Type | Autonomous university[1] |
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Established | 29 July 2000 |
Endowment | S$1.3 billion (US$988 million)[2] |
Chancellor | Lim Chee Onn |
President | Lily Kong |
Provost | Timothy Clark |
Academic staff | 376[3] |
Undergraduates | 8182[4] |
Postgraduates | 1828[3] |
Address | 81 Victoria St , , Singapore 1°17′48″N 103°50′59″E / 1.29667°N 103.84972°E |
Campus | Urban; City campus |
Colours | Blue Gold |
Website | smu |
The Singapore Management University (SMU) is a publicly-funded private university in Singapore. Founded in 2000, SMU is the third oldest autonomous university in the country, modelling its education after the Wharton School.[5] The university is triple accredited by AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. In 2024, SMU was ranked 44th in the world for Business and Management Studies, while also placing in the top 100 for Economics and Finance by QS.[6]
SMU enrols about 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programmes in accountancy, business administration, business analytics, economics, financial services, information systems management, law, and the social sciences.
The university is organised into eight schools: School of Accountancy, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, School of Economics, School of Computing and Information Systems, Yong Pung How School of Law, School of Social Sciences, College of Integrative Studies and the College of Graduate Research Studies.