Singapore, 25 February 2022 (Friday) – VIETSTAR Training & Consulting JSC (VIETSTAR), a leading training and consulting organisation in Vietnam, and Singapore Management University (SMU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a partnership for strategic cooperation in Management Capability Enhancement and Digital Transformation. The partnership aims to hone the management and leadership capabilities of leaders and managers in Vietnamese enterprises, positioning them to success in the region and beyond.
- 28 start-ups across multiple industries have been accepted into BIG’s January 2022 cohort
- This cohort attracts serial entrepreneurs
Singapore, 17 February 2022 - Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) today welcomed the January 2022 cohort of its flagship Business Innovations Generator (BIG) incubation programme. A total of 28 early-stage start-ups have been accepted into the programme’s first intake for the year.
- 96.2% of fresh graduates from the 2021 cohort employed within six months of final examinations
- 64.2% were offered full-time permanent jobs before graduation
- Graduates across all six Schools enjoyed higher starting salaries
- Mean and median gross monthly salaries at $4,358 and $4,000 respectively, are at an all-time high
Singapore, 16 February 2022 (Wednesday) – Fresh graduates from Singapore Management University’s (SMU) 18th cohort have registered healthy and stable overall employment, with 96.
Singapore, 14 February 2022 (Monday) – Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme, offered by the University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB), advanced seven spots to be ranked 51st in the Financial Times’ (FT) 2022 Global Ranking. Significantly, SMU’s MBA programme excelled in indicators such as ‘Environmental, social and governance (ESG)[1]’, leaping to 20th spot, as well as in the area of being ‘value-for-money’[2].
Singapore, 27 January 2022 (Thursday) - The Singapore Management University is pleased to announce that we have appointed three new members to its Board of Trustees with effect from 12 January 2022. Their appointment will be for an initial term of three years.
The three are:
(i) Mr Piyush Gupta (Group CEO, DBS Bank);
(ii) Ms Deborah Ho (Country Head, Singapore/Regional Head, South East Asia, Blackrock); and
(iii) Ms Melissa Khoo (Deputy Secretary (Higher Education and Skills), MOE).
Singapore, 26 January (Wednesday) 2022 – The Business Families Institute at Singapore Management University (BFI@SMU) today launched the BFI@SMU Research Report on “The Growing Ecosystem of Wealth Management in Singapore: Lenses on the External Asset Manager”. The report, believed to be the first of its kind, is one of the thought leadership pieces supported by a research grant from Sino Suisse Capital Pte Ltd on emerging investment strategies of business families targeted at building capabilities for the external asset management industry in Singapore.
Singapore, 25 January 2022 (Tuesday) – A new study by SMU’s Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA) revealed that nearly 1 in 3 of Singapore’s older adults surveyed in October 2021 did not feel mentally prepared for living with an endemic COVID-19. Older adults who did not trust the government’s response to the COVID-19 situation in Singapore were four times more likely to feel unprepared.
Singapore, 24 January 2022 (Monday) – The Singapore Management University’s (SMU) teaching case on sustainability scored a win at the Financial Times (FT) Responsible Business Education Awards 2022. SMU is the only Singaporean university to be acknowledged at this category of the Awards, which recognises the best teaching cases published in the past three years with sustainability and climate change as key learning objectives.
- These are the research findings of the 42nd round of quarterly release for the DBS-SKBI Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) Survey at the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (SKBI), Singapore Management University (SMU).
- One-year-Ahead headline inflation expectations moderately elevated to 3.2% in December 2021, compared to 3.1% in September 2021. Headline inflation expectations continued its upward trend since September 2020.
Singapore, 7 January 2022 (Friday) – Singapore Management University (SMU) kicked off six days of graduation celebration for the Class of 2021 today at the Opening Ceremony of SMU Commencement 2021. The in-person ceremony, which was graced by Guest-of-Honour Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for Finance, was held on SMU campus today with 258 persons in attendance. They include SMU senior management, faculty, guests, graduates, award winners, as well as family of the graduates.