SkillsFuture Mid-Career Training Allowance

Who qualifies

• Organisation types: Natural person (worker, trainee, founder).
• All Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above.
• Only individuals with earned income in the latest 12 months before course start date (full-time), or before course start date or the training allowance application date, whichever is later (part-time), are eligible.
• Maximum of 24 months of training allowance over a lifetime, across full-time and part-time training.
• Full-time eligible courses: full-time SkillsFuture Career Transition Programmes; full-time Full Qualifications up to undergraduate degree level offered by the Institutes of Higher Learning; full-time MOE-subsidised Full Qualifications up to undergraduate degree level offered by the University of the Arts Singapore and Arts Institutions.
• Part-time eligible courses: part-time SCTP; part-time Full Qualifications up to undergraduate degree level offered by the Institutes of Higher Learning, and micro-credentials stackable to those Full Qualifications.
• Must meet monthly attendance or training requirements, depending on the course.

What it funds

• Employee training, upskilling, course fees

Recorded cap: S$3,000.

Full-time allowance is 50% of average earned monthly income (government records) over the latest 12 months before course start, with a minimum of $300 and a maximum of $3,000 per month; part-time allowance is a flat $300 per month. Eligible individuals can tap a maximum of 24 months of training allowance over their lifetime.

Payment: Direct one-off cash payout (e.g. IRAS-administered payouts).

How to apply

Identify an eligible course on MySkillsFuture (filter under Featured Initiatives for "SkillsFuture Mid-Career Training Allowance (Full-Time)" and/or "(Part-Time)"), then submit the training allowance application online via Singpass login.

The checklist supplies the eligibility, enrolment, submission, three-day acceptance and monthly-attendance sequence, but states no applicant document list or processing time.

1. Verify training-allowance eligibility through the Training Allowance portal
2. Enrol in the preferred course with the training provider through its separate enrolment process
3. Submit an accurate training-allowance application online via Singpass
4. If approved, accept the offer within three calendar days of the offer email
5. Meet the monthly minimum attendance requirement to receive the following month's allowance

Before applying

• Must have earned income in the latest 12 months before the course start date (full-time) or before the course start date or application date, whichever is later (part-time)

Claiming support

Allowance is paid for a qualifying month after the monthly minimum attendance requirement is met.

Contact: SkillsFuture Mid-Career Training Allowance FAQ and WhatsApp chat on MySkillsFuture

Application window: Applications are open for both full-time and part-time training allowance. Part-time training allowance took effect 1 March 2026 with applications opening 9 February 2026.