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Leverage funding schemes and initiatives
to support your continuing education.
NUS Lifelong Learning (L3) - Funding
Eligible organisations may claim absentee payroll funding for Singaporean Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents attending SSG-approved courses during working hours. The absentee payroll funding is capped at $4.50 per hour and at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
Trainees under the Workfare Skills Support scheme may be eligible for absentee payroll funding of up to 95% hourly basis salary, capped at $13 per hour.
Companies eligible for absentee payroll will be required to log into the Enterprise Portal for Jobs and Skills (EPJS) to process the claims.
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) offers subsidies of 70% on SkillsFuture Series courses for Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents. Learners must pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding. The SSG funding is eligible for the claim period from 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2024.
Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above may enjoy subsidies of up to 90% of course fees. MCES subsidy applies if you turn 40 on the year that you take the course, even if the course is completed on or before your birthday.
All self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use available funds in their SkillsFuture Credit account to pay programme fees.
NTUC members enjoy 50% of the unfunded course fee support of up to $250 each year for courses supported under UTAP (Union Training Assistance Programme). Terms and Conditions apply.
*Unfunded course fee refers to the balance course fee payable after applicable government subsidies. This excludes material fees, registration fees, misc. fees etc.
Eligible individuals may apply for training allowance capped at $6 per hour under the WSS scheme.
Additional support for NUS Alumni
All NUS alumni* will receive one eVoucher, which can be used to redeem one full-fee, non-SSG funded course.
NUS will provide incoming alumni with a 20% tuition fee rebate on selected Masters by Coursework programmes that are not under government subsidy.
* You are an NUS alumnus if you have graduated from the National University of Singapore, or one of its five predecessor institutions i.e. King Edward VII College of Medicine, Raffles College, University of Malaya, Nanyang University and University of Singapore. All graduates awarded with an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, or graduate diploma are accorded alumni status.
