Partners Spotlight
Driving Impactful Research with University of Toronto
A highly regarded public research university in Canada, the University of Toronto (UoT) has established itself as a global institution, consistently recognised among the top-ranking universities internationally.
Shaped by a shared vision of sustainability, SMU and UoT solidified their deep partnership with a signed MOU on 12 December 2022. This partnership propels us towards substantive research and impactful programs, centred around critical areas of urban sustainability, mobility and infrastructure, and climate change mitigation.
City Universities Unite: SMU and Chulalongkorn's Strategic Partnership Aims to Address Societal Challenges
Chulalongkorn University (CU) distinguishes itself through its historical importance as Thailand's pioneering university with a holistic education paradigm, and its pivotal role as a leader in research and innovation, particularly in domains such as science, technology, and sustainable development.
SMU’s long-standing partnership with CU since 2001 was elevated to a strategic level in Oct 2023, where we inked a strategic partnership MOU in conjunction with the launch of SMU’s second Overseas Centre in Bangkok. As strategic partner universities, SMU and CU will embark on deep and wide collaborations in our common priority focus areas of digital transformation, sustainable living, and innovation and entrepreneurship. This strategic partnership leverages our unique strengths and shared commitment as city universities to transformative education and impactful research that address societal challenges.
Exploring Ways to Bring Together Regional Ecosystems and Networks for Impact with HEC Paris
Renowned for its global leadership in business education, HEC Paris is a prestigious institution consistently ranked among the world's top business schools.
HEC Paris and Singapore Management University (SMU) formalised a Memorandum of Understanding on June 24, 2021, to enhance their strategic partnership in innovation and entrepreneurship. The partnership aims to foster academic and research collaborations, benefitting students and start-ups through programs, internships, and joint initiatives, with a focus on enlarging their geographical reach and innovation networks.
Our Partner Universities
SMU has a global network of some 300 university partners with whom we create meaningful impact on business, government, and society at home and abroad, through academic, research, and student programme collaborations.
Alliances and Networks
SMU leads, actively participates, and contributes to university and higher education alliances, networks and associations — global and regional — that focus on societal challenges, innovation, and excellence in higher education and research.
- SMU became a member of this network of 30 leading universities from ASEAN countries in 2010.
- Formed to bolster the solidarity of ASEAN talents, the AUN plays a key role in forging active collaboration between renowned ASEAN higher education institutions. The AUN is also widely recognised for its achievements in upgrading the quality of education of its member universities and developing a robust ASEAN talent pool.
- The SMU Centre for Teaching Excellence chairs the AUN Technology Enhanced Personalised Learning (AUN-TEPL) thematic network for building capacity, as well as promoting and enabling the sharing of resources and collaborations on TEPL between universities. SMU co-leads the AUN-TEPL with Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Universiti Malaya and Mahidol University.
- SMU Libraries, together with its NUS and NTU counterparts, serve as the secretariat for the Libraries of ASEAN University Network (AUNILO). The AUNILO helps member universities develop world-class libraries and information services through building capacity and competencies, sharing of information and resources, as well as promoting and supporting cooperation between universities in ASEAN countries.
- The SMU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship actively contributes to the Chulalongkorn University-led AUN University Innovation and Enterprise (AUN-UIE) thematic network which seeks to promote and enhance innovation and entrepreneurship in the ASEAN region by offering universities a platform, and creating opportunities, for academic, research and capacity-building collaborations and programmes.
- SMU became a member of the Reach Alliance of leading universities in 2022. The Alliance seeks to accelerate the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through a commitment to translate actionable research insights to impact communities and societies positively.
- Founded by the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, in partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the Reach Alliance is a student-driven, faculty-mentored global research and leadership initiative investigating how critical interventions and innovations reach those who are the hardest to reach.
- Its current members also include Ashesi University, Oxford University, Tecnológico de Monterrey, University College London, and University of Melbourne. The SMU College of Integrative Studies leads our participation in the Reach Alliance.
Read the article "SMU joins Alliance of Global Universities to Engage and Impact Communities"
- SMU is a founding member of SIGMA and assumed the Presidency in 2023.
- Established in 2015, SIGMA is a global network of universities which seeks to address current and future societal challenges through cooperation in research, teaching innovation, and knowledge dissemination in management and social sciences. The network comprises of nine leading universities: Copenhagen Business School, ESADE Business and Law School, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Hitotsubashi University, Renmin University of China, SMU, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL , University of St. Gallen and Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Read the webstory "Sharing perspectives at the SIGMA Global Virtual Course"
- SMU is a member and co-chair of the UKSAEI.
- Established in 2021, the UKSAEI facilitates engagement and collaboration between UK and Singapore universities on entrepreneurship and innovation. The Alliance comprises 19 members — all six Singapore autonomous universities and 13 UK universities, namely University of Bath, University of Cambridge, Coventry University, Cranfield University, University of Dundee, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, King's College London, University of Manchester, Newcastle University, University of Nottingham, University of Strathclyde, and University of Surrey.
- SMU also leads the student exchange sub-working group, which developed an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Student Exchange Programme as one of UKSAEI’s pilot initiatives.
Learn more from the Press release on the launch of UKSAE
