The key differences between the PSC Scholarships and other Ministry scholarships lie in the leadership/talent development programme and career pathway.

Most PSC Scholarship holders* are emplaced on the Public Service Leadership Programme (PSLP) General Phase, where they will be rotated across 2-3 sectors within the first 8 years of their career. In contrast, the development for Ministry scholarship holders is more focused within the specific ministry / sector at the start of their career. They will embark on their agency’s talent development programme, and future deployments also tend to be within that sector.

Prospective applicants may look up the different types of scholarships on the PSC website or the respective agency’s website and compare the career pathways, the work they do and other factors (such as course of study, country of study etc) to make an informed decision based on their career aspirations.

As scholarships are essentially about your career decision, you should look into the career, sector and organisation that you hope to work in before applying for the relevant scholarships.

*except for scholarship holders on the Judicial Service, Legal Service, Medicine/Dentistry and SAF and SPF.