In 2005/2006, a strong team of faculty fellows from MIT, NTU and NUS jointly conducted courses and/or co-supervised research activities at SMA. There were approximately 35 professors from MIT and another 40 from NUS and NTU as well as 10 from the Research Institutes (RIs) who participated.

Students actively engage their professors through the usual classroom setting and Internet2, an interactive distance learning technology that enables interaction between the MIT Fellows in Boston and students in Singapore.

As SMA moves on to its second phase, a total of 43 faculty from MIT, 55 from NUS and NTU with 21 from RIs participated in the four programmes launched in AY2005/2006.