Kwok Lee Cheng Study Award

Financial Aid Type: Bursaries & Study Awards, Donors
Nationality: Singapore Citizen, Permanent Resident
Student Type: Prospective Students, Current Students

About the Financial Award

Established in 2018, the Kwok Lee Cheng Study Award is available to full-time Yong Pung How School of Law undergraduates at the Singapore Management University.  It is aimed to encourage bright Law students to aspire for academic excellence in spite of adversity and financial hardship.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Full-time undergraduates from the Yong Pung How School of Law 
  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Good academic achievements
  • With demonstrated evidence of family financial hardships (gross monthly household income not exceeding the prevailing limit to qualify for government bursaries)
  • Preference for students with demonstrated commitment or involvement with community work, with a passion to help others.

Benefits

  • $8,000 per annum (towards annual subsidised tuition fees)
  • 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 

Selection will be on 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

This award is supported by the children of Mdm Kwok Lee Cheng to honour their mother.  Mdm Kwok is a homemaker who devoted her life to her family and children.  Her strength and wisdom as a mother created for her children a safe, secure but free environment in which to learn and flourish.  She lives a life of simplicity, integrity and kindness, inspiring them to do the same.  The donors wish, by this award, to encourage the recipients to live courageously and with compassion.

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