, from academic and professional growth to meaningful connections within a dynamic university community.

Office Of Academic Services & Operations

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 10
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Email: aso@smu.edu.sg

For Undergraduates

Office of Admissions & Financial Assistance

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 3
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Operating hours:
8:30 AM to 5:45 PM (GMT+8) Monday to Friday
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

Admission Matters

Walk-in visitors welcome. 

Requests for campus tour and information sessions can be arranged in advance through email.

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Financial Assistance

For application matters and enquiries on financial aid schemes

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Other Finance Related Enquiries

Managed by Office of Finance - Student Loans Administration

For Student Loans

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For Tuition Fee & Non-Tuition Fee Matters, such as:

  • CPF Education loan Scheme
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Office of Registrar

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 8
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Academic Services

Services include:

  • Certification letter & Academic Summary
  • Curriculum Management
  • Majors & Tracks Declaration
  • Double Degree & Programme Transfer
  • Graduation Management
  • Leave of Absences
  • Withdrawals

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Matriculation

For online matriculation and card collection

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Examinations

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Commencement

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  • commencement@smu.edu.sg

Digital Degree (OpenCerts) Matters

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  • digitalcert@smu.edu.sg

Centre for Global Education and Opportunities

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 10 & 11
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Global Exposure Matters

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  • geo@smu.edu.sg

Semester in SMU

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Semester Abroad

For International Semester Exchange Programme (Outbound)

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  • isep.outbound@smu.edu.sg

Short-term in SMU

For Short-term Study Programmes (Inbound)

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  • smusummer@smu.edu.sg

Short-term Abroad

For Short-term Study Programmes (Outbound)

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  • smushortterm@smu.edu.sg

Singapore Universities Student Exchange

Contact Methods

  • susep@smu.edu.sg

Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 7
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Career Services

For services, such as:

  • Career coaching
  • Internships administration and support
  • Employability workshops and training programmes
  • Industry information sessions & recruitment talks
  • Career fairs

Contact Method(s)

  • placement@smu.edu.sg

For Postgraduates

Office of Admissions & Financial Assistance

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 3
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Operating hours:
8:30 AM to 5:45 PM (GMT+8) Monday to Friday
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

Admission Matters

Walk-in visitors welcome. 

Requests for campus tour and information sessions can be arranged in advance through email.

🌐 Visit website

Contact Methods

  • admissions@smu.edu.sg
  • +65 6828 0980
  • Live chat available on website on weekdays from 8:30 AM to 5:45 PM (GMT+8)

Financial Assistance

For application matters and enquiries on financial aid schemes

🌐 Visit website

Contact Methods

  • finasst@smu.edu.sg
  • +65 6828 0264
  • Live chat available on website on weekdays from 8:30 AM to 5:45 PM (GMT+8)

Office of Registrar

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 8
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Academic Services

Services include:

  • Certification letter & Academic Summary
  • Curriculum Management
  • Majors & Tracks Declaration
  • Double Degree & Programme Transfer
  • Graduation Management
  • Leave of Absences
  • Withdrawals

Contact Method(s)

  • registrar@smu.edu.sg

Matriculation

For online matriculation and card collection

Contact Methods

  • matriculation@smu.edu.sg

Course Registration

Please contact respective programme offices for more information.

Examinations

Please contact respective programme offices for more information.

Commencement

🌐 Visit website

Contact Method(s)

  • commencement@smu.edu.sg

Digital Degree (OpenCerts) Matters

🌐 Visit website

Centre for Global Education and Opportunities

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 10 & 11
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Global Exposure Matters

Please contact respective programme offices for more information.

🌐 Visit website

Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre

Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 7
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065

Career Services

For services, such as:

  • Career coaching
  • Internships administration and support
  • Employability workshops and training programmes
  • Industry information Sessions & recruitment talks
  • Career fairs
  • Mock interviews
  • Mentoring programme
  • Career support for alumni for 3 years after graduation

Contact Method(s)

  • smupgcs@smu.edu.sg

Message from the Senior Director

At SMU, we are committed to excellence in every facet of the student journey. Academic Services & Operations (ASO) is dedicated to delivering the best possible experience for our undergraduate and postgraduate students. 

ASO’s Office of Admissions & Financial Assistance works tirelessly to select the brightest minds who will make valuable contributions to our vibrant academic community, while ensuring accessibility and affordability. 

The Office of Registrar plays a crucial role in ensuring a smooth academic journey for our students, from course registration to degree conferral. In today’s dynamic job market, the importance of career guidance and support cannot be overstated. 

The Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre offers a range of resources, from internship opportunities to interview preparation, to ensure our students are future-ready and prepared for successful careers. 

