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1he School of lnformaLlon SysLems of Lhe Slngapore ManagemenL unlverslLy lnvlLes appllcaLlons for our
hu ln lnformaLlon SysLems programme.

Cur research (hLLp://sls.smu.edu.sg/research/research-overvlew) focuses on Lhe followlng areas:
- uaLa ManagemenL & AnalyLlcs
- lnformaLlon SecurlLy & 1rusL
- lnformaLlon SysLems & ManagemenL
- lnLelllgenL SysLems & ueclslon AnalyLlcs
- SofLware SysLems

Cur hu sLudenLs en[oy many opporLunlLles Lo parLlclpaLe ln our research cenLers and labs, where Lhey
work on large-scale LesL-beds, real daLa and fleld experlmenLs ln collaboraLlon wlLh lndusLry parLners.
Cne such example ls Lhe Llvlng AnalyLlcs 8esearch CenLre (LA8C), a [olnL 3-year efforL beLween our
unlverslLy and Carnegle Mellon (hLLp://www.larc.smu.edu.sg/). Cur hu sLudenLs who parLlclpaLe ln
LA8C pro[ecLs may go on a 10-monLh, fully pald Lralnlng resldency aL Carnegle Mellon unlverslLy durlng
Lhelr hu sLudy. (hLLp://www.larc.smu.edu.sg/LA8C-overseas-hu-resldency.hLml)

We have secured fundlng for large-scale lnlLlaLlves lncludlng:
- 1he Llvlng AnalyLlcs 8esearch CenLre: S$26M over flve years from Lhe Slngapore governmenL.
- LlveLabs urban LlfesLyle lnnovaLlon laLform: S$9.94 M over flve years from Lhe Slngapore governmenL.
- SMu- 1CS lClLy Lab: S$6M over 3 years from 1aLa ConsulLlng Servlces.

1he comblned fundlng of S$33.94M for LA8C and LlveLabs would poslLlon us among Lhe world's largesL
unlverslLy lnlLlaLlves ln 8uslness, Consumer and Soclal AnalyLlcs. We are llkely one of Lhe largesL
unlverslLy efforLs focused on closed-loop, neLwork-cenLrlc real-world consumer lnslghL fleld Lrlals. 1hls
puLs us aL Lhe forefronL of cerLaln areas of compuLaLlonal soclal sclence.

1hrough Lhe SMu-1CS lClLy Lab, we are deslgnlng, creaLlng and LesLlng a ClLy ManagemenL laLform"
for newly emerglng clLles ln Chlna, and evenLually ln oLher developlng counLrles.

We have scholarshlps for full-Llme hu sLudenLs. 1he scholarshlps cover LulLlon and reglsLraLlon fees,
and also provlde a generous monLhly llvlng sLlpend.

We are accepLlng appllcaLlons from 01 november 2013 Llll 31 !anuary 2014 for admlsslon ln AugusL 2014.
AppllcaLlon procedure and oLher deLalls on our programme can be found aL
hLLp://sls.smu.edu.sg/programmes/hu/onllne-appllcaLlon. 8elow ls a summary of our appllcaLlon
requlremenLs:

- A 8achelor degree wlLh good honors, or a MasLer degree, ln a relevanL dlsclpllne.
- 1ranscrlpLs for 8achelor and/or MasLer degrees.
- 1CLlL scores for appllcanLs whose medlum of lnsLrucLlon for Lhelr degrees ls noL Lngllsh.
- C8L or CMA1 scores.
- 8esearch sLaLemenL on speclflc research lnLeresLs.
- ersonal sLaLemenL on academlc and career ob[ecLlves.
- 8eferences from Lwo academlc referees.

AppllcanLs may also flnd Lhe followlng resources helpful:
-- More abouL Lhe hu ln lnformaLlon SysLems programme aL Lhe Slngapore ManagemenL unlverslLy:
hLLp://sls.smu.edu.sg/programmes/hu/overvlew

-- More abouL Lhe research aL Lhe School of lnformaLlon SysLems:
hLLp://sls.smu.edu.sg/research/research-overvlew

-- 8rochure for Lhe hu ln lnformaLlon SysLems programme:
hLLp://smu.edu.sg/slLes/defaulL/flles/programmes/22384/phd_brochure.pdf

-- More abouL Slngapore ManagemenL unlverslLy:
hLLp://smu.edu.sg/