MOE Teaching Scholarship (Undergraduate)

The MOE Teaching Scholarship is offered to candidates with a strong passion for education and teaching. The scholarship is tenable for undergraduate studies at both local and overseas universities. Upon completion of your studies and teacher training, you will be given developmental opportunities to groom you for senior positions in teaching, leadership or specialist roles, depending on your performance and potential.

Requirements

• Be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident who is willing to take up Singapore Citizenship
• Strong leadership qualities and passion for education
• Good academic and Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) records
• Reading relevant teaching subjects at university with at least two full academic semesters left at the point of application.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

What you can study

• Languages
• Humanities
• Art and Music
• Physical Education and Sports Science
• Social Sciences
• Sciences
• Mathematics

Where you can study

• Reputable overseas universities
• Local autonomous universities

What the scholarship covers

We will sponsor the following:

• Tuition fees and other approved charges.
• Maintenance and pre-studies allowance.
• Return economy airfare, if you are studying overseas.
• Developmental programmes, such as school attachments, during your undergraduate studies.
• Approved student exchange programmes, summer programmes and CCAs.
• Possibility of sponsorship of Master’s degree (if requirements are met).

After completing your undergraduate degree, you will enrol in the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) programme at the National Institute of Education (NIE) for teacher training.

Length of bond

Your scholarship bond length depends on your country of study:

Application

The application window is currently closed and will tentatively open in September 2023. Please check back regularly for updates.