NUS Fees for Indian Students 2026-27: Program-Wise Cost Breakdown

Before comparing programs, it’s useful to see the full range of NUS fees for Indian students. NUS charges international students on a cohort-based fee system. Whatever fee applies to your intake year stays fixed for your entire degree, even if costs rise for later cohorts. This matters because a number you see for AY2026/2027 will not necessarily match what a 2027 or 2028 entrant pays.

Indian students, classified under the “all other international students” (non-ASEAN) fee band, face two very different fees based on one decision: whether to accept the MOE Tuition Grant.

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Medicine, Dentistry, and Music sit well outside this range and are covered separately below.

Here is the full program-wise breakdown of NUS undergraduate fees for Indian students. These are the official AY2026/2027 tuition figures for new undergraduate intake, non-ASEAN international students (the band into which Indian students fall).

Counselor insight: Most Indian families anchor on the "without grant" column because it feels safer to skip a bond. But run the actual math first. On Computing, the grant saves you roughly Rs.13.7 lakh a year, or close to Rs.55 lakh across a four-year degree. If your career plan already involves working for a couple of years before an MS or MBA, a Singapore tech or finance job easily absorbs the 3-year bond, and the savings are real money, not a theoretical discount.

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Postgraduate coursework programs at NUS are billed as a total program fee, not a per-year fee, and the MOE Tuition Grant generally does not apply to self-funded taught Master's programs. Fees vary significantly by faculty, so treat the figures below as anchor points rather than a universal PG rate.

For MSc Computing, MSc Business Analytics, and other specialized Master's programs, fees typically fall in a similar Rs.35-55 lakh total-program band, but always confirm on the specific department's admissions page, as NUS does not publish one unified PG fee table.

For a wider comparison across NUS, NTU, and SMU Master's fees, see our MS in Singapore fees guide.

Counselor insight: Don't assume a one-year Master's is automatically cheaper than a two-year one elsewhere. An NUS MBA at Rs.75 lakh tuition plus roughly 17 months of Singapore living costs can land close to what a two-year European MBA costs once you add both years of rent and food. Compare total program cost, not tuition alone.

The Ministry of Education Tuition Grant is a Singapore government subsidy open to Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and international students, including Indians, enrolled full-time in an undergraduate program at NUS. It is not automatic for international students. You have to apply for it and formally accept it, usually as part of your admission or Tuition Grant Agreement process.

• Your fee drops to the "with grant" figures in the tables above.
• You commit to working for a Singapore-registered company for three years after graduation.
• Declining the grant means paying the full, non-subsidised fee with no bond obligation.

This decision point is exactly where most Indian applicants get stuck, since it depends on whether you plan to build a career in Singapore or return to India or move elsewhere. For a more profound look at how this trade-off plays out across Singapore's public universities, see our breakdown in Top 10 Cheapest Universities in Singapore.

See what our counselors say about financing NUS fees without the MOE bond if you are weighing the grant against other funding options like education loans.

Common mix-up: The ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship, which some students confuse with the general Tuition Grant, is not available to Indian nationals. It covers citizens of ASEAN member states only (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam), and India is not a member state. Indian students can still access the MOE Tuition Grant itself; they just cannot claim the ASEAN-specific scholarship track.

NUS fees for Indian students are only part of the annual budget. Add accommodation, food, transport, and health insurance, and the total picture changes meaningfully.

For a full room-by-room and month-by-month living cost breakdown, see Cost of Studying in Singapore for Indian Students and Cost of Living in Singapore.

Counselor insight: Students who rely on NUS or NTU hostel accommodation instead of private housing routinely save Rs. 40,000-70,000 a year. Apply for a hostel room the day you accept your offer. Waitlists close fast, and a late application usually means paying private-market rent for at least the first semester.

Several scholarships can bring your NUS fee down well below even the grant-subsidised rate, though most carry their own bond or service condition.

• NUS Science & Technology Undergraduate Scholarship: covers tuition plus a living allowance for eligible undergraduates.
• NUS Global Merit Scholarship / International Undergraduate Scholarship: offers partial to full tuition waivers based on academic merit; it often auto-considers applicants upon admission and sometimes extends offers to strong candidates who miss the top scholarship shortlist.
• Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA): for PhD research students, covers full tuition plus a monthly stipend, generally without a work bond.

For eligibility windows and how to apply, see our detailed guide: Scholarships in Singapore for Indian Students.

Undergraduate tuition is payable in two installments per academic year, one at the start of each semester. Postgraduate coursework fees are typically split across 3-4 semesters depending on the program's payment schedule.

On deadlines: the undergraduate application window for the AY2026/2027 intake (international qualifications, which covers CBSE, ISC, and state boards) ran from 3 December 2025 to 23 February 2026, and this window is now closed. Based on NUS's consistent yearly pattern, the AY2027/2028 window for August 2027 admission is expected to open around early December 2026 and close in late February 2027, but treat this information as indicative until NUS publishes the official AY2027/2028 dates.

If you missed this cycle's deadline, you have two realistic options. If your program offers a January graduate intake, consider applying for it, as several postgraduate programs have a second intake outside the August cycle. Alternatively, you can use the next twelve months to strengthen your application, take the IELTS/TOEFL if you haven't already, and apply for the following August cycle instead of rushing a weaker application now.

1. Decide on the MOE Tuition Grant early. It can cut your NUS fees by 30-45%, but only makes sense if a 3-year Singapore work bond fits your career plan.
2. Budget separately for tuition and living expenses. Living expenses alone add roughly Rs.9-11 lakh a year on top of whatever fee band you land in.
3. Confirm your exact program's fee and application deadline directly on NUS's official pages before budgeting, since fees are cohort-locked and postgraduate figures vary widely by faculty.

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