Programs

MOE Singapore scholarship that brings students from ASEAN countries to study at selected Singapore secondary schools or junior colleges, leading to the GCE A-Level or a similar qualification.

• Sec 3
• No fee

Singapore's oldest music competition, a biennial event funded by the National Arts Council and organised by the Singapore Symphony Group, for pianists and violinists aged 25 and below.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

An undergraduate scholarship under MOE's Singapore Teaching and Academic Research Talent (START) scheme for young Singaporeans who want an academic career at a local autonomous university (NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD, SIT or SUSS).

• JC2
• No fee

An annual five-day event at Singapore Polytechnic where secondary school students learn new software development skills and apply them in a group hackathon.

• Sec 3 – Sec 4
• Cost not published

An MOE scholarship awarded in Pre-University 1 to Singapore citizens admitted to the French, German, Japanese or Spanish Language Elective Programme at MOE Language Centre, giving two years of support.

• Sec 4 – JC1
• Cost not published

Singapore's premier creative writing competition in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, established by the National Arts Council in 1993 to discover new writers. There is no age limit, so secondary and JC students can enter.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

The 21st annual Nanyang Technological University Model UN conference, one of the largest in Southeast Asia, with 14 physical and 2 virtual councils including beginner-friendly committees.

• Sec 3 – JC2
• Cost not published

Singapore's largest student-run 24-hour hackathon, organised by NUS Hackers: no problem statements and no theme, build whatever you want, with a prize for all-pre-university teams.

• Sec 3 – JC2
• Cost not published

Singapore's national cybersecurity olympiad for secondary and JC students, modelled on the International Cybersecurity Olympiad (ICO) and run annually by NUS School of Computing's CeNCE.

• Sec 3 – JC2
• Cost not published

An A*STAR award for outstanding Singaporean Secondary 3/4 students on MOE's Science Mentorship Programme: a one-year allowance plus the 3-day STEM Ignite research exposure programme at A*STAR institutes.

• Sec 3 – Sec 4
• No fee

An upper-secondary biology olympiad that gives students an early taste of the SBO and IBO experience, with a theory round and a practical round for top schools.

• Sec 3 – Sec 4
• Cost not published

Science Centre Singapore's national inter-school STEM championship for Secondary 3 students (formerly the National Science Challenge), revamped in 2026 into a game-style format.

• Sec 3
• Cost not published