About the Financial Award
Established in 2023, the Yong Pung How Law Access Award is available to full-time undergraduates from the Yong Pung How School of Law at the Singapore Management University. It is aimed to providing greater access to legal education for aspiring law students from financially challenged backgrounds.
Eligibility Criteria
- Full-time first year undergraduates from the Yong Pung How School of Law enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws programme
- Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- With demonstrated family financial difficulties (with gross monthly household per capita income in accordance with prevailing guidelines to qualify for government bursaries)
Benefits
- 100% annual subsidised tuition fees (Term 1 and Term 2)
- Tenable for up to four years of study, subject to the recipient’s continued observance of the eligibility criteria and the terms and conditions of award.
- May be in concurrent receipt of another 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
The Yong Pung How Law Access Award is generously gifted to SMU by Mrs Yong Wei Woo, wife of the late Dr Yong Pung How, who expressed, “My family and I are deeply honoured by the naming of the SMU law school after my late husband. He had been closely associated with SMU and with the law school since its founding years, and proud of its rapid development. We are delighted to be able to make this gift to continue his good deeds in nurturing young law undergraduates, developing quality faculty and supporting the acceleration of legal research in growing areas of critical importance.”
The late Dr Yong Pung How and his family have been close friends of the University since its early years. SMU remains indebted to Dr Yong for his leadership and guidance as Pro-Chancellor and subsequently Chancellor, and for the critical role he played in establishing SMU’s law school. As the Founding Chairman of the law school’s Advisory Board, he was instrumental in the development of the School and its curriculum, and was directly involved in recruitment and retention of high quality law faculty.
Beyond offering his professional experience, Dr Yong had also contributed greatly to support SMU’s students and faculty through the establishment of the Yong Pung How Professorship of Law in 2007, the Yong Pung How Bursary in Law in 2013 and the Yong Pung How Bursary in 2016.
