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S I N G A P O R E M A N A G E M E N T U N I V E R S I T Y
ASIA’SMASTERCLASS
IN EXCELLENCE
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A RISING ASIA NEEDSA NEW GENERATION
OF LEADERS
A ast-rising Asia brings with it tremendous economic growth. It also
poses the challenges o sustainability in an increasingly complex
business environment that demands new knowledge, skills and
expertise. It’s about competing or the uture, about new ideas,
innovation and relevance. It demands a new generation o leaders,
entrepreneurs and proessionals.
Singapore is a commercial and fnancial hub and is at the epicentre o
a growing Asia. What better way to acquire such skillsets than to study
at Singapore Management University, itsel strategically located in the
heart o the city. Our suite o Postgraduate Proessional Programmes is
tailored to suit the needs o students, industry and society in this
ever-changing landscape.
Philip C. ZERRILLO
PhD Northwestern UniversityExecutive Director
Ofce o Postgraduate Proessional Programmes
Singapore Management University
Business PhD in Business (General Management)Executive Master o Business AdministrationMaster o Business AdministrationMaster o Science in Applied FinanceMaster o Science in Communication ManagementMaster o Science in InnovationMaster o Science in Wealth ManagementMaster o Science in Quantitative Finance
Accountancy Master o Proessional AccountingMaster o Science in CFO Leadership
Economics Master o Science in Applied Economics
Inormation Systems Master o IT in Business – Financial ServicesMaster o IT in Business – Service Sector Analytics
Law Juris DoctorMaster o Laws
Multidisciplinary Programme
Master o Science in Financial Economics
ASIA’S MASTERCLASS IN EXCELLENCE
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DISCOVER THE JOY OF LEARNING WITHSMU’S INTERACTIVE PEDAGOGYSMU’s renowned interactive, seminar style o learning sharpens
your ‘hard’ critical analysis and problem-solving skills, while honing
your ‘sot’ articulation, presentation and leadership skills. You will be
mentored by an outstanding aculty and leading industry practitioners.
This intellectually stimulating environment helps you discover the joy
o learning, and the transormation to a ‘dierent’ you. 7,000 SMU
graduates can vouch or that.
A WORLD-CLASS CITY CAMPUS IN THEHEART OF SINGAPOREThe campus is situated right inside the central business district and
the arts and heritage precincts. Its award-winning architecture and
state-o-the-art technology evoke a sense o vibrancy: a city campus in a
campus city. It has its own mass transit railway station and taking a ride
to and rom the world-renowned Changi Airport is a brie and pleasurable
journey. This convenient location means that you are only minutes away
rom your oce or home.
INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM,ACCELERATING SCHEDULES FORTHE FAST-TRACKER
Our courses are designed by top academics and industry captainsto combine cutting-edge research and knowledge with best business
practices. Our curriculum is planned to be practical, global and socially
responsible. We customise our programme schedules or proessionals
to accelerate and maximise their knowledge with minimum disruption to
their work. Full-time courses are typically spread over 12 months whilst
some part-time courses can be completed in 12—18 months with classes
conducted on weekday evenings and weekends. It is an arrangement our
students preer.
UNPARALLELED NETWORKINGOPPORTUNITIESSMU has built up an invaluable network comprising o two quality
sources. Our student body rom a diversity o proessions, experience
and nationalities; and our extensive business connections rom dierent
industries with many senior management serving on our school advisory
boards. Such unparalleled networking opportunities provide critical
insight into your uture career choices.
CAREER GUIDANCEA new and dedicated SMU Oce o Career Services provides graduands
with helpul guidance on employment opportunities.
EMANATING FROM THEEPICENTRE OF ASIA AND
THE HEART OF SINGAPORETHE SMU ADVANTAGE
ASIA’S MASTERCLASS IN EXCELLENCE
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SMU’S SUITE OF POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
ASIA’S MASTERCLASS IN EXCELLENCE
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICSThe complexities o the modern nancial industry and its global
linkages have multiplied rapidly over the last decade, producing many
new challenges and opportunities. Financial executives o today are
aced with the increasingly daunting task o athoming the implicationsand impact o new economic policies, regulations and nancial
innovations. Fortunately, a vast array o novel modelling, orecasting
and surveillance methods has been developed in nancial theory and
econometrics to address these challenges. Drawing on the expertise o
dierent schools, the Master o Science in Financial Economics (MSFE)
is the rst truly multidisciplinary programme at SMU that equips talented
proessionals with the most advanced tools o economic theory, nancialeconometrics and statistical computation to study the maniold problems
aced by the nancial industry.
