The fee hike works out to an annualised increase of 1.6 per cent.
But students in Architecture, Business, Dentistry, Law, Music, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy programmes face stiffer fee hikes of 6 per cent, or an annualised increase of 1.9 to 2.3 per cent.
Tuition fee for a law programme will be adjusted to $10,000, representing a 6 per cent increase or an annualised increase of 2.3 per cent, while the tuition fee for a medicine programme will be adjusted to $21,740, representing a 6 per cent increase or an annualised increase of 1.9 per cent.
NUS says with the exception of graduate courses offered by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, fees for the incoming AY2012/2013 intake of students for graduate coursework programmes will be adjusted upwards by 8 per cent.
The tuition fees for graduate coursework degrees offered by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy will be 15 per cent higher than the fees for the AY2011/2012 intake.
In subsequent years, the fees for the AY2012/2013 intake will be increased by 3 per cent annually for the remaining course duration.
Fees for the incoming AY2012/2013 intake of students for graduate research programmes will be adjusted upwards by 8 per cent, with the exception of Nursing.
The tuition fee for Nursing's graduate research courses remains unchanged.
In subsequent years, the fees for the AY2012 intake will be increased by 3 per cent annually for the remaining course duration.
Existing graduate students from the earlier intakes will also see an annual 3 per cent increase for the remaining course duration.
And as announced by the Government, with effect from the cohort of AY2012/2013, fees for Singapore Permanent Residents and International Students will be 32 per cent and 84 per cent higher than those for Singapore citizens respectively.
The Government had earlier announced that for the cohort of AY2011/2012, the fees for Singapore Permanent Residents and International Students will be 26 per cent and 72 per cent higher than those for Singapore citizens respectively.
The latest round of fee hiked has further sharpened the difference in fees between local and foreign students.
To help needy students, NUS says for the new Academic Year, it will be increasing its student financial aid by $4.5 million, which will bring the overall student financial aid to S$9.5 million.
- CNA/de
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