It is the third research-intensive public university established by the Singapore government in 2000.

The new university is located in the bustling central business district and art heritage area of Singapore, and its unique geographical advantages enable it to establish close ties with the surrounding financial, commercial and literary circles.

Xinda campus complex with novel design and advanced facilities fully embodies the concept of "urban campus, campus city".

All the courses in the new university are presented in the form of lectures to promote the communication between teachers and students and encourage independent thinking. This teaching method can effectively strengthen students' communication and expression ability, and also exercise students' team building spirit. The interactive teaching of Xinda University cultivates students' characteristics of "boldness, self-confidence and eloquence" and the image of "trendy, super cool and fun". Newly-built universities all implement small class system, each class has 12-40 students, which is more convenient for effective communication between teachers and students. In addition to outstanding academic staff, SMU also invites professionals with unique professional knowledge and successful management skills to closely integrate academic research with business practice. All the courses in the new university are presented in the form of lectures to promote the communication between teachers and students and encourage independent thinking. The teaching language of Xinda is English.