Eligibility Guidelines for MOE Subsidy

(MOE-Subsidised Graduate Programmes)

(1) Students with a Higher Degree Qualification

Students (all nationalities1) who already hold a higher degree qualification and wish to pursue a
second graduate programme of the same or lower level might be eligible for the MOE subsidy
provided the fees for their first higher degree qualification attained were not subsidised by the
Singapore government or sponsored by a Singapore government agency (such as scholarships
offered by the Ministries, Public Service Commission and Statutory Boards for both their local
and overseas graduate programmes).

Students who have previously enjoyed government subsidies/scholarships in a graduate

programme will not be eligible for MOE subsidy2 in another graduate programme at the same
or lower level. Instead, such students will be liable to pay a higher fee without MOE subsidy for
the graduate programme that they now wish to undertake. For example, students who had
previously enjoyed subsidies/scholarships in a Master’s programme, and have attained the
Master’s degree will not be eligible for subsidy in another programme at Master’s degree or
lower level. For such students who are upgraded from Master’s to PhD, if their date of upgrading
is after Instructional Week 2 of the semester, the subsidy will only be effective the following
semester. In addition, if they are upgraded to a programme which has a combination of Master’s
and PhD candidature, they will not be eligible to enjoy subsidy during the Master’s candidature.

(2) Transferred or Readmitted Students

Students (all nationalities1) who did not complete an earlier graduate programme (i.e. ‘original’
programme) and are now transferred or readmitted to another programme (i.e. ‘new’
programme) at the same level within NUS or across Autonomous Universities (AUs) 3 will be
eligible for MOE subsidy based on the following formula:

For transfers prior to AY2022/23

Duration of new graduate programme – Equivalent no. of semester(s)4 of government

subsidies/sponsorships received for original graduate programme

For transfers from AY2022/23 onwards

Remaining SE * from original graduate programme

× Total SE for new graduate programme
Total SE for original graduate programme

*Subsidy Eligibility. Refer to Annex A for the full glossary.

In instances where the computation of SE does not produce a whole number, the number of
semesters will be rounded up to the nearest whole number.

For all transfers, subsidies for the new programme would not be retrospectively provided,
whether due to the exceeding of the Normal Candidature Period of the original graduate
programme or other reasons.

As at 31 Jul 2023
 The transfer funding framework effective 13 July 2022 is elaborated in Annex B with examples
shown in Annex C - For transfers between different MOE-Subsidised Graduate Coursework
programmes (GDC-GDC transfer) or transfers between a MOE-Subsidised Graduate Coursework
programme and a Graduate Research programme (GDC-GDR transfer) or from modular courses
to Graduate Coursework/Masters by Research programme.

For transfers between different Graduate Research programmes (GDR-GDR transfer), the SE is
the Maximum Candidature Period of the new programme less the equivalent number of
semester(s)5 of government subsidies/sponsorships received for the original programme.

Duration of new programme is defined as such:

• with effect from Semester 2, AY2008/09, it refers to Maximum Candidature (MCD) Period
for Research-based programmes.
• with effect from Semester 1, AY2019/20, it refers to Normal Candidature (NCD)6 Period
for Graduate Coursework programmes.

For admission to programmes of different levels, please refer to (1) Students with a Higher
Degree Qualification above.

Note: Please note that all calculations are subject to verification with the AUs to ensure accuracy.

NUS is authorised to obtain and verify the information provided by student or otherwise, with
any source as it deems appropriate. In the event of inaccurate, incomplete or false information
given by student regarding previously consumed and eligible MOE Subsidy for graduate
programmes, NUS may at its discretion withdraw any offer of admission made or, if already
admitted, may be liable to disciplinary action, which may result in expulsion from NUS.

(3) Conversion of Academic Workload

According to the transfer funding framework for government-subsidised graduate coursework

programmes, students who convert their academic workload (from full-time (FT) to part-time
(PT) or vice versa) will be eligible for MOE subsidy in their converted programmes as follows:

a) FT to PT: SE* for PT programme = NCD of new PT programme – (Number of subsidised

semesters consumed under original FT programme x 2), rounded up

b) PT to FT: SE* for FT programme = NCD of new FT programme – (Number of subsidised

semesters consumed under original PT programme / 2), rounded up

*Subsidy Eligibility. Refer to Annex A for the full glossary.

