Financial Assistance Information For IHLS

Tuition fees for all Singaporeans in post-secondary education institutions (PSEIs) are highly subsidised. However, we recognise that some families may still need some additional financial help to support their education. Hence, we have various financial assistance schemes available to further support Singaporean students in our publicly-funded PSEIs. No deserving Singaporean student will be denied post-secondary education because of his/her financial background.

Government bursaries help to support the education expenses for Singaporean students enrolled in MOE-subsidised courses in publicly-funded PSEIs. From Academic Year (AY) 2020, the government bursaries for full-time and part-time students will be enhanced. Please see summary of enhancements in the tables below. For more information, please refer to MOE press release.

Full-time Students

Note:

i. The 100% tuition fee subsidy under the Higher Education Community Bursary will take effect when the new semesters for Higher Nitec and Nitec begin in April 2020 and July 2020 respectively.
ii. The increases of $510 and $690 are for the Nitec and Higher Nitec programmes respectively, based on AY2020 fees.


Table 2: Revised Annual Government Bursary Quanta for Diploma Students

As the fees for NUS Medicine/Dentistry and NTU Medicine are different, MOE will differentiate the bursaries for NUS and NTU such that after receipt of the bursary, undergraduates enrolled in both NUS and NTU will have the same remaining fee to be paid if the maximum bursary amount is used to offset fees. For a NUS or NTU Medicine student who qualifies for the highest bursary tier, he will pay no more than $5,000 per annum in tuition fees after the enhanced government bursary and the additional aid from the university.

Part-time Students

Table 5: Revised Annual Government Bursary Quanta for Part-time ITE Nitec and Higher Nitec Students, Diploma Students and Undergraduates

GOVERNMENT LOAN SCHEMES

All full-time diploma students in polytechnics and undergraduates in public-funded universities are eligible for the Tuition Fee Loan (TFL) Scheme. The TFL covers up to 75% of the tuition fee payable by polytechnic students, and up to 90% of the tuition fee payable by university students.

To finance the remaining fees not covered by the TFL, full-time Singapore Citizens or PR diploma students and undergraduates with gross monthly household per capita income of $2,700 and below can also applying for the Study Loan (SL). More details can be found in the table below.

In addition, the PSEIs also offer their own financial assistance schemes to help needy students. More details on assistance schemes offered by the Government and the institutions and application procedures can be found at the respective institutions’ websites below. Students with financial difficulties are encouraged to approach the Office of Financial Aid at the institutions where they have been offered admission to discuss financing options.