The Centre for Global Education & Opportunities opens doors to the world for our students to broaden their horizons and be good global citizens by way of exchange programmes and other global exposure.

Please feel free to explore this website to learn more about the services the ASO group offers and how we can support your student journey.

We are here to serve you and make your time at SMU as enriching as possible. For feedback, partnerships & collaborations across the student academic life cycle, do reach us at aso@smu.edu.sg.

Dr Navin Rajagobal
Academic Services & Operations

The Academic Services & Operations Group

Office of Admissions & Financial Assistance
Centre for Global Education & Opportunities (GEO)
Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre (DKHMCC)

Useful Contacts and Information Directory

Not sure who to ask? This directory points you to the exact SMU team—academic matters, services, and support—so you get answers quicker.

ASO Group Events

Future of Work

ASO Senior Director, Dr Navin Raj opened the event with a welcome speech on career resilience. A panel discussion featuring senior leaders from Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and UOB, moderated by MBA candidate Abigail Goh, shared insights on adapting to a changing job market and staying relevant across industries through growth, agility, and practical strategies.

Career Day

Brimming with energy, insights, and hands-on learning, the day brought students together for 'Ask Me Anything' sessions with career coaches as they explored overseas internship opportunities and snapped fun or formal photos. They also discovered their CliftonStrengths Top 5, played Brands Bingo, and tackled resume errors at the "Spot 5 Mistakes" booth ran by the SMU Career Champions.

See other university’s signature events at a glance.

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SHAPING IMPACT,
TRANSFORMING LIVES

Chairman's
Message

The world is changing at speed. For universities, standing still is not an option. It may be tempting to chase every new idea or react to every passing trend. Yet strong leadership lies in rootedness, in our mission, values, and purpose — even as we adapt with agility to what the world demands. 

With the same pioneering spirit that has defined the institution since its founding, SMU2030 charts a clear course for the future. Its pillars of Education, Research, and Partnerships are the levers through which we create meaningful, real-world impact. 

The strategies outlined herein set out what we want to achieve — but it is culture that determines how we will succeed. If we nurture a culture that is agile, collaborative, and impact-driven, SMU2030 will not remain words on a page; it will become a living commitment. 

For Singapore Management University (SMU), clarity of purpose means preparing graduates who are agile and adaptive, advancing research that addresses society's most pressing challenges, and forging partnerships that make a difference for Singapore, Asia, and the world. 

The Board of Trustees and I stand firmly behind this plan. Now it is up to every member of the SMU community — faculty, staff, students, alumni, and partners — to take ownership of it. 

Rooted in purpose, and with confidence in direction, we can shape impact and transform lives together.

Mr. Piyush Gupta
Chairman

SMU Board of Trustees
 

President's
Message

As SMU marks its 25th Anniversary, the world around us is changing rapidly. Shifting geopolitical dynamics, accelerating technological disruption, changing demographics, and rising societal expectations are reshaping the higher education landscape, making it more competitive and complex than ever.

In this environment, SMU must take deliberate steps to meet evolving industry and employer needs, and to respond to the growing demand for research that delivers real-world impact and thought leadership on society's most pressing challenges.

The SMU2030 Strategic Plan charts SMU's path for the next five years, driven by a purposeful impact agenda, focused on four domains vital to national and regional advancement: Human Capital Development, Knowledge Creation, Economic Development, and Social and Community Life. To deliver on this ambition, we will continue to build on our Education, Research, and Partnerships, supported by key enablers: Talent, Financial Resources, Digital Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, and Brand and Reputation.

We will continue to nurture agile and adaptive graduates who can thrive in a rapidly changing world, driving positive change through innovative insights and solutions, while grounded in ethics and social responsibility.

We will pursue research that addresses complex real-world challenges that span across our strategic priorities (Digital Transformation, Sustainable Living and Growth in Asia), enhancing the University's academic reputation and contributing to meaningful societal impact.

And we will forge partnerships that enable and support education and research objectives, expand learning opportunities, facilitate collaborations to address societal challenges, create knowledge transfer to benefit society, drive innovations and create real-world impact.

As we embark on this next chapter together, I invite the SMU community to be intentional in our quest to make a positive difference within and beyond academia.

Together, we will build a university of impact – one that empowers people, advances knowledge, and uplifts communities across generations.

Professor Lily Kong
President
 

Our Refreshed
Vision and Mission

Launched in January 2025 at the onset of SMU's 25th anniversary, our Vision statement embraces our roots in Asia while engaging globally; celebrates our city location as an asset; claims the space at the nexus of management, social sciences and technology; foregrounds our DNA in driving innovations and transcending boundaries; and ultimately, declares our aspirations to transform lives. Our Mission statement spells out how we will do so, through Education, Research and Partnerships.

