The Singapore Management University (Abbreviation: SMU; Chinese: 新加坡管理大学; Malay: Universiti Pengurusan Singapura) was officially incorporated on January 12, 2000, and holds the unique position of being Singapore's first private university funded by the government. Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... Howard J. Hunter, Jr. ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Victoria Street (Chinese: 和维多利亚街) is a street located in the Downtown Core area of Singapore. ... It has been suggested that Apocopation be merged into this article or section. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ...

The SMU approach to preparing graduates for an era of unparalleled choices is a focused but broad-based education. Modeled after the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the USA's top business school, SMU's curriculum aims to groom outstanding business leaders and creative entrepreneurs capable of excelling in a rapidly changing and dynamic world. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is a business school founded in 1881 by Joseph Wharton, who hoped the School would produce graduates who would become pillars of the state, whether in private or in public life. ...

SMU is home to over 3,800 students and comprises four schools offering five undergraduate degree programmes: the Lee Kong Chian School of Business; the School of Accountancy; the School of Economics and Social Sciences; and the School of Information Systems, which has a partnership with IT-renowned Carnegie Mellon University. The university offers master's degree programmes in Wealth Management, Applied Finance, Professional Accounting, Applied Economics and in Economics and Finance (by research). The Wealth Management degree is offered in collaboration with the Swiss Banking School and the Wealth Management Institute. The university will continue to introduce new master's programmes and there will also be development of a university-wide PhD programme. SMU also has a dedicated Office of Research and provides public and customised programmes through Executive Education. Wall Street, Manhattan In economics, business refers to the social science of managing people to organize and maintain collective productivity toward accomplishing particular creative and productive goals. ... Accountancy (profession) or accounting (methodology) is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about information that helps managers and other decision makers make resource allocation decisions. ... Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala. ... The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study the human aspects of the world. ... It has been suggested that Information system be merged into this article or section. ... Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...

SMU has sparked controversy in the local and regional media by establishing its position as being "different" from the local legacy universities, challenging their pedagogy, operations and strategic development. Its advertisements, which feature SMU undergraduates in various acrobatic poses, have served to invoke comments about exactly how different, and how much better SMU graduates are.

Location and Campus

Formerly occupying Singapore's historical Bukit Timah campus, the university has recently moved into its permanent campus right in the heart of Singapore. Flanked by museums, theatres, art galleries, cafes, restaurants and a range of shopping choices, the new $426 million, 4.5 hectares purpose-built city campus is a first in Singapore where, like major cities in the world, intellectual exchange is a seamless activity between the university, the nearby central business district and surrounding arts & heritage institutions. Image File history File links Smu_citycampus01. ...

Students will enjoy state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities tailored to SMU’s unique pedagogy of small class sizes, group discussions and participative learning. Ample open spaces create green lungs to revitalize and rejuvenate the corridors of knowledge while, at the same time, return the Bras Basah park to the public. The distinctive architecture of the city campus includes an underground concourse of retail shops, F&B outlets and student activity rooms that connects the four schools, library and the future MRT station. Located in the civic district of the city, the city-campus will support the university's eventual 6,500 undergraduates, along with students in its future graduate programmes.

Faculty

To deliver the world-class curriculum, an outstanding faculty has been handpicked to advance knowledge in teaching and research. Besides recruiting some of the best academics in their field, SMU also taps successful businessmen for their specific expertise and management skills to combine academic vigour with hands-on business savvy.

SMU is headed by globally renowned academics such as President Howard Hunter (PhD, Yale), Provost Tan Chin Tiong, Dean Bobby Mariano (PhD, Stanford), Dean Steve Miller (PhD, Carnegie-Mellon), etc. Former presidents include Professor Ronald Frank and Professor Janice Bellace. The faculty is handpicked from institutions grounded in academic, research and practice associations, to deliver cutting-edge knowledge in the new economy. Yale can refer to an educational institution: Yale University, one of the United States oldest universities. ... Stanford may refer: Stanford University Places: Stanford, Kentucky Stanford, California, home of Stanford University Stanford Shopping Center Stanford, New York, town in Dutchess County. ...