The transfer funding framework is elaborated in Annex B with examples shown in Annex C.

Note: Please note that all calculations are subject to verification with the AUs to ensure accuracy.

NUS is authorised to obtain and verify the information provided by student or otherwise, with
any source as it deems appropriate. In the event of inaccurate, incomplete or false information
given by student regarding previously consumed and eligible MOE Subsidy for graduate
programmes, NUS may at its discretion withdraw any offer of admission made or, if already
admitted, may be liable to disciplinary action, which may result in expulsion from NUS.

Note:

As at 31 Jul 2023
1 International students admitted from Semester 1 of AY2015/16 are no longer eligible for MOE Subsidy and would be
required to pay full fees unless they are on MOE Research Scholarship or sign the MOE Service Obligation Agreement.

2 Students who are not eligible for MOE subsidy are also not eligible for some scholarships, such as, the President’s
Graduate Fellowship, NUS Research Scholarship, Tuition Fee Allowance, ISEP Scholarship, etc.
3 Autonomous Universities refer to NUS, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Management University
(SMU), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Singapore
University of Social Sciences (SUSS).
4
For graduate coursework programmes done on a part-time basis, the subsidy for two semesters of part-time studies
is equivalent to one semester of full-time studies. For graduate research programmes, there is no differentiation in
subsidy between full-time and part-time studies.
5 For graduate research programmes, the subsidy is up to the Maximum Candidature Duration (MCD) period, which is
three (3) years for full-time/part-time Masters by Research, and five (5) years for full-time/part-time PhD
programmes. There is no differentiation in subsidy between full-time and part-time studies. NUS will continue to
subsidise the tuition fees for those who exceed the MCD for another (1) year. This means that full-time/part-time
Master’s by Research and PhD students who are in Year 5 and Year 7 of their studies respectively, will be required to
pay the full, unsubsidized tuition fees from AY2024/2025 onwards..
6 Normal Candidature (NCD) Period of MOE-subsidised Graduate Coursework programmes can be found here.

As at 31 Jul 2023
 Annex A

Glossary of Key Terms

S/N Name Acronym Definition

1 Subsidy eligibility SE The amount of MOE subsidy (in semesters) that a
student is entitled to for their current programme.

2 Maximum MCD The maximum length of time, in semesters, that a

candidature period student can take to complete programme.

3 Credit-based funding CBF Funding model where the subsidy eligibility of

students is tracked by the minimum number of Units
required for graduation. [Currently applicable to
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and
Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).]

4 Enrolment-based EBF Funding model where the subsidy eligibility of

funding students is tracked by the number of semesters in
the normal/maximum candidature period.

5 Minimum number of MU The graduation requirements for a programme, in

Units required for Units.
graduation

6 Normal candidature NCD The normal length of time, in semesters, that a

period student needs to complete the programme.

As at 31 Jul 2023
 Annex B

S/N GD Type of transfer Transfer policies to determine remaining subsidy eligibility (SE)
Programme
1 GDC [For AUs on EBF only]
Transfers between the 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 ×
same modes (FT or PT) of 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
GDCs
Information on original GDC subsidy is required from student or original Autonomous University.
2 GDC [For AUs on EBF only] a) FT to PT:
Transfer between Full-
Time (FT) and Part-Time 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 − (2 × 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺)
(PT) modes of GDCs
b) PT to FT:

1
𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 − ( × 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺)
2

Information on original GDC subsidy is required from student or original Autonomous University.
3 GDC Transfer between GDCs a. CBF to EBF
with different SE models
(CBF vs EBF) 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 ×
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

Information on original GDC subsidy is required from student or original Autonomous University.
4 GDC- Transfer between GDCs a. GDC to MbR
Masters by and MbRs
Research 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 ×
(MbR) 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

b. MbR to GDC

𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀

𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 ×
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀

Information on original GDC/MbR subsidy is required from student or original Autonomous University.

