Singapore Management University

For tertiary education in Singapore, there is quite a wide array of different universities to choose from. Some of the more common names in terms of tertiary education in Singapore include institutions or universities such as the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and last but not least, the Singapore Management University. For the Singapore Management University, it is previously located at Singapore's historical Bukit Timah campus and it has recently been moved to the center of Singapore, with a new 4.5 hectares state of the art campus accommodating to around a combined figure of 4000 undergraduate, postgraduate and as well as staffs.

The Singapore Management University has little histories as the university was first established only in the year 2000 where the Singapore Management University was first incorporated on January 12th. The Singapore Management University is actually known with the status of a private university though however, its name holds uniqueness as the Singapore Management University is the first private university funded by the local government. With the mission of generating leading edge research with global impact as well as the production of broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the knowledge-based economy, the educational and administrative aspects of the universities are closely modeled after the USA's top business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Aside from having a good educational and administrative systems with state of the art facilities, the university prides itself in some of the achievement where according to an unofficial report, graduates from the Singapore Management University are said to be highly confident and articulate by some of the world’s most respected multi national companies and global firms. The majority of the graduates from the Singapore Management University are based in the accounting, finance, auditing and banking where around 40% of the graduates are now working in these four sectors. An increasing amount of graduates from the Singapore Management University are being hired by world renowned firms such as Citigroup, McKinsey, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. In addition, according to the a Singapore Press Holdings publication, top 20% of the graduates from the Singapore Management University are earning impressive starting salaries of more than $3,800 where this figure compares favorably with other prestigious universities in Singapore.

There are actually four different main faculties within the Singapore Management University and these four faculties include Lee Kong Chian School of Business (Department of Law and Wee Kim Wee Centre), School of Accountancy, School of Economics and Social Sciences and as well as the School of Information Systems. Some of the degree courses offered in the Singapore Management University include Bachelor of Accountancy, Bachelor of Business Management, Bachelor of Science (Economics), Bachelor of Science (Information Systems Management) and Bachelor of Social Science. As for Masters courses offered, some of these include MSc in Economics, Finance & Applied Economics, MSc in Applied Finance and last but not least, Sc in Wealth Management. Aside from offering a series of courses, the faculty of the Singapore Management University has some globally renowned academics such as President Howard Hunter (PhD, Yale), Provost Tan Chin Tiong, Dean Bobby Mariano (PhD, Stanford), Dean Steve Miller (PhD, Carnegie-Mellon) and as well as many other more. In order to be able to attract some of the best talents into the Singapore Management University, the admission process into the university is highly competitive and also, it is based on a broad range of selection criteria and not only academic results. Some of the selection processes include A-Level results or Polytechnic results, SAT scores, a panel interview, a reflective essay, and the other qualities and previous achievements of an applicant.

With a state of the art campus, a good talent pool of faculties members and as well as excellence students, the Singapore Management University will surely become of the respected institutions at around the world in the future.

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