Officially incorporated on 12 January 2000, Singapore Management University (SMU) is Singapore's third university. Its educational and administrative practices are modeled after American institutions, in particular the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which has played a central role in SMU's development.

To deliver its world-class curriculum, an outstanding faculty has been handpicked to advance knowledge in teaching and research. Besides recruiting some of the best academics in their field, SMU also taps successful businessmen for their specific expertise and management skills to combine academic vigour with hands-on business savvy.

Today, SMU is home to over 5,000 students and comprises six schools: Lee Kong Chian School of Business, School of Accountancy, School of Information Systems - with whom IT-renowned Carnegie Mellon University is playing a strategic partnership role. For expansion and strategic reasons, the School of Economics and Social Sciences was restructured in March 2007 into two schools namely, the School of Economics and the School of Social Sciences. A new School of Law, which has recently been launched, will open in August 2007.

SMU offers bachelor's degree programmes in Business Management, Accountancy, Economics, Information Systems Management, Laws and Social Science. The university offers master's degree programmes in Wealth Management, Applied Finance, Professional Accounting, IT in Business (Financial Services), Applied Economics and in Economics, Finance and Operations Management (by research). A PhD programme in Information Systems is the first doctoral degree to be offered. SMU also has a dedicated Office of Research, a number of centres of excellence, and provides public and customised programmes through Executive Education.

Formerly occupying Singapore's historical Bukit Timah campus, the university has moved into its permanent campus right in the heart of Singapore. The new state-of-the-art 4.5 hectare campus, located in the civic district of the city, will support the university's eventual 6,000 undergraduates, along with students in its future graduate programmes.

In an era of exacting global competition for skills and innovations, SMU is primed to deliver the nurturing of diverse and relevant talents in a borderless world.

Campus Overview
Purpose-built over 4.5 hectares of prime Singapore land, SMU's campus is the first of its kind – designed, integrated and constructed in the heart of a fully developed cityscape.

Surrounded by museums, theatres, educational institutions, art galleries, cafés, restaurants and a range of retail outlets, planning and development of the SMU campus involved a broad spectrum of professional, community, civic and public groups who together were intent are on creating a unique city campus directed towards the challenges of the new millennium, and yet connected to the historical origins of this important district.

The campus comprises six buildings – the six schools, the Li Ka Shing Library and the Administration Building. The buildings between Bras Basah and Stamford Roads are fronted by trees, with the park landscape of the Campus Green right in the centre, and have glazed facades shaded by a veil of plants growing at each storey.

The campus has porous structures that engage the surroundings with open courtyards and free-flowing walkways and allow for an easy and natural integration with activities of the city. The campus design and structure reflect and support the character of SMU's curriculum and its style of teaching.

The SMU campus offers an open environment in the heart of Singapore, with the ground floor of the buildings and the underground Concourse freely accessible to the public. It also has many street-level linkages and will have a direct connection to the new Bras Basah MRT station when it opens in 2010 directly beneath SMU's University Square.