
With the release of the A-Levels
results, scholarship season has started in earnest. It’s definitely time to
start compiling your documents, rounding up testimonials and, most importantly,
applying on BrightSparks.
Instructions on how to use the BrightSparks
portal are here.
For those of you who are all ready to go
for it, here are 3 bond-free scholarships you may want to try:
1. NUS Global Merit Scholarship / NUS Merit
Scholarship
Scholarship Provider: National University of Singapore (NUS)
Summary: The NUS Scholarships are highly coveted
scholarships awarded to high calibre individuals who demonstrate academic
excellence, present excellent co-curricular activities records and exhibit
outstanding leadership qualities. NUS Scholars are expected to contribute
significantly to the NUS community while in NUS, and emerge as dynamic global
leaders who are capable of effecting a positive change to society after they
graduate.
There
are two tiers of NUS Scholarships offered to prospective students:
·
NUS
Global Merit Scholarship
·
NUS
Merit Scholarship
Interested
students should submit one common scholarship application to NUS to be
considered for both tiers of the NUS Scholarships, the NUS Sports Scholarship
and the NUS Performing & Visual Arts Scholarship.
Eligibility:
·
Singapore
Citizens
·
Have
strong leadership qualities and potential
·
Have
good co-curricular activities record
·
Possess
outstanding Singapore-Cambridge GCE A Level, local polytechnic diploma,
International Baccalaureate diploma, NUS High School diploma or equivalent
qualifications
·
Be
applying for admission to a full-time undergraduate degree programme at NUS,
excluding Dentistry, Medicine, Music, Yale-NUS College and students in the Law
and Liberal Arts Double Degree Programme offered by Yale-NUS College and NUS
Application period: 1 February 2020 – 19 March 2020
Deadline: 19 March 2020
Learn more and apply here
2. OCBC
Local Undergraduate Scholarship
Scholarship Provider: Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
(OCBC)
Summary: Established in the 1950s, the OCBC Local
Undergraduate Scholarship provides financial assistance to students who have
gained admission or are eligible for admission into first year full-time
undergraduate studies at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore Management University, Singapore University
of Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology and Singapore University
of Technology & Design. The scholarship is also opened to undergraduates of
these institutions.
Eligibility:
·
Excellent
academic and CCA records.
·
Preference
will be given to Singapore citizens.
·
Male
Singapore citizens who have completed National Service.
Deadline: 31 March 2020
Learn more and apply here
3. Master
of Hospitality Administration (MHA) Online Degree - Singapore Scholarship
Scholarship Provider: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Summary: The MHA is an online
degree program designed for hospitality professionals who have completed an
undergraduate degree and are interested in taking their careers to the next
level. With the MHA Singapore Scholarship, Singaporean students will receive
the opportunity to earn an advanced degree from the top-ranked UNLV Harrah
College of Hospitality for free. Plus, students can complete the degree online,
without ever leaving Singapore.
Eligibility:
·
Undergraduate
Degree (with good academic standing)
·
Three
or more years of management experience in hospitality industry
·
Proof
of Singapore citizenship or residency
·
No
GRE / GMAT requirement
Application period:
·
Spring
- November 15
·
Summer
- April 1
·
Fall
- July 15
Deadline: All Year Round
Learn more and apply here
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