Highlights of SMU Singapore

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   Former Education Minister Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam commented that SMU's greatest contribution to higher education here has been to be the “change agent of the university space”.
   The Straits Times (21 January 2006)
   
   •  An NTU graduate says: Yes, SMU students really are different
   A journalist who is a graduate of NTU saw for herself the highly interactive seminar-style lessons conducted at SMU where students fought for the chance to speak up and challenge the professor.
   The Straits Times (12 February 2003)
   
   •  SMU earns high praise
   When asked his opinion of SMU, Dr Dipak Jain – dean of top business school Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Chicago – was bullish about the institution.
   Streats (21 November 2003)
   
   •  In the heart of the city
   SMU's campus brings education back into the city's cultural and urban, life, creating an education environment like universities in the heart of New York City, London and Paris.
   BizEd (an AACSB publication) (March-April 2006)
   
   •  It pays to do econs at SMU
   SMU economics graduates are top earners across the local universities, receiving average starting salaries of S$4,164 per month, according to the 2008 Graduate Employment Survey released by the Ministry of Education.
   The Straits Times (4 April 2009)  
   
   •  More than just jobs the grads get
   On the occasion of SMU's 10th anniversary celebrations, Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman of the SMU Board of Trustees paid tribute to former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan for having encouraged SMU to redefine tertiary education in Singapore, becoming a change agent and catalyst for innovation.
   The Straits Times (18 January 2010)

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