Industry and Public Sector Partners

Companies and organisations of all sizes face incredible challenges to continuously innovate. By partnering with SMU, we can amplify your organisation’s reach and impact, and together address the challenges of tomorrow today.

Partners Spotlight

Partnership Opportunities

Partner with us to build your brand and address your business challenges; establish corporate labs within our campus; foster leadership growth through enterprise learning; engage faculty for industry-specific research; and recruit our diverse student talent.

Engaging and Attracting SMU Talent

Building Mindshare Among Our Students

Build your organisation’s brand and reputation to attract top talent through participating in career fairs; hosting hackathons, company visits, and fireside chats; sponsoring events, scholarships, and prizes; becoming guest speakers and mentors, and more.

Internships & Recruitment

Discover our students’ capabilities through short-term placements such as internships, work-study electives and programmes, and student projects. Ready to hire? The Dato' Kho Hui Meng Career Centre (DKHMCC) ensures you have a successful recruitment campaign.

Addressing Talent Gaps

Future-proof your talent pipeline and address your organisation's talent gaps by creating a customised course or degree program with SMU. By co-creating your own curriculum, your future workforce is uniquely equipped to drive your business forward.

Workforce Development

Executive Development (ExD)

Organisations need to build collective capacity and a pipeline of future-ready leaders to stay ahead in today's complex and unpredictable business environment. With a focus on practical, applied, and experiential learning, our Executive Development programmes provide leaders with the tools they need to drive success in their organisations.

SMU Academy

Reskill and reimagine your workforce with SMU Academy's targeted, interdisciplinary programmes. From data analytics for financial professionals to compliance for legal professionals, our 1500+ programmes bridge the gap between academic rigour and real-world application to help organisations enhance their competitive advantages.

Postgraduate Professional Programmes

Invest in your future leaders by sponsoring their post-graduate education. A post-graduate education with SMU offers exclusive access to networking and the opportunity to acquire advanced skills and specialised knowledge with a uniquely Asian perspective.

Tap into our students’ fresh perspectives while gaining tailored, actionable solutions for businesses across all stages of growth, from startups to established enterprises. SMU offers multiple entry points for businesses to engage in student consultancy, with flexible programs designed to meet specific business needs — whether through short-term projects, SME-focused consulting, targeted problem-solving competitions, or our award-winning semester-long experiential learning pedagogy, SMU-X:

Corporate Solutioning and Business Advisory

Student-Led Solutioning

Tap into our students’ fresh perspectives while gaining tailored, actionable solutions for businesses across all stages of growth, from startups to established enterprises. SMU offers multiple entry points for businesses to engage in student consultancy, with flexible programs designed to meet specific business needs — whether through short-term projects, SME-focused consulting, targeted problem-solving competitions, or our award-winning semester-long experiential learning pedagogy, SMU-X:

Faculty Consultancy and Externships

Benefit from our faculty’s deep expertise and cross-disciplinary approaches. Engage our faculty for their expert insights through consultancy, appointment on your advisory board, externships, and more.

Research Collaboration

Unlock innovation potential by fostering dynamic research collaborations with our expert faculty. Through joint research, together we can make a tangible difference in addressing the critical challenges faced by our society today.

Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation (KTC)

Leverage SMU’s deep-tech and cutting-edge technologies for your organisation. We offer flexible licenses for our patented, copyrighted inventions, IP, and know-how to help accelerate solutioning.

Early-Stage Startup Support

Are you looking for ways to support next generation innovators and entrepreneurs? Work with next-generation technopreneurs through mentorship, corporate venture support, and more.

Business Families Institute (BFI)

The Business Families Institute (BFI) supports business families in growing and preserving their legacy through programs in succession, governance, and wealth management. Offering practical workshops, research, and student-led projects, BFI equips business families with the tools they need to ensure long-term success across generations.

Connect with the SMU Community

Deepen Corporate Brand Recall through SMU’s Marquee Events

Collaborate with Office of Student Life to enrich SMU’s marquee events that cultivate our students’ diverse talents and interests, while expanding your corporate presence. Your participation will create a supportive environment where students can explore, connect, and excel. 

SMU’s Regional Network

Our Overseas Centres are responsible for driving SMU’s internalisation strategy in Asia. Companies based in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam are encouraged to connect directly with our Overseas Centres for partnership opportunities. 

Giving and Philanthropy

Join SMU in driving change and empowering students to become tomorrow’s leaders through philanthropy. Your support will enable the growth of educational initiatives, research endeavors, and community outreach programs to make a lasting impact on the next generation.

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