As at 31 Jul 2023
 S/N GD Type of transfer Transfer policies to determine remaining subsidy eligibility (SE)
Programme
5 Modular Transferring/stacking
courses to Units from SSG-subsidised 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
× 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
GDC modular courses to GDCs 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
6 Modular Transferring/stacking
courses to Units from SSG-subsidised 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟
× (2 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀)
MbRs modular courses to MbRs 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈
+ 4 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟ℎ 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐

Note: Worked examples of the policies are in Annex C.

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 Annex C
Worked Examples

S/N Type of transfer Allowable subsidy after transfer

1 [For AUs on EBF only] Assuming:

Transfers between • GDC NCD is one year (i.e. two semesters) for original GDC, and two years (i.e. four semesters) for new GDC
the same modes (FT • Student has completed one out of two semesters for the original GDC
or PT) of GDCs
Remainder subsidy duration for new GDC:

1 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

4 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 × = 𝟐𝟐 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔
2 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

2 [For AUs on EBF only] a. FT to PT

Transfer between
different modes of Assuming:
GDCs (FT to PT or vice • GDC NCD is one year (i.e. two semesters) for FT students, and two years (i.e. four semesters) for PT students
versa) • Student has completed one out of two semesters for the FT GDC

Remainder subsidy duration for PT GDC:

4 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 − (2 × 1 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺) = 𝟐𝟐 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔

b. PT to FT

Assuming:
• GDC NCD is one year (i.e. two semesters) for FT students, and two years (i.e. four semesters) for PT students
• Student has completed three out of four semesters for PT GDC

Remainder subsidy duration for FT GDC:

1
2 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 − � × 3 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺�
2
= 0.5 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 ≈ 𝟏𝟏 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖)

As at 31 Jul 2023
S/N Type of transfer Allowable subsidy after transfer

3 Transfer between a. CBF to EBF

GDCs with different
SE models (CBF to EBF Assuming:
or vice versa) • The minimum number of Units required to graduate for the original GDC is 60 Units.
• The NCD for the new GDC is one year (i.e. two semesters)
• Student has consumed 18 out of 60 Units for their original GDC

Remainder subsidy duration for new GDC:

42 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

2 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 ×
60 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

= 1.4 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 ≈ 𝟐𝟐 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖)

4 Transfer between a. GDC to MbR

GDCs and MbRs
Assuming:
• GDC NCD is two years (i.e. four semesters)
• Student has completed one out of two years for GDC (i.e. two out of four semesters)

Remainder subsidy duration for MbR:

2 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

6 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 × = 𝟑𝟑 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔
4 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

b. MbR to GDC

Assuming:
• GDC NCD is two years (i.e. four semesters)
• Student has completed two out of three years for MbR (i.e. four out of six semesters)

Remainder subsidy duration for GDC:

2 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀

4 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 × = 1.33 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 ≈ 𝟐𝟐 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖)
6 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀
As at 31 Jul 2023
S/N Type of transfer Allowable subsidy after transfer

5 Transferring/ stacking Assuming:

Units from SSG-
subsidised modular • The minimum number of Units required to graduate for the GDC is 40 Units. The NCD for the GDC is one year (i.e. two semesters)
courses to GDCs • Student has taken SSG-subsidised modular courses, of which 8 Units stack to the GDC

Remainder subsidy duration for GDC:

32 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔

× 2 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁𝑁 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 = 1.6 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 ≈ 𝟐𝟐 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖)
40 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺

6 Transferring/ Stacking Assuming:

Units from SSG- • MbR coursework requirement is 16 Units (four courses)
subsidised modular • Student has taken SSG-subsidised modular courses, of which three courses can be stacked to the MbR (12 Units)
courses to MbRs
Remainder subsidy duration for MbR:

4 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟

× 2 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀
16 𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈𝑈 𝑇𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟
+ 4 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟ℎ 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 = 4.5 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 ≈ 𝟓𝟓 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓𝒓 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖)

As at 31 Jul 2023