Programme fees indicated here apply to students entering NAFA in the academic year of 2024, with studies commencing on 5 August 2024. All annual fees are based on 120 credits per year. The cost for additional credits taken will be chargeable at yearly programme fees divided by 120 credits of the programme.

^{^} Fees are inclusive of board and lodging for the 7-week residential study visit.

^# Fees payable for Singapore Citizens & Singapore Permanent Residents with Tuition Grant are net of GST subsidy

^## Fees are inclusive of prevailing GST.

Fees for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Design Practice, Fine Art, Performance Making, Biophilic Design and Contemporary Chinese Theatres include the final-year graduation show fee.

All subsidised Singapore Citizen (SC) and Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) students studying the MOE-subsidised full-time diploma and degree programmes at NAFA will enjoy GST subsidy provisions on tuition fees and tuition grant. NAFA will make necessary adjustments to ensure that the subsidised SC and PR students are billed accordingly, to reflect GST subsidy on both their fees payable and tuition grant.

Tuition fees are payable by semester, twice yearly. Fees listed exclude airfares. The academy reserves the right to modify the rules & regulations, programme contents, class schedule and fee structures without prior notice.

Undergraduate programmes offered by NAFA are funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) and exempted from the Fee Protection Scheme under the Edutrust requirements of the Committee for Private Education (CPE)

Fees for AY 2024 are approved by the Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE)

Tuition Grants

Eligible Singapore Citizens who are enrolled in the full-time MOE-funded degree programmes will be automatically awarded a Tier A Tuition Grant, which is the highest level of tuition fee subsidy, Singapore Citizens thus pay the lowest tuition fees. There is no bond obligation.

Eligible Singapore Permanent Residents (SPRs) who are enrolled in the full-time MOE-funded degree programmes may choose to apply for a Tier B Tuition Grant only. Successful applicants are required to work for a Singapore entity for three years upon graduation.

Students who had attended MOE-funded degree programmes but did not graduate from the programme will have to pay the non-subsidised fees for the semesters when they are no longer eligible for Tuition Grant. However, students who have graduated from local universities (NUS, NTU, SMU, SIT, SUSS and SUTD) or LASALLE College of the Arts degree programmes are no longer eligible for the Tuition Grant and will have to pay the full programme fees for their study at the academy.

SPRs who applied for the grant successfully are required to execute a Tuition Grant Agreement with the Government of Singapore, represented by the Ministry of Education (MOE). NAFA will guide matriculated students with their application for the Tuition Grant. It is, however, the student’s responsibility to complete the process of the Tuition Grant Agreement within the deadline set by the MOE. SPRs and international students who do not fulfil the obligations, or do not complete serving their Tuition Grant bonds will be required to pay liquidated damages. Liquidated damages will be computed based on the prevailing Tuition Grant (as advised by MOE) received during the programme of study, plus 10% compounded interest per annum.

There is no Tuition Grant available for international students.

To find out more about the MOE Tuition Grant Scheme, please refer to: https://tgonline.moe.gov.sg

Application Fee

Application fee (inclusive of GST) is non-refundable and payable upon programme application. NAFA reserves the right to withdraw the applications if the application fee remains unpaid and documents are not received by the due date.

Application fee is inclusive of prevailing GST.

Other Fees

Fees are inclusive of prevailing GST.

Fee Protection Scheme

NAFA adopts a mandatory Fee Protection Scheme(FPS) to protect the paid fees of both local and international students for RCM conferred Master Degree programmes. The Undergraduate programmes, Diploma programmes and Nafa Foundation Programme offered by NAFA are funded by Singapore’s Ministry of Education (MOE) and exempted from the Fee Protection Scheme under the Edutrust requirements of the Committee for Private Education (CPE).

NAFA has appointed Etiqa Insurance Pte Ltd as our FPS insurance provider. Under the FPS insurance scheme, students’ fees will be insured by the insurer pre-assigned by NAFA. If the institution is unable to continue operating, the protection scheme protects the unconsumed programme fees paid by students.

More details of the FPS can also be found in the FPS Instruction Manual, available at www.ssg.gov.sg/cpe/pei.html.

Fee Protection Scheme Certificate

Etiqa Insurance Pte Ltd
The policy is valid from 15 Oct 2022 to 14 Oct 2023. To view the certificate, please click here.

Medical Insurance

All NAFA students in the NAFA Foundation Programme, Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree programmes are covered under a group medical insurance scheme that includes Hospital & Surgical coverage (GHS) and Personal Accident coverage (GPA).

The GHS plan covers the necessary and reasonable medical expenses incurred as a result of hospitalization and/or surgery arising from illness or injury, as charged in B2 ward in Singapore Government / Singapore Government Restructured Hospitals and up to $30,000 per policy year.

The GPA serves as a protection against death or permanent disablement resulting from accidental causes.

Please call the Office of Student Care at 6512 6140 or email [email protected] for enquiries regarding medical insurance.