VISION

Asia's premier global city university

At the nexus of management, social sciences and technology

Driving innovations, transcending boundaries, transforming lives

Mission

Nurture a community of independent lifelong learners and change agents

Enable world-class researchers to address societal challenges

Harness partnerships to serve as gateway between Asia and the world

Transform lives to create sustainable futures

Our Impact
Agenda

The SMU2030 Strategic Plan is anchored on a clear and purposeful impact agenda. It is underpinned by a strong commitment to evidencing the impact of each initiative, capturing the deliberate and measurable ways in which communities, economies, and societies are transformed.

Our impact framework is defined through four key domains:

Human Capital Development

SMU's distinctive education model aims to develop graduates who are future-ready, globally attuned, and socially conscious.

Impact is reflected in graduate outcomes, such as strong employment rates, career progression, salary growth, and graduates' achievements across business, government, and society.

Knowledge Creation

SMU's research advances the frontiers of academia and knowledge, contributing to a deeper understanding of complex societal challenges.

Impact is demonstrated through the production of high-quality scholarly work and its accessibility, relevance, and application to broader audiences, including policy communities, industry, and the wider public.

Economic Development

SMU contributes to sustainable economic growth through research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and education that influence business practices, catalyse technological change and adoption, improve productivity, and stimulate the development of new products and services.

Impact is evidenced by policy and practice changes, business support initiatives, and commercialisation outcomes, such as technology transfer, startup incubation, patents, and licences.

Social and Community Life

SMU enhances social well-being and cultural vibrancy through research, service, environmental and cultural activities that are responsive to societal needs. 

Impact is realised through initiatives that help shape public policy, strengthen social resilience, and improve the quality of life in communities.

SMU2030
Strategic Plan

To realise our impact aspirations, the SMU2030 Strategic Plan comprises three strategies under each of three pillars: Education, Research, and Partnerships. Each strategy is delivered through a range of strategic initiatives.

The Strategic Plan also spells out initiatives as part of five enablers: Talent, Financial Resources, Digital Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, as well as Brand and Reputation.

VISION

Asia's premier global city university

At the nexus of management, social sciences and technology

Driving innovations, transcending boundaries, transforming lives

MISSION
  • Nurture a community of independent lifelong learners and change agents
  • Enable world-class researchers to address societal challenges
  • Harness partnerships to serve as gateway between Asia and the world
  • Transform lives to create sustainable futures
IMPACT
  • Human Capital Development
  • Knowledge Creation
  • Economic Development
  • Social and Community Life
PRIORITIES
  • Digital Transformation
  • Sustainable Living
  • Growth in Asia
STRATEGIES

EDUCATION

In a world of technological disruptions and longer lifespans
1
Develop distinctive graduate qualities across all segments (Undergraduate, Postgraduate Professional, Postgraduate Research and Professional & Continuing Education)
2
Drive innovation in pedagogy, andragogy, curricula, and co-curricula to strengthen distinctive graduate qualities
3
Strengthen lifelong learning across all segments

RESEARCH

In a world that needs solutions from the best ideas
1
Invest in academic and translational research to address three societal challenges (Resilient Workforces, Longevity Societies & Economies and Sustainable Cities)
2
Implement a research assessment framework that recognises academic and societal impact 
3
Forge collaborations across academia, government, and industry to harness data and AI technologies

PARTNERSHIPS

In a world made stronger with collaborations
1
Deepen SMU's presence in key Asian cities
2
Forge regional and international partnerships for talent development and knowledge creation with the academic community, 3P (Public, Private, and People) sectors, and multipliers
3
Create strategic value for high-impact partners by effectively bringing the world to Asia and bringing Asia's story to the world

Education

Desired Impact

SMU's Education prepares graduates that the world needs: they are agile and highly adaptive in an ever-changing world; they are driven to advance positive change across industries, communities and societies; they deliver innovative insights and solutions, while grounded in ethics and social responsibility.

Summary of Education Strategies

The first education strategy identifies the 'what' that is desired of SMU graduate qualities, while the second and third education strategies delve into the 'how' of delivering those qualities.

