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Fee Payment

Fees are due as follows:

Academic Period
Fee Payment Deadline*
Payment Mode
Semester 1
  • Mid of 5th instructional week in September
  • Mid of 7th instructional week in end September/early October
  • All except GIRO
  • GIRO only
Semester 2
  • Mid of 4th instructional week in February
  • Mid of 7th instructional week in Early March
  • All except GIRO
  • GIRO only
Special Term Part 1
  • June
  • All payment modes
Special Term Part 2
  • July
  • All payment modes

*See https://www.nus.edu.sg/finance/students/student-finance-matters/ for exact fee payment due dates

*SCALE students enrolled in Masters, BTech, Specialist Certificate/Certificate, Graduate Certificate and L3 programmes are to refer to the Fee Payment Deadline conveyed via email before the start of each semester.

*If you have applied successfully (within the application deadlines) for MOE Tuition Fee Loan, Student Loan, CPF Education Loan, PSEA, SkillsFuture Credit (SFC), any awards/financial aid to pay for your fees or you have signed your Service Obligation, please pay only the net amount outstanding. You will not be charged a late fee if your awards/financial aid are disbursed to your Student Account after the payment due date.

All students are advised to pay their fees through Interbank GIRO or E-Payment with PayNow QR / Convera / Credit Card / Debit Card / Alipay.

Paying your Student Bill with GIRO

Interbank GIRO is an arrangement where you authorize the Bank to deduct money from your bank account (or your parents’ bank account if the bank account indicated in your GIRO Application Form belongs to your parents) and pay to NUS.

GIRO Bank Account is used for payment of Tuition Fee, Miscellaneous Student Fees (Student Services Fee and Health Service Fee), Hostel Fees and other fees such as Transcript Fee.

 

This arrangement requires no further action from you once it has been set up. However, you should ensure there are sufficient funds in the bank account at the time of deduction. To apply for GIRO facility, please follow the steps below:

For instant approval and online Application (DBS/POSB and OCBC account holders only)
Step 1:
Login to: Education Records System (EduRec)
Step 2:
Navigate to Homepage > Financials > Manage Student Financials > Manage Bank Accounts
Step 3:
Click on “Apply for GIRO (online setup for DBS/POSB and OCBC account holders)”

Note: If you would like to apply for GIRO online using a DBS/POSB or OCBC bank account and the account does not belong to you, please ensure that the account holder is present during the online application. The bank account holder needs to log in with his/her credentials (user ID/PIN or ATM card/PIN). Click here for a detailed step by step guide (pg 4-11).
Step 4:
Submit the application online by the submission deadlines above
Manual Setup
Step 1:

Login to: Education Records System (EduRec)
Step 2:
Navigate to Homepage > Financials > Manage Student Financials > Manage Bank Accounts
Step 3:
Click on “Apply for GIRO (manual setup)” and input the required information

Note: The GIRO application form will be pre-populated with the information you have keyed in. Proceed to “Print GIRO Application Form” (at “GIRO Account Details” page) for the bank account holder to sign in accordance with the bank’s records. For accounts operated by thumbprint, please go to the Bank with your identification. Click here for a detailed step by step guide (pg 12-13).

Please note that:
For ICBC accounts: Please refer to Chapter 13 on this guide to obtain yo ur 11-digit GIRO ID.

For BOC accounts: Please refer to Item 8 on BOC Frequently Asked
Questions website for your 11-digit GIRO ID.

Step 4:
Submit the completed form to Office of Finance by the submission deadlines above
Paying your Student Bill online via E-Payment with PayNow QR / Convera / Credit Card / Debit Card / Alipay
  1. Login to NUSFastPay with your NUSNET ID and Password
  2. Under Account Dashboard, please click on “Education Records System”
  3. Upon arriving at the Education Records System payment page, key in the payment amount payable and click on “Add to Fees and Charges Cart” To add another Fees / Charges to Cart – Mouse over to Charges and click on the item to make payment for.
  4. If all items added to Fees and Charges Cart are in order, click on “Process Payment” to check out

For hostel rates, please click on the applicable accommodation type at http://nus.edu.sg/osa/student-services/hostel-admission.

Hostel fee is billed by the respective hostels and payable via the University Hostel Management System (UHMS) by stipulated due dates. To find out more details, please see the respective contacts in the Halls of Residence / Student Residences / Residential Colleges listed at http://nus.edu.sg/osa/contact.

Students’ liability for fee payment with regard to Course Withdrawal is as follows:
Student Type
Fee Payment
Undergraduate & Graduate Students
  • Liable to pay fees for the entire semester if students leave NUS after 2nd instructional week of semester
Non-graduating Students
Students’ liability for fee payment with regard to Leave of Absence (LOA) is as follows:
Leave of Absence
Fee Payment
Applied within 2nd instructional week of semester Exempted from paying fees for the semester
Applied after 2nd instructional week of semester Liable to pay fees for the entire semester

For research students who have submitted their thesis, the Health and Insurance Fee will be payable as long as they remain as full-time students and have not been conferred their degrees.

