02 September 2019
Fees for full time degrees at the Singapore Institute of Technology and the Singapore University of Social Sciences have been reduced.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced during this year’s National Day Rally Speech that the fees will drop from about S$8,000 to S$7,500 a year.
All university students can also look forward to higher government bursaries for all government-funded undergraduate courses. Bursaries for polytechnic diploma courses will be increased.
PM Lee said six in 10 students in polytechnics and universities are eligible for these grants.
Turning to the study of medicine, Mr Lee said that the Government is making it more affordable so as to encourage lower-income students to take it up.
For now, after government subsidies, medical studies come up to almost S$29,000 a year at NUS and S$35,000 at Nanyang Technological University.
In his speech, Mr Lee also called on the alumni and community to donate generously to school bursaries, saying that the Government will match contributions, up to three times for newer universities and up to 1.5 times for the rest.