"The SMA is an important plank in Singapore’s strategies to develop scientific and engineering talent and to boost our role as a hub for innovation in Asia. Besides developing talent, the SMA is also a platform for close partnerships between our universities. It provides a channel for Singapore and MIT faculty to interact, exchange ideas and work together. It also allows the NUS and NTU to cement long-term relationships with a premier research university in MIT, with benefits that will flow beyond the SMA programmes themselves. ”
			Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Acting Minister for Education Singapore
	The SMA Annual Report 2003/2004 documents SMA’s initiatives and its efforts made in that academic year. It serves to keep the following parties informed of these developments:           • The Ministry of Education (MOE)           • The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)           • The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)           • The Economic Development Board (EDB)           • Participating academic departments of the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang             Technological University (NTU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)           • SMA Students, Alumni, Fellows, Associates and Research Fellows           • Members of industry