page_title: Singapore University of Social Sciences
section_title: Restructuring process
hierarchical_section_title: Singapore University of Social Sciences / Restructuring process
caption_attribution_description: SUSS campus logo
context_page_description: The Singapore University of Social Sciences is the sixth autonomous university in Singapore. Established in 2017, SUSS focuses on applied degree programmes primarily in the social sciences. In 2017, SUSS received its inaugural class of 2,137 graduates.
  SUSS academia is organised into five schools, Institute for Adult Learning, College for Lifelong & Experiential Learning and four centres.
  The Chancellor of the university is Stephen Lee Ching Yen. The President of the university is Cheong Hee Kiat. The Provost of the university is Tsui Kai Chong.
  The university is located at 463 Clementi Road. SUSS also uses external premises to conduct lessons.
context_section_description: From 17 March 2017, SIM University was renamed as Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and brought under the ambit of Ministry of Education. The autonomous status was officially awarded by the Singapore government on 11 July 2017.
  The university will restructure to retain a "limited offering" in business and engineering programmes while increasing its offerings in social science programmes. All programmes will have curricula considering the social impacts on the community and have to partake a compulsory module in social sciences. In 2019, SUSS enrolled most students in the areas of social sciences and social services.
  From 1 April 2019, IAL was restructured into an autonomous institute within SUSS. They will work together in course design, development and teaching adult students. SUSS will have access to IAL's research findings on the learning needs of students, while IAL will be able to research using SUSS's student data and its adult student learning experience to train adult educators. The university will accredit and issue qualifications on tertiary programmes run by IAL.
caption: SUSS Logo
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