Publication Type
News Article
Year
7-2000
Abstract
Classes will start tomorrow (Tuesday, August 1) for the very first academic term for pioneer students of Asia's first new university of the 21st century. The 306 undergraduates of the Singapore Management University (SMU) will launch into the first phase of their Bachelor of Business Management curriculum modeled on the successful Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania tomorrow. SMU's pioneer undergraduates will begin their first day of the first academic year in "smart" classrooms in a purpose-built, two-storey building on Evans Road that will serve as their campus for one year. Concurrently with the first day of term, SMU will launch its International Exchange Programme for students by signing the first of a series of agreements with Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture (Kyushu Island) in Japan. Many also include a community welfare dimension [community service] outside of studies. SMU is aiming for a 20% international student intake over the next few years. These students and international exchange undergraduates on campus, will add a breadth of cultural richness and working perspectives to the undergraduate experience. See also the BBM Student Handbook 2000-01 pp. 6-7 for more details.
Keywords
Singapore Management University, International Exchange Programme, "Smart" Classrooms
Disciplines
Asian Studies | Curriculum and Instruction | Higher Education
Publisher
Singapore Management University
Language
eng
Copyright Holder
Singapore Management University
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Format
application/PDF
Citation
Singapore Management University.
Singapore Management University: The First Term of Asia's New University for the Millennium. (2000). 1-2.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/oh_pressrelease/6