Education Strategies and Strategic Initiatives (SIs)

1
Develop distinctive graduate qualities across all segments (Undergraduate, Postgraduate Professional, Postgraduate Research and Professional & Continuing Education)
Undergraduate Education: Develop Changemakers
  • Graduates who are self-directed and agile, with an informed worldview and a strong sense of purpose
Postgraduate Professional Education: Develop Practice-Oriented Leaders
  • Graduates who are career-agile professionals with applied expertise, interdisciplinary perspectives, and purpose-driven leadership
Postgraduate Research Education: Develop Knowledge Creators and Thought Leaders
  • Graduates who are career-agile researchers with intellectual depth, impact-driven inquiry mindsets and interdisciplinary perspectives who contribute to knowledge, as well as economic and societal progress 
Professional Continuing Education: Develop Lifelong Learners and Agile Professionals
  • Graduates who are self-directed, industry-relevant lifelong learners equipped to thrive in evolving industries
2
Drive innovation in pedagogy, andragogy, curricula, and co-curricula to strengthen distinctive graduate qualities
Undergraduate Education
SI 1

Empower self-directed learning through personalised and flexible approaches

SI 2
Strengthen interdisciplinary learning and collaborative agility
SI 3
Cultivate a broad and global outlook, enriched by Asian perspectives
SI 4
Embed purpose and societal impact into the UG journey 
Postgraduate Professional Education (PGP)
SI 5
Strengthen applied expertise through interdisciplinary learning
SI 6
Enhance career agility through immersive, work-integrated learning
SI 7
Deepen purpose-driven leadership through values and mentorship
Postgraduate Research Education (PGR)
SI 8
Deepen intellectual rigour and interdisciplinary research capabilities
SI 9
Advance impact-driven inquiry and societally relevant research
SI 10
Strengthen career agility and global engagement
Professional & Continuing Education (PCE)
SI 11
Strengthen career agility through flexible, future-focused and industry-relevant learning
SI 12
Advance self-directedness and lifelong learning through stackable and flexible pathways
3
Strengthen lifelong learning across all segments
SI 13
Enable seamless lifelong learning through digital platforms, early access to PCE and common experiences across education segments

Research

Desired Impact

SMU's Research addresses complex real-world challenges, with cutting-edge work that enhances the University's academic reputation and contributes to societal impact, including economic competitiveness, societal resilience, and sustainable and inclusive futures. 

Summary of Research Strategies

The first research strategy identifies what societal challenge areas we will strengthen capability in, delivering insights that contribute to impact. The second focuses on how we will guide faculty in striving for academic and societal impact. The third seeks to support our faculty and researchers to achieve our collective ambitions through data access and AI technologies.

Research Strategies & Strategic Initiatives (SIs)

1
Invest in academic and translational research to address three societal challenges: Resilient Workforces, Longevity Societies & Economies and Sustainable Cities
SI 1
Establish SMU as a leader in research on the Future of Resilient Workforces 
SI 2
Establish SMU as a leader in research on the Future of Longevity Societies and Economies 
SI 3
Establish SMU as a leader in research on the Future of Sustainable Cities 
2
Implement a research assessment framework that recognises academic and societal impact
SI 4
Develop and implement an Integrative Research Impact Framework
3
Forge collaborations across academia, government, and industry to harness data and AI technologies
SI 5
Leverage data and AI for research

Partnerships

Desired Impact

SMU's Partnerships support education and research, expanding learning opportunities, facilitating collaborations to address societal challenges, enabling knowledge transfer to benefit society, driving innovations, and creating real-world impact. In so doing, they enhance students' readiness, advance research, drive revenue, and strengthen reputation. They undergird SMU's convening power as a knowledge gateway within Asia as well as between Asia and the world.

Summary of Partnerships Strategies

The first strategy focuses our minds on how we engage Asia, the vast continent within which we are located. The second turns attention to the types of engagement partners, and the third to how we can be of value to our partners. 

Partnerships Strategies and Strategic Initiatives (SIs)

1
Deepen SMU’s presence in key Asian cities
Approach 1 – Deepen Strategically
SI 1
Increase opportunities for students to strengthen their understanding and experience of key Asian cultures and markets
SI 2

Strengthen SMU's knowledge and expertise in the region through research collaborations with academia and 3P partners

SI 3
Develop and implement Overseas Centre plans for existing and new centres, as part of country strategies
SI 4
Deepen relationships with existing International Advisory Councils (IACs) and establish the India IAC
Approach 2 – Nurture Selectively
SI 5

Strengthen SMU's market presence through differentiated regional engagement, by expanding PG and PCE and exploring research collaborations in key Asian markets

Approach 3 – Explore Nimbly
SI 6

Expand PCE presence through collaborations and partnerships with local/regional organisations and state-owned enterprises

2
Forge regional and international partnerships for talent development and knowledge creation with the academic community, 3P (Public, Private, and People) sectors, and multipliers
SI 7

Cultivate partnerships and networks with universities, industry and community organisations to provide students with real-world learning experiences and enhance their global outlook, career preparedness and capacity for social impact

