Frequently asked questions (FAQs) for Admissions

Under our implied choice scheme, if you apply for any programme with a second major, you will also be considered for its corresponding programme with no second major, in a manner succeeding any of the 1st to 5th choices if selected in the application form, and if the programme has not been earlier selected as one of the five choices. For example, an applicant indicated 1st choice Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering with a second major in Food Science & Technology, 2nd choice Mechanical Engineering and no other choices. This applicant will be considered for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering with a second major in Food Science & Technology, Mechanical Engineering, followed by Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. If the applicant wishes to be considered for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering over Mechanical Engineering, they should indicate Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering as the second choice. To find out more about this scheme, click here.

You should apply under the application group that corresponds to your high school qualification. Once you’re in the portal, indicate Arts (Academic Discipline & Education) and/or Science (Academic Discipline & Education) as one of your choices and complete the online “Application for Teacher” form to the Ministry of Education before the closing date.

No. The method to compute your UAS will depend on the year you sat for your GCE A-Level examinations and the year of your university application.

For university admission in Academic Year 2027:
If you sat the GCE A-Level examination in 2024 or earlier, your Project Work (PW), as well as H1 and H2 content-based subject grades will be used to compute your UAS. You can offer H2 Knowledge & Inquiry (KI) instead of H1 General Paper (GP) and H1 content-based subject for your UAS computation. We will compute your UAS using the 90-point scale and proportionately weigh that to the 70-point scale.

For Academic Year 2028 university admission:
Regardless of the year of GCE A-Level examination, your UAS will be computed using the 70-point scale.

In addition, your PW grade will not be considered. We will consider you to have met the requirement for university admission if you present a pass grade in PW. If you have previously offered H2 KI instead of H1 GP, we will consider the H2 KI grade as your H1 GP grade in your UAS computation.

Yes. You have to offer four content-based A-Level subjects of which at least three must be H2 subjects, and at least one must be a contrasting subject from outside your area of specialisation (i.e., subject from the Mathematics & Science domain for students in the Arts stream, and subject from the Humanities & Arts domain for students in the Science stream) that may be offered at either H1 or H2.

For university admissions from Academic Year 2026 onwards, the H1/fourth H2 content-based subject (which may be a contrasting subject) will only be included in the computation of your UAS if it improves the score of students who sat for the GCE A-Level examinations in 2025 and after.

From Academic Year 2026 onwards, all applicants presenting local GCE A-Level qualifications will need to present a pass grade in PW to be eligible for university admission.

If you are in the 2024 JC1/PU2 cohort and failed PW but are promoted to JC2/PU3, your junior college/Millennia Institute will assess whether to offer you the option to re-take PW in JC2/PU3, on a case-by-case basis.

If you’ve failed PW and are not promoted to JC2/PU3, you will have to offer PW again.

No, private candidates/students who have been exempted from PW are not subject to the requirement to have a pass in PW.

No. Admission to NTU is based on open competition and merit. We assess applicants holistically, taking into consideration both academic and non-academic aspects

No. If you sat your GCE A-Level examinations in 2024 or earlier and offered H2 KI instead of H1 GP, you will not be allowed to use H2 KI as a H2 content-based subject in the UAS computation, as the H2 KI grade will be required to fulfil the H1 GP requirement under the revised UAS computation.

Singaporeans and Permanent Residents need to fulfill any one of the following minimum requirements under the Ministry of Education’s mother-tongue language (MTL) policy:

• Obtain a D7 for Higher MTL at Singapore-Cambridge GCE O Level
• Obtain a pass in MTL ‘B’ or grade S for H1 MTL or H2 MTL Language and Literature or General Studies in Chinese at Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ level, or a Ministry of Education-approved MTL-in-lieu
• Pass MTL Language A or Language B at Standard or Higher Level at IB Diploma, or a Ministry of Education-approved MTL-in-lieu;
• Provide a Ministy of Education-approved MTL exemption

If you do not meet the MTL requirement, you may still apply to NTU. However, do note that if we offer you a place, you will be required to fulfil the minimum MTL requirement before you are allowed to graduate.

There is no mother-tongue requirement for polytechnic diploma holders applying for full-time and part-time undergraduate programmes.

Use the dedicated Check Status link to complete any outstanding tasks. Be sure to do so by the stipulated deadline. Use your application number and previously set password to login.

