The countries where PSC scholarship holders go for their undergraduate or postgraduate studies include Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. We are constantly on the lookout for good universities in other countries and are happy to discuss your choice of university and country of study with you.

PSC does not maintain a list of recognised universities. PSC scholarship holders study in a wide range of universities in different countries. We will be happy to discuss your choice of university with you.

Applicants should apply to local and foreign universities on their own.

You do not need to have a confirmed university offer at the time of application for PSC scholarships. PSC scholarships are awarded based on merit. All applicants, with or without a university offer, will be awarded a scholarship if they are found suitable. However, the deadlines for some university applications are earlier than the application deadline for PSC scholarships. Hence, if you intend to commence your studies in the same academic year, you are advised to apply ahead so that you are not faced with the situation where you are awarded a scholarship without having secured a university placement.

PSC scholarships holders have attended universities for their undergraduate and postgraduate studies in countries such as:

• China - Fudan University, Peking University, Tsinghua University
• France - Ecole Normale Superieure, HEC Paris, Sciences Po, University Paris Sorbonne
• Germany - Freie University of BErlin, Hertie School of Governance
• Japan - The University of Tokyo, Waseda University
• Spain - Instituto de Empresa 
• Sweden - Uppsala University 
• Switzerland - ETH Zurich, The Graduate Institute of Geneva
• Thailand - Chula
• The Netherlands - Leiden University, Maastricht University, University of Amsterdam 

PSC scholarships holders may pursue a wide range of courses. These include business, law, economics, philosophy, history, engineering, science and mathematics. We will be happy to discuss with you on your preferred course of study. 

Except for PSC Scholarship holders serving in the Legal Service, scholarship holders reading Law will not be called to the Bar while serving anywhere else in the Civil Service.

PSC Master's Scholarship holders are given up to 2 years to pursue full-time Master's programmes either locally or overseas. The course of study should be an area relevant to the work of the Civil Service. The PSC Master's Scholarship does not cover MBA programmes.

Yes, you may pursue Medicine or Dentistry under the following two types of scholarships.

PSC Scholarship (Medicine) or PSC Scholarship (Dentistry)

From the 2017 exercise onwards, the PSC Scholarship (Medicine) and PSC Scholarship (Dentistry) are offered to existing local medicine and dentistry undergraduates, who have completed at least one year of studies,   including those who are currently pursuing the MD programme at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.  The objective is to strengthen the pipeline for public healthcare and professional leadership.

President's Scholarship

A very small number of full-term Medicine and Dentistry undergraduate scholarships will continue to be offered to those awarded the President’s Scholarship, which allows full flexibility in the course of study both locally and overseas. In your PSC scholarship application, you should indicate your interest to read Medicine or Dentistry under the career and course preferences section. This would provide the interview panel a more accurate understanding of your academic and career preferences. If you do not obtain a place to study Medicine or Dentistry, you can still be considered for a PSC scholarship to read other courses.

Those interested to read Medicine and who aspire to be clinician scientists may consider scholarships offered by A*STAR. Those aspiring to become military doctors may also consider scholarships offered by MINDEF such as the SAF Medicine Scholarship. Alternatively, you may also consider the pre-employment grant (PEG) for overseas medicine students offered by MOHH.

We evaluate on a case-by-case basis. In general, the course of study should be in an area relevant to the work of the Civil Service. Some courses of study are very narrow in focus and of very limited relevance to the Public Service. In such cases, we might not support that course of study. The PSC Master's Scholarship does not cover MBA programmes.