Corporate Training & Customised Programmes
SMU Executive Development offers bespoke learning solutions that directly address specific competencies and business challenges faced by organisations.
We collaborate closely with our clients to design and develop a learning solution that aligns with their strategic objectives, enhances employee capabilities, and fosters a culture of learning and growth within the organisation.
Our programmes include areas such as change management, innovation, digital transformation, sustainability, and leadership development.
They can be delivered face-to-face (F2F), blended or online.
Co-Creation/Customisation of Programme
At SMU Executive Development, we work closely with you to customise and co-create a training solution that is market responsive and suited to your organisation's needs, with our promise to deliver a world-class experience in and out of the classroom, with the pedigree of the University.
Application Knowledge
We understand the unique circumstances of executive learners and cater the learning mode of these audience with a strong focus on application knowledge, ensuring that our executive learners understand the concepts and can apply them in real-life scenarios.
SMU’s Ecosystem and Network
As a ranked university located in the heart of Singapore, SMU Executive Development leverages on the breadth and depth of whatever a university can offer. With eight schools and a myriad of faculties at our disposal, we bring about the best combination of academia and industry practice with a high training standard.
Our Dynamic Network
Singapore Management University is well connected to key growth industries, partner universities around the world, trade associations and government statutory boards. This allows us to constantly be updated with the current trends and gaps in the market.
Our Clients
Frequently Asked Questions
Customised programmes are bespoke corporate training courses designed around a single organisation's specific strategic goals, talent gaps and culture. SMU ExD builds each programme from scratch with its faculty, choosing the topics, format and delivery mode to suit the client.
Customised Programmes are ideal for organisations that want to upskill a team, function or leadership cohort together — from emerging managers to the C-suite. They suit companies undergoing transformation, scaling into new markets, or building future-ready capabilities across AI, strategy and sustainability.
Short Courses are open-enrolment programmes with a fixed curriculum and mixed participants, while Customised Programmes are designed exclusively for one organisation and tailored to its objectives, people and context.
Customised Programmes can cover leadership development, business strategy, AI and digital transformation, sustainability, innovation, finance and people management, drawing on SMU's research and world-class faculty.
| Focus Area | Example Outcomes |
| Leadership development | Build confident, adaptive leaders ready for change |
| Business strategy | Sharpen strategic thinking and decision-making |
| AI & digital transformation | Equip teams to lead in an AI-driven economy |
| Sustainability & ESG | Embed responsible, future-ready leadership |
| Innovation & growth | Foster a culture of continuous innovation |
| Finance & analytics | Strengthen data-driven business judgement |
| People & culture | Drive cultural transformation in a digital age |
SMU ExD delivers Customised Programmes face-to-face, blended or fully online.
Timelines vary with scope, but most programmes move from discovery to delivery within a few weeks to a few months. Contact us early so we can align the design to your business calendar.
Contact SMU Executive Development at exd@smu.edu.sg or +65 6828 0100 to discuss your organisation's needs and receive a tailored proposal.
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Tell us about your organisation's goals and our team will craft a tailored proposal.
Email: exd@smu.edu.sg • Tel: +65 6828 0100
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