Committed to empowering women in business and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), Mastercard has recently announced the 2017 recipients of the Mastercard MBA Scholarships for Women at SMU and the Mastercard Scholarship for Women at SUTD. Awardees Shaily Sharma and Zhou Yuzhen (both SMU) were selected for their outstanding academic achievements, keen leadership and entrepreneurial qualities.

2017 marks the Mastercard MBA Scholarships for Women’s seventh year of collaboration with SMU. Awarded to full-time MBA candidates from Asia Pacific, it aims to develop their outstanding academic and entrepreneurial potential and nurture them to be socially-responsible women. Leila Guerra, SMU Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Programmes, pointed out that close to 40 per cent (on average) of the University’s MBA students are women and there are typically more than 15 nationalities in every class. “The opportunity from this Mastercard Scholarship furthers empowers SMU and our MBA recipients to make a bigger difference in advancing more leadership roles for women, which in turn will help them make more meaningful impact in society,” she said.