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Scholarships & Sports Scholarship
The NUS Scholarships are highly coveted scholarships awarded to high calibre individuals who demonstrate academic excellence, present excellent co-curricular activities records and exhibit outstanding leadership qualities. NUS Scholars are expected to contribute significantly to the NUS community while in NUS, and to emerge as dynamic global leaders who are capable of effecting a positive change to society after they graduate. The five tiers of NUS Scholarships offered to prospective students are as follow: NUS Global Merit Scholarship NUS Undergraduate (Merit) Scholarship NUS Undergraduate Scholarship Kent Ridge Undergraduate (Merit) Scholarship • Kent Ridge Undergraduate Scholarship • • • •
In addition to the abovementioned NUS Scholarships, NUS also offers the NUS Sports Scholarship for highly-talented individuals who possess outstanding academic and sports participation and representation records. NUS Sports Scholars are uniquely well-rounded individuals who are committed to bring NUS Sports to greater heights.
KEY FEATURES • Attractive benefits, including eligibility for various university-funded scholar development programmes, including leadership programmes and camps and overseas community involvement programmes. • Tenable for the stipulated and typical duration of the respective undergraduate courses which applicants are itted to, subject to renewal requirements with regards to academic performance. • Coverage for most courses in NUS, including Double Degree Programmes and Concurrent Degree Programmes. Limited scholarships are available for Dentistry, Medicine and Music. • Scholarships are bond-free.
ELIGIBILITY Applicants for the NUS Scholarships/ NUS Sports Scholarship must: • Be Singapore Citizens; • Have strong leadership qualities and potential; • Have a good co-curricular activities and record, and • Have offered Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-levels, diploma from a polytechnic in Singapore or equivalent high school qualifications (e.g. International Baccalaureate).
APPLICATION Interested students should apply for the NUS Scholarships and NUS Sports Scholarship at https://aces01.nus.edu.sg/uasonline2/ scholarships/.do in February and March every year.
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Ng Yee Ting Faculty of Law, Year 1 With the NUS Scholarship, I have freedom and opportunities to pursue my dreams. Without a bond to the scholarship, I have the freedom to try new and different things, widening my perspective of the world. It also allows me to discover exactly which area of law I am truly ionate about. Moreover, NUS provides many additional opportunities and grants for me to participate in supplementary enrichment activities, to enhance my NUS experience, which is in line with my school’s mission to foster well-rounded minds, well-equipped to succeed in our fastchanging world. Indeed, being awarded the NUS Scholarship has opened many doors of opportunities to enhance myself with.
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Bryan Zhao Business istration (ancy), Finance Specialisation, Year 2 I have always believed that joy shared is joy multiplied, and that is where my ion for people stems from. As an NUS Scholar, receiving financial freedom during my education has allowed me to give even more of myself to the NUS community. I was able to pursue creativity through university-wide activities such as Rag and Flag, and serve in the NUS Students’ Business Club. The NUS Scholar Enrichment Grant enabled me to take this ion further where I participated in the International Business Summer Programme at Peking University. The NUS Scholarship is truly one that takes you places.
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NUS Undergraduate Scholarship
Kent Ridge Undergraduate (Merit) Scholarship
Kent Ridge Undergraduate Scholarship
NUS Sports Scholarship
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NUS Global Merit Scholarship
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VALUE & COVERAGE
Tuition fees (after MOE Tuition Grant subsidy)
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S$6,000 annual living allowance
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S$2,000 one-time computer allowance
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S$2,450 annual accommodation allowance if scholar is staying on campus
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S$7,500 Student Exchange Programme / NUS Overseas Colleges allowance per semester, except S$5,000 for Asian countries excluding Japan
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Eligibility to enrol in the University Scholar’s Programme or the University Town Residential Programme
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Eligibility for the NUS Scholar Enrichment Grant (to co-sponsor enrichment activities) up to S$6,000
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Eligibility for free tickets to selected NUS arts performances
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Scholarship Coverage / Scholarship
S$3,600 annual living allowance
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* And S$3,850 annual accommodation allowance if scholar is staying in University Town
For more information on the NUS Scholarships, please visit http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/scholarships/freshmen/scholarship-freshmen.html
OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS There are other attractive scholarships available to students applying for undergraduate issions to NUS. Applicants will be selected based on their outstanding academic and cocurricular achievements. • • • • •
LKY-STEP Award – Open to Singapore Citizens and permanent residents University Engineering Scholarship – Open to Singapore Citizens and permanent residents Khoo Teck Puat Scholarship – Open to Singaporean Citizens and PRC Citizens ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship* - Open to citizens of ASEAN countries (excluding Singapore) Science & Technology Undergraduate Scholarship*- Open to citizens of Asian countries (excluding Singapore)
For more information on these scholarships, please visit http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/scholarships/freshmen/scholarship-international.html *All eligible students who apply for undergraduate ission to NUS will be considered for the scholarship. Separate scholarship applications are not required.
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ENQUIRIES Please log on to our website at www.askissions.nus.edu.sg for answers to most frequently asked questions on undergraduate scholarships and issions. DETAILS
Office of issions National University of Singapore University Town (EduSports) 2 College Avenue West, #01-03 Singapore 138607 General Enquiries Line: +65 6516 1010 Fax: +65 6778 7570 www.nus.edu.sg/issions/undergrad/ All information contained is correct at the time of printing in February 2013. Updates, if any, will be posted on the NUS issions website. Co. Registration No. 200604346E
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