FINANCIAL AID

Undergraduate students who are Singapore Citizens

Full-time undergraduates may apply online using Standing Order or Ad-Hoc Withdrawal form. For part-time undergraduates reading the Bachelor of Technology and Bachelor of Science (Nursing Practice) and undergraduates reading the Bachelor of Information Technology, they can only apply via the Ad-Hoc Withdrawal form for the payment of tuition fee and miscellaneous student fees only.

Undergraduates reading graduate programmes under the Concurrent Degree Programmes may apply for the scheme here.

1. Standing Order – tuition and miscellaneous student fees (whole programme)

2. Ad-hoc Withdrawal – tuition, miscellaneous student and other fees (per semester)*

*Students applying for Ad-Hoc Withdrawal for SEP, NOC, or Overseas/Enrichment/Preparatory Programme fees must submit their application within 2 months of the programme’s end date.

PSEA is applicable for payment of the following:

1. Tuition fee

2. Miscellaneous fees

3. Internal Blended Learning Online Course (iBLOC) / Special Term Course fees

4. Student Exchange Programme (SEP)/NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC)/Overseas/Enrichment/Preparatory Programme fees

5. Compulsory college-related (room and/or meal) fees for students reading the NUS College Programme/Ridge View Residential College Programme/University Town College Programme

6. Compulsory health screening and/or vaccination fees for Health Science students

7. Repayment of specified loans after graduation

Applicable to full-time undergraduates for the payment of their tuition and miscellaneous student fees for the whole programme duration until PSEA funds are used up (excluding Special Terms), i.e. one-time application. Students should apply via the Ad-hoc Withdrawal form if they missed the Standing Order application timeline.

To create a Standing Order (SO), please log in to Student Finance System (SFS) using your Singpass.
(If you are below 21 years old, your parent/guardian will need to set up the Standing Order on your behalf.)

1. Ensure that the Standing Order is tagged to NUS.
2. Select “Tuition Fees” for payment of tuition/course fees

If you had set up a Standing Order before the SFS launch on 27 April 2026, please log in to confirm that your previous Standing Order has been migrated to SFS and it is tagged to NUS. If it has not been migrated and you wish to use your PSEA funds for your tuition fees, please login SFS to create a new Standing Order.

To terminate a Standing Order with immediate effect, you may do so via SFS using your Singpass.

Please refer to the step-by-step guide on how to set up the Standing Order.

Please note that if there are insufficient funds to cover the tuition and miscellaneous student fees, only the full available balance in your PSEA account will be deducted.

Note
Forms submitted outside the application period will only take effect in the following semester.

Applicable to full-time undergraduates for the payment of the following fees for a particular semester only. Part-time undergraduates may apply for payment of their tuition and/or miscellaneous student fees only.

Please apply at https://go.gov.sg/psea-withdrawal-nus1 and select the relevant Usage Category as shown below:

• Tuition fees and/or Miscellaneous Student fees (TTF-FULLQ)

• Internal Blended Learning Online Course (iBLOC)/Special Term Course fees (TTF-FULLQ)

• Student Exchange Programme (SEP)/NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC)/Overseas/Enrichment/Preparatory Programmes (EPC-OTRIP)*

• Residential College fees (TTF-OTHERS)

• Compulsory Health Screening/Vaccination fees (EPC-OTHERS)

• Repayment of Specified Loans after Graduation (Refer to MOE webpage)

*Students applying for Ad-Hoc Withdrawal for SEP, NOC, or Overseas/Enrichment/Preparatory Programme fees must submit their application 2 months of the programme’s end date.

For more information on iBLOC/Special Term Course fees TTF-FULLQ, EPC-OTRIP, TTF-OTHERS, and EPC-OTHERS, please click here.

Students are encouraged to apply for GIRO to facilitate the payment of any outstanding tuition and college fees if there are insufficient PSEA funds. Outstanding balance will be deducted automatically on scheduled GIRO deduction dates by the Office of Finance. For students opting to pay their fees via the GIRO mode, the various fee payment deadlines will be pushed back by about one month (end-September for Semester 1 and end-February for Semester 2).

For students using a combination of financial aid schemes for the payment of their subsidised tuition fees, the disbursement sequence is as follows (where applicable):

1. Scholarship that covers 100% of tuition fee / MENDAKI Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS)
2. SkillsFuture Credit
3. Higher Education Community/Higher Education Bursary (Medicine/Dentistry) 
4. NUS Bursaries
5. Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) Scheme*
6. CPF Education Loan Scheme (CELS)*
7. Higher Education Student Loan (HESL)/Tuition Fee Loan/MOE Study Loan*
8. Higher Education Community/Higher Education Bursary (non-Medicine/Dentistry)
9. Bursaries (non-NUS)
10. GIRO deduction from students' own account/other account/NETS/Others

* If your tuition fee is already fully covered by a scholarship/NUS Bursaries/TTFS, tuition fee schemes such as PSEA, CELS, MOE TFL and MOE Study Loan (Tuition Fee portion), HESL (Tuition Fee portion) will not be applicable and you should not apply for these schemes to cover your tuition fee). If you are an existing recipients of such tuition fee schemes, please contact the Office of Finance to suspend the PSEA, CELS, MOE TFL and MOE Study Loan (Tuition Fee portion), if applicable.

Upon satisfactory compliance of all terms and conditions, funds will be credited to the student's account by the Office of Finance twice a year around September and February each year for Semesters 1 and 2 respectively. All fees due to the University will be deducted from the funds prior to crediting.