---
id: sgobs.education.foreign-service-scholarships.bond-period
kind: observation
title: "Overseas Foreign Service Scholarship bond by destination language category"
url: https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/observation/sgobs.education.foreign-service-scholarships.bond-period
language: en
evidence_status: final
collection_as_of: 2026-11-04
---

# Overseas Foreign Service Scholarship bond by destination language category

Both official pages state six years for English-speaking countries and five years for non-English-speaking countries. PSC separately lists a four-year bond for study in Singapore.

## Record details

- **Value type:** observation
- **Unit:** bond duration
- **Value:** 6 years for English-speaking countries; 5 years for non-English-speaking countries
- **Status:** final
- **Source revision:** MFA and PSC Foreign Service Scholarship pages rechecked 21 October 2026
- **Metric:** foreign service scholarships bond period (`sgmetric.education.foreign-service-scholarships-bond-period`)
- **Population:** Recipients of a Foreign Service Scholarship studying in an overseas destination under the published award terms
- **Denominator:** Bond duration is categorized by study-country language group; it is not a recipient count or a single duration for every study location
- **Geography:** [Singapore](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/geography/sg.geo.country.singapore)
- **Published:** 2026-10-09
- **Reference period:** MFA Foreign Service Scholarships page content update listed as 6 October 2026; PSC page updated 9 October 2026

## Sources

- [https://www.mfa.gov.sg/careers/foreign-service-scholarships/](https://www.mfa.gov.sg/careers/foreign-service-scholarships/) — Accessed 2026-10-21

## Explore connections

- Topics: [Foreign Service Scholarships](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.education.foreign-service-scholarships)
- Places: [Singapore](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/geography/sg.geo.country.singapore)

Dates describe this record’s own period and applicability. A verification date does not mean a rule is currently in force. An expanding collection. Published counts show available knowledge, not complete coverage of Singapore.