Coursework: MSFE is a degree by course work with a ull-time programme
delivered over 12 months. Most students go through a preparatory programme
at a partner university.For more details, visit:
http://skbi.smu.edu.sg/master-science-fnancial-economics-mse
or email: [email protected]
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING
SMU MPA is a graduate qualication that has received accreditation
rom various global proessional bodies (ICPAS, CPA Australia, ICAA,
ICAEW and CIMA). The MPA curriculum oers academic rigour and
rst-hand industry knowledge, and is taught by a world-class aculty
with signicant industry experience. The MPA appeals to two main
MPACoursework: 12 months ull-time, 24 months part-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.accountancy.smu.edu.sg/MPAor email: [email protected]
groups o aspirants – non-accounting graduates who wish to join the
accounting proession, and those who require accounting knowledge in
their expanded or uture roles. MPA graduates are well sought ater in
areas o accounting, taxation, auditing and consulting in both the public
and private sectors.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CFO LEADERSHIPWith the growing complexity o the Chie Financial Ocer (CFO)
unction in the organisation today, CFOs are now expected to be not
only competent in nancial and management reporting but also skilul
in making nancial decisions, adept at governance and risk matters,infuential in shaping business outcomes, and highly eective in
leading the nance unction to support the strategic direction o the
organisation. Designed with insights rom veteran CFOs and business
leaders, the Master o Science in CFO Leadership (MCFO) programme
at SMU’s School o Accountancy is the rst postgraduate degree
programme specially developed to equip both aspiring and current
CFOs or heads o nance with the competencies required to excel in
this challenging environment. The MCFO curriculum emphasises a
combination o hard as well as sot skills, is ocused and rigorous, andis taught by a multi-disciplinary aculty drawn across SMU’s six schools
with strong credentials in research, teaching and industry practice, and
augmented by veteran CFOs and business leaders who will conduct a
series o industry seminars as part o the programme’s curriculum.
Coursework: 6 academic sessions o 8 days ull-time per session,
spread over 12 months
For more details, visit: http://www.smu.edu.sg/mco
or email: [email protected]
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SMU’S SUITE OF POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
ASIA’S MASTERCLASS IN EXCELLENCE
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SMU MBA ocuses on training Asia’s next generation o business
leaders who can think, decide and act in a complex environment.
Its unique curriculum raises the level o ‘hard’ knowledge skills and
‘sot’ people, leadership and communications skills – assets much
desired by employers. A world-class aculty renowned or its teaching
excellence and mentorship, peer engagement with a diverse student
body and networking opportunities with industry business leaders
provide or an enriching learning experience. Its accelerated schedule
is centred around the busy executive. Our ull-time programme can
be completed in 12 months. Our part-time programme is conducted
on weekday evenings and some weekends and can be completed in
18 months.
Coursework: 12 months ull-time, 18 months part-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/MBA
or email: [email protected]
MBA
EXECUTIVE MASTER OFBUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Coursework: 9 weeks over 12 months ull-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/eMBA
or email: [email protected]
Riding on Asia’s rapid growth and great expectations or continued
prosperity, SMU EMBA is designed especially or the global senior
leader who is interested in business innovation and growth.
With inputs rom over 100 leaders in Asia, our curriculum integrates
tried and tested practices with the evolving principles and nuances
o the region. It also aims at driving your personal growth through
excellence in leadership, knowledge and application. Taught
interactively in a dynamic city campus in Singapore with study stints
in USA, India and China, SMU EMBA is a truly global education that
brings out the modern leader in you – one who is practical, global and
socially conscious.
EMBA
MASTER OF SCIENCE INAPPLIED FINANCESMU MAF provides a strong oundation in the principles,
practices and operations o international and domestic nancial
markets ocusing on applying updated and relevant knowledge
in real-world situations. The curriculum also prepares students
to pursue the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
SMU MAF aims to raise the standard o practitioners’ knowledge
and skills in applied nance which has been identied as anarea o critical training by the Economic Review Committee
and the nance industry. MAF graduates can expect to equip
themselves with the ‘hard’ critical analytical and problem-solving
skills and the ‘sot’ people and communication skills to advance
their careers in the und management, banking and nance
industries.
