UK scholarships and fellowships for Singaporeans

News Desk: The British High Commission Singapore has compiled a list of scholarships and fellowships for Singaporeans keen to undertake research collaboration in the UK.

UK universities are among the best in the world, with a stellar reputation for high-quality teaching and global leading research.

UK degrees and qualifications are of a high standard and internationally valuable, and the UK’s university sector is a research powerhouse, creating innovative, timely solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.

The UK is one of the top choices for Singaporeans, and a wide choice of scholarships and fellowships are available to support study and research there:

Chevening Scholarships

Chevening Scholarships are for postgraduate studies in the UK, taught courses at almost any university and on almost any course. Upon completion of their programme, Chevening scholars become part of the Chevening Alumni, an extensive network of professionals from a wide variety of fields.

Among other eligibility requirements, applicants must be able to return to their country of citizenship for a minimum of two years after their award has ended, have at least two years’ work experience, have an undergraduate degree that will enable them to gain entry into a postgraduate programme at a UK University and be able to explain how they are a leader in line of work or area of specialist interest or expertise.

Commonwealth scholarships and fellowships

The Royal Commonwealth Society of Singapore was re-established in 2016 to promote the Commonwealth and to provide new Scholarships and Fellowships for eligible Singaporeans. These are:

• The Singapore Commonwealth Scholarship in Innovation is available to students to undertake a postgraduate programme at a UK University. The programme should include an aspect of research or development in an innovation related area.
• The Singapore Commonwealth Fellowship in Innovation supports applicants with a clear research plan to collaborate with a British institution. Applicants must have an agreement from a university, company, or other body in the UK that they can undertake a Fellowship collaboration with them.
• Recipients of the Commonwealth Fellowships in Innovation, Dr Andy Tay and Vanessa Paranjothy, with British High Commissioner to Singapore Kara Owen and Dr Anthony Yee, Chairman of the Board of Governors and Trustees of the Royal Commonwealth Society of Singapore, at a presentation ceremony in 2019.