Outgoing Students

NASA Exchange Scholarship

NASA Exchange Scholarships are available on a competitive basis to undergraduate students who are going overseas to participate in Student Exchange Programme (SEP).

Quantum

These scholarships are valued up to the quantum as shown below, regardless of exchange location.


  • S$2,750 for Singapore Citizens
  • S$2,200 for Singapore Permanent Resident
  • S$1,380 for International Students

The NASA awards help to offset part of the cost incurred for the overseas programme and may not be sufficient to cover the entire cost. Student must consider the location and cost before choosing any overseas programme.

 

Eligibility Criteria

  • NUS full-time undergraduate students who are selected to go overseas for exchange in one of NUS’ partner universities.
  • Granted based on academic merit.
  • The number of awards and cut off marks varies every year, subject to the availability of fund.

Terms and Conditions

  • Each student may receive at most ONE (1) NASA Exchange Bursary or Scholarship award during their undergraduate studies at NUS.
  • This award cannot be held concurrently with any other awards which do not allow award recipients to hold concurrent awards meant for overseas programme or the total sum of all concurrent awards meant for overseas programme has exceeded what is needed for the overseas programme.
  • NUS reserves the right to fully or partially recall the award if the overseas programme is cancelled, suspended, not completed at the host university, or if any award obligations are not fulfilled.
  • NUS reserves the right to vary or amend the terms, conditions and contents of this award application at its sole discretion, with due notice provided to applicants. 
  • All award recipients are required to complete the necessary post-return actions outlined in the Returning Student Checklist after their overseas programme.

Application Timeline, Procedure and Outcome

Prerequisite

Students must have received and accepted an existing programme offer via myEduRec by the deadline set by the Programme Administrator.


Application

Students are to submit the NASA Exchange Scholarship application via myEduRec before the application closing date. Please refer to user guide * for the step-by-step instructions. This NASA Exchange Scholarship application is administered by NUS Global.


* If accessing the user guide from off-campus, students must be connected to the NUS VPN.

Application outcome and acceptance of offer

  1. Students will be notified of the NASA Exchange Scholarship application outcome via NUS email account. All eligibility criteria must be met before accepting the NASA Exchange Scholarship offer via myEduRec.
  2. Upon accepting the award, students must promptly update their "Receiving Bank Account (Credit Bank Account)" details via myEduRec.

Timeline

For Sem 1, Sem 2 & Full Year Exchange
Application period

1 May - 30 Nov 2025 (SEP in AY2025/2026)
Application outcome & acceptance of offer

15 Feb - 28 Feb 2026
Scholarship disbursement

By 31 Mar 2026

Queries:

For queries on NASA Exchange Scholarship, please contact us via nasa@nus.edu.sg.