Many members of the faculty hold degrees from top private American universities like the Ivy League institutions, MIT and Stanford.

SMU has also recruited prolific faculty members such as former Ambassador, Pang Eng Fong, poet, writer and creative thinking expert Kirpal Singh, and actress, screenwriter, Dr. Margaret Chan to develop the broad-based education SMU aims to deliver.

Vision & Mission of SMU

Vision

"To be a premier university, internationally recognised for its world class research and distinguished teaching."

Mission

To create and disseminate knowledge. SMU aspires to generate leading edge research with global impact as well as to produce broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the knowledge-based economy. SMU is committed to an interactive, participative and technologically-enabled learning experience. Towards this end, it will provide a rewarding and challenging environment for faculty, staff and students to kindle and sustain a passion for excellence.

Strategic Goals

• Attract and sustain the finest faculty
• Attract outstanding students
• Identify and appoint key academic leaders
• Build external linkages and support
• Build excellent infrastructure to support mission

Shared Values

• Commitment to the SMU Mission
• Integrity
• Responsibility
• Collegiality
• Leadership
• Excellence

Academics

Schools and centres

Singapore Management University has four undergraduate schools:

• Lee Kong Chian School of Business
  • Department of Law
  • Wee Kim Wee Centre
• School of Accountancy
• School of Economics and Social Sciences
• School of Information Systems

The university offers bachelor's degree programmes in Business Management, Accountancy, Economics, Information Systems Management and Social Science. SMU's undergraduate programme allows students the flexibility to major in cross-displinary areas such as Economics, Law, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, Corporate Communications, Operation Management and Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources. The Lee Kong Chian School of Business is the Singapore Management Universitys business school. ... The School of Economics and Social Science (Abbreviation: SESS) was established on 1 July 2002 to launch Singapore Management Universitys Bachelor of Science undergraduate programme with principal disciplines in Economics, Sociology, Political Science and Psychology. ...

Graduate and professional programs

The following schools and centres offer graduate programs:

• Lee Kong Chian School of Business
• School of Accountancy
• Office of Research
  • Wharton-SMU Research Center
• Office of Executive Education

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Together with her partners, Singapore Management University (SMU) offers valuable expertise and relevant education for the challenges of the information age in her executive education programmes. Some of SMU's academic collaborators and industry partners for the Executive Education include University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, European Business School and Mercer Human Resource Consulting LLC. Windowed ceiling of the Graduate School of Business Hyde Park Center, designed by Rafael Viñoly Interior of the Graduate School of Business Hyde Park Center The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB) has its main campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood in the southern part of... European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, view from the banks of the Rhine river at Kiep-Center (left) and Schloss (castle - right) ---Sidenote START--- The European Business School (ebs), International University Schloß Reichartshausen, founded in 1971, is the oldest officially recognised private Hochschule in Business Administration in Germany. ... Mercer Human Resource Consulting (a Marsh & McLennan Company) is the global leader for trusted HR and related financial advice, products and services. ...

Admission

Admission to SMU is highly competitive and is based on a broad range of criteria - including A-Level results or Polytechnic results, SAT scores, a panel interview, a reflective essay, and the other qualities and achievements of an applicant.

SMU’s holistic admissions criteria ensures an annual intake of freshmen who displays not only academic excellence but are also multi-talented with a wide range of skills, aptitude and leadership qualities. Many amongst the present intake are national sportsmen, accomplished musicians, young entrepreneurs and community service volunteers. The academic credentials of the students for the 2005 intake are also impressive, with 1 in 2 ‘A’ level students scoring ABB or above and 1 in 4 scoring AAA or above.

The university received 10,550 applications for the 1,260 places for the academic year starting in Fall 2006.

