Singapore - SIM to double campus size by 2014

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) has completed the first phase of a $300 million plan to double the size of its campus.

A new annex building, which is adjacent to the institution's existing HQ building in Clementi, was officially opened by President Tony Tan Keng Yam on Friday.

The completion marks the first of two phases of the Campus Development Master Plan, which is expected to finish by 2014, and will render an additional total of 63,000 sq m to the campus.

This is more than double the size of the 44,500 sq m HQ building, which SIM moved into in 2001.

Phase two will see the addition of three more buildings, together with facilities like a performing arts complex, a sports hall, rooftop tennis courts, and a heritage gallery.

The expanded campus will cater primarily to the growing needs of SIM University (UniSIM), an entity under the SIM Group. UniSIM is currently the only local private tertiary institution permitted by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to award its own degrees.

SIM's current total enrolment stands at 31,500. UniSIM now has 12,000 students, up from 8,000 in 2007, and this is projected to grow to 14,000 by 2015.

SIM said its expansion will also cater for the growing enrolment in its Global Education (SIM GE) branch, which offers degree programmes through its 13 international partner universities such as University of London and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

The launch today was witnessed by Mr Gerard Ee, Chairman of SIM Governing Council; Professor Cham Tao Soon, Chancellor and Chairman of SIM University; and Mr Richard Eu, Chairman of Singapore Institute of Management Pte Ltd Board of Directors.

AsiaOne

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