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Best 4 Universities in Singapore for Psychology Programme

Psychology is one of the most popular areas to study at University. Several universities and colleges in Singapore provide Bachelor, Master and PhD programmes in Psychology and cover a wide range of specialisations.

There are four universities in Singapore reputed for their remarkable psychology programmes and offer research facilities for studying perception, developmental psychology, cognition, and behavioural neuroscience.

National University of Singapore (NUS)

National University of Singapore is the first autonomous and research university in Singapore. It is a leading global university also a premier university in Asia. NUS remains the world top 100 universities in all world reputed university ranking systems.

NUS Psychology Ranking
NUS Psychology Ranking

NUS offers six psychology programmes, below are the details of each programme and tuition fee.

NUS Psychology Programme and Tuition Fees

Programme International Tuition Fees (with MOE grant) international Tuition Fees Intakes Duration
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology $17,550 $29,850 Aug, Jan 3 years full time
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Psychology $17,550 $29,850 Aug, Jan 4 years full time
Master of Psychology (Clinical) N.A $36,800 Aug 2 year full time
Master of Social Sciences in Psychology by Research N.A $35,450 Aug 3 year full time
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology by Research $20,350 $36,800 Aug 4- 5 years full time
Doctor of Clinical Psychology N.A $35,480 Aug 4 - 5 years full time
All fees listed are Tuition fees per YEAR in Singapore Dollars inclusive of local tax (GST) and apply for the 2019/2020 academic year

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

Nanyang Technological University is the second-largest university in Singapore. It is established in 1955 as former Nanyang University, and formed as NTU after the merge with National Institution of Education.

NTU Psychology Ranking
NTU Psychology Ranking

NTU offers eight psychology programmes, below are the details of each programme and tuition fee.

NTU Psychology Programme and Tuition Fees

Programme International Tuition Fees (with government grant) international Tuition Fees Intakes Duration
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and Psychology (Double Major (Honours)) $17,550 $31,970 Aug, Jan 4 years full time
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Psychology $17,550 $31,970 Aug, Jan 4 years full time
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology $17,550 $31,970 Aug, Jan 4 year full time
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology / Linguistics and Multilingual Studies $17,550 $31,970 Aug, Jan 4 year full time
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Media Analytics $17,750 $31,970 Aug, Jan 4 years full time
Master of Arts (Applied Psychology) $19,250 $38,300 Jan 1 year full time
Master of Arts in Psychology (By Research) $4,093 $35,850 Jan 2 - 3 years full time
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology $19,250 $35,850 Jan 2 - 5 years full time
All fees listed are Tuition fees per YEAR in Singapore Dollars inclusive of local tax (GST) and apply for the 2019/2020 academic year

James Cook University Singapore

James Cook University Singapore is the only private university in Singapore and offering PhD programmes and Doctor of Psychology. The psychology teaching and research facilities are excellent here, and JCU Singapore also offers a psychology clinic.

Due to JCU Singapore managing their institutions and providing an outstanding quality of education and welfare for their students, it received the 1st Singapore Education Trust Certification Star Rating (Edu Trust Star) in 2015. This award is the highest level of award in the non-public university sector, and JCU Singapore obtains it again in 2019.

Internationally, James Cook University continuously rank top world-widely.

JCU Singapore offers six psychology programmes, below are the details of each programme and tuition fees.

Programmes Domestic Tuition Fees International Tuition Fees Intakes Duration
Diploma of Higher Education (Majoring in Psychological Science) $19,260 $20,116 Mar, Jul, Nov 8 months full time
Bachelor of Psychological Science $28,890 $30,174 Mar, Jul, Nov 2 years full time
Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) $25,145 $26,001 Mar, Jul, Nov 1 year full time
Graduate Diploma of Psychology $20,865 $21,507 Mar, Jul, Nov 1 year full time
Master of Psychology (Clinical) $32,100 N.A Mar 2 years full time
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) $31,592 N.A Mar 4 years full time
All fees listed are tuition fees per YEAR in Singapore Dollars inclusive of local tax (GST) and apply for the 2019/2020 academic year

Singapore Management University (SMU)

Singapore Management University is established in 2000, It is Singapore’s third autonomous university. Although SMU is a young university less than 20 years of history, it already at the forefront of world reputed university ranking systems. 

SMU ranked 151-200th for QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019: Psychology 151 – 200th.

SMU offers three psychology programmes, below are the details of each programme and tuition fee.

SMU Psychology Programme and Tuition Fees

Programme International Tuition Fees (with government grant/bond) international Tuition Fees Intakes Duration
Bachelor in Social Science (Psychology) $24,500 $44,510 Aug 4 year full time
Master of Philosophy in Psychology N.A $34,132.50 Aug 2 years full time
PhD in Psychology $10,975 $17,067 Aug 4 years full time
All fees listed are tuition fees per YEAR in Singapore Dollars inclusive of local tax (GST) and apply for the 2019/2020 academic year