The following are the average SAT I scores (out of 1600) for the 2004 freshmen cohort:

• GCE A-Level students average : 1310
• International students average : 1340

Graduates

The university has sparked positive responses from the Deputy Prime Minister, who encouraged the other 2 local universities to model themselves after SMU. Graduates have been acknowledged to be "confident and articulate" by several MNCs and global firms.

SMU graduates were hired in a wide spectrum of professions, including financial, accounting, consulting and services sectors, with more than 40% in banking, finance, auditing and accounting.

A large number of SMU graduates have been hired by employers such as Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, McKinsey, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered Bank, Morgan Stanley, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Lehman Brothers and Royal Dutch Shell as well as the public sector. Citigroup, Inc. ... Merrill Lynch & Co. ... McKinsey & Company is a privately owned management consulting firm. ... For other uses, see HSBC (disambiguation). ... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... Standard Chartered Bank (LSE: STAN, HKEx: 2888) is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in many countries, especially in Asia and Africa. ... Morgan Stanley NYSE: MS is an investment bank, retail broker, and credit card provider with headquarters in New York Citys Times Square. ... Ernst & Young is one of the Big Four auditors, and the third largest professional services firm in the world (after PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) in terms of revenue. ... PricewaterhouseCoopers (or PwC) is the worlds largest professional services firm. ... Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (well known by its brand name Deloitte) is the second largest professional services firm in the world after PricewaterhouseCoopers and one of the Big Four auditors, a group of the largest international public accountancy firms. ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... Royal Dutch Shell plc/Koninklijke Nederlandse Shell NV is a major Anglo-Dutch energy company, one of the four largest Super Majors (vertically integrated private-sector oil, natural gas, and petrol companies) in the world, along with BP, ExxonMobil, and Total. ...

Other companies which have recruited SMU interns and graduates include UBS, Deutsche Bank, General Electric, Barclays Capital and JPMorgan Chase. UBS can refer to: UBS AG, a banking group Unbundled Bitstream Services United Building Society - the name of several financial institutions in different countries around the world. ... Deutsche Bank AG NYSE: DB (German for German Bank) is a multinational bank operating worldwide and employing almost 64,000 people (Dec. ... GE redirects here; for other uses, see GE (disambiguation). ... Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank plc. ... J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ...

According to a Singapore Press Holding's publication, employers have endorsed SMU graduates as exceptional recruits with 100% of SMU graduates securing jobs within six months of graduation, where the top 20% earning impressive starting salaries of more than $3,800. This compares favorably with the top 20% of National University of Singapore's Business graduates earning $3,208 and the top 20% of Nanyang Technological University's Business and Accounting graduates earning $3,050.[5] The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; Simplified Chinese: 新加坡国立大学; Pinyin: ; Abbreviated 国大; Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய பல்கலைக்) is Singapores oldest university, and remains the largest in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered. ... Nanyang Technological University (Abbreviated NTU; Simplified Chinese: 南洋理工大学; Pinyin: Nányáng Lǐgōng Dàxué; abbreviated 南大; Malay: Universiti Teknologi Nanyang) has a 2 km² campus in Jurong, in the south-western part of Singapore, some 25 km from the city centre. ...

Notes

Singapore Management University is sometimes confused with the Singapore Institute of Management, a tertiary institution specialising in executive education courses. SIM University (UniSIM), Singapores 4th university, is approved by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, to award its own degrees. ...

External links

Official university sites:

• SMU website
• Lee Kong Chian School of Business
• School of Accountancy
• School of Economics & Social Sciences
• School of Information Systems
• Wharton-SMU Research Center
• UOB-SMU Entrepreneurship Alliance Centre
• Perspectives of City Campus

Non-official sites:

• SMU by Singapore Lifestyle Wiki
• Funkygrad: Student write-up of SMU Overview
• Funkygrad: SMU undergraduates' review of the school