Accommodation Matters
There are several campus housing options you can consider, including SMU’s Prinsep Street Residences (PSR). The application portal is now open for campus housing. You are encouraged to apply as soon as you can.
PSR can accommodate up to 255 students in a typical year. If you apply to PSR but are not able to secure a space, we will try our best to let you know as soon as possible so that you have sufficient time to explore other suitable accommodation options.
Hostel fees will be charged for the duration that the students had committed for their stay, which may be by semester or for the whole academic year.
Student Pass and Travel Matters
Please refer to Travelling to Singapore - Overview (ica.gov.sg) for more information on travelling to Singapore.
If you are in such a situation, please contact us at admissions@smu.edu.sg so that we can see how we can best help you.
Before you can complete the online matriculation process (Part 1), in accordance with the Immigration Act, any foreigner who is not a Singapore Permanent Resident, and wishes to study at SMU, is required to apply for a Student’s Pass. Your student pass application will be processed by the Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA). The Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance will send you an email on the Student’s Pass application procedures. Kindly email admissions@smu.edu.sg for enquiries on student’s pass matters.
Singapore has implemented a COVID-19 Vaccinated Travel Framework to facilitate the resumption of travel. All incoming International Students (including Singapore citizens and permanent residents) who are currently overseas should refer to the Safe Travel Office (STO) website for information on Traveller entry checklists under Vaccinated Travel Framework and Accepted COVID-19 Vaccinations for Entry to Singapore. Students may need to obtain additional documentation if needed.
Other Matters
There is a comprehensive list of contact emails on the matriculation website https://matriculation.smu.edu.sg/contact.
Please feel free to contact any of our SMU colleagues from the list.
The one-time confirmation fees are for pre-course activities and the actual matriculation process. For the matriculation process, the costs are allocated for registration, information technology services, library services, sports-related activities, student activities, insurance, as well as academic-related services.
SMU students are covered under a medical insurance scheme. When you collect your SMU student card, you will also be issued a medical e-card which you can use to visit a doctor. If you are unwell, you can visit the doctors on SMU’s Panel Clinic list (https://www.mycg.com.sg/smu#smu-e-card-panel).
If you have concerns about your arrival at the airport, please email our staff from the Diversity, Inclusion and Integration (DII) team at dii@smu.edu.sg.
Health and Safety Matters
The safety and well-being of SMU students, faculty and staff is the University’s top priority. SMU’s premises have achieved the SG Clean quality mark certification. Take a look at some of what we are doing to keep you safe on campus: these include mandatory mask-wearing in indoor spaces on campus, enhanced daily cleaning of common areas, deployment of 'handsfree' water coolers, amongst other measures.
SMU provides basic medical insurance for students, and you can review the benefits under our SMU medical insurance policies and determine whether you have a need to increase and augment the current benefits. If you determine that this is required, then you can go ahead to purchase additional medical insurance. For any further questions, please contact our SMU medical insurer through email: smu@mycg.com.sg
Any SMU student, upon suspicion of having Covid-19, when already in Singapore, can go to our panel of clinics under our SMU medical insurance scheme and consult the doctor with respect to the symptoms that he/she is experiencing. Should the doctor determine that the student needs to undergo a Covid-19 swab test, this could be done at the clinic (if approved for testing) or referred to an approved testing centre.
If your Covid-19 test results are positive, our SMU medical insurance provider would treat the Covid-19 infection like it would any other illness suffered that requires hospitalization treatment at government re-structured hospitals under our insurance benefits (see https://www.smu.edu.sg/sites/default/files/smu/factsheet_GHS_20190701.pdf)
Singapore has implemented a COVID-19 Vaccinated Travel Framework to facilitate the resumption of travel. All incoming International Students (including Singapore citizens and permanent residents) who are currently overseas should refer to the Safe Travel Office (STO) website for information on Traveller entry checklists under Vaccinated Travel Framework and Accepted COVID-19 Vaccinations for Entry to Singapore. Students may need to obtain additional documentation if needed.
Academic Matters
Examinations will be conducted in-person, on campus. Nonetheless, instructors will try their best to accommodate students who have to be absent because they contracted COVID-19 or have COVID-19 symptoms by providing alternative options, on a case-by-case basis.
Classes will be taught in-person, on campus. Nonetheless, instructors will try their best to continue accommodating students who have to be absent from classes because they contracted COVID-19 or have COVID-19 symptoms by livestreaming classes, providing consultation sessions, extending the assistance of TAs, or providing other similar accommodations.