When uploading documents, please take note of the following:

• Ensure that the documents are scanned in their original colour and in upright orientation.
• Ensure that the scanned files are in JPEG or PDF format.
• Save all pages of the same document to one file and then upload the file to the same location as one item. Each upload should not exceed 5 MB.
• Ensure that you have selected the right file to upload to the correct location, as no re-uploading is allowed, and there will be no option for viewing the uploaded file after uploading.
• Submission of documents must be completed by the stipulated deadlines. Only complete applications will be processed.
• You will not need to mail your documents after uploading them. Submission through email is not acceptable.
• If you encounter any issues uploading your file(s) while using the Internet Explorer browser, you may wish to use other browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari.

No, we do not.

We’ve put together some sample formats to guide you. Please upload the results from the earliest examination date to the latest examination date; i.e., from the 1st Semester to the 6th Semester (if applicable).

• SPM (E1119)
• Nanyang Polytechnic
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Republic Polytechnic
• Singapore Polytechnic
• Temasek Polytechnic
  

You can provide us with screenshots. Please follow the steps below:

1. Open the link through the e-cert portal.
2. Do a screenshot of your e-transcript (preferred to have the whole transcript in one screenshot).
3. Do a screenshot of your e-cert.
4. Compile/Save/Print both screenshots (of your e-transcript and e-cert) into 1 PDF file.

In general, IB students are required to submit the following supporting documents:

1. Personal identification
   a. For citizens and Permanent Residents, a copy of your NRIC (front and back)
   b. Full-time National Servicemen: NRIC (front and back) or Singapore passport information page
   c. International applicants: passport information page
2. Academic records
   a. School-issued IB results slip/summary; or official IB diploma transcript and certificate
   b. Senior High School leaving graduation certificate (if applicable)
   c. Junior High/Secondary School exam results (e.g., O Levels, Year 4 IP transcript, IGCSE)
   d. Mother-tongue language documents [anchor link to FAQ on mother tongue]
   e. International Olympiad (IO) Medal Award (if applicable)
   f. University academic transcript (if applicable)
3. Report or records of medical conditions or special needs (if applicable)

Guidelines for uploading can be found here and please review the general admission requirements for IB.

When needed, the system will prompt you to send a link to your appraiser/referee to complete an online form. The instructions for submitting those are available via Check Status.

You are encouraged to upload your documents immediately after applying. The latest you should upload your documents is within 3 days after the application closing date. Incomplete applications will not be processed.

Submit your actual IB results via the Provide Actual Results option in Check Status within 3 days upon release in July. Note that it is MANDATORY to grant NTU direct access to your official transcripts via the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) to receive the outcome of your application.

You are strongly advised to submit your transcript request through your school’s IB coordinator, before your IB results are released in July. After the results are released, each request will incur a USD $17 fee and must be submitted directly to IBO via the “IBO request for results service” link. It will also result in a longer waiting time to receive the outcome of your application.  

Please note that if you opt to retake exam papers, you must re-grant access. 

For applicants sitting for the May 2026 IB exam:
Application outcome is available two to three weeks after submission of your actual IB results in July. No conditional offers prior to submission of actual results will be provided.

Login to Check Status to find a full list of the supporting documents required. Generally, these include:

1. Personal identification
   a. For citizens and Permanent Residents, a copy of your NRIC (front and back)
   b. Full-time National Servicemen: NRIC (front and back) or Singapore passport information page
   c. International applicants: passport information page
   
   
2. Academic records
   a. Transcript of Academic Record (all results pages) and Diploma certificate
   b. School-leaving certificate, testimonial and transcript of Student Development Record
   c. Transcript of research record
   d. Mother-tongue language documents [anchor link to FAQ on mother tongue]
   e. International Olympiad (IO) Medal Award (if applicable)
   f. NUS transcript for undergraduate module taken (if applicable)
   g. AP Student Grade Report (optional)
   h. IELTS/TOEFL/SAT/PTE Academic/ACT with Writing (optional)
   i. University Academic Transcript (if applicable)
   
   
3. Reports or records of medical conditions or special needs (if applicable)

Guidelines for uploading can be found hereand please review the general admission requirements for NUS High School.

The documents must be uploaded within 3 days after the application closing date.

No, if your results are only available after 1 April, then you will not be able to apply to those two programmes.

If you are an international student currently in your final year of high school with actual high school graduation/national examination results available after mid-July, you will not be eligible to apply for the Art, Design and Media programme. For a full list of application windows, please refer to our important dates and general admission requirements for international students.

You will need to submit the required supporting documents as detailed in the Checklist, by the stated deadline.

