Republic Polytechnic (RP) provides students with bursaries to help with education and/or living expenses. Apart from government-funded bursaries, RP, together with our philanthropic partners, offers a host of other bursaries.
The bursaries RP offers fall under two broad categories, namely:
- Government Funded
- Private Donors
General Eligibility Criteria
- Full-time Diploma students
- Singapore Citizen
- Not a recipient of a full scholarship or sponsorship*
- For diploma students: Gross Monthly Household Per Capita Income (PCI) ≤ $2,500 or Gross Monthly Household Income (GHI) ≤ $10,000
- For Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP) students: PCI ≤ $750 or GHI ≤ $3,000
If a student wishes to be considered for government-funded bursary, an application must be submitted in each academic year. This is regardless of the student's eligibility in the previous academic year(s) (if applicable).
*Students who receive Mendaki Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS) are eligible to apply for government-funded bursary.
Income Criteria
| Government Funded Bursary | Income Range | Quantum Per Academic Year |
|---|
Diploma Foundation Programme Bursary (DFPB)
Higher Education Community Bursary Tier 1 (HECB Tier 1)
| $0 ≤ PCI ≤ $750
or
$0 ≤ GHI ≤ $3,000 | $1,300 (For PFP students awarded DFPB)
$2,950
|
| Higher Education Community Bursary Tier 2 (HECB Tier 2) | $751 ≤ PCI ≤ $1,100
or
$3,001 ≤ GHI ≤ $4,400 | $2,600 |
| Higher Education Bursary Tier 1 (HEB Tier 1) | $1,101 ≤ PCI ≤ $1,875 or
$4,401 ≤ GHI ≤ $7,500 | $2,000 |
| Higher Education Bursary Tier 2 (HEB Tier 2) | $1,876 ≤ PCI ≤ $2,500
or
$7,501 ≤ GHI ≤ $10,000 | $900 |
Assessment of Eligibility for Bursary
- The Household Means Eligibility System (HOMES) is used to assess an applicant's family income for bursary application.
- Consent is required by HOMES for the extraction of income and household information from various government sources (e.g. CPF, IRAS, ICA etc.) for income assessment.
- HOMES Ops officer will contact an applicant if there are changes in the applicant's household structure and/or employment of family members.
Note:
- As a bursary is intended to cover the entire academic year,
students who are awarded a bursary in Semester 1, are not eligible to
apply for bursary again in Semester 2.
- For private bursaries, there may be other eligibility criteria specified by the sponsor.
Advisory on Bursary Application for Newly Enrolled Students (Full-Time Diploma and PFP Students) (Important)
To access Financial Assistance, Scholarship System (FAST) for bursary application, new students are required to complete Step 1 to Step 3.
Complete Step 4 for laptop configuration for access to RP intranet, RP LEO and RP SA.
Step 1: Download SNApp.
Step 2: Acknowledge IT Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Students are required to do this step to activate their accounts.
Step 3: Reset Password.
Step 4: Laptop Configuration.
For Guide on Onboarding and Self-Configuration (Guide A): click here
- Perform the configuration when you receive an email from Help-IT@rp.edu.sg with the following subject "Preparation of laptop use in RP".
- For IT-related queries, email Help-IT@rp.edu.sg or call 66971500 (Daily: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm).