NUS: Faculty of Law

Announcement of New Tuition Fee Structure

With effect from the 2008/2009 academic year (commencing August 2008), tuition fees for new students at NUS will be significantly higher than in previous years. This is due to the Singapore Ministry of Education progressively withdrawing subsidies for higher graduate education. The new fee structure will apply to all disciplines and programmes across the University, including Law.

The table below provides the newly-announced fee structure for Law programmes:

Singapore Citizens

Singapore Permanent Residents

All Other Students (i.e. foreign students)

LLM (General)

LLM (Corporate & Financial Services Law)

LLM (Intellectual Property & Technology Law)

LLM (International & Comparative Law)

Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law

S$5,890

S$6,480

S$14,730

LLM (Maritime Law)

LLM (Asian Legal Studies)

LLM (International Business Law)

Graduate Diploma in Maritime Law & Arbitration

S$10,000

For courses that are newly-established (i.e. the second category above), the fees are, on average, lower. This is to reflect the incentives given for these newly-started courses to become more firmly established. Overall, we recognise that the above fee structure is a significant increase over that in previous years. At the same time, the fees are still very competitive and significantly lower than that charged by leading law schools in other countries. Nevertheless, we are committed to assisting students with a variety of scholarships and grants, and will endeavour to extend these to as many deserving students as possible.