SI 8
Cultivate partnerships and networks with leading universities, research agencies, government bodies, industry players and international organisations to enable joint grants, data access, fellowships and co-authored publications, and enhance SMU's external influence
SI 9
Cultivate partnerships and networks with leading universities, industry partners and philanthropists/ foundations to diversify and increase revenue streams, through PGP and PCE programmes, and gifts
SI 10

Cultivate partnerships and networks with international organisations, regional organisations, and alumni to amplify SMU's thought leadership, thereby strengthening SMU's visibility and reputation

3
Create strategic value for high-impact partners by effectively bringing the world to Asia and bringing Asia's story to the world
SI 11

Position SMU as a gateway to Asia through immersive learning programmes focused on Asia for learners from beyond, with SMU as trusted guide and regional expert; and through enabling research collaborations across regions

SI 12
Curate and disseminate SMU's research and expertise on Asia in accessible ways to amplify impact

P

Enablers

To further support SMU2030, targeted enabling initiatives will be implemented across the following five areas: 

Talent

Prioritise the attraction, development, and retention of world-class faculty, researchers, teaching instructors, and highly experienced administrative staff

SI 1

Strengthen the faculty pipeline and enhance research capacity

SI 2

Strengthen talent and career development and succession planning for faculty and administrative staff

Financial Resources

Maintain a sustainable financial base that supports SMU's planned vision and mission

SI 3

Ensure financial sustainability through revenue growth, cost optimisation, and disciplined financial management

Digital Infrastructure

Implement a strategic and integrated digital modernisation agenda to remain competitive and future ready

SI 4

Leverage innovation-enabling technologies to strengthen teaching, learning, research and service delivery

Physical Infrastructure

Refresh SMU's campus environment by constructing new facilities to support fresh academic pursuits

SI 5

Refresh the campus environment to optimise space efficiency, modernise facilities and strengthen collaboration

SI 6

Develop a new integrated residential and recreational facility

Brand and Reputation

Celebrate SMU's legacy of transformative impact while establishing a strong foundation for growth

SI 7

Implement a new branding agenda 

SI 8

Strengthen SMU's voice in ASEAN, China and India 

Our Commitment
to Impact

To make SMU's impact more intentional, visible, and widely felt, the University is making deliberate efforts to track, evidence, and measure the impact of its initiatives. SMU will develop systematic documentation of results, establish ways to measure progress, and amplify the University's positive influence.

Tracking progress entails monitoring the inputs, outputs, and outcomes that are precursors to impact.

Input

Resources used to support our activities in education, research and partnerships, such as student intake and research grants

Output

The direct products from our activities, such as number of graduates and publications

Outcome

The short-to-medium-term consequential effects arising from outputs, such as employment rates and citation counts

Impact

The long-term, broader effect on a larger and more sustained scale

Together, they allow us to track progress and demonstrate the value of an initiative.  They form a 'results' or 'value' chain from input to ultimate economic and/or societal benefit.

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SMU 2030 Compendium

“We will continue to strengthen our DNA as an innovative and impactful university — to drive bold ideas and derive big impact.”

Professor Lily Kong
President

The new SMU Connexion (SMUC) building is located between SMU’s School of Accountancy and School of Law. The new building added 8,565.94 m² of teaching-and-learning space to SMU’s city campus.

It enables seamless connectivity through the entire SMU city campus, as well as provides a sheltered link (aboveground and underground) from Bras Basah Road leading to Fort Canning and Armenian Street.

Besides enhancing convenience for the SMU community, it also benefits members of the public, who will have better access to the lush greenery at Fort Canning Park.

With some of the new building’s spaces and facilities being open 24/7, it also adds vibrancy to the Bras Basah precinct.

To support the University’s SMU-X pedagogy, which focuses on experiential learning through real-world projects, SMU Connexion building is designed to provide new-generation learning spaces that boast flexibility and future adaptability.

These include active learning classrooms, the bunks, collaborative zones, social pantry, jamming room, games lounge, integrated learning studios, makers space and student lounges.

The ample active learning spaces will enable students’ meetings with industry practitioners and faculty, as well as promote socialising.

About 500 m² will also be set aside as incubation spaces for start-ups to provide an environment that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship among SMU students and alumni.

Contractors Award Ceremony

Overview

SMU is the only City Campus in Singapore and among very few in the world. It is in the heart of Singapore’s civic district. It provides a natural focal point and central gathering space for students, faculty as well as the public. 

