SINGAPORE, 18 August 2016 (Thursday) – Singapore Management University (SMU) and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) have organised a two-day Financial Literacy Awareness Day on 17 and 18 August at ITE College West to increase the level of financial literacy among ITE students. At the event, SMU and ITE also officially announced a renewal of the Letter of Collaboration to extend their cooperation for another three years to deliver a series of financial literacy training and pedagogical support for ITE students and staff.
Singapore, 12 August 2016 (Friday) – Singapore Management University (SMU) welcomed its 17th cohort of 1983 freshmen at its Convocation Ceremony held at Suntec Convention Centre today. Starting 15 August, the new cohort will pursue degree programmes in accountancy, business management, economics, information systems, law and social sciences.
Singapore, 18 July 2016 (Monday) – Singaporeans’ One-year-Ahead median inflation expectations moderated to 2.63%, its lowest level since September 2011, according to the research findings of the latest quarterly survey for Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) by Singapore Management University (SMU).
Singapore, 13 July 2016 (Wednesday) – The Singapore Management University (SMU) ceremoniously sent 2,663 graduates into the world, as their graduation was celebrated at the University’s 13th Commencement this afternoon. They included 1,806 Bachelor’s degree graduates, 39 Juris Doctor graduates, 798 Master’s degree graduates and 20 doctorate degree graduates.
Singapore, 5 July 2016 (Tuesday) – The Institute of Service Excellence (ISES) at the Singapore Management University (SMU) released the 2016 Q1 Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) results for the Retail and Info-Communications sectors today.
Singapore, 4 July 2016 (Monday) – Ms Su Mon Kywe, a PhD candidate, and Associate Professor Li Yingjiu from SMU’s School of Information Systems have discovered several security weaknesses in Google’s Android 4.4 and Android 5.1 systems when performing vulnerability analysis on the Android framework as one of their security research projects with Huawei. The weaknesses were reported to Google which has subsequently fixed the vulnerabilities in the newer versions of their Android systems.
- 3rd in the world and 1st in Asia for Master of Science in Wealth Management programme (Post-experience Ranking)
- 4th among Asian business schools for Master of Science in Applied Finance programme (Pre-experience Ranking)
Singapore, 20 June 2016 (Monday) – The Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB) has emerged third in the world in the
Singapore, 14 June 2016 (Tuesday) - Singapore Management University (SMU), one of Asia’s leading universities, through its School of Information Systems (SIS), and PS Solutions Corp (PSSOL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japan headquartered telecommunications and Internet company, SoftBank Group Corp., have entered into a software licence agreement.
Singapore, 29 May 2016 (Sunday) – The results are in from The Netherlands – mooters from the Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Law have done Singapore proud by taking top position at the 2016 International Criminal Court (ICC) moot court competition. Having also won the moot last year, SMU now has the best track record in this competition, and enters the record books as the first university to successfully defend a championship in a major international moot.
Singapore, 20 May 2016 – In 2015, Mr Kwek Leng Joo, the late Deputy Chairman of City Developments Limited and a strong corporate social responsibility advocate and philanthropist, made a personal donation of S$3 million to the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and the Singapore Management University (SMU) to set up the Create4Good Challenge – the first of its kind in Singapore.