Germany established diplomatic relations with Singapore in the year of its independence. In November 2024, the Heads of Government of the two countries adopted a declaration on strategic partnership, along with a corresponding action plan, which aim to further deepen cooperation in various fields, most notably in the field of cutting-edge technologies.

Both states consider each other as important economic partners and also gateways to the EU and the ASEAN region respectively. Singapore hosts a number of trade fairs, at which German companies have a major presence.

A bilateral cultural agreement has been in place since 1990. Singapore is home to a branch of the Goethe-Institut (GI) and a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Information Point. The first overseas campus of a German university – the Technical University of Munich (TUM) – was set up in Singapore in 2002, while Fraunhofer Singapore, the first Asian affiliate of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, opened in 2017. The German European School Singapore – the largest German school abroad in Asia – celebrated its 50^th anniversary in 2021/2022.