Established in the year 2000, Singapore Management University (SMU) is an private institution. In 1997 Singapore's Singapore administration appointed an entrepreneur named Ho Kwon Ping, to aid in the establishment and expansion for the school. In 1999 The Wharton Research Centre collaborated with SMU through the agreement between the two universities. In the end, SMU created three centers, four schools as well as a library during the year 1999, the year of the agreement. In addition, the school is recognized for its American course of study.

It is an independent university that was established as the third in Singapore. It houses over 11,000 students and postgraduates. 58% of students from abroad who are enrolled in the master's program are from 50 countries to pursue their studies in Singapore.

Singapore Management University Rankings

Singapore Management University SMU is considered as one of the top universities in Singapore and appears on the top ten list leading agencies. We will review the most recent SMU rankings. SMU:

• QS World University
  • 99th in Asia University Rankings 2021
  • 511-552 in the QS world ranking of universities 2021
  • 76th in Social Sciences & Management
  • 38th Globally for Business & Management Studies
• Winner of Great Companies by Dads Awards 2021
• Singapore's top employers for 2021 by The Straits Times

Campus

This campus at Singapore Management University features the School of Information system, School of Economics, School of Accountancy, School of Law, School of Business as well as the School of Social Sciences. These buildings are connected via an avenue and are accessible to the public at large and students. The campus also consists of conference and seminar room, the digital classes along with an office building. Additionally, it has accommodations units that have all the essential amenities. In addition but the public transportation is easy to access to the university. Furthermore, it is equipped with labs, gyms and a sports area and a pool along with wireless internet access for free. The 2700 square meters Law Library has the capacity to hold 16,000 printed volumes and can accommodate more than 500 patrons.

Schools

School of Accountancy

The School of Accountancy (SOA) was founded in 2001 and offered its bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) undergraduate degree as the sole option offered.

The school was established in 2005. college introduced in 2005 the Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) program for professionals with no any accounting degrees from an undergraduate institution.

Lee Kong Chian School of Business

The Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB) is a school that has the distinction of being SMU's original school. It opened its doors to its first cohort consisting of Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) students in August of 2000. The school was named in honor of the famous philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.

This school provides its students with the Master of Science in Applied Finance (China) program, as well as it also offers the Master of Science in Communication Management (MCM) along with 10 days of study on the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The most recent programme, is the Master of Human Capital Leadership (MHCL) has been recognized by the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and students attend to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for their overseas portion.

School of Economics

The School of Economics (SOE) was founded in July 2002 as a part of the School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS). After a restructuring, the school's economics department was separated from its social science faculty faculty to establish a school on its own. The restructuring was generally regarded as a good decision due to the fact that the curriculum of SOE was inspired by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania instead of following the traditional social science-based economics program that was offered at many other universities.

School of Computing and Information Systems

The School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS) was initially established in an institution known under the name of the School of Information Systems (SIS)with the help from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the year SMU and CMU created a strategic partnership that was designed to utilize the knowledge and expertise from the CMU faculty during the initial school's establishment.

SCIS offer its Master of Science in Information Systems, Master of IT in Business (MITB), along with The PhD in Information Systems programs along with their Bachelor of Science undergraduate offering. Its Master of IT in Business (MITB) adds to it Analytics and Financial Services Analytics Tracks with the Harvard Business School's HBX Credential of Readiness (CORe) online course.

Yong Pung How School of Law

At first, it was called the School of Law, the Yong Pung How School of Law (SOL) is the smallest school at SMU, with an annual enrollment of 180 students. The creation of the SOL was announced in August 2007. Prior to that, the SOL was a Department of Law under SMU's Lee Kong Chian School of Business and was led by Andrew Phang. The current Dean is GohYihan whom succeeded Yeo Tiong Min in July of 2017.

SOL offers a variety of programs. SOL offer students the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) undergraduate programme and also the American style Juris Doctor (JD) programme. It also has the Master of Laws (LLM) program, and the option of dual LLM together with Queen Mary University of London.

School of Social Sciences

The School of Social Sciences (SOSS) was founded in July 2002 as a component of the School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS). In 2007 SESS was reorganized in 2007 and the School of Economics and School of Social Sciences were split into independent institutions within SMU. The main offering of the SOSS includes that of the Bachelor of Social Science, an undergraduate program that is multi-disciplinary. Within this program three majors are available, which include psychology, political science and sociology. Additionally to this, the SOSS provides the option of a PhD on Psychology.

Singapore Management University Programs

SMU provides 15 double degree options and 300+ programs that offer double majors across six schools, including bachelor's master's, PhD and master's programs.

• The university provides undergraduate degree programs at every school. The programs offered are bachelor's degrees in accounting, business Management Economics Information Systems, Computer Science, Computing & Law as well as Social Science and more.
• The most popular postgraduate disciplines are accounting as well as business management, economics information system as well as law.
• Popular postgraduate courses and programs comprise MSc of CFO Leadership, masters in management, MSc for management and accounting, MSc in quantitative finance and innovation Wealth management Economics, and more.
• In addition to in addition to the UG and PG programmes, it also provides academic research and doctoral programs.
• The university offers the option of an academy, including short courses that are flexible for professionals working. The academy provides 400 student-focused courses.