Given the rapid changes in the world of work and learning, as well as the challenges of the future economy, SMU sees the opportunity to contribute to adult education in Singapore through the establishment of SMU Academy.
1. FLEXIBLE COURSES AND PROGRAMMES FOR WORKING PROFESSIONALS
For working professionals, post-diploma and post-graduate applicants, SMU offers a range of professional courses and accreditation programmes that will enable you to learn new competencies and gain an edge in your profession. Upskill at your own pace and enjoy the flexibility to build your learning pathway based on your career needs.
2. VIBRANT CITY CAMPUS
Set within the heart of Singapore’s thriving cosmopolitan cityscape, SMU is a stone’s throw from the leading financial and corporate institutions headquartered in Singapore.
We are also intimately integrated with civic district where art, theatre and music thrive. Whether it’s early morning when the sun streams into the open cafes around Raffles City or late in the evening, when the nightspots are bathed in the glow of city lights, the open campus of SMU is abuzz with life and activity.
3. AUTONOMY, CONTEXT, AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
We take an interdisciplinary and practice-oriented approach to professional training, bringing together academic depth, real world business and management, and a keen awareness of the socio-political and economic contexts around our industries.
Our faculty are specialists in the field of finance, marketing, communications, operations, organisational behaviour, strategy, behavioural sciences and analytics. They work closely with both the private and public sectors to provide professional consultancy and customised training.
4. PRACTICE-ORIENTED APPROACH
We would like you to have as much flexibility and autonomy in terms of how you learn, when you learn and how you are assessed.
We use plenty of case studies and videos, to ensure your learning is contextualised and anchored in real world experience. We situate your learning with site visits or localised cases, tailoring them to existing frameworks for competencies, knowledge and skills required by your industry.
5. TAMPER-PROOF, EASILY VERIFIABLE DIGITAL CREDENTIALS
Digital credentials issued by SMU Academy can be easily displayed across the web, social media and on your CVs as a validated indicator of skills and competencies attained. These credentials are tamper-proof and verifiable as it comes with a unique and immutable cryptographic proof that is stored on a blockchain. With the verifier on our website, certificate authentication is made easy and secure.
Your digital certificate will also be automatically added to your individual Skills Passport, an online repository for Singaporeans to store their education and training certificates under the MySkillsFuture portal. You can view, retrieve, and share their credentials conveniently and securely as well as keep track of your skills development on one central platform.