Coursework: 12 months ull-time, 18 months part-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/MAFor email: [email protected]
MAF
Asia’s rapidly growing markets and global prominence demand
that PR and Corporate Communication executives possess
a broad set o management skills. Partnering with the world-
renowned MScomm at Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) o
Switzerland. SMU MScomm is South-East Asia’s only university
degree in Corporate Communication. Its curriculum covers
management undamentals, managing communications acrossa ramework o strategy, regional demands, global, social and
economic change and communications through traditional
and digital media to various stakeholders. Study stints at
USI (Lugano, Switzerland) and at UCLA Anderson School o
Management, provide students with excellent overseas exposure
and networking opportunities.
MASTER OF SCIENCE INCOMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
Coursework: 12 months part-timeFor more details, visit:
http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/communicationmanagementor email: [email protected]
MScomm
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SMU’S SUITE OF POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
ASIA’S MASTERCLASS IN EXCELLENCE
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT
SMU MWM is a pioneering and leading wealth management programme
in Asia. It was jointly designed by SMU, Wealth Management Institute
(WMI), Swiss Finance Institute (SFI), Yale University and key industry
players. Its curriculum covers the value chain o wealth management,
including asset management, investment and client advisory. There is
an overseas study block or participants to visit SFI and Yale School o
Coursework: 12 months ull-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/MWMor email: [email protected]
Management to learn about private banking and alternative investments,
as well as visit private banks and investment companies. Industry
talks and networking sessions are organised throughout the year. The
programme is suitable or both existing and aspiring wealth managers.
Qualied career-switchers will have opportunities to participate in
internship programmes.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
Singapore Management University MQF programme by courseworkprovides a pathway to equip students with the knowledge to tame the
risk while staying on top o the game. This programme oers a unique
learning journey in the realm o stochastic processes, Ito’s calculus,
risk analytics, pricing & hedging, and quant trading. The courses are
conducted at Lee Kong Chian School o Business, SMU and CASS
Business School, City University London, two business schools located
right in the heart o the cities where the nancial districts are buzzing
Coursework: 12 months ull-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/mscq
or email: [email protected]
with opportunities and where a new generation o quant proessionalsis needed to make a dierence in the nancial industry. The Master o
Science in Quantitative Finance will be awarded jointly by SMU and City
University London. In addition to providing students with an international
perspective o global nancial markets and instruments, course
contents are also customised to take into account the characteristics
o Asian milieu. A unique eature o our MQF is the exposure to many
opportunities to design and implement quantitative trading strategies.
MASTER OF SCIENCEIN APPLIED ECONOMICS
SMU MAE is designed or middle to higher-middle level industry
practitioners mainly rom the science, engineering, and social
science backgrounds, who wish to acquire a good working
knowledge o economics, which is increasingly demanded in
their career and by the economy. An intensely-taught curriculum
helps students understand real-world issues, master the
economic theories and econometric skills and apply them to
design policies that make markets work eectively. Students can
expect a rst-rate and enriching learning experience by a aculty
well-respected or its teaching and research excellence.
Coursework: 24 months part-time
For more details, visit: http://www.economics.smu.edu.sg/mscAEor email: [email protected]
MAE
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INNOVATION
Coursework: 12 months part-time and ull-timeWorkshops conducted on Friday evenings and lessons on Saturdays (ull-day)All ull-time students will attend seminars on weekdaysFor more details, visit: http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/masters-innovation/ or email: [email protected]
Innovate or all behind. Leaders know that to compete in the uture,
your current success will not be your uture success. Innovation is
the key or continued success and SMU’s MI programme positions
you to do just that. SMU’s MI is the only Asia-ocused programme
designed to teach you how to think and act like an innovator and
entrepreneur. The curriculum is crated or corporate managers,
creative art proessionals, technologists, entrepreneurs and
practitioners keen on advancing innovation in their eld. It is highly
relevant and innovative cross-disciplinary curriculum that eatures
regular engagement with thought-leaders, schools, and practical
projects. All designed to engage, challenge and grow Asia’s next
generation o innovation leaders.
