NUS International Undergraduate Scholarship

About the Scholarship

The money is comprehensive: all subsidised tuition after the MOE Tuition Grant, 5,800 Singapore dollars a year to live on, 5,000 a year toward accommodation and 1,750 once for a computer, held for the normal length of the degree.

The obligation attached to it is the thing to understand before applying. The scholarship itself carries no bond, but recipients are required to take up the MOE Tuition Grant, and that grant does: non-citizens who take it must work for a Singapore-registered company for three years immediately after graduating. Dentistry students serve five years with the Singapore Ministry of Health and Medicine students six. A student who does not intend to stay in Singapore after graduation is agreeing to something substantial here.

Nothing is applied for separately. Every eligible admission applicant is considered, shortlisted candidates are emailed, interviews run from January through July and outcomes land by mid-July. The admission application is the whole of the case.

Renewal is assessed every semester rather than annually, against a GPA of at least 3.5, or top 80 per cent of cohort in Dentistry, Law and Medicine. Leaving early can mean repaying everything received.

Two eligibility details that decide cases: transfer applicants from other universities, local or overseas, cannot be considered at all, and holders cannot hold another scholarship, bursary or allowance alongside this one without the University's prior approval.

NUS also states it may decline to award the scholarship at all in a year where no candidate reaches sufficient merit, and that the committee's decision is final.

The scholarship page was checked on 16 September 2026.

What It Covers

Tuition
Living stipend
Housing
Other

Covers 100 per cent of subsidised undergraduate tuition fees after the MOE Tuition Grant, which recipients are required to take up, alongside an annual living allowance of 5,800 Singapore dollars, an annual accommodation allowance of 5,000 Singapore dollars and a one-off computer allowance of 1,750 Singapore dollars on enrolment. It runs for the normal candidature period and can be transferred across programmes. Double and Joint Degree Programmes are covered, while for Concurrent Degree Programmes only the undergraduate portion is, ending once graduate tuition fees are charged. The concurrent NUS Bachelor of Science with the University of Melbourne Doctor of Veterinary Medicine is excluded.

Eligibility

Apply for admission to a full-time undergraduate degree programme at NUS as a freshman holding citizenship of any country other than Singapore. Selection looks for strong leadership qualities and potential, an outstanding co-curricular activities record and outstanding high school results. Transfer applicants from local or overseas universities cannot be considered. Holders may not hold another scholarship, fellowship, bursary, grant, award or allowance at the same time without the University's prior approval, and the award is renewed each semester provided the holder keeps a GPA of at least 3.5, or grades within the top 80 per cent of the cohort in Dentistry, Law and Medicine, alongside good conduct. Withdrawing from the University or ending the scholarship early can trigger repayment of everything already disbursed.

Eligible Countries

Citizens of all countries except Singapore, which includes Singapore Permanent Residents. Transfer applicants from local or overseas universities are not eligible.

All countries

How to Apply

There is no separate scholarship application. Every eligible candidate applying for undergraduate admission to NUS is considered, and shortlisted applicants are contacted by email. Selection interviews run from January to July and outcomes are issued by mid-July. NUS reserves the right to make no award if no candidate is of sufficient merit, and states that the selection committee's decision is final.