🎓 AI Talent Pipeline

Singapore's full-spectrum AI talent system — from students to PhDs, beginners to experts, covering every stage of the AI career path.

🎯 AI Apprenticeship Programme (AIAP)

🟢 Recruiting

Singapore's flagship AI engineering programme — full-time immersive training, with apprentices working alongside mentors on real AI projects.

9 months / 6 months
Duration
SGD 4,000/month
Stipend
22+ cohorts
Cohorts to date
90%+
Placement rate
  • Full-time immersive AI engineering training
  • Work on real AI Singapore projects
  • Living stipend provided
  • Batch 23 currently recruiting
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💻 Learners AI Development Programme (LADP)

🟢 Open for applications

16-week hands-on programme — teams of 2-4 build AI projects; designed for learners with some technical background.

16 weeks
Duration
2-4 people
Team size
SGD 3,600
Fee (post-citizen subsidy)
  • Build AI projects in collaborative teams
  • Mentor guidance
  • SkillsFuture Credit eligible
  • Intake 9 currently open
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🎓 PhD Fellowship Programme

Funds outstanding PhD candidates pursuing frontier AI research at top Singapore universities. Open to all nationalities.

4 years
Maximum funding period
SGD 6,700/month
Monthly stipend
None
Nationality requirement
  • PhD studies at NUS, NTU, SMU or SUTD
  • Collaborate with AI Singapore research teams
  • Generous living stipend
  • Open to all nationalities
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⚡ Accelerated Masters Programme (AMP)

Fast track from undergraduate to master’s, designed for Singapore citizens. Launched in 2024.

2024
Launch year
Undergraduates
Target audience
Singapore citizens
Nationality requirement
  • Fast track from bachelor’s to master’s
  • Singapore citizens only
  • Partnership with top universities
  • First cohort launched in 2024

📚 LearnAI / AI for Industry

Online AI courses for learners at every level — from beginner to advanced, eligible for SkillsFuture subsidies.

Self-paced online
Course format
SkillsFuture Credit eligible
Subsidy
  • Covers beginner to advanced
  • AI for Everyone / AI for Industry series
  • SkillsFuture Credit eligible
  • Flexible online learning
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🏆 National AI Student Challenge (NAISC)

National AI challenge for students, designed to spark AI innovation among the next generation.

2,000+
Participants
7
Tracks
  • Open to primary, secondary and tertiary students
  • 7 distinct tracks
  • 2,000+ participants
  • Builds hands-on AI capability
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🥇 International Olympiad in AI (IOAI)

Singapore will host the International Olympiad in AI in 2027, bringing together top young AI talent from around the world.

2027
Host year
Singapore
Location
  • World’s premier youth AI competition
  • Singapore’s first time hosting
  • Domestic qualifier in 2026

🏫 AI Singapore Goes to School / TWA+

Brings AI education into primary and secondary schools; TWA+ trains teachers to deliver AI lessons.

Primary and secondary schools
Coverage
TWA+
Teacher training
  • Brings AI education to younger students
  • Boosts teacher AI literacy (TWA+)
  • Cultivates the next generation of AI natives

Source: AI Singapore. Programme details and intake status are best confirmed on the official website.