SUTD Confers Honorary Degrees for the First Time 30 Oct 2021 In recognition of their exceptional contributions to the university since its establishment, SUTD conferred its first honorary degrees to two founding BOT members Mr Philip Ng and Mr Sam Goi. Singapore maintains its lead and European cities dominate top 5, with Swiss cities in the spotlight, in 2021 global smart city index 28 Oct 2021 Singapore (1st), Zurich (2nd) and Oslo (3rd) have come top in the 2021 IMD-SUTD Smart City Index, with a deep dive into the data showing how urban populations are attributing increasing importance to health and environmental-related dimensions of their cities.