Economics majors from SMU who are pursuing the group of maritime-focused courses will now have their education enhanced with experiential learning outside the classroom and through interaction with industry practitioners. Students doing the Maritime Economics Concentration (MEC) will have classes taught by industry specialists, go on local and overseas industry-study trips, site visits and exchanges to international maritime academic centres of excellence, as well as undergo internships with maritime companies. The enhanced MEC is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed between the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and SMU to co-fund and support the MEC programme. Under the partnership, the International Trading Institute at SMU (ITI@SMU), the MPA, and the SMU School of Economics will work together on the continued development, delivery and promotion of the MEC.