As an international student, you will be charged non-subsidised fees. After you have completed the signing of Service Obligation with MOE, your Student Bill will be revised to the subsidised “International Students with Service Obligation/Graduate Assistantship Programme” fees within 2 weeks.

To avoid late fee payment charge, you may wish to pay your Student Bill first. After the execution of your Service Obligation Agreement, your Student Bill will be adjusted. Any credit balance arising from the adjustment of your fees will be used to offset your next semester’s fees payable. If there is still an excess balance in your Student Account in the final semester of your studies, the amount will be automatically refunded to your Receiving Bank Account (Credit Bank Account). If you wish to get a refund for the excess payment made before the final semester of your studies, please log a case via our FAQ Portal. To facilitate the refund, please update your “Receiving Bank Account (Credit Bank Account)” via Education Records System (EduRec) (see FAQs on GIRO Payment).

After you have successfully applied to Office of Human Resources (OHR) for staff concession, your Student Bill will be updated as follows:

Staff who are:
Staff Concession updated in Student Bill:
Existing StudentsBy 2nd instructional week of semester
New StudentsWithin 3 working days after OHR informs Office of Finance of the list of students

Please refer to https://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/administrative-policies-procedures/undergraduate/responsibility-for-notices-circulars-and-updates-of-personal-particulars.

Upon submission of documents, your Student Bill will be revised after Office of the University Registrar (OUR) has updated your student records.

A separate submission procedure applies for BTech students. An email regarding MOE subsidy eligibility declaration and change of citizenship/residency will be sent to all BTech students before the start of every semester.

If you have outstanding fees after the fee payment due date,
  • A late fee payment charge of $25 will be imposed
  • A Negative Service Indicator (NSI) will be tagged against your Student Account. To check NSI,
    1. Login to Education Records System (EduRec)
    2. Click “My Homepage” for drop-down menu
    3. Select “Others”
    4. Select “Holds”

Students with NSI will:

  • Not be able to view exam results
  • Not be able to enrol for any course
  • Not be able to receive results transcript
  • Not have their theses examined (for research students)
  • Have their student status / conferment letters withheld
  • Have their degree scrolls withheld (for graduating students)

After you have made full payment of the outstanding fees and the payment reflected in your Student Account, the NSI tagged will be reversed the next working day.

Any excess payment over and above the prevailing fees outstanding will remain as a credit balance in your Student Account. This will be used to offset fees payable in the next semester. If there is still an excess balance in your Student Account in the final semester of your studies, the amount will be automatically refunded to your Receiving Bank Account (Credit Bank Account). To facilitate the refund, please update your “Receiving Bank Account (Credit Bank Account)” via Education Records System (EduRec) (see FAQs on GIRO Payment). If you wish to get refunded before your final semester of your studies, please log a case via our FAQ Portal.

Depending on the payment mode, payments received will be updated in your Student Account as shown in the table below.

If there is any payment discrepancy, please log a case via our FAQ Portal with your A-series Student Number and proof of payment.

Turnaround Time for Updating of Payment in Student Account

S/N
Mode of Payment
Number of Working Days to update Student Account, excluding the day on which payment is made*
(1)
GIRO2-3 working days from date of fund deduction from payer’s bank account
(2)
E-Payment (PayNow QR / Convera / Credit Card / Debit Card / AliPay)1 working day
(3)
Local Electronics Funds Transfer1 working day
(4)
Domestic Cheque / Bank Draft5 working days
(5)
Foreign Cheque / Bank DraftAt least 1 calendar month
(6)
Telegraphic Transfer (TT)At least 7 working days, depending on completeness of details in TT payment instructions

*The number of days is counted from the date NUS receives payment

Please perform the steps below to have your sponsorship updated in EduRec:

  1. Complete the attached corporate sponsorship form.
  2. Have it signed off and stamped by an authorized personnel in the company.
  3. Student to scan a copy of the completed form and submit the form at our FAQ Portal. For companies submitting the form directly, please email the completed form to ofnbx114@nus.edu.sg.

Please note:

  1. Billing to your company for payment will take place in :
    • Sep/Oct for Semester 1 fees (UGRD students) & Oct/Nov for Semester 1 fees (GRAD students)
    • Feb/Mar for Semester 2 fees (UGRD students) & Mar/April for Semester 2 fees (GRAD students)
  2. If the miscellaneous fees are not covered by your company, the student has to pay the miscellaneous fees by the payment due dates.

For programmes where the fee structure is such that the acceptance fee paid by the student will be offset against the first semester’s billing in Edurec, NUS will not refund you for acceptance fee paid. We will bill your company the tuition fee less off the acceptance fee. If you have paid for the acceptance fee, you can claim the acceptance fee from your company. Please approach the programme administrator should there be queries regarding fee structure.

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