SLA Undergraduate Scholarship: 2025 Profile
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TL;DR\ The SLA Undergraduate Scholarship funds a local or overseas degree, provides attachments across land administration, geospatial innovation, and estate management, then launches you into a multi-year public service career shaping Singapore's land resources.
Scholarship Snapshot
- Status: Application Cycle Closed (last checked 18 Feb 2025)
- Official Listing: SLA Undergraduate Scholarship
- Who It Targets: A-Level, IB, and NUS High graduates keen to steward state land, cadastre, and geospatial innovation within the public sector
- Eligibility: Excellent academics, strong leadership, and alignment with SLA's mission to optimise land for nation-building
- Tenable Institutions: NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU, SUTD, and approved overseas universities
- Bond: Four years for local study; five to six years for overseas programmes
Award Components
- Full tuition and compulsory university fees, inclusive of approved overseas exchange or double-degree arrangements
- Maintenance allowance, hostel subsidy, and book grants throughout the course
- Pre-studies allowance, return airfare, and settling-in grants for overseas scholars
- Internships, job shadowing, and project attachments across key SLA divisions (Land Operations, Survey & Geomatics, Corporate Planning, Geospatial)
- Leadership development via the Public Service Leadership Programme (PSLP) pipeline and cross-agency postings
- Sponsored professional certifications (e.g. geospatial analytics, valuation, project management) aligned with your role
Eligibility Highlights
- Singapore Citizen with outstanding academic track record and a passion for land stewardship, urban development, or geospatial technology
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills to work with government agencies, developers, and community partners
- Analytical mindset comfortable with policy design, data interpretation, and infrastructural project evaluation
- Willingness to learn about cadastral law, land policies, and smart nation initiatives such as GeoWorks and OneMap
- Demonstrated leadership and public service values through CCAs, internships, or community initiatives
Application Roadmap
- Select degree programmes relevant to SLA (real estate, geospatial science, engineering, business, law, data science).
- Submit scholarship and university applications, preparing essays and references that highlight nation-building motivations.
- Undergo aptitude tests, assessment centres, and interviews that test policy sense, ethical reasoning, and stakeholder empathy.
- Shortlisted candidates may complete internships or job shadows before embarking on full-time studies.
- Review the bond terms, rotation plans, and professional development roadmap before signing the scholarship deed.
- Maintain contact with SLA's talent office during studies, aligning internships, overseas exchange, and coursework with operational needs.
Preparation Playbook
- Keep abreast of land policy developments such as brownfield redevelopment, subterranean space planning, and digital cadastre initiatives.
- Practise case interviews analysing land allocation dilemmas, conservation, or tenancy management.
- Build geospatial literacy (GIS, remote sensing, data visualisation) to strengthen technical credibility.
- Network with SLA officers or scholars through public service career fairs and LinkedIn groups.
- Plan how overseas exposure or double majors will support SLA's strategic agenda, documenting the value proposition for approval.
- Develop a post-graduation roadmap that includes professional accreditation (e.g. Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers) and cross-agency assignments.
