Counsellor Education
SAC considers counsellor education as well as continual professional development important parts of the counselling ecosystem in Singapore. There are many institutions that offer counselling courses in Singapore. Institutions are welcome to submit suitably designed counselling courses they offer to formal reviews by SAC. However, these submissions are voluntary in nature.
SAC Counsellors Education Board conducts periodical review on postgraduate counselling programmes delivered in Singapore that prepares one to become a professional counsellor. Each of these programmes must offer a minimum of one hundred (100) hours of practicum with ten (10) hours of clinical supervision. Upon graduating from any SAC Recognised Programme, an individual who completes a minimum of six hundred (600) postgraduate clinical hours and sixty (60) supervision hours will qualify to apply for SAC Registered Counsellor status.
The validity of the course recognition period refers to the commencement date for the programme, i.e. students who commenced on the recognised programme during the recognition period will be considered to have completed a SAC recognised programme even if the completion/conferment date has passed the course recognition period.
The full list of our recognised programmes is reproduced below (as of 02 May 2025). Individuals who are interested can approach the institutions directly for more information.
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COURSE TITLE |
VALIDITY PERIOD |
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Asian Pastoral Institute |
Master of Arts in Counselling & Community Work |
29 Sep 2024 – 28 Sep 2026 |
https://api.edu.sg |
Graduate Diploma in Counselling |
22 Jan 2025 – 21 Jan 2027 |
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College of Allied Educators Pte Ltd |
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology |
31 Jan 2023 – 30 Jan 2025 |
www.cae.edu.sg |
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Counselling and Care Centre |
Graduate Diploma in Counselling Practice |
24 Mar 2023 – 23 Mar 2025 |
www.counsel.org.sg |
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James Cook University Singapore |
Master of Guidance and Counselling |
1 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2029 |
www.jcu.edu.sg |
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Monash University through Kaplan Singapore |
Master of Counselling |
1 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2023 |
www.kaplan.com.sg |
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National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Master of Arts (Counselling and Guidance) |
1 May 2024 – 30 Apr 2028 |
www.nie.edu.sg/macg |
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Singapore Bible College |
Master of Arts in Counselling (MAC) |
20 Apr 2023 – 19 Apr 2026 |
www.sbc.edu.sg |
Master of Arts in Counselling (Chinese Programme) |
26 Feb 2024 – 25 Feb 2026 |
www.sbc.edu.sg |
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Singapore Islamic Scholars & Religious Teachers Association (Pergas) |
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling (Pergas) |
25 Sep 2023 – 24 Sep 2025 |
www.pergas.org.sg |
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Singapore University of Social Sciences |
Master in Counselling |
1 May 2021 – 30 Apr 2025 |
www.suss.edu.sg |
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TCA College |
Master of Arts in Counselling |
1 May 2021 – 30 Apr 2025 |
www.tca.edu.sg |
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Flinders University through Executive Counselling and Training Academy Pte Ltd (ECTA) |
Master of Counselling |
4 Jan 2024 – 3 Jan 2026 |
www.ecta.edu.sg |