There is a need to enliven the Campus through creative design and implementation of environmental features and activity-generating facilities to transform the SMU City Campus into a modern bustling central space for communal activity. And thus enhancement of Campus Green project through innovation, to create new spaces for SMU’s evolving teaching, learning & CCA needs took place with following goals and objectives:

  • Activate and create buzz on Campus Green using new design to promote and facilitate more outdoor activities for SMU community and public
  • Transform existing spaces into new trends of Teaching and Learning
  • Energize fitness and health spaces

The project was initially planned to be completed in 34 months. But after careful review of the functions of the facilities and through continuous effort on revising construction planning, the project is shortened to 20 months. This 20 months construction period is again divided in three phases to minimize impact on existing users who are using the facilities. After the project completed there will be addition in capacity of various facilities.

Campus Green Architecture, Design and Green Features

Campus Green

The layout and design of Campus Green will be enhanced to realise it's potential as the truly pulsating heartbeat of SMU. While preserving the existing view corridor between the National Museum and the Singapore Art Museum, activity-generating areas and infrastructure that support new lifestyle expectations, informal interaction and collaboration, as well as artistic expressions will be injected to Campus Green, while maintaining natural openness and part ambience.

Three key facilities - "The Curve" CCA area, an amphitheatre, and a fitness centre - to be introduced on Campus Green, will be primary activators that change the ground, through the day and night. Urban design features will make the SMU Campus Green active, comfortable and accessible. The development will further integrate SMU into the city and enable the University to further engage our various stakeholder groups in the larger community.

New Fitness Centre

The fitness centre will be enlarged and enhanced to meet the lifestyle habits of the millennial student, and to provide an experiential learning space to support SMU's sports curriculum. Stretching from the SMU Concourse in the basement to the Campus Green on the ground level, the Fitness Centre looks out to the heritage [correct?] Yes. Bodhi Tree and The Curve - enclosed yet feeling much like an 'outdoor' space. The Fitness Centre facade has also designed to support SMU's Greenmark Platinum status.

Creative Learning Spaces

Additional learning and teaching spaces will be created to alleviate the current space crunch and will support SMU's vision to provide transformative education for a new generation of graduates. Flexible event spaces, seminar rooms, and dedicated study areas for SMU students will inject a flow of life, ideas and knowledge into the SMU Concourse area below ground-level. These learning spaces are where new ideas are created and shared between students and faculty, and where critical thinking, collaboration and learning can take place.

Basement Concourse

SMU's basement Concourse provide a covered link to all facilities and buildings within the SMU campus in the city. Here, the introduction of a three-level fitness centre allows for the creation of new and vibrant nodal points. The design allows for the yoga, Pilates and Gymnasium (fitness centre) to be used even on weekends and will welcome more life and traffic flow in to the Concourse.

Milestones

Media Presentation (15 May 2015)

Tender Award Ceremony (21 July 2015)

Construction Stage

Amphitheater & CCA

Gymnassium and Fitness Center

Teaching & Learning at Phase 1

Teaching & Learning at Phase 3

Post Completion

Overview

Singapore Management University (SMU) broke ground on its new School of Law building on 20 January 2014. The new building will be a distinctive landmark that will contain state-of-the-art facilities used both to enrich the learning experience of SMU law students as well as involve others within the legal fraternity who are important stakeholders of the University.

Standing at the junction of Armenian Street and Canning Rise, the new 23,000-square-metre building - about the size of 52 basketball courts – will be ready by 2017. A key feature of the new building is the Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, named in memory of the late Madam Kwa Geok Choo, wife of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The 2,200-square-metre Law Library will be fully equipped with modern technology wired for legal research in the 21st century. Also housed within the new building will be the David Marshall Moot Court, the SMU Pro Bono Centre, and other research centres.

The new School of Law building will nurture a greater sense of belonging and identity.

"Future generations of students of the SMU School of Law will have classes in this new building. Books will be read; friendships will be forged; eminent lawyers and leaders of the legal profession will be born. If, and when they look back on this day, they might wonder how the law school ever functioned without its own building."

(The Honourable Attorney-General Mr Steven Chong, S.C., who was the Guest of Honour at the ground-breaking ceremony held on 20 January 2014.)

The new building will foster closer ties among students, alumni and the law fraternity.

"SMU city campus already enjoys close proximity with the law courts, being less than a kilometre from the Supreme Court. We are also near the offices of many of our partners in the legal fraternity. The new building, with its inclusive facilities, will further promote these links and engagement as it will provide an ideal location for students, alumni and the fraternity to meet and interact… The project team and architects have also done a good job in incorporating design elements that will bring students and faculty closer to the lush nature that embraces the new building. These sustainable and inclusive design elements are an extension of the current SMU campus design, and stand true to the essence of SMU being both a global city university and integral part of the local environment and community."

The new building will inspire the next generation of lawyers.

