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Bursaries
Find out more about the Higher Education Community Bursary, Higher Education Bursary and Edusave Merit Bursary that ITE provides for full-time students.
A) Higher Education Community Bursary
The Higher Education Community Bursary is open for all full-time subsidised Singaporean students who do not concurrently hold any other full scholarship. (A full scholarship typically covers tuition fees payable and a monthly or annual living allowance.)
To be eligible, the applicant's gross monthly household income (GHI) with effect from AY 2026 must not exceed $5,500 or gross monthly household per capita income (PCI) must not exceed $1,375.
Table 1: The income criteria and bursary quantum from AY 2026 for Higher Education Community Bursary are as follows
Income criteria | Bursary quantum per Annum for Nitec & Higher Nitec courses | Bursary quantum per Annum for Technical Diploma courses |
GHI <= $4,000 OR PCI <= $1,000 | $1,850 and 100% tuition fee subsidy | $3,050 |
GHI between $4,001 and $5,500 OR PCI between $1,001 and $1,375 | $1,400 | $2,700 |
B) Higher Education Bursary
The Higher Education Bursary is open for all full-time subsidised Singaporean students who do not concurrently hold any other full scholarship. (A full scholarship typically covers tuition fees payable and a monthly or annual living allowance.)
To be eligible, the applicant’s gross monthly household income (GHI) with effect from AY 2026 must not exceed $12,000 or gross monthly household per capita income (PCI) must not exceed $3,000.
Table 2: The income criteria and bursary quantum from AY 2026 for Higher Education Bursary are as follows
Income criteria | Bursary quantum per Annum for Nitec & Higher Nitec courses | Bursary quantum per Annum for Technical Diploma courses |
GHI between $5,501 and $9,000 OR PCI between $1,376 and $2,250 | $700 | $2,050 |
GHI between $9,001 and $12,000 PCI between $2,251 and $3,000 | $490 | $950 |
C) Edusave Merit Bursary
Full-time Singaporean students who have done well (top 25%) in their course of studies, have demonstrated good conduct and whose gross monthly household income (GHI) does not exceed $9,000 or gross monthly per capita income (PCI) does not exceed $2,250 (from AY 2026 onwards) are eligible for this award. Students must pass all accountable modules in the examinations and not be in receipt of the Good Progress Award or ITE Community Scholarship. This award is valued at $500.
D) Application for Bursary & Financial Assistance
To apply for the Higher Education Community or Higher Education Bursary, please submit an online application for financial assistance following which you will be means-tested via the HOusehold Means Eligibility System (HOMES) to determine your eligibility. HOMES is a government system that supports agencies in conducting consistent means-testing more efficiently. HOMES retrieves income and household information from government data sources (e.g. CFPB, IRAS, ICA) and uses the information to compute the household income. With HOMES, most applicants no longer need to provide family members information and submit supporting documents, such as income documents, thus making the application process more convenient.
Means-testing will be based on the average household income of all family members living in the same household as you, over the past 12 months as follows:
Means Testing Details:
Household Definition | Related Household (RHH) definition, which includes all family members (i.e. persons related by blood, marriage or legal relations) staying in the same residential address as the student. |
Income Definition | Include all employment/ trade income, including bonuses and allowances (e.g. for overtime, transport, laundry) and employee’s CPF contribution, and other administrative income (OAI) which are taxable and reflected in the IRAS Notice of Assessment (NOA), such as rental income, dividends, taxable investment income. |
Period of assessment | Income assessment will be based on average of 12 months' income. |
Students who have declared that they have household members with OAI other administrative income (OAI) which are taxable (such as rental income, investment income and dividends), and total OAI declared by the household is more than $100 over a period of 12 months will have to submit supporting income documents for verification.
Should there be a change in your household income after application during the academic year, please inform your College. You will be notified via email if your bursary application is successful. Successful applicants will receive the bursary award via PayNow (NRIC) or GIRO.
Student will be required to refund the full or partial bursary quantum if he/she is dismissed, or voluntarily withdraws or defers from his/her course of study or is in receipt of a full scholarship/sponsorship/bursary that covers tuition fees and provides an annual or monthly living allowance.
For more information on how to apply for Bursary & Financial Assistance, please click (Step by Step guide).