EDB Scholarship: 2026 Profile
TL;DR
This profile summarises eligibility, what’s covered, and bond/terms—verify the latest details on the sponsor’s official page before applying.
Sponsor: Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)Bond: Bond 4-6 YearsOverseas: Exchange / Attachment Possible
03 Oct 2025, 21:20 Z
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Q: What does EDB Scholarship: 2026 Profile cover?
A: Full-term and mid-term coverage, overseas development pathways, and bond expectations for the Singapore Economic Development Board's flagship scholarship.
TL;DR This profile summarises eligibility, what’s covered, and bond/terms—verify the latest details on the sponsor’s official page before applying.
Scholarship Snapshot
- Status: Application Cycle Closed (next intake opens Oct 2025; last verified 2025-10-03)
- Official Listing: EDB Scholarship — Singapore Economic Development Board
- Who It Targets: Singapore Citizens/PRs committed to driving national economic strategy through account management, industry development, and policy roles at EDB
- Eligibility: All-rounded leadership profile, strong critical thinking and communications, and tenacity to deliver outcomes for Singapore's economy; discipline flexibility excluding Law, Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy
- Tenable Institutions: Overseas universities in the US, UK, Europe, China, Japan and other approved destinations; mid-term scholars may remain at local universities with sponsored overseas attachments
- Bond: 6 years for overseas full-term pathways; 5–6 years for non-English speaking destinations; 4–5 years for mid-term scholars (depending on remaining duration and overseas components)
Award Components
- Tuition & Fees:
- Full-term scholars receive full overseas tuition, examination, and compulsory fees throughout their undergraduate programme.
- Mid-term scholars are reimbursed retroactively for fees already paid and have remaining tuition covered by EDB.
- Sponsored Master's studies can be added post-graduation, subject to EDB approval.
- Allowances: Living allowances from programme commencement (or point of award for mid-term recipients) covering accommodation, meals, and daily expenses.
- Development Exposure: Funding for summer schools, language immersion, foreign language classes, and other overseas development programmes to build global fluency.
- Foreign Language Development Programme: Intensive language training at premier institutes in Singapore and subsequent immersion overseas for languages such as Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, French, and German.
- Internships: Penultimate-year applicants must complete an EDB Summer Internship Programme placement before scholarship consideration; performance feeds directly into selection.
