According to the expansion plan, Sun Tai hopes to offer more new courses to supplement the existing ones, such as international and regional studies, international relations, public administration, history and applied mathematics. However, Professor Howard Hunt, the president of the new university, stressed that the expansion plan will not change the characteristics of the new university, that is, it will not offer courses such as engineering and life sciences, nor will it consider setting up satellite campuses in other locations.
Professor Howard Hunt was appointed President of Singapore Management University in 2004. He hopes to strengthen the research ability of the University of Singapore and make it a first-class research university.
At present, there are about 7,000 undergraduates and 1 1,000 postgraduates in the new university, and 1 1,500 undergraduates are enrolled every year. It is planned to reach 8,000 undergraduates and 2,000 postgraduates in 2065, with an annual enrollment of 2,000 undergraduates. Professor Hunt said that at present, the new university does not have enough facilities to cope with the extra students, so it plans to find a suitable location near the campus to implement the expansion plan, such as the old National Library. Professor Hunt was interviewed by this newspaper a few days ago, talking about the planning of the new university in the next five years, and making suggestions on the fourth university planned by the government.
Xinda is located near domenico subway station, covering an area of 4.5 hectares and consisting of 6 buildings. In line with the plan to expand the quota, Suntech will also provide more accommodation opportunities for students and faculty, and is currently developing two new dormitory areas. It is estimated that by 20 10 or 20 1 165438, there will be another 1800 beds, which will increase the annual accommodation to 2 100. At present, there are three dormitories, converted from watchtowers, with about 300 beds.
Suntech, established in 2000, plans to strengthen its research strength and increase postgraduate courses in the next three to five years, thus establishing a reputation as a "top research university" internationally. According to this development direction, the number of new teachers will increase from about 240 at present to 500 in five years, of which 70% will be engaged in traditional research, and the other 30% will have practical experience and bring their experience in different fields to campus.
Professor Hunt also plans to increase the number of graduate students. He believes that the research done by these graduate students can assist the research conducted by the teachers of the new university and help to establish the research ability of the new university. He said: "To have a strong research university, we must first have a strong research faculty. They are engaged in high-quality research, which usually comes from cooperative projects with multiple institutions. "
At the beginning of this year, SNU also set up an institutional review committee to protect the rights, privacy and welfare of participating researchers and ensure that the research conducted by SNU conforms to international research ethics standards. Professor Hunt pointed out that this will also help researchers of the new university to apply for research grants from other institutions. A few days ago, this newspaper reported that the planned fourth university is expected to start in August 20 1 1. Facing the competition from new universities, Professor Hunt said that he was not worried that this would affect the number of new students enrolled.
He said: "There are a lot of excellent students here, and the quality of the students is good. Singapore has the conditions to become an education center in the region. We have received application forms from South Africa, Europe, the United States, Australia and other countries. Those students all want to come to Singapore. China and Indian students are enough to fill four or five universities! "
Professor Hunt said that the establishment of a fourth university is a good thing for Singapore. Although it will improve the competition among universities, it will also be good for Singapore University. He believes that the focus of the fourth university and the other three universities will complement each other.
Within eight years, it has developed into one of the best universities in the world, and Xinda has its unique experience in running a school. Professor Hunter believes that the future fourth university can learn from it: "People will ask you to do this and that, and students will ask,' Why don't we have XYZ courses'. You can't do everything. You have to figure out what your mission is, how to achieve it better and focus on it. "
He smiled and said, "If you want to learn to bake cookies, don't suddenly start making pizza. Just like Cinda, we have courses in finance, management and social science. We will train excellent lawyers and have excellent accountants. The School of Information Systems often puts forward new ideas ... but we won't have a medical school. " Rajendra K. Rajendra, an Indian-American professor from Emory University and the University of Texas, will be the provost and assistant president (academic) of Singapore Management University on 1 next month, becoming the third leader of Singapore University.
After taking office, he will concentrate on developing undergraduate and postgraduate courses and managing six colleges of the university. Professor Howard, the president, and Professor Chen, the vice president, mainly study the long-term strategic development and international relations of universities.
President Hunter said last month that when the new university was founded eight years ago, there were only 300 students. Now there are 6,000 students in six colleges, and the school has expanded, but the number of senior leaders remains the same. He thinks it's time for the new university to increase top leaders.
He said: The professor is the founder of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been the provost of the university since its establishment and has made great contributions to the university. Last year, the board of directors and I asked Professor Chen to be the vice president, and our work was rather busy. Later, we all thought that someone was needed to help universities develop new courses, take care of new colleges and offer new postgraduate courses. We now have 1 1 master's programs and two doctoral programs. New business administration (MBA) courses started in August this year. , need someone else to be responsible for. "
President Hunter said that Professor Rajendra is an expert in marketing. He often gives lectures and attends meetings in NSU, and cooperates with professors in research. He is no stranger to NSU.
