Undergraduate Scholarships

The National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, an autonomous institution within the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is Singapore’s sole teacher education institute. We are proud to be an integral part of the nation’s education service. We play a key role in the preparation of teachers and in the provision of teacher professional and school leadership development programmes. 

NIE launched the NIE Singapore Undergraduate (UG) Online to open up our courses to local and international students. It is a 4-week virtual summer programme that will run every July. Students can read up to two courses during the 4 weeks.

We are happy to announce that the registration for NIE Singapore UG Online 2023 is now open! The courses will run from 3 to 28 July 2023. Although the courses are pitched at the UG level, we welcome non-UG students, for example, students awaiting entrance into UG programmes, students enrolled in Postgraduate programmes, and even trained teachers to join us. All participants will receive a certificate of completion. Transcripts will be provided to all matriculated undergraduate students for them to credit transfer the courses they read during the programme (subjected to the approval from their home university).

To encourage more students from ASEAN and developing countries to take part in the NIE Singapore Undergraduate Online, NIE is offering be a cap of a maximum of 5 NIE Singapore Undergraduate Online scholarships from a country.  This is to enable the scholarship to benefit students in as many countries as possible.

Recipients of the NIE Singapore Undergraduate Online scholarship are sponsored for the tuition fees for ONE course. Recipients of the NIE Singapore Undergraduate Online scholarship are still required to pay for the registration and administration fees of SGD450.

There are 10 sponsorships per ASEAN university (equivalent to 50% off for ONE course fee). To find out more, please email to [email protected].

Should the recipients decide to read more than one course, they will have the pay the tuition fees of the second course on their own.

Selection process

Applicants must undergo the following 2 stages in the selection process.  

Stage 1: Application procedures

Applicants must have one of the following qualifications for English proficiency:

• General Paper of the Singapore Cambridge GCE 'A' Level Examination (sat in 2007 onwards): A, B, C, D, E
• General Paper of the Singapore Cambridge GCE 'A' Level Examination (sat in 2006 or earlier): A1, A2, B3, B4, C5, C6
• IELTS: A minimum of 6 for the Writing sub-test
• TOEFL: A minimum of 570 (paper) or90 (internet) or 237 (computer)
• SAT1: A minimum of 600 for the Verbal section; or 7 for the Essay section
• IB: A minimum of four (4) for Higher Level English or four (4) for Standard Level English
• MUET: Band 6 and a minimum of 50 for writing
  

Stage 2: Shortlist and interview applicants

Shortlisted applicants can expect to receive an update from NIE on the arrangements for the selection interview within 6 weeks of the close of the application window. If applicants have not heard from NIE by then, they should assume that their application is unsuccessful.

The National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, an autonomous institution within the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is Singapore’s only teacher education institute. We are proud to be an integral part of the nation’s education service. We play a key role in the preparation of teachers and in the provision of teacher professional and school leadership development programmes.

NIE is opening a number of places to international undergraduate students for a semester. The Semester@NIE is an excellent opportunity if a university is looking at providing its top students with an overseas stint. A semester@NIE is for fee-paying Year 2 or 3 undergraduate students who aspire to come to Singapore to learn more about our education system and experience how we prepare teachers for different disciplines. The degree will still be conferred by the home university, but this stint will give the top students a chance to broaden their undergraduate experience.

NIE has an NTU-NIE Teaching Scholars Programme (TSP) that augments a 4-year Double Major Undergraduate Degrees - Bachelor of Arts (Academic Discipline/Education)  and Bachelor of Science (Academic Discipline/Education) programmes. The TSP is the latest addition to the existing suite of scholar programmes in NTU.  It is a premier scholars programme aimed at preparing tomorrow’s leaders of education who possess the passion and aspiration to inspire, nurture and lead our next generation. The TSP scholars are all sponsored by Singapore’s Ministry of Education.

Together the TSP and the BA/BSc (Academic Discipline/Education) programmes offer in-depth content specialisation and feature an exciting multi-disciplinary curriculum that comprises a wide selection of electives and seminars by distinguished professors, government leaders and industry luminaries. We are now offering opportunities for international students to join our TSP scholars in their courses.

NIE runs the full BA/BSc Double Major programmes and we have professors (and courses) in content subjects like English, English Literature, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Mathematics History, Art, Music, Sports Science, Physical Education, etc. In addition, we have experts in all disciplines of education, ranging from educational psychology to learning sciences. Our TSP scholars all major in either science or arts, in addition to education.

As part of our contribution to ASEAN, NIE Singapore is offering up to 5 NIE ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarships (Semester) per year per ASEAN country. This is to enable the scholarship to benefit students in as many countries as possible. Recipients of the Semester@NIE Scholarship are sponsored for their semester fees and a stipend for a semester.

Selection process

Applicants must undergo the following 2 stages in the selection process.  

Stage 1: Application procedures

Applicants must have one of the following qualifications for English proficiency:

• General Paper of the Singapore Cambridge GCE 'A' Level Examination (sat in 2007 onwards): A, B, C, D, E
• General Paper of the Singapore Cambridge GCE 'A' Level Examination (sat in 2006 or earlier): A1, A2, B3, B4, C5, C6
• IELTS: A minimum of 6 for the Writing sub-test
• TOEFL: A minimum of 570 (paper) or90 (internet) or 237 (computer)
• SAT1: A minimum of 600 for the Verbal section; or 7 for the Essay section
• IB: A minimum of four (4) for Higher Level English or four (4) for Standard Level English
• MUET: Band 6 and a minimum of 50 for writing
  

Stage 2: Shortlist and interview applicants

Shortlisted applicants can expect to receive an update from NIE on the arrangements for the selection interview within 6 weeks of the close of the application window. If applicants have not heard from NIE by then, they should assume that their application is unsuccessful.