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Financial Assistance

Financial Assistance at a glance

NTU believes in helping students realise their fullest potential. In order not to deny a university education to students with financial difficulties, NTU offers a range of assistance schemes which help local and international students with their tuition fees and personal expenses.

Scheme	Eligibility	Quantum (p.a.)	guarantor	repayment & interest	Application	application date
Tuition Grant Full-time Programme	Students who have not obtained a degree or have not taken the number of semesters required to obtain a degree	Please refer to the tuition grant / tuition fee table	For SPR / International students: Two guarantors aged between 21 to 65 years and not a bankrupt	For SPR / International students: 3-year bond to work in Singapore registered companies	Details will be available in Admissions Handbook for Freshmen Please click here for more details on online application	AY 2009-10 Details are available in Admissions Handbook for Freshmen
Tuition Fee Loan Scheme (TFL) Full-Time Programme	Full-time undergraduates of all nationalities (Refer to Notes)	Up to 90% of subsidised tuition fee payable by Singaporeans	One guarantor	Minimum $100/mth repayment over a period of 20 yrs Interest free until graduation thereafter interest at average prime rate of the 3 local banks	Application form is available at TFL website	Semester 2 AY2009-10 Obtain Office of Finance's endorsement
Tuition Fee Loan Scheme (TFL) Part-Time Programme	Part-Time Singaporean undergraduates	Up to 90% of tuition fee payable	One guarantor	Minimum $100/mth repayment over a period of 20 yrs Interest free until graduation thereafter interest at average prime rate of the 3 local banks	Application form is available at TFL website	Semester 2 AY2009-10 Obtain Office of Finance's endorsement
NTU Study Loan (NTUSL) Full-Time Programme	Full-time undergraduates of all nationalities Per Capita Income of family must be less than or equal S$2,400/mth for SG and SPR students, and less than or equal S$1,200/mth for international students Must be held concurrently with one or combination of the following: TFL / CPF Education Scheme / Mendaki TTFS (Refer to Notes)	- 10% of the subsidised tuition fee payable by Singaporeans - Optional living allowance of up to S$3,600 per acad year	One guarantor	Minimum $100/mth repayment commencing 6 months after graduation, or on securing employment whichever is earlier Repayment period between 5 - 20 years	Online application through StudentLink after matriculation	Semester 2 AY2009-10 4 January 2009 - 29 January 2009
NTU Study Loan (NTUSL) Part-Time Programme	Part-Time Singaporean undergraduates Per Capita Income of family must be less than or equal S$2,400/mth Must be held concurrently with Tuition Fee Loan	10% of the tuition fee payable	One guarantor	Minimum $100/mth repayment commencing 6 months after graduation, or on securing employment whichever is earlier Repayment period between 5 - 20 years	Application form is available at NTU Study Loan website	Semester 2 AY2009-10 4 January 2009 - 29 January 2009
CPF Education Scheme	Full-time undergraduates (Refer to Notes)	Up to 100% subsidised tuition fee It does not cover miscellaneous fees and hostel fee	NA	Minimum $100/mth repayment to commence 1 yr after graduation over a period of 12 yrs Interest at current CPF interest rate computed from date of withdrawal	Online application form is available at CPF Board's website	Semester 1 AY2009-10 16 November 2009 - 4 December 2009
Post Secondary Education Account Full-Time & Part-Time Programme	Students with funds in their own / siblings' accounts	Funds in students' / siblings' accounts	NA	NA	Complete PSEA Standing Order Form Application form is available at PSEA website	Semester 1 AY2009-10 9 November 2009 - 26 November 2009
Mendaki Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS) Full-Time Programme	Malay students who had enjoyed free secondary and/or pre-university education Monthly gross family income is below S$3,000	70 - 100 % of subsidised tuition fee	NA	NA	Application form is available at TTFS website	Semester 2 AY2009-10 Closed
NTU-Administered Bursary Full-Time Programme	For financially needy Full-time undergraduates	S$800 and above	NA	NA	Online application through StudentLink	AY2009-10 SG students 1 August 2009 - 31 December 2009 SPR / International students 1 June 2009 - 30 June 2009 Closed
NTU-Administered Bursary Part-Time Programme	For financially needy Part-time undergraduates	S$800 and above	NA	NA	Application form is available at MOE Bursary website	AY2009-10 1 August 2009 - 31 December 2009
Short Term Study Assistance Scheme (SSAS) Full-Time Programme	Please refer to SSAS website for more details	Maximum of S$1,100	NA	NA	Online application through StudentLink after matriculation	AY2009-10 SG students 1 August 2009 - 31 December 2009
Short Term Study Assistance Scheme (SSAS) Part-Time Programme	Please refer to SSAS website for more details	Maximum of S$1,100	NA	NA	Application form is available at SSAS website	AY2009-10 SG students 1 August 2009 - 31 December 2009
Student Personal Computer Loan (PC Loan) Full-Time Programme	For financially needy Full-time undergraduates	Max. S$1,500	One guarantor	Repayment 3 months after graduation over a period of 3 years Loan is interest-free	Online application through StudentLink after matriculation	Semester 2 AY2009-10 4 January 2009 - 29 January 2009
Overseas Student Programme Loan	For undergraduates on study / exchange programme in an approved overseas university; or on attachment overseas	Depends on country of study / exchange / attachment	One guarantor	Repayment after graduation over a period of 5-20 years Loan is interest bearing	Application form is available at OSP website	Semester 2 AY2009-10 Check OSP website for application dates
GIP Scholarship	For financially needy full-time NTU Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Resident undergraduates on GIP	Up to S$3,300	NA	NA	Application form is available at OSP website	Semester 2 AY2009-10 Check OSP website for application dates
Student Loan	For financially needy full-time undergraduates	Up to S$2,000	One guarantor	Repayment 3 months after graduation over a period of 3 years Loan is interest-free	Application form is available at Student Loan website	Open
Emergency Grant	Financial needs arising from an emergency such as death or illness of parents	Maximum of S$2,000	NA	NA	Email Finaid@ntu.edu.sg for an appointment to discuss	Open
Emergency Grant	Full-Time NTU undergraduates of all nationalities	Depend on the scope of work	NA	NA	Details are available at WSS website	Open

Notes

International students paying non-subsidised tuition fees are not eligible to apply for financial aid schemes
Students will only be covered under these schemes for the first 3 years of the Biomedical Sciences & Chinese Medicine programme
NIE BA (Education) and BSc (Education) trainee teachers whose tuition fees are paid by MOE and/or in receipt of salary, stipend, allowances, bursaries, scholarships or other forms of financial assistance from MOE are not eligible to apply for the NTU-administered financial assistance schemes except for the 3 schemes below:

Student PC Loan
Student Loan
Emergency Grant

For all information indicated as "tentative" or "to be confirmed", please check our website regularly for updated details.

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