Singapore Management University (SMU)
SMU is breaking new ground in the tertiary education landscape of Singapore. Since its incorporation in 2000, SMU's undergraduate and postgraduate programs have produced business leaders and creative entrepreneurs capable of excelling in our rapidly changing world. Its educational and administrative practices are modeled on world-class institutions, in particular the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which has played a key role in SMU's development. It is the youngest university to receive double AACSB accreditation for business and accounting programs.
SMU remains Singapore's only national university focused on providing broad-based business education. Within a few short years, SMU has achieved wide recognition and respect in Singapore, Asia and beyond.
SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University (SMU) commenced its curriculum in 2000 with the School of Business, which welcomed its pioneer cohort of students in August 2000. In 2004, the Lee Foundation contributed S$50 million to SMU in honour of the late Dr Lee Kong Chian, a well-known Southeast Asian businessman, philanthropist and community leader. In recognition of the Lee Foundation's generosity, SMU named in perpetuity the School of Business, the building and the university-wide scholars programme after Dr Lee Kong Chian.
Today, Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB) is a dynamic Asian business school with about 3,000 students and over a hundred full-time faculty members with postgraduate degrees from renowned universities such as Cornell, Harvard, INSEAD, Oxford, Stanford and Yale. The school offers undergraduate, master's (including MBA and EMBA) and doctoral programmes and is affiliated with a number of research centres such as the Institute of Service Excellence and the Centre for Marketing Excellence.
In 2011, LKCSB received both the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation and a five-year EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation. For both accreditations, the School has the distinction of being one of the youngest schools in the world to be accredited. In June 2012, LKCSB also gained admission into the EMBA Council to join the ranks of other internationally-renowned business schools.
For more information: http://business.smu.edu.sg/
School of Economics
The mission of the School of Economics is to accelerate the growth of SMU by creating a world-class centre of research and teaching in economics.
Economic research forms a key factor in the development of Singapore Management University as a foremost academic institution in generating cutting-edge research with global impact and producing broad-based, creative and entrepreneurial leaders for the knowledge-based economy. Economic theory and analysis underlie many of the major business disciplines. For example, Introductory Economics is a Foundation course in the curriculum of both the Business and Accountancy Schools at SMU. International Economics is a compulsory course for BBM students; and Economic Theory and Econometrics are building blocks for the study of Finance. Many sub-disciplines in Economics provide the foundations for business and management area studies like consumer behaviour, decision sciences, marketing and organizational behaviour.
For more information:http://economics.smu.edu.sg/
School of Accoutancy
The mission of the School of Accoutancy is to develop versatile accounting professionals and business leaders through relevant knowledge creation, holistic education programs and collaborative interactions with the business community.
School of Accountancy has 7 accreditetion: ISCA, ACRA, CPA Australia, ICAA, ICAEW, CIMA and AACSB. It ranked 10th globally in financial archival accounting research (Birminhan Young Accounting Research Ranking, as of 2014).
Students in School of Accountancy have the flexibility to chart theri own learning journey with the choice of finishing in the typical 4 years, or fast-tracking to complete the programme in 3.5 or 3 years through careful course time-table planning. Students also have the option to pursue a double degree, double major or specialised accounting tracks for greater career versatility.
For more information:http://accountancy.smu.edu.sg/
Master of Science in Applied Finance (MAF)
●School:Lee Kong Chian School of Business
●Duration:12 months full-time (2 terms)
●Curriculum:Economic Analysis, Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Quantitative Methods and Statistics, Corporate Finance, Derivatives Analysis, Fixed-Income Analysis, Advanced Equity Analysis, Advanced Quantitative and Economic Analysis, Advanced Derivatives Analysis, Advanced Fixed-Income Analysis, Financial Modelling, Advanced Portfolio Management
●Qualification: Upon successful completion of Foundation Course, students will be offered progression routes onto massive number of Singapore Management University Master degree programs, which are fully taught and assessed on an SMU standard. All the students obtaining degree qualifications of Singapore Management University are eligible to be validated by Ministry of Education of the P.R.C.
For more information: http://www.smu.edu.sg/programmes/postgraduate/maf
Master of Science in Quantitative Finance (MQF)
●School:Lee Kong Chian School of Business
●Duration:12 months full-time (3 terms; term 2’s modules will be taught at the Cass Business School of the City University London)
Curriculum:Asset Pricing, Numerical Methods, Quantitative Analysis of Financial Markets, Derivatives, Econometrics of Financial Markets, Fixed Income Securities, Risk Analysis, ●Research Project Management Skills, Quantitative Trading Strategies, Portfolio Management, Bank Risk Management, Stochastic Calculus, Credit Risk Models, Market Microstructure
●Qualification: Upon successful completion of Foundation Course, students will be offered progression routes onto massive number of Singapore Management University Master degree programs, which are fully taught and assessed on an SMU standard. All the students obtaining degree qualifications of Singapore Management University and City University London are eligible to be validated by Ministry of Education of the P.R.C.
For more information: http://www.smu.edu.sg/programmes/postgraduate/mscqf
Master of Science in Financial Economics (MSFE)
●School:School of Economics
●Duration:12 months full-time (2 terms)
●Curriculum:Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Comp. Statistics in Finance, Corporate Finance, Empirical Finance, Financial Statement Analysis, Macro-Foundations of Asset Pricing, Financial Securities Regulations, Equity Analysis and Porfolio Mgmt, Financial Advisors and the Law, Derivative Securities, Mathematics of Fixed Income
●Qualification: Upon successful completion of Foundation Course, students will be offered progression routes onto massive number of Singapore Management University Master degree programs, which are fully taught and assessed on an SMU standard. All the students obtaining degree qualifications of Singapore Management University are eligible to be validated by Ministry of Education of the P.R.C.
For more information: http://www.smu.edu.sg/programmes/postgraduate/msfe
Master of Professional Accounting (MPA)
●School:School of Accountancy
●Duration:12 months full-time (3 terms include 1 term internship)
●Curriculum:Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Comp. Statistics in Finance, Corporate Finance, Empirical Finance, Financial Statement Analysis, Macro-Foundations of Asset Pricing, Financial Securities Regulations, Equity Analysis and Porfolio Mgmt, Financial Advisors and the Law, Derivative Securities, Mathematics of Fixed Income
●Qualification: Upon successful completion of Foundation Course, students will be offered progression routes onto massive number of Singapore Management University Master degree programs, which are fully taught and assessed on an SMU standard. All the students obtaining degree qualifications of Singapore Management University are eligible to be validated by Ministry of Education of the P.R.C.
For more information: http://www.smu.edu.sg/programmes/postgraduate/mpa
