The Centre for Applied Research (CFAR) undertakes, administers and facilitates research and related activities. It also serves as an incubation centre for research programmes and projects. CFAR, being Singapore University of Social Sciences' knowledge hub, maintains a repository of the knowledge output of all faculty, staff and students.

The research focus is primarily on applied work with industry relevance. This is in line with its aim to contribute to the society in a tangible manner. In the same spirit, CFAR undertakes collaborative research with industry partners and public institutions on various issues of direct interest to the business community and to the society at large.

CFAR also actively promotes and undertakes case writing for the purpose of deployment in the University's graduate and undergraduate programmes to ensure that as a tertiary institution we continue to offer holistic academic programmes with a good balance between academics and practice.

Research@SUSS

The Centre for Applied Research (CFAR) at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) provides high quality research, policy evaluation, statistical analysis, and technical assistance to academic, government and commercial organisations. Research at CFAR is focused primarily on applied work with industry relevance. Projects leverage CFAR's extensive expertise in survey analysis and address a variety of social and economic policy issues. This is in line with CFAR's mission to contribute to society in a tangible way. Clients include the People's Association, the Land Transport Authority, Business Times, and the Central Singapore Community Development Council. CFAR's work is published and quoted by national newspapers, MediaCorp outlets, and other publications island-wide.

In addition to undertaking collaborative research with industry partners and public organisations on issues of direct relevance to the business community and to the society at large, CFAR serves as a research hub for all research initiatives and projects at SUSS. In this capacity, CFAR works closely with the academic schools to foster research at SUSS. CFAR also actively promotes and undertakes case writing for the purpose of deployment in graduate and undergraduate programmes to ensure that the University continues to offer well-rounded academic courses that strike a sensible balance between theory and practice. Research at SUSS in the form of research publications and projects, case studies, seminars and conference presentations, and other research-related documents are available in the University's e-repository system.