Full-fee Paying vs Tuition Grant-receiving Non-Singaporean Students in Government-funded Autonomous Universities

Debated in Parliament on 12 Sep 2022.

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Hazel Poa requested data on non-Singapore citizen students in government-funded autonomous universities, including numbers and percentages of full-fee payers versus tuition grant recipients, and comparisons with data from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Chan Chun Sing responded that international students make up about 10% of undergraduate enrollments in autonomous universities, with permanent residents under 5%, and around 20% of international students pay full fees while the rest receive tuition grants tied to a three-year work obligation in Singapore.
He noted that data on international student numbers and fees varies by country and that Singapore does not track comparable data from the UK, Australia, or New Zealand.

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Hazel Poa

Ms Hazel Poa asked the Minister for Education (a) what is the current number of non-Singapore citizen students in each Government-funded autonomous university; (b) what are the absolute number and percentage of non-Singapore citizen students who are paying full fees versus those receiving tuition grants; and (c) whether the Ministry has similar data on autonomous universities in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and, if so, how do the data compare with each other.

Chan Chun Sing

The proportion of International Students (ISes) enrolled in the Autonomous Universities (AUs) at undergraduate level has remained at around 10% in recent years, while the proportion of Singapore Permanent Residents (SPRs) has been less than 5%.

The proportion of ISes in the AUs who are paying full fees has been around 20%. The remainder are recipients of tuition grants, which require them to work in Singapore for at least three years upon graduation, as part of their service obligation.

The proportion of international students and fees that they pay varies across other countries, and some may also administer financial aid. We do not track the data.

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Hazel Poa requested data on non-Singapore citizen students in government-funded autonomous universities, including numbers and percentages of full-fee payers versus tuition grant recipients, and comparisons with data from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Chan Chun Sing responded that international students make up about 10% of undergraduate enrollments in autonomous universities, with permanent residents under 5%, and around 20% of international students pay full fees while the rest receive tuition grants tied to a three-year work obligation in Singapore.
He noted that data on international student numbers and fees varies by country and that Singapore does not track comparable data from the UK, Australia, or New Zealand.

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Full-fee Paying vs Tuition Grant-receiving Non-Singaporean Students in Government-funded Autonomous Universities

Debated in Parliament on 12 Sep 2022.

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Hazel Poa requested data on non-Singapore citizen students in government-funded autonomous universities, including numbers and percentages of full-fee payers versus tuition grant recipients, and comparisons with data from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Chan Chun Sing responded that international students make up about 10% of undergraduate enrollments in autonomous universities, with permanent residents under 5%, and around 20% of international students pay full fees while the rest receive tuition grants tied to a three-year work obligation in Singapore.
He noted that data on international student numbers and fees varies by country and that Singapore does not track comparable data from the UK, Australia, or New Zealand.

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Hazel Poa

Chan Chun Sing

The proportion of international students and fees that they pay varies across other countries, and some may also administer financial aid. We do not track the data.

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Hazel Poa requested data on non-Singapore citizen students in government-funded autonomous universities, including numbers and percentages of full-fee payers versus tuition grant recipients, and comparisons with data from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Chan Chun Sing responded that international students make up about 10% of undergraduate enrollments in autonomous universities, with permanent residents under 5%, and around 20% of international students pay full fees while the rest receive tuition grants tied to a three-year work obligation in Singapore.
He noted that data on international student numbers and fees varies by country and that Singapore does not track comparable data from the UK, Australia, or New Zealand.

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