Hype About SMU
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Read the article below..
somehow.. i feel somethnig's fishy with SMU...
from the straits times:
Jan 6, 2005
SMU fees set to be higher than rival varsities'
Poll shows prospective students and parents willing to pay more for varsity of their choice
By Sandra Davie
EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
SINGAPORE Management University, the newest university here, is setting its own tuition fees, which are likely to be higher than those of the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University.
It is doing so after a survey of prospective students and their parents, which it had commissioned last year, indicated that they are willing to pay more for a university of their choice.
Its provost, Professor Tan Chin Tiong, said the survey confirmed that SMU has differentiated itself from the other two universities.
'It has certainly defined a new competitive space in the educational arena and provided significant value options for potential students,' he added.
However, he would not disclose how much more the 648 respondents would be willing to pay, saying only that the new fees will be announced with the survey results by the end of this month.
The first hint that SMU would take a different route came last month when NUS and NTU raised their tuition fees but SMU did not.
Undergraduates at the other two universities will pay about 5 per cent more from August this year. Now, students, other than those in dentistry and medicine, pay $5,650 a year. The hike raises their fees by $280, while medical and dentistry undergraduates will pay an extra $810 a year. p> In the SMU survey, students and parents were asked how they perceived the five-year-old university relative to NUS and NTU.
They picked 'creative', 'modern', 'exciting', 'vibrant', 'fun', 'confident' and 'stylish' from the list of adjectives offered.
NUS was described as 'established', 'familiar' and 'reliable', and NTU 'traditional' and 'down-to-earth'.
Provost Tan said: 'We're thrilled to have words like 'adventurous' and 'modern' used for SMU.'p> In a Straits Times survey last year among junior college students, half of the 833 interviewed said they would be willing to pay more for a university of their choice. That poll also showed NUS was most preferred as it was the most established and prestigious. p> Yesterday, six out of the 10 junior college and polytechnic students interviewed said they were willing to pay a higher fee for their preferred university if the difference was reasonable.
Final-year Ngee Ann Polytechnic student Selena Ow, 19, who is eyeing a place at SMU, said: 'The difference shouldn't be more than 10 per cent. If it was, SMU would have to convince me that what it has to offer is far beyond that at NUS and NTU.' -
How much does it cost to build a school in Orchard Road area? How much will be the running cost? Who is going to pay for those cost?
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orchard rd?
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the other 2 Us will be privatised soon.... fee-raise competitions will ensue
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Opposite YMCA(1 Orchard Road)Originally posted by foxwalk:orchard rd?
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Pay more to have fun and be more vibrant and more stylish........shouldn't be a university ...it should be a bloody entertainment center for yuppies to get a degree of fun and unemployment.Originally posted by foxwalk:Read the article below..
somehow.. i feel somethnig's fishy with SMU...
from the straits times:
Jan 6, 2005
SMU fees set to be higher than rival varsities'
Poll shows prospective students and parents willing to pay more for varsity of their choice
By Sandra Davie
EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
SINGAPORE Management University, the newest university here, is setting its own tuition fees, which are likely to be higher than those of the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University.
It is doing so after a survey of prospective students and their parents, which it had commissioned last year, indicated that they are willing to pay more for a university of their choice.
Its provost, Professor Tan Chin Tiong, said the survey confirmed that SMU has differentiated itself from the other two universities.
'It has certainly defined a new competitive space in the educational arena and provided significant value options for potential students,' he added.
However, he would not disclose how much more the 648 respondents would be willing to pay, saying only that the new fees will be announced with the survey results by the end of this month.
The first hint that SMU would take a different route came last month when NUS and NTU raised their tuition fees but SMU did not.
Undergraduates at the other two universities will pay about 5 per cent more from August this year. Now, students, other than those in dentistry and medicine, pay $5,650 a year. The hike raises their fees by $280, while medical and dentistry undergraduates will pay an extra $810 a year. p> In the SMU survey, students and parents were asked how they perceived the five-year-old university relative to NUS and NTU.
They picked 'creative', 'modern', 'exciting', 'vibrant', 'fun', 'confident' and 'stylish' from the list of adjectives offered.
Provost Tan said: 'We're thrilled to have words like 'adventurous' and 'modern' used for SMU.'p> In a Straits Times survey last year among junior college students, half of the 833 interviewed said they would be willing to pay more for a university of their choice. That poll also showed NUS was most preferred as it was the most established and prestigious. p> Yesterday, six out of the 10 junior college and polytechnic students interviewed said they were willing to pay a higher fee for their preferred university if the difference was reasonable. -
If they charge more to cover high costs of education.... maybe it's justified.
But if they charge more on the basis that the environment is more 'fun' and 'vibrant', that's really, really fishy.