Rajendra said: "The New University has a history of eight years, but it has achieved the goals that many universities need 40 to 50 years to achieve. My future job is to assist and accelerate the opening of graduate courses in the new university. In this regard, I have 10 years of experience in promoting doctoral programs. Postgraduate courses are very important for universities. The greatness of Stanford University, Cambridge University and Oxford University is that they develop new thinking and knowledge through research. We need graduate students who can help professors find new ideas and methods by constantly challenging them. "
He is excited about accepting a new job. He said: "Singapore and Finland are two countries in the world that are very supportive of education. In the future, I will work with all the teachers and students in these ideal universities. A few years later, when I look back, I can proudly say what major events I participated in. " Professor Chen has resigned as the provost, and he will spend more time to establish a new international network.
He said: "Xinda has been an experimental university from the beginning, and its achievements in recent years have aroused the interest of many universities." The newly established Russian business school in Russia circled 18 world-renowned business school as a model when preparing for construction. Finally, they focused on our experience. They visited the university twice, and even their finance minister came to see it himself. In a few months, a group of university presidents in Hong Kong decided to hold a meeting in our university. One of the themes is learning from the new university. "The employment rate of graduates from Singapore Management University has reached nearly 100% for four consecutive years. Last year, the average starting salary of graduates increased by 6.7% over the previous year, reaching 3040 yuan. Employers of new graduates interviewed believe that they are more eloquent, leadership and analytical than other university graduates.
The number of graduates of Xinda University last year was 7 1 1, which was the largest in the new calendar year, 84% more than the previous year. Among them, 6 18 people accepted the employment survey, and the survey showed that 99.7% graduates found jobs within six months after graduation.
Last year, the highest starting salary of graduates was 6,543,800 yuan per month, and 9 graduates earned 8,000 to 6,543,800 yuan per month, all of whom were engaged in investment banking or management consulting services. The starting salary of many graduates (12%) is also between 4000 yuan and 10000 yuan.
84% of fresh graduates found jobs before graduation or within one month after graduation, up from 80% in the previous year. Three-quarters of the graduates have been employed before graduation, and 66% of the graduates have been offered jobs for two or more times.
Citibank Singapore Branch has hired many fresh graduates as management assistants, personal financial consultants and project managers. In the past four years, Citibank has hired eight newly graduated administrative assistant officials. Zhang Shiling, assistant vice president of human resources department of Citibank in Singapore, pointed out that their position of administrative associate officer is quite prestigious, and the employees who can be hired should have good attitude and leadership besides excellent grades. The teaching methods adopted by the new university also encourage graduates to express their opinions more bravely and have more confidence.
For example, a newly graduated administrative associate official worked in the personnel department and proposed to hold a case challenge open to college students to simulate real business situations and test students' ability to solve problems and submit reports. The plan won the favor of management, and the new graduate went on to lead a small group of people in other departments, showing his good leadership ability.
This competition was first held last year. This year, 100 students participated, and all the champions who stood out in the past two years came from NSU. Zhang Shiling pointed out that this shows the quality of new college students, who also hired several interns and an administrative associate official through this competition.
Uob Group currently employs more than 60 fresh graduates. Huang Meiling, the head of the group's human resources, thinks that the new graduates are comparable to those who graduated from other universities, and they are more eloquent when making reports.
She hopes that the new university can have closer cooperation with enterprises and financial circles when designing the course content, so as to make the course content more suitable for the needs of the industry, such as risk management and wealth management.
Su Risheng (28 years old), a graduate of Cinda University, graduated from the business administration course in 2004. After engaging in retail consulting services for more than a year, I founded Leftfield Concepts, a brand planning consulting company, three years ago.
Having the courage to start a business as a boss, he believes that he benefits from the unique learning and teaching environment of Xinda. He said that the school will conduct real business case analysis, and everyone will try to solve problems in a creative way, which is very useful for him to enter the workplace and start a business in the future.
Lin Kexin (25 years old) is the first batch of graduates majoring in accounting in Xinda University. I graduated from Cinda University three years ago, and now I am a tax consultant of PricewaterhouseCoopers. She believes that the new university has taught her a lot of useful skills, and the new university has invited people from the accounting field to teach at the new university, which helps her to understand the knowledge and requirements needed by the market and is very helpful for her corporate tax consulting work.
Lin Kexin said that she likes the interactive culture of the new university and hopes that even when the new university expands and enrolls more students, there will still be close ties between students and teachers.