SMU Convocation 2013 students performing
SMU Students club performing at SMU Convocation 2013


    Taichung Education Fair
    Sign welcoming attendees to the Taichung Education Fair in Taiwan in November 1998. Singapore Management University attended this event and a number of other overseas education fairs to recruit students to the new university.


      SMU and National Library Board Agreement
      The National Library Board and Singapore Management University sign a memorandum of understanding on 3 September 1999. Under the terms of the agreement, NLB will plan and manage library and information services for the university. Left to right: SMU Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, SMU President Janice Bellace, and NLB Chief Executive Christopher Chia.


        First Day of Classes
        Dr Isabelle Malique speaking with incoming students on Singapore Management University’s first day of classes, 1 August 2000. Left to right, Chen Hui-Wei, Farhann Ali and Riki Hidajat (background). Dr Malique headed the department for international student exchange and forged links with many foreign universities. Picture taken at the Evans Road building.


          Groundbreaking for the Evans Road Building
          Left to right: Associate Professor Low Kee Yang, Deputy Dean of the School of Business, and Associate Professor Tsui Kai Chong, Dean of the School of Business, at the Evans Road building groundbreaking ceremony on 12 January 2000. Singapore Management University operated out of the Evans Road building for the first academic year.


            Talk by Chairman of the Board of Trustees
            Faculty and the pioneer class of Singapore Management University undergraduates at talk by Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He gave students an account of his personal life and corporate experiences. The talk was held at the Singapore Art Museum on 19 July 2000. Front row, left to right: President Janice Bellace, Deputy President Tan Teck Meng, Provost Tan Chin Tiong and Professor Augustine Tan.


              Conference with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
              Singapore Management University Provost Tan Chin Tiong speaking to the audience at the conference on “Managing Change in the New Millennium”. This conference was held jointly with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on 28 July 2000.


                Inaugural Convocation
                Faculty procession at the inaugural convocation ceremony on 29 July 2000. This convocation marks the opening of Singapore Management University and the beginning of the academic year. Ceremonies were held at Bras Basah Park, the site of the Singapore Management University’s future city campus.


                  Financial Education Programme
                  Sunil Sreenivasan, SMU trustee and Citibank's country corporate officer, speaking to Singapore Management University undergraduates on 9 October 2000. His lecture was the first in a financial education programme which is supplementary to the SMU core curriculum. It provides practical lessons in finance, banking and economics.


                    Inaugural Convocation
                    The inaugural convocation ceremony marking the opening of Singapore Management University and the beginning of the academic year. Ceremonies were held on 29 July 2000 at Bras Basah Park, the site of the university’s future city campus. Front row, left to right: Associate Professor Low Kee Yang, Deputy Dean, School of Business; Associate Professor Tsui Kai Chong, Dean, School of Business; Deputy President Tan Teck Meng; Chancellor Lim Kim San; Education Minister Teo Chee Hean; Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman, Board of Trustees; President Janice Bellace; Professor Patrick Harker, Dean, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and Provost Tan Chin Tiong.


                      Inaugural Convocation Dinner
                      Singapore Management University students performing at the gala dinner celebrating SMU’s inaugural convocation. The dinner was held at the Istana, the official residence of Singapore's president, on 29 July 2000.


                        First Patron's Day
                        Singapore President S R Nathan (centre) and Singapore Management University management, faculty and staff at the first Patron’s Day celebrations. The event was held on 12 January 2001 at the Evans Road building.


                          Convocation 2001
                          Left to right: Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, Chancellor Lim Kim San, Minister for Education Teo Chee Hean, President Janice Bellace, Provost Tan Chin Tiong and Deputy President Tan Teck Meng. Photo taken at Singapore Management University’s second convocation, held at Suntec City Convention Centre. The renovated Bukit Timah campus is pictured behind the group.


                            Patron's Day 2002
                            Left to right: Singapore Management University Chairman Ho Kwon Ping, SMU Patron and Singapore President S R Nathan, SMU President Ronald Frank and SMU Provost Tan Chin Tiong officially opened SMU's renovated Bukit Timah campus at Patron's Day celebrations on 11 January 2002.


                              Mongolian Prime Minister Visits
                              Singapore Management University hosts an entourage of education, business and manufacturing leaders from Mongolia. In centre, from left to right: Mongolian Prime Minster Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Singapore Minister for State for Health, Environment and Transport Balaji Sadasivan, and SMU President Ronald Frank. Photo taken on 11 October 2002.


                                Convocation 2008
                                Caderas Latinas, SMU's salsa performance team, at Singapore Management University's ninth convocation. Convocation 2008 was held at Suntec City Convention Centre on 16 August 2008.


                                  At the CNA Perspectives Season 8 Episode 5
                                  SMU hosted the fifth episode of CNA Perspectives Season 8 “Decline of Liberal Democracy and the Rise of China: Has ASEAN given in to the temptation?” in 2019 which featured an esteemed panel of thought leaders including SMU Chairman Mr Ho Kwon Ping and Professor John A Donaldson.


                                    Students engaged in discussion at a roof top garden
                                    Students engaged in discussion at a roof top garden. SMU has multiple conducive spaces in campus that faciliates group work and learning.


                                      Aerial view of Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, which takes an architectural form of a pearl
                                      Aerial view of Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, which takes the architectural shape of a pearl, a symbol for inspirational learning and serves as a "moral compass" emphasizing dignity, truth and justice in society.


                                        Evening view of the newly built Kwa Geok Choo Law Library in the law school building
                                        Night capture of the prominant pearl structure of Kwa Geok Choo Law Library as seen from its entrance in the newly built law school in 2017.


                                          SMU partners with Ascott to launch lyf@SMU
                                          lyf@SMU (lyf stands for Live Your Freedom) was officially in Feb 2017. Located within the SMU Labs, it offers SMU students a dynamic and trend-setting co-study, co-work, co-living environment that also serves as a ‘living lab’ where applied research simultaneously takes place. L-R: Mr Lee Chee Koon, CEO of The Ascott Limited, Professor Arnoud De Meyer, SMU President, Minister Ong Ye Kung, Mr Lim Ming Yan, President & Group CEO of CapitaLand Limited, Professor Lily Kong, SMU Provost


                                            Ms Indranee Rajah, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Law & Education, graced the launch of the new Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets & the Law in Asia (ARCIALA) at SMU
                                            SMU launches the new Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA). The launch event was graced by Guest-of-honour Ms Indranee Rajah, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Law and Education, who delivered an Opening Address at the launch event. Helming the new Centre as its Director is Professor of Law Liu Kung-Chung; the Centre’s Deputy Director is Professor of Law Irene Calboli


                                              SMU-X Overseas : Transforming Education for a VUCA World
                                              A video highlighting SMU-X Overseas (SMU-XO), a programme that immerses students in international, entrepreneurial environments to tackle real-world business challenges, in collaboration with global partners.


                                                Launch of ISES on 18 July 2007
                                                Group photograph of key people involved in the launch of the Institute of Service Excellence @ SMU on 18 July 2007. Front row L-R: Elim Chew, Jennie Chua, Ramond Lim, Tan Suee Chieh, Tan Chin Tiong


                                                  SMU's Jessup moot team in Washington D.C.
                                                  (From L to R) : Erica Wee, Genieve Wu, Elizabeth Ho, Fu Qiyuan (Coach), Raelee Toh, Lovein Sui. The 2025 team posing in front of the Capitol Building before the 66th Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C. They eventually beat 805 teams to clinch World Chanpion with Erica named Best Oralist of the competition


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