[Paris and Singapore, 20 December 2013 (Friday)] – The Université Paris-Dauphine (Dauphine) and Singapore Management University (SMU) have, on 12 December 2013, signed an agreement in Paris to launch an international alliance.

The partnership is a sustainable one between two renowned universities focusing on Social Sciences and Management fields, and having the same holistic approach towards teaching, education and research.

Dauphine and SMU share the common vision of the crucial social role of universities in our societies, and strongly believe in the global nature of today’s education and research. Founded on this basis, the strategic alliance encompasses:

• Promoting integrated curricula,
• Sharing research programmes,
• Enhancing students mobility,
• Fostering  professors and staff exchanges,
• Creating  common academic programmes,
• Promoting good practices from one institution to another,
• Joining forces to develop common projects in other countries

This alliance is the first step towards the implementation of a distinctive strategic network of like-minded universities in Asia, Europe and at least two other continents. Dauphine and SMU are in talks with other high potential world-class institutions from around the world who share similar commitment towards a holistic approach to join the alliance.

SMU President, Professor Arnoud De Meyer, said, “SMU and Dauphine will encourage collaborations on large-scale research projects, as well as multidisciplinary research which are centered around the Social Sciences and Management disciplines and are relevant to Business, Industry and Society. Together we are also committed to champion the formation of an international alliance of “like-minded” academic universities and institutions.”

“This will be unlike any existing academic partnership as it will be a global alliance of universities specialising in Management and the Social Sciences, and will encompass academic programmes as well as faculty collaboration on the conduct and dissemination of Research. We are confident that this will benefit students from all countries seeking a truly global Management Education. As societies mature, the need for rigorous, impactful and relevant multidisciplinary research cantered around the Social Sciences will increase. This strategic alliance will enable such research by building an extended network and conducive ecosystem to support top researchers,” he added.

SMU has, in recent years, expanded the range of its institutional collaborations significantly. Beyond its strong partnerships in the US with Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University, it has established collaborations in research and education with high quality institutions in the UK, China, and India. In Europe, it enjoys strong student exchange programmes with University of St Gallen in Switzerland, Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, Maastricht University in the Netherlands, Université Paris-Dauphine in France and Bocconi University in Italy.

President of Université Paris-Dauphine, Professor Laurent Batsch, said, “Paris-Dauphine is faithful to her project: to train managers on sound academic foundation with a wide a range of disciplines ranging from quantitative methods to social science. The socio-economic development of the world confirms the validity of this approach: private and public organisations need educated and open-minded leaders, able to evaluate risks, concerned by sustainable growth and promoters of good governance practices in all social structures.

The strategic commitment of Paris-Dauphine with SMU aims to promote international institutions that share this vision of leadership training. This international alliance Paris-Singapore is the first step in a process opened to other international institutions that share the same values and goals.

Paris-Dauphine strengthens its international openness based on international mobility for all students, the multiplication of double degrees, the international recruitment of teachers, the international recognition of its research teams, and the relocation of some of its programmes.”

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About the Université Paris-Dauphine

The Université Paris-Dauphine is specialised in Higher Education and Research in the Organisation and Decision Sciences (Management, Applied Economics, Business Law, the Social Sciences, Mathematics, Information Technologies), With 386 professors, 8,500 full-time students (38% in Bachelor’s, 45% in Master’s and 5% in PhD programmes), 169 full-time degrees programmes among them 39 open to apprenticeship, and an EQUIS accreditation renewed in 2012, the Université Paris-Dauphine is one of the leading European universities in its fields. The Université Paris-Dauphine is a founding member of the Paris Sciences & Lettres Research University, that brings together 19 renowned French academic and research institutions. For more information, visit www.dauphine.fr

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Media Contacts

Dauphine
Mr Florent GOT
Tel : + 33(0)625252160
Email : Florent.got [at] dauphine.fr, presse.dauphine.fr

SMU
Ms HUANG Peiling
Tel : +65-68280964 / +65-98453361
Email : plhuang [at] smu.edu.sg