Kuok Foundation Singapore Awards: 2026 Status and Terms
At a glance
Q: What Kuok Foundation support is available for study at a Singapore public university?
A: Kuok Foundation publishes two routes for Malaysian citizens: a scholarship for eligible Tuition Grant-funded freshmen and a half-loan half-grant award for eligible prospective or current undergraduates.
TL;DR
The 2026 Singapore public-university cycle is closed. The scholarship is RM110,000 per annum and the half-loan half-grant award is up to RM110,000 per annum, both subject to revision. Kuok Foundation publishes no service bond, but the scholarship's compulsory MOE Tuition Grant has a separate three-year work obligation for relevant recipients.
Last reviewed: 19 July 2026. The current award page links a General Information PDF last updated January 2025, a How to Apply PDF last updated February 2025, and a Conditions and Procedures PDF last updated February 2026. This guide uses those documents without treating the older labels as proof that unpublished terms are unchanged.
Current cycle status
Kuok Foundation marks the Singapore public-university application closed. It publishes these 2026 dates:
- Online applications opened 20 January 2026.
- Online applications closed 20 February 2026.
- Printed application forms and supporting documents closed 27 February 2026.
All three dates have passed. The Foundation has not published the next Singapore cycle on the current page, so this guide does not roll the dates forward.
Two different award routes
Kuok Foundation Scholarship
The scholarship is only for freshmen who receive the Singapore Ministry of Education Tuition Grant. The Foundation publishes a value of RM110,000 per annum, subject to revision from time to time.
The current documents do not break that figure into tuition, living, accommodation, travel, insurance, or other components. They also do not publish payment dates, exchange-rate rules, direct-payment or reimbursement mechanics, treatment of repeated modules, or a guaranteed number of funded years.
Half-loan half-grant award
The half-loan half-grant route is available to eligible students applying for or currently pursuing a full-time first degree. Its published value is up to RM110,000 per annum, also subject to revision.
The name identifies both loan and grant components, but the public documents do not publish a worked annual split, interest rate, security, guarantor, currency-conversion method, repayment duration, early-repayment rule, hardship treatment, or default terms.
The General Information PDF says loan repayment is by monthly instalments. Repayment should begin six months after completion of studies or one month after the convocation or graduation ceremony, whichever is earlier.
