Bursaries

Higher Education Community Bursary (HECB) or Higher Education Bursary (HEB)

Who is eligible?

• Full-time Singaporean citizen undergraduate students
• Part-time Singaporean citizen undergraduate students (eligible for HEB only)

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NTU also administers bursaries to support students in financial need. This includes donated bursaries which are offered by private individuals and organisations.

Who is eligible? 

• Singaporean students pursuing their first full-time undergraduate degree course 
• A limited number of donated bursaries are available to Singapore PR and international students paying subsidised tuition fees
• NIE trainee teachers who are drawing a salary/stipend and whose tuition fees are paid by MOE during their course of study are not eligible to apply.
• Students are accorded the awards based on the donors’ requirements.
• Recipients should not hold any other scholarships/bursaries/awards without prior approval from the University.

Externally-administered bursaries are bursaries that are offered and administered by external organisations and companies. 

Who is eligible?

• Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents, with other varying eligibility requirements. 

• Bursary funds will be released to you on a semester basis with half of the award value released in Semester 1 and the remaining half released in Semester 2. This is provided that your student status is "Active" in the respective semesters (i.e. taking courses in NTU / on selected overseas programmes / not on Leave of Absence / have not graduated / have not withdrawn from NTU).

• Bursary funds may be used to offset your tuition / compulsory miscellaneous fees that are still outstanding at the point of the bursary disbursement.

For students who are using a combination of loans and/or subsidies to settle their MOE subsidised tuition fees, the disbursement sequence (where applicable) is as follows: