SMU has achieved accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) for the safeguards and protection it has put in place for research participants, becoming the first and only social sciences-oriented research university in Asia that is AAHRPP accredited. With SMU’s receipt of the accreditation status, there are now 35 research organisations across the whole of Asia that are AAHRPP accredited, including Singapore’s National Health Care Group.