Documents in Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia and Malay do not need to be translated into English. For documents in other languages, it is necessary to get your teacher or professional translator to translate them into English before uploading both original and translated versions. 

The documents include:

• Personal Identity:
  • International students: Passport particulars page
  • Singaporeans and Permanent Residents must provide Singapore Identity Card or NS Identity Card (along with copy of their passport particular page or birth certificate if the colour of IC is not reflected in NS Identity Card) if serving Full-time National Service
  • International applicants without passport may submit birth certificate or personal Identity Card

• *High school result slip/certificate/Diploma, e.g. American High School Diploma and transcript, GCE A Level Statement of Results & Certificate, Indonesia SMA Rapor Sekolah & Ijazah SMA, India Standard 12, International Baccalaureate Diploma, Malaysia STPM, Malaysia UEC, PRC Gao Kao/Gao 1, 2 & 3 results slip, Vietnam Grade 10, 11 & 12 results slip/ Tot Nghiep Trung Hoc Pho Thong (Tam Thoi)

• Secondary school result slip or certificate, e.g. IGCSE, GCE O Level, India Standard 10, Malaysia SPM & E1119/ CEFR, Grade 10 transcript, PRC Zhong Kao

• University academic transcripts (for current or former university student only)

• English Proficiency - TOEFL iBT/ TOEFL iBT ® Home Edition, SAT, IELTS or PTE Academic or ACT with Writing (if applicable). Please upload score sheet to your Checklist within given deadline as late submission not accepted and you are strongly encouraged to also submit test score through the test awarding body for verification purpose.  Our ACT code is 1873, SAT Code is 3721, TOEFL DI code is 0138

• International Olympiad Award Certificate (if applicable)

A personal statement or recommendation letter is not required except for applications to MBBS programme. Submission of extracurricular records is not compulsory and will not enhance your chance of admission.

*Students' awaiting final results should provide the actual results within 3 days after the release date. The certified copy of the result slip or results downloaded from official website must be uploaded online at Check Status link.

Upload Supporting Documents

Uploading of scanned image from original result slip/certificate in its original colour is acceptable. Photocopies of academic results must be certified by your school teachers/principal or any gazetted officers before uploading.  You WILL NOT need to mail your documents after uploading them. Submission through email is not acceptable.  If you are admitted, you must be able to produce the original copy of the uploaded document for verification upon request.

For more information on how to format your documents, please click here.

The portal is only open to those who have submitted an application during the current undergraduate admission exercise. If you are a returning NSman and wish to view your previous correspondence with us, you may access the RNSmen portal instead.

You may apply as a fresh applicant when the application window opens. If the new application is successful, you may make your final decision between the reserved place and the new offer via the Joint Acceptance Portal.

You may leave the enlistment and ORD dates blank when submitting your application and update us once you have received the dates by submitting the enquiry form.

You will receive an acknowledgement letter via email in September of the year of application for the undergraduate programme you have accepted. We will also send you an email in November / December before the year of your matriculation to ask for an update on your enrolment status. If there is a change in your email address, please inform us using the enquiry form.

If you wish to transfer from another university to an NTU undergraduate programme, you must apply for admission via our admissions portal, using the group that corresponds to your high school qualification. If you are successful, you will be admitted into Year 1 and may apply to the relevant School for a transfer of credits for the relevant subjects that you have passed at your current university. Each request will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Once you have been admitted, you can apply to your School for a transfer of credits. Each request will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and you should be prepared to complete the new programme in full. 

No, that is not possible. We do not offer honours as a standalone programme.

Yes. Under the Ministry of Education (MOE) tuition grant policy, subsidised full-time undergraduate students who transfer or are re-admitted within or across NTU, NUS (National University of Singapore), SMU (Singapore Management University), SUTD (Singapore University of Technology & Design), Poly-FSI (Polytechnic-Foreign Specialised Institution), SIT (Singapore Institute of Technology), NAFA-RCM (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts-Royal College of Music) or LASALLE-Goldsmiths (LASALLE College of the Arts-Goldsmiths College) are eligible for a tuition grant up to the normal programme duration for the new programme, less the number of semesters of tuition grant received for the previous programme.

For example, if you have claimed two semesters of tuition grants for your current programme, you will be eligible for four semesters of tuition grants (starting from Semester 1) for your new programme whose normal duration is six semesters.

Important note: Students who hold/obtain a degree or higher qualification through subsidy or sponsorship by the Singapore Government will NOT be eligible for a tuition grant to pursue a second degree programme of the same or lower level.

