This paper explores the process of transnational institutional matching between elite
institutions in Singapore and Great Britain, and the role of state-sponsored
scholarships in enabling this process as political and administrative elites are
selected and groomed. Using data gathered from in-depth interviews conducted with
Singaporean undergraduates studying at Oxbridge and a dataset compiled of the
institutional origins of 580 Singaporean government scholars, the analysis illustrates
how students are being matched from two Singaporean junior colleges to Oxbridge
and back to the higher strata of the Singaporean Public Service. We show that the
educational trajectories of these government scholars need to be addressed in
relation to the informational capital acquired in specific elite schools as well as the
governing roles these individuals are meant to obtain within the state upon
graduation.