Financial Matters

Fee Payment For Local Students

Tuition Fees

Financial Assistance

Fees Payable On Matriculation

Fee Payable By NSMen

Tuition Fees

Tuition Fees are billed and payable in two instalments for each academic year. The first instalment, together with other miscellaneous fees, will be payable on matriculation day. The breakdown of the total fee payable in Term 1 of Academic Year 2008 is as follows:

	Singapore Citizen
	Other Degree programs	Law Degree program
	S$	S$
Tuition Fee	4,565	5,025
Miscellaneous fees	253	253
Total fee due	4,818	5,278

Financial Assistance

If you require financial assistance to pay your Tuition Fees, there are various schemes for which you can apply:-

• Tuition fee loan (TFL)
• Study loan (SL)
• CPF Education Scheme (CPF)
• Mendaki Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy

Please click here for more details on the list of schemes, application procedures, eligibility and terms and conditions. Please note that full fee paying students* are not eligible for these schemes.

*Full fee student refers to student who does not wish to apply or not eligible for the Government Tuition Grant. Click here for Tuition Grant information and application.

If you have been awarded a scholarship or a bursary, you are required to pay your fees first, and claim reimbursement directly from the awarding institution.

However, if the award is given through SMU, SMU will make the necessary arrangements to present the bill to the relevant institution.

Fees Payable On Matriculation

You are required to pay the miscellaneous fees of $253. As for the amount of tuition fees payable, it will depend on whether you are obtaining any financial assistance schemes and the quantum. Listed below is a list of scenarios and the amount payable on matriculation day for your reference:

If you are on the following loan schemes, you will pay miscellaneous fees of $253 and the following tuition fees:-	Singapore Citizen
	Other Degree programs	Law Degree program
	S$	S$
(a) NOT on any financial schemes	4,565+253 = 4,818	5,025+253 = 5,278
(b) a combination of financial schemes (CPF/ TFL/ SL/ Mendaki tertiary tuition subsidy) and/or SMU-administered scholarship which will cover 100% of the tuition fee1	253	253
(c) TFL to cover 90% of tuition fee1	(10%x4,565)+253 = 709.50	(10%x5,025)+253 =755.50
(d) TFL and SL which together cover 100% of tuition fee1	253	253
e) 70% Mendaki tertiary tuition fee1 subsidy	(30%x4,565)+253 = 1,622.50	(30%x5,025)+253 = 1,760.50

¹ Tuition fee refers to the tuition fee payable by students who are Singapore citizens.

Fee Payable By NSMen

If you are an NSmen offered and accepted a place in SMU in the prior academic year but admitting in AY2008, the total fee payable in Term 1 will be:

Tuition Fee (TF)	Other Degree Programs	Law Degree Program
	S$	S$
AY2006	3,750	N.A
AY2007 - 1st Year (Fee freeze due to GST hike in 2007) AY2007 - 2nd Year onwards	3,750 4,150	4,500 4,500

If you are on the following loan schemes, you will pay miscellaneous fees of $253 and the following tuition fees:	S$
(a) NOT on any loan scheme	TF + 253
b) a combination of financial schemes (CPF/TFL/SL/Mendaki tertiary tuition subsidy) or SMU-administered scholarship which will cover 100% of the tuition fee	253
(c) TFL and SL which together cover 100% of tuition fee	253
(d) TFL to cover 90% of tuition fee	10% TF + 253
(e) 70% Mendaki tertiary tuition fee subsidy	30% TF + 253

If you have paid a confirmation fee of S$200 during the NSmen matriculation exercise, please net off this from the total fees payable.

Please view your invoice via your student email account or via  OASIS at https://studentbill.smu.edu.sg/ (Click the link under Account to “Statement of Account") . To bring a copy of the invoice for payment at Finance booth during the matriculation exercise from 7 to 9 July 2008.

Note:
The above scenarios assume that your loan application is approved. If the loan is not granted, the amount payable will be different.

At the point of payment on matriculation day, you will need to submit the CPF_declaration form (for online application) and/or Mendaki_form if you wish to apply to these loan schemes. All fees due must be fully paid before you could attend classes.