Faculty Level : Scholarships

Mr and Mrs Ngiam Fook Quee Scholarship

The Mr and Mrs Ngiam Fook Quee Scholarship is set up in memory of the parents of the Ngiam family.  NUS alumni Ngiam Tong Dow, Ngiam Tong Lan, Ngiam Shih Chun, Ngiam Siew Pei, Ngiam Siew Ching Selina, Goh Suh Fang and Goh Boon Han together with eight other family members – Ngiam Tong Yuen, Ngiam Shih Kwang Kelvin, Ngiam Shih Tung, Ngiam Siew Wei, Ngiam Siew Ying, Ngiam Tong Tau, Ngiam Shih Ern and Goh Boon Kiat – joined hands to contribute to the Fund.

The fund will support a full scholarship for a 4-year honours degree in Economics, at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

 

The award of this scholarship will commence with the AY2007-08 cohort.

 

Application period

 

Applications open in October for each freshmen cohort, of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, reading EC1101E in Semester 1 of their first academic year. Students who are formally registered under the double degree programme (DDP) offered by the Department of Economics and are reading EC1101E / EC1301 in Semester 1 of their first academic year are also eligible to apply.

 

Value of Award

 

The award will cover the Scholarship holder’s tuition fees (excluding the MOE Tuition Grant) for the entire undergraduate candidature.

 

Disbursement

 

The Scholarship will be awarded in the second semester of the Scholarship holder’s candidature.  There will be a refund of his/her first semester’s tuition fees (excluding the MOE Tuition Grant).  From the second semester, funds from the Scholarship will be disbursed directly to the Office of Finance for payment of the Scholarship holder’s tuition fees, until he/she completes the Honours degree requirements or he/she ceases to be eligible for continuation under the Scholarship terms, whichever is earlier.

 

Eligibility

• Only Singapore citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents will be eligible for the Scholarship.

• FASS students who intend to major in Economics

• FASS students and non-FASS students who have registered under the double degree programme (DDP) offered by the Department of Economics.

• Students are expected to pass the Economics exposure module (EC1101E / EC1301) in Semester 1 of their first academic year at NUS.

• Interested students should also have:-
  - excellent ‘A’ level results or equivalent qualifications;
  - strong leadership qualities and potential; and
  - good co-curricular activities record.

• Financial need (based on indicators such as family per capita income indicator) will be the deciding factor for breaking ties.

• For the continuation of the Scholarship to the Honours year, the Scholarship holder is required to (i) continue reading Economics as his/her major; and (ii) maintain a cumulative average point (CAP) of 4.00 or higher.

• The Scholarship holder must not concurrently hold any other awards such as scholarships, grants, bursaries or free aid, without the prior approval of the Scholarship Selection Committee as well as the respective awarding bodies.

Application Process

 

Students are required to complete the online form.

 

The completed online form FASS45-06, together with the supporting documents, must be submitted personally to the Dean's Office at AS7 level 5, within the application period.

 

Successful applicants will be notified by email after the examination results of EC1101E / EC1301 are finalized. This is expected to take place sometime at the end of December.

 

Upon Successful Application

 

1.       Submit the Acceptance Form.