Schools & Colleges
SMU offers a wide range of undergraduate, post-graduate and professional and continuing education programmes.
SMU Libraries contribute to the research, teaching, and learning needs through two physical libraries and via digital services.
Professional & Continuing Education
SMU Academy
Equipping and empowering a future-ready workforce
Through an array of cutting-edge interdisciplinary programmes that cover conventional disciplines and emerging skills of the future, SMU Academy gives lifelong learners a competitive advantage throughout the different stages of their lives while helping organisations meet their upskilling and reskilling goals.
SMU Academy also offers credit-bearing modules that can be stacked towards professional certificates, diplomas and degrees at the postgraduate level to suit diverse learning needs.
Upskill at your own pace and enjoy the flexibility to build your learning pathway based on your career needs.
SMU Executive Development (EXD)
Transforming executives and organisational performance
SMU EXD specialises in executive educational programmes for management at all levels, including custom programmes designed for organisations to address company-wide competencies.
Institutes, Centres, Labs and Initiatives
SMU establishes institutes, centres and labs (ICLs) to advance excellence and impact of research across thematic areas of strategic importance. Our research ICLs build collaboration and scale by bringing together faculty across traditional disciplinary and school boundaries to address multi-faceted societal challenges of global relevance. They are complemented by a group of practice- and outreach-oriented entities that work closely with government and industry to create valuable opportunities for enriching the student experience, enhancing learning and training, and pursuing applied projects with community and societal impact.
Research Units
- Urban Institute
- Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics
- Singapore Green Finance Centre
- Centre for AI & Data Governance
- Centre for Computational Law
- Centre for Commercial Law in Asia
- Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy
- Centre for Research on Successful Ageing
- Secure Mobile Centre
- Centre for Research on Intelligent Software Engineering
- Research Lab for Collaborative, Robust and Explainable AI-based Decision Making
- SMU-A*STAR Joint Lab in Social and Human-Centered Computing
Academic Support Units
Academic Support Units are the backbone of our strong pedagogy and curriculum. Collectively they support our students’ learning journey at the university by providing opportunities to learn and grow as all-round individuals and leaders of tomorrow.