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Singapore Management University is to hand-pick about 50 of its 1000 undergraduates every year to be trained as ‘socially conscious business leaders’. The students will follow a scholars’ programme financed with $50million (£26.3m) from the Lee Foundation, named after the late rubber tycoon and philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.
As part of the programme the students will go on internships with local companies and multinational corporations, participate in community service projects in Asian countries, and spend time at other universities in Asia, Europe and North America.
Professor Pang Eng Fong, who heads the programme, said: ‘We are looking for students who are all-rounders, a little different and quirky, and who show leadership potential. To develop the global mindset we have to expose them to different cultures and systems.’
The first programme will start in August.
As part of the programme the students will go on internships with local companies and multinational corporations, participate in community service projects in Asian countries, and spend time at other universities in Asia, Europe and North America.
Professor Pang Eng Fong, who heads the programme, said: ‘We are looking for students who are all-rounders, a little different and quirky, and who show leadership potential. To develop the global mindset we have to expose them to different cultures and systems.’
The first programme will start in August.
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