Varsities up tuition fees by 4% to 20%

From The Straits Times, Feb 14 2008.

NUS, NTU, SMU to cushion effect with more financial aid and ‘lock-in’ system

By Jane Ng

TUITION fees at the three local universities will go up by between 4 per cent and 20 per cent for the new batch of undergraduates entering in August.

But to cushion their effect, all the varsities will introduce more financial help schemes, as well as a ‘lock-in’ fee structure first pioneered by the Singapore Management University (SMU), where students pay a set fee and will not be affected by future increases.

NUS, NTU tuition fees to go up by 4%

From The Straits Times, Feb 13 2008

TUITION fees for the new intake of National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students will go up by 4 per cent in the new academic year to meet rising manpower and operating costs.

The increase is much higher for permanent residents and foreign students to reflect greater fee differentiation between local undergraduates and others at both universities.

The last time the universities raised their fees was in 2006 when tuition fees went up by three per cent.