If you graduated from a part-time undergraduate degree programme awarded by then-SIM University and were enrolled in the degree programme between 2001 to 2008, please contact us here for more details on tuition fees.

Learn more about tuition grants.

Grade profiles are provided from the latest available year as a reference to help applicants make more informed choices about their programme selection.

No. Meeting the previous year’s grade or GPA of a programme does not guarantee admission to that programme in the current year, as the grade profiles are based on last year’s admissions exercise. The grade profiles of a particular year of application may differ depending on the number and performance of applicants and the places available for the programme.

Double degree programmes have already been factored into the single degrees via their home faculties. In general, the double degree programmes are very popular and have small intakes. Applicants to these programmes are expected to have excellent results, as these programmes are designed to be challenging and stretch students’ intelligence.

You will be assessed together with other students holding the NUS High School diploma. We will take into consideration our graduation CAP and subject CAPs. You may be required to attend an interview/complete a written test, depending on their choice of programme.

You will be assessed together with other students holding the IB diploma. We will take into consideration your IB score obtained and the subjects you have taken. You may be required to attend an interview/complete a written test, depending on their choice of programme.

Yes, the indicative grade profiles cover only full-time undergraduate programmes. They do not cover our part-time undergraduate programmes.

Yes, you can decline your offer even after accepting it. Please email adm_local@ntu.edu.sg (local qualifications) or adm_intnl@ntu.edu.sg (international qualifications with your reason for withdrawal anytime before the start of the academic term.

Upon matriculation, your School will inform you via email, if you are required to attend any refresher course.

We offer a Bachelor of Technology in Computing (a SkillsFuture work-study degree). For more information, please refer to our BTech in Computing programmepage.

Please refer to the applying for part-time programme page for more information

In addition to the general and additional requirements, with effect from 1 January 2014, Singapore citizens or Permanent Residents wishing to apply for a government subsidy must not have received a government-subsidised/sponsorship for an undergraduate degree or higher qualification (local or overseas), from SUSS/NUS/NTU/SMU/SUTD/SIT or from an overseas university funded by government scholarship/bursary.

For more information on MOE subsidies, please click here, approach your school’s part-time programme coordinators, or reach out to the College of Computing and Data Science:

Tel: 6513 8040 Email: ccds-pt@ntu.edu.sg

For local employment, please obtain a letter of certification from your current employer printed on company letterhead and signed by HR manager or director. The letter must include:

1. Your NRIC/FIN and name 
2. The start date of your employment
3. Name and telephone number or email of contact person in the company 

For local self-employment, please provide the following:

1. A printout of your ACRA registration to show that your company is registered in Singapore 
2. Your company profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, corporate tax returns and monthly sales transactions as documentary evidence 
3. Declaration that your business entity is operating and based in Singapore

If you are employed as a property agent, insurance agent or financial advisor, you are required to upload documentary evidence of your monthly sales transactions or commissions. 

For overseas employment, please provide your tax documents from the country of your employment.

The estimated tuition fees for the entire duration of the degree programme are calculated by taking the number of academic units (AU) required to graduate from the part-time degree programme of your choice multiplied by the relevant fees per AU. 

The Ministry of Education tuition fee subsidy is capped at 19 AUs for students who fail or repeat modules. Beyond this cap, students are required to pay the full non-subsidised fee per AU. For instance, if the graduation requirement is 112 AUs, the total tuition fee subsidy will be capped at 131 AUs (112 AUs + 19 AUs). Please note that any revision in the tuition fee will apply to both existing as well as new part-time students. 

Please note that the fees per AU and miscellaneous fees are subject to yearly increment (if any), at the discretion of NTU with approval from the Ministry of Education.

Yes, but the subsidy will only be effective for course fees payable from the next academic semester onwards upon your notification to the University. No retrospective claims will be allowed. 

To avoid any delay in processing your change in residency or citizenship, please ensure that your personal particulars are updated in our records in a timely manner. We will not be accountable for delayed or lost correspondence due to incorrect or outdated students’ addresses or contact details. 

For changes in citizenship, please provide the full set of original supporting document(s) in person at One Stop @ SAC by the deadline stipulated below, for the revised tuition fee rate to be effective. For a change in residency from International Student to Permanent Resident, you are required to submit an application for the Ministry of Education tuition fee subsidy. For submissions after the deadline, the revised tuition fee will take effect the following semester.