"We believe that the new School of Law building must have the power to inspire. In fact, the Kwa Geok Choo Law Library will be the inspirational heart of the School of Law. The library is strategically placed at the high point of the site next to Stamford Green and is expressed architecturally as a sculptural form to represent an ‘inspirational beacon’ that seeks to illuminate the lives of SMU’s law students. It will be symbolic of a ‘moral compass’ to remind students of the importance of dignity, truth and justice in society."

(Dean of SMU School of Law, Professor Yeo Tiong Min)

The SMU School of Law, which proudly welcomed its first cohort of 116 students in August 2007, now takes in about 180 students per year. The School will see its 10th intake of students and seventh batch of alumni in 2017, the year in which the new building is slated for completion.

The Architecture, Design and Green Features

Distinctive and eco-friendly in architecture and design

  • Designed by MKPL Architects Pte Ltd, the new building will be a symbol for inspirational learning. It will facilitate innovation in learning with flexible teaching spaces to support collaborative learning, inter-disciplinary work, intellectual exchange and social interaction. The architecture of the new building is deliberately contemporary in expression, while integrating with the architecture in the historical district in which it stands.
  • Designed to meet BCA’s Green Mark Platinum standards, the new building will boast many sustainable features that will bring about maximum energy savings. Through the implementation of passive design elements coupled with innovative green technologies, the building is designed to reduce energy consumption, whilst achieving the desired occupant comfort.
  • Some of the key ‘green’ features include a central atrium that promotes natural ventilation through the stack effect, a vertical green wall that will reduce the urban heat island effect, high-velocity low-speed fans that will bring about greater thermal comfort to non air- conditioned space, usage of green concrete that consumes less natural resources through material replacement, as well as a well-shaded external façade and a high-efficient central air-conditioning system to reduce energy consumption.

Creating a global City University of the 21st century

  • The new building will also contain a myriad of social and informal learning spaces in the form of a café and through the re-purposing of circulation spaces, which allow learning to take place virtually anywhere on campus. Another interesting feature of the new building is the ‘Student Commons’ located on the roof, which incorporates a mix of student club rooms and open-air terraces equipped with outdoor seating and social facilities.
  • The new building respects the urban fabric of the Civic District and builds upon the porosity of the city campus to further promote engagement with the community. For example, a 24/7 public pedestrian access is provided between Armenian Street and Stamford Green which will play a major role in linking up Fort Canning Park with this part of the city. Along this route, users are able to experience and catch interesting glimpses of the activities of the city campus through the Social Terrace and Activity Plaza. The building also blends in seamlessly with the existing Stamford Green to capitalise on the rare accessibility to open greenery within the Central Business District.

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library

  • The Kwa Geok Choo Law Library is named in memory of the late Madam Kwa Geok Choo, wife of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

  • The 2,600-square-metre Law Library will have seating capacity for over 500 users, and will be fully equipped with modern technology and wired for legal research in the 21st century.

  • The Law Library will be a rich depository of knowledge resource and will provide comprehensive collection coverage to support the teaching and legal research needs of the SMU School of Law. It has the capacity to hold 50,000 print volumes. It will focus on developing several special collections on topics such as Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution and Islamic Law.

  • The Kwa Geok Choo Law Library and the Li Ka-Shing Library will together provide access to over 90,000 electronic resources, including e-books, e-journals and databases, catering for multidisciplinary research and interests. The two libraries will also provide seamless access to information services and resources to the entire SMU community.

Milestones

Ground Breaking Ceremony (20 January 2014)

Topping Out Ceremony

KGCLL Dome Structure Completion

Construction Stage (13 June 2014 - 12 December 2016)

Aerial View

Aerial View From the Junction of Armenian Street

Site Visits

School of Law Building Facilities

The Exterior

School of Law (Aerial view)

School of Law (Aerial view)

School of Law

School of Law
(View from Stamford Green)

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library 
(view from Stamford Green)

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library 
(view from Stamford Green)

