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Research at a Glance

SMU's Research Rankings

#1
Young University Worldwide by QS World University Rankings 2024
#1
in the Brigham Young University Accounting Research Rankings for School of Accountancy for Citation Rankings, Archival Research (All Topics) and Archival Research (Financial Accounting) since 2021.
#1
in Singapore, 2nd in Asia and 21st Worldwide in Financial Times Aggregated Global Business School Research Ranking 2025.
#15
in Software Engineering in the influential CSRankings, a metrics-based ranking of top computer science institutions around the world, for 2024.
#8
in Asia in Tilburg University's Top 100 Worldwide Economics Schools Research Ranking. Consistently ranked top 10 worldwide for Econometrics Research.

SMU PhD Programmes Research Areas of Concentration

PhD in Accounting

Auditing • Capital Markets • Corporate Governance • Disclosure • Financial Reporting • Taxation

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PhD in Business

Finance

Asset Pricing • Corporate Finance & Governance • Financial Technology • Hedge Funds • Household Finance • Institutional Investors • Market Microstructure • Private Equity • Real Estate Finance • Sustainable Finance 

Marketing

Digital & Mobile Marketing • Offline & Online Retailing • Financial Impact of Marketing Actions • Role of Feelings & Emotions on Consumer Decision Making

Operations Management

Business Analytics • E-Commerce & Marketplace Analytics • Healthcare Operations Management •  Inventory, Logistics & Transportation Management • Operations Planning, Scheduling & Control • Operations Strategy • Product, Process & Service Design and Improvement • Project Management • Purchasing & Sourcing Management • Supply Chain Management • Sustainable Operations including Agri-business

Organisational Behaviour & Human Resources (OBHR)

Culture & Cross-cultural Management • Ethics • Fairness • Human Capital Strategy & Management • Judgement & Decision Making • Leadership • Negotiation • Organisational Creativity & Innovation • Organisational Justice • Performance Measurement • Positive Organisation (Mindfulness, Humility, Proactivity) • Trust • Well-being & Stress

Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship • Innovation • International Business • Organisation Theory • Strategic Management

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PhD in Economics

Econometrics • Game Theory, Social Choice & Mechanism Design • Macroeconomics • Health Economics • Industrial Organisation • International Trade • Labour, Human Capital & Education • Real Estate & Urban Economics

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PhD in Psychology

Cognitive • Cultural • Evolutionary • Industrial & Organisational • Social-Personality

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PhD in Computer Science
PhD in Information Systems

Cybersecurity • Data Science & Engineering • Information Systems & Management • Intelligent Systems & Optimisation • Software & Cyber-Physical Systems

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PhD in Law, Commerce and Technology

Law in a Commercial Context • Law & Technology • Applied Econometrics for Social Science • Corporate Finance • Business Management • Interdisciplinary Research

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PhD in Asian Urbanisms

Environmental Sustainability • Urban Studies • Science, Technology and Society • Economics, Governance and Society • Media, Culture and Society

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The SMU Research Environment

SMU research has been thriving. Our PhD students are able to pursue the following:

High quality disciplinary research that is internationally benchmarked in Accounting and Business (Management); Economics, Psychology, Computer Science/Information Systems (Technology), Law, Commerce & Technology, and Asian Urbanisms. Through multidisciplinary research within each School and across Schools Create significant impact by tackling societal challenges

SMU's advantage is achieving stronger connections and deeper integration across Management, Social Science and Computing.

Overview of School’s Research Environment 

School of Accountancy (PhD in Accounting) Lee Kong Chian School of Business (PhD in Business) School of Economics (PhD in Economics) School of Social Sciences (PhD in Psychology) School of Computer Science and Information Systems (PhD in Computer Science & PhD in Information Systems) Yong Pung How School of Law (PhD in Law, Commerce and Technology) College of Integrative Studies (PhD in Asian Urbanisms)

SMU Research Tackling Strategic Priorities

From Singapore, the strategic hub of Asia, SMU applies its knowledge and global perspective in an Asian context to bridge concepts and provide critical insights. SMU research aims to create significant impact by addressing societal challenges within three key Research Focus Areas, including Digital Transformation, Sustainable Living and Growth in Asia.

SMU Research-intensive Institutes, Centres & Labs (ICLs)

SMU’s ICLs conduct world-class research and influence industry practice across a wide range of topics. Our PhD students have access to the following research-intensive ICLs.

Management-oriented Research ICLs

Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Singapore Green Finance Centre Retail Centre of Excellence

Social Science-oriented Research ICLs

Centre for Research on Successful Ageing Centre for AI and Data Governance Centre for Computational Law Centre for Commercial Law in Asia Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy
 

Computing-oriented Research ICLs

SMU-A*STAR Joint Lab in Social and Human-centered Computing  Living Analytics Research Centre Secure Mobile Centre Research Lab for Intelligent Software Engineering  Research Lab for Collaborative, Robust and Explainable AI-based Decision Making

SMU Faculty Members' Research Interests

SMU faculty members are internationally-known in their specialised fields. Find out more about their research interests.

Our PhD students work closely with our faculty members and often publish and present in top-tier journals and conferences. You can also refer to all SMU faculty publications.

SMU Research Stories

Read more about our faculty members’ research in SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer’s repository of research stories.

SMU External Research Grant Awards

SMU faculty members receive external research grant awards.

Find out more about the latest awarded research projects.

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