Medical Careers and Residency in Singapore

Medical Careers

MOH Holdings (MOHH) is the common employer of all junior doctors in Singapore, and also runs the national Residency application and matching process.

MOHH typically visits the major cities in Australia and New Zealand twice each year (March and July/August) to hold information sessions on medical career pathways in Singapore. Employment interviews are generally held in July/August.

For more information about a medical career in Singapore and the employment application process, visit the MOHH Website for more.
For any queries, please contact physician@mohh.com.sg.

HO/MO Information

2026 Recruitment Information

1. Timeline: Interested candidates should send CVs to physician@mohh.com.sg by May’26
2. Documents: CV (which should be emailed in), further documentation will be advised if necessary
3. Interview:
   • Approximately 20 minutes
   • Clinical in nature: expected to discuss common clinical cases seen in Singapore as well as candidates’ personal encounters

For any further enquiries, please email into physician@mohh.com.sg

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Residency

Postgraduate specialist medical training in Singapore has now transitioned to a Residency system. Training programs are run by the three Sponsoring Institutions (SIs) listed below. The application and matching process is administered by MOH Holdings (MOHH).

Sponsoring Institutions (SI) are groups of hospitals that offer the various Residency training programmes. Presently there are three sponsoring Institutions:

Singapore Health Services
Singapore General Hospital
Changi General Hospital
​KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Sengkang Health

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National University Health System
National University Hospital
Jurong General Hospital
St Luke’s Hospital
Raffles Medical Group

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National Healthcare Group
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
​​Institute of Mental Health
National Skin Centre
National Healthcare Group Polyclinics

SMSANZ Residency Open Houses
SMSANZ partners with these three Sponsoring Institutions to organise Residency Open Houses/Career Fairs in Singapore during the summer holidays in January each year (subject to change). This caters to the academic calendar of medical students studying in Australia and New Zealand who are unable to attend the events for local students in Singapore.
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