Lower Roof

Lower Roof, School of Law

Graduate Study Lounge, Lower Roof

Level 5

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 5

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 5

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 5

Level 4

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 4

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 4

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 4

Function Lounge, Level 4

Sky Terrace (The Courtyard), Level 4

Level 3

Learning Commons 24-7, 
Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 3

Learning Commons 24-7, 
Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 3

Learning Commons 24-7, 
Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 3

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 3

Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, Level 3

Group Study Room, Level 3

Seminar Room, Level 3

Seminar Room, Level 3

Group Study Room, Level 3

Level 1

David Marshall Moot Court, Level 1

David Marshall Moot Court, Level 1

David Marshall Moot Court, Level 1

David Marshall Moot Court, Level 1

Level B1

SMU Hall, Basement 1

SMU Hall, Basement 1

SMU Hall, Basement 1

100 Seater Seminar Room, Basement 1

Level B2

Meeting Room, Research Centre, Basement 2

Achievements & Important Events

Award Obtained

BCA Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Award – June 2017

SCDF Fire Safety Design Excellence Award – November 2017

BCA Green Mark Platinum Stage 1 Letter of Award – November 2017

Award Participation

BCA Construction Excellence Award – October 2017

URA/DSC President Design Award – October 2017

Important Events/Visits

Visit by CDAC Chairman in Nov 2016

Kajima Celebration Lunch on 16 Dec 2016

Visit by SMU President on 3 Jan 2017

Visit by Kwa Geok Choo Committee Group on 19 Jan 2017

SMU State of University Address 2017

Date: 8 September 2017
Addressed by: SMU President, Professor Arnoud De Meyer

Official Launch of SMU Pro Bono Centre

Date: 6 October 2017
Guest-of-Honor:
Mr Chan Sek Keong, former Chief Justice and current Senior Judge at the Singapore Supreme Court
Mr Tan Chong Huat, RHT Rajan Menon Foundation Chairman

Societal Leadership Summit 2017 (ASEAN50)

Date: 6 October 2017
Guest-of-Honor: Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan

A Central Base

The search for a permanent SMU campus began in 1998, to replace the temporary campus located at Bukit Timah.

As a management university, SMU needed a central location. Planners turned their focus to the Bras Basah area in the Central Business District, to leverage the synergy between SMU and Singapore's business community.
The district also has historical precedence – it was home to key educational institutions for over 150 years.

SMU's campus development in the heart of Singapore aligned with the government's commitment to business and education, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority's vision to develop the Bras Basah district.

On 5 December 1998, the government made a public announcement on the campus location. By June 2000, six architectural firms were shortlisted for the SMU Urban and Architectural Design Competition. Recognising the importance of involving the public in campus design in a central location, SMU held an exhibition of the shortlisted submissions to solicit feedback from the public.

Building In the City

The designers and builders of the campus faced some specific challenges. A primary one was that for the first time in Singapore, a building was being built right on top of the underground railway line - the existing North-South line and the new Circle Line (completed in 2010).

Architects also had to grapple with other extraneous factors, hurdles and restrictions in this area. They include construction of a road tunnel at Fort Canning, the realignment of Stamford Road and the existence of buried fibre-optic cables laid by telecommunications companies. There was even accommodation for an archaeological survey of the Bras Basah site to be carried out.

Alongside these considerations, there was immense effort to preserve the existing landscape and long-standing, mature trees.In an unprecedented tree-transplanting exercise, several mature trees in Bras Basah Park were uprooted and replanted, while other trees were conserved in their original location.

One noteworthy conservation effort was the transplanting of a 70-year old, full-canopy 21-metre rain tree, with a crown 25 metres in diameter and weighing more than 37 tonnes. The contractors also took special care with a venerable bodhi tree, a highly sensitive plant and a species particularly significant in Hindu and Buddhist cultures.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Centre), with SMU Executive Chairman Mr Ho Kwon Ping (Left) and Dr Richard Hu, then SMU Chancellor (Right)

On 31 July 2005, the university symbolically moved into its new home, in time to start off the 2005/6 academic year. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially opened SMU's new and permanent campus on 20 January 2006.

The Next Chapter: Vision 2025

In 2015, SMU began a two-year development project to transform the landscape of the Civic District. With a vision to bring back the buzz and revive the ‘Bras Basah spirit’ through the SMU Campus Green, the project showcases the talent and vibrancy of the SMU campus and Singapore’s youth, to engage with the community.

Key features added to the SMU city campus include new seminar rooms; group study spaces; a centralised Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) space; an expanded, three-storey Fitness Centre; an outdoor jogging track on campus grounds, and a new amphitheatre on Campus Green that is a focal point of student and community-engagement activities.

The School of Law facade

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

In 2017, the new SMU School of Law building was launched, located at the open space between Armenian Street and Canning Rise. A key feature of new building is the Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, named in memory of the late Madam Kwa Geok Choo, wife of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The Law Building also houses the David Marshall Moot Court, the SMU Pro Bono Centre and other research centres.

At the start of the academic year 2018/2019, SMU will introduce a new residential learning-and-living concept at its existing student residence – Prinsep Street Residences (PSR). At PSR, SMU aims to build a community for the Community, where students co-live, work and learn together, and are also nurtured to be change agents by giving back to the Bras Basah community.

SMU also plans to build a new SMU-X building to replace the building currently leased on Stamford Road.

The new building will utilise state-of-the-art technology in design and construction and potentially be the first zero-emission building in central Singapore.

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