Singapore Scholarships Info

I just finished my master programme from NUS Singapore under ASEAN scholarship programme. And I think it is always good to share scholarships information and some tips to get the scholarships successfully especially for prospective postgraduate students from Indonesia and other ASEAN countries.

Singapore is a small country located at the southern tips of Malay peninsula.It is nearby Malaysia and Indonesia. It is a city state of 700 km sq which managed to transform itself from 3^rd world country into 1^st world country in term of prosperity for just 30 years. The great achievement of Singapore can be traced to many fields such as health,education,Singapore Airlines and etc.

Education in Singapore is relatively more advanced compared to neighbour ASEAN countries. It is largely due to consistent and large government support and commitment to it for developing the only resource that Singapore has which is human resource.

Several universities in Singapore have good standing and recognition from the world which proved from certain surveys each year. NUS,NTU and SMU are the well recognized and wellknown universities so far from here.The graduates from this universities can be accepted easily for further education in US or European countries.

NUS Singapore ( www.nus.edu.sg ) is the oldest university in Singapore which deemed to be the best one in Singapore and previously known as University of Singapore.It is located in Kent Ridge area,West side of Singapore. It is a government endowed university ( same like state university in Indonesia ) and have many faculties ( Engineering,Medicine,Law,Business and etc. )

NTU Singapore ( www.ntu.edu.sg ) is a government endowed university also which previously known as Nanyang University. It is located in Boon Lay area,the West end of Singapore.It focuses more on engineering,science and teacher education.

SMU Singapore ( www.smu.edu.sg ) is another government endowed university and the newest one among all. It is located in city centre nearby Bugis and City Hall.It focuses more on finance,management and economics study.

There are several other universities in Singapore such as UniSIM,UNSW and etc.

They are private and brand new universities in Singapore.

For prospective students who try to get scholarships can access the following link :

1. http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/prospective/graduate/researchscholarship.htm

Link di atas berisi informasi beasiswa mahasiswa riset untuk mendapatkan gelar MEng dan PhD di NUS.

Above link contains information about scholarships for research students pursuing MEng and PhD titles in NUS.

2. http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/sfau/pg.htm

Link di atas berisi list beasiswa untuk mahasiswa pascasarjana baik itu yang dengan riset maupun dengan mengikuti kelas.

Above link contains scholarships list for postgraduate students both by research or by coursework.

3. http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/prospective/graduate/gsa.htm

Link di atas berisi beasiswa untuk mahasiswa coursework dari negara2x ASEAN.

Above link contains scholarship information for coursework students specially from ASEAN countries.

4. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/publicportal/prospective+students/scholarships/default.htm

Link di atas berisi list beasiswa2x untuk studi di NTU ( Nanyang Technological University ).

Above link contains scholarships list for studying in NTU.

For SMU I do not have definite information about it. For prospective students can search directly from its website : www.smu.edu.sg.

After basic information about universities here and links to get more information regarding the scholarships then I would like to share several tips which I did before to get the postgraduate scholarship here.

Several tips which may be useful such as :

1.Get relevant work experiences for at least 2 years.

It can be really useful to convince them ( the universities ). The name of companies where we work is important also as it actually can give a quick glance of how good the prospective scholarship holders.

2. Get the needed TOEFL,GMAT and GRE.

TOEFL is necessary if you studied previously with medium other than English and from non English speaking countries.

Students from Indonesia need to get the latest TOEFL.
GMAT is necessary for Business students.

GRE is necessary for Engineering and Science students .Mostly the universities in USA and Western Europe ask it more often than in Singapore.

3. Write an honest,detail and clear objective for pursuing postgraduate education by scholarship

To get ASEAN scholarship we are required to write an objective letter.

It is a kind of description why we want to pursue postgraduate here by scholarship and further plan upon graduation ( let see in 5 years time upon graduation ).

I wrote a honest,brief but clear letter explaining my reasons for further education and my career goal afterwards. Some people might try to bullshit by writing sweet but dishonest letter but it will not effect or guarantee they can get the scholarship as the people who read and select us are very experience and already face this kind of letters each year.

4.Make sure you have at least 3-12 months in advance prior your planned education time.

3-12 months needed for you to prepare the required letters,time for the university to process and decide your entry and whether to give scholarship or not and etc.

That is all some information which I can share about scholarships in Singapore universities. Hopefully prospective students can read and make the use of it.And hopefully you can get it !!