About the Financial Award
Established in 2024, the Justice Choor Singh Study Award is available to full-time undergraduates at the Singapore Management University. It aims to encourage bright undergraduates to aspire for academic excellence in spite of adversity and financial hardship.
Eligibility Criteria
- Full-time undergraduates enrolled in any degree programme
- Singapore Citizen
- With demonstrated evidence of family financial hardships (with gross monthly household per capita income in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries)
Benefits
- $8,000 per annum (towards subsidised tuition fee)
- Tenable for one year of study
- May be in concurrent receipt of a bursary for cash allowance, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria
Application
Shortlisting of candidates for consideration will be from the list of applicants applying for SMU-administered bursaries in the year of award.
Enquiries
Centre for Student Financial Assistance
Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Email: finasst@smu.edu.sg
About the Donor
Justice Choor Singh Sidhu in his early schooling years encountered financial difficulties but that did not deter him from topping his ‘O’ level examinations at Raffles Institution in 1929. Appointed as a district judge in 1960, he went on to become a judge of the Supreme Court in 1963. He was also known as a philanthropist and writer of books about Sikhism.
The Justice Choor Singh Study Award is established to reflect the late Justice Choor Singh’s philanthropic spirit and resilience, and his life story to serve as a source of inspiration for undergraduate students to aspire for academic excellence in spite of adversity and financial hardship.
