How the pandemic will change universities

In the last of the ST-SMU Reimagining Universities four-part series, SMU President Professor Lily Kong discussed the changes that the coronavirus pandemic will bring to universities. She predicts that post-pandemic, universities, including SMU, will mount more hybrid courses, with some parts taught online. But she maintains that most courses will be conducted face to face. Prof Kong also shared about SMU’s virtual open house and how going online has worked well for SMU’s admissions, the importance of overseas stints for students and how SMU will find ways of giving them global exposure in some form when they cannot travel. She also explained the role of university rankings and shared her views on such rankings.