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.


                                        President Halimah Yacob at SMU Patron's Day 2019
                                        President Halimah Yacob at SMU Patron's Day 2019.


                                          SMU Patron President Tony Tan taking in the festivities at the 2014 Patron's Day
                                          SMU Patron President Tony Tan accompanied by Student Ambassadors taking in the festivities at the 2014 Patron's Day


                                            SMU Patron's Day 2023
                                            SMU Board of Trustees and senior management posing with SMU Patron President Halimah Yacob for a group of photo.


                                              Pioneers of SMU
                                              A corporate photograph of the original pioneer team who were involved in the conceptualization and start up of the Singapore Management University.


                                                Students in the Safari Desert Dubai in 2015
                                                Students doing the jump pose in the Safari Desert while on a trip to Dubai. This is an image of an old photograph submitted by students for the Jump Campaign in 2015, which captures students in jump poses while reflecting a part of their student life at the same time.


                                                  Entrance to Lee Kong Chian School of Business facing Vanguard Building in 2015
                                                  Entrance to Lee Kong Chian School of Business facing the historic Vanguard Building, formerly known as MPH building, which was built in 1908. In 2014, SMU leased the building as a "laboratory" for experiential learning, naming it SMU Labs.


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