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ASIA’S MASTERCLASS IN EXCELLENCE
institute actions through an interdisciplinary approach. They acquire
in-depth knowledge o a specialised area, and sharpen their ability to
conduct original applied research in business. The schedule is short
and convenient; its modular ormat curriculum structured around busy
senior management.
PhD in BUSINESS (GENERAL MANAGEMENT)SMU PhD in Business is a pre-eminent executive doctorate
programme or Asia’s leaders and senior management seeking to
compete or the uture. Our in-depth knowledge, scholastic research
and expertise on Asia’s rapid economic development and challenges
provide or a dynamic academic experience and engagement at
the highest levels. Participants learn to address complex issues and
Coursework: 12 months + Thesis 24 monthsFor more details, visit:
http://www.business.smu.edu.sg/PhD_General-Managementor email: [email protected] in BUSINESS
MASTER OF IT IN BUSINESS — FINANCIAL SERVICES
Singapore’s stature as a global banking and nancial services hub
has increased the demand or proessionals who know how to
manage the integration o inormation technology and applications
with banking processes, operations, and service innovation initiatives.
The MITB-Financial Services programme is specically designed to
meet this demand. The programme has established a track-record in
the industry o producing world-class proessionals adept in banking
technology, operations, processes & service innovation (TOPS).
Its curriculum, with inputs rom over 60 industry experts, provides
Coursework: 12 months ull-time, 24 months part-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/programme/MITBor email: [email protected] (FS)
proessionals with an in-depth knowledge o banking technology
& processes, IT management, project management and general
management to assume senior management positions in technology &
operations. The MITB-Financial Services programme has unique assets
developed through our practice and education related R&D including
the SMU Bank and the Unied Banking Process Framework. It is a
powerul vehicle or enhancing your proessional and managerial career
in Banking TOPS, or or transitioning into this type o role within the
nancial services sector.
Coursework: 3 years ull-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.law.smu.edu.sg/JDor email: [email protected]
JURIS DOCTOR PROGRAMMEThe Juris Doctor (J.D.) programme is a graduate programme
that leads to a rst degree in law. It is designed or persons
who hold undergraduate degrees in other disciplines and or
those who hold degrees in law rom civil law countries. Many
students have several years o work experience. The programme
is characterised by interactive (Socratic) teaching that helps
students develop analytical, problem-solving, interdisciplinary
and comparative law skills. These skills are essential or excelling
in today’s highly competitive legal and corporate environments.
A rigorous curriculum is taught by an international aculty that
includes teachers with backgrounds in practice, government and
the judiciary.
J.D.
Coursework: 12 months part-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.law.smu.edu.sg/llmor email: [email protected]
MASTER OF LAWSIn this increasingly complex and highly regulated world,
businesses have never been so reliant on legal specialists.
The SMU Master o Laws provides you with the expertise to
seize the opportunities with specialisations in commercial
law, dispute resolution, and Islamic law & nance. While
specialisation courses provide the requisite domain
knowledge, a course on business, strategy and organisation
and an overseas study mission give valuable insights into
the challenges and opportunities acing legal proessionals.
The programme is taught by world-class aculty in SMU’s
renowned interactive and stimulating seminar style.
LLM
MASTER OF IT IN BUSINESS — SERVICE SECTOR ANALYTICS
Coursework: 12 months ull-time, 24 months part-timeFor more details, visit: http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/programme/MITBor email: [email protected] (SSA)
The MITB (SSA) programme gives students comprehensive and
in-depth knowledge o business methods and management
concepts required to assume senior Operations and Analytics
roles in the Service Sectors. The live cases and learning labs are
co-designed with leading global and regional sector rms rom
hospitality, tourism, supply chain, retail, healthcare, public sector
and telecommunications. Major SMU research initiatives in analytics
such as the Living Analytics Research Centre, and the LiveLabs
Urban Liestyle Innovation Platorm provides our MITB (SSA)
students with additional leading-edge opportunities to work with
industry on real applications. The programme promises a robust and
systematic understanding across processes, operations, data,
technology and business management. It will provide a strong advantage
to those working in any unctional area o an enterprise who want
to strengthen their ability to use analytics technology, solutions and
methods or improving perormance. The MITB (SSA) is the right
platorm or proessionals aspiring to be industry leaders, capable o
merging the power o data analytics technology with an organisation’s
business strategy.
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Ofce o Postgraduate Proessional Programmes
Singapore Management University, Administration Building, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065
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