Adjustment of fees for	Deadline
Semester 1 or 2	End of 3rd teaching week
Special term	End of final teaching week of Semester 2

For more information, refer to the information on tuition fees and our latest academic calendar

For part-time students, you will also need to apply online for a Ministry of Education subsidy by the same deadline, after verification of changes in citizenship at One Stop @ SAC. Otherwise, you will only be eligible for the subsidy with effect from the following semester. 

For more information, please refer to https://entuedu.sharepoint.com/sites/Student/dept/sasd/oas/SitePages/Cu rriculum%20and%20Candidature/Change_of_personal_particulars.aspx

No. If you have been admitted without the subsidy, but subsequently fulfill the criteria, you will be eligible for the subsidy from the next academic semester onwards, upon successful notification (with relevant documentation) to the University.

If you are transferring from a part-time degree programme from another autonomous university to NTU, you will be eligible to receive the balance claimable subsidy, subject to satisfying the listed eligibility criteria for the subsidy. Please provide a certification letter from the autonomous university, confirming the number of semesters of previously received tuition fee subsidy.

We offer letters to certify the status of students in all our programmes.

1. For current students and current year graduates: Request via One Stop @ SAC
   Processing Time: 1 to 3 working days
   You will be notified via email when the letter(s) is/are ready for self-printing.
2. For past graduates: Request via Service Desk Form
3. For students who have withdrawn from full-time programmes and non-graduating students: Request via Email. Please provide the following information as registered with NTU in the email:
   1. Your full name
   2. Date of birth
   3. Matriculation number
   4. Programme of study
   5. Email Address

No. You do not have to pay back the subsidy to the Ministry or NTU if you withdraw from the University without completing the degree programme. Should you choose to enrol in another subsidised undergraduate programme at a local university, you can only use the remaining subsidy.

You can be exempted from the age and work experience eligibility criteria, if you are:

1. Sponsored by your company for the part-time undergraduate degree programme
2. Currently employed in a job role/sector related to the part-time undergraduate degree programme

Notwithstanding these exemptions, if you are National Service (NS)-liable, you must have fully discharged your full-time NS liability before you can be admitted to NTU. We reserve the right to determine if an exemption will be granted, and the University’s decision will be final and binding.

You may approach your prospective school’s part-time programme coordinators to find out more. 

College of Computing and Data Science 
Tel: 6513 8040 Email: ccds-pt@ntu.edu.sg Website:

You can still enjoy the tuition fee subsidy if you are eligible for the Ministry’s subsidy. The total fee that you need to pay comprises of the subsidised tuition fee and other compulsory miscellaneous fees. Depending on how your company sponsors your studies, it may pay for all or part of the total fee payable to NTU. The amount of sponsorship will be a matter between you and your company. 

You or your sponsor may reach out to our Finance Account Receivable team at nssfar@ntu.edu.sg for more details.

No. You can still apply for other forms of NTU Student Financial Assistance.

Our guide to enrolment will help you complete the necessary administrative procedures to matriculate successfully and prepare for the start of your first semester. 

If you are not offered admission, you may appeal the decision during our appeal exercise. Please refer to the important dates for the appeal period for the respective qualification groups.

If you are not offered your choice of programme, you may appeal the decision during our appeal exercise. Please refer to the important dates for the appeal period for the respective qualification groups.

If you have new or additional documents to submit as part of your appeal, please provide a shared link containing your documents. Please take note of the following instructions:

1. Provide only relevant documents that are able to substantiate your appeal
2. Collate/Scan all pages into one PDF file
3. The name of the file must be your Application Number [e.g. e.g. A002XXXXX.pdf or PF02XXXXX.pdf]
4. Upload your file to Google drive
5. Set the Privacy Setting to ‘Anyone with the link’
6. Test the link before you paste the shared link in your write-up in the Appeal Portal

Important note: Do NOT amend the shared link provided after the submission/closing date of the appeal. Do revert the Privacy Setting to ‘off’ after you have received your appeal outcome or by the end of August.

Estimated living costs

Moving overseas to pursue your education is an exciting prospect, but it is equally important to be aware of the financial costs involved. Besides the tuition fees for full-time programmes, you will need to budget for accommodation, food and transport. Below is an estimate of the monthly cost of living for an NTU undergraduate.

You can also use our financial planner to estimate the financial commitment and your eligibility for financial aid schemes.

Type Of Costs	Estimated Amount (S$)
Accommodation (On-campus)	S$350 - S$735*
Meals	S$300 - S$450
Transport, Books & Personal Expenses	S$320 - S$540
Total	S$970 - S$1725

^*The estimated cost of accommodation is based on the rate of a single room or twin-sharing room.