A Minor programme is an additional area of study outside of the Major. Doing a Minor programme contributes to the breadth of learning envisaged for an NUS undergraduate education.

For students admitted prior to AY2019/2020, the unit requirement for a Minor is at least 24 units, of which:

• Up to 8 units may be used to meet the requirements for both the Minor and the Faculty, Major, Second Major, or another Minor requirements, subject to the agreement of the particular department(s), programme(s) or Faculty/School hosting the Minor.
• At least 12 units for any Minor must be taken from outside the entire set of courses that are listed for the major(s)/another minor that the student is taking/has taken.
• A minimum of 16 units of the Minor requirements must be earned from courses read at NUS, unless indicated otherwise by Faculties/Departments for specific minors. Courses read at NUS include all courses taught, co-taught, supervised or co-supervised by NUS faculty member(s). These consist of graded courses or courses with an 'S' or 'CS' grade. The remaining units may be earned through credit transfers, advanced placement and exemptions, from courses deemed relevant to the particular Minor.

For students admitted from AY2019/2020 onwards, the unit requirement for a Minor is at least 20 units, of which:

• Up to 8 units (40% of the unit requirements for a Minor) may be double counted and used to meet (i) the Minor requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., General Education (only for students admitted from AY2021/2022 onwards), College (e.g., Common Curriculum), Faculty, Major, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement, i.e., at least 12 units of the Minor must be distinct and not overlapping

• At least 12 units for any Minor must be taken from outside the entire set of courses that are listed for the major(s)/another minor that the student is taking/ has taken.

• A minimum of 60% of the Minor requirements must be earned from courses read at NUS. Courses read at NUS include all courses taught, co-taught, supervised or co-supervised by NUS faculty member(s). These consist of graded courses or courses with an ‘S' or ‘CS' grade. The remaining units may be earned through credit transfers, advanced placement and exemptions, from courses deemed relevant to the particular Minor.

For students admitted prior to AY2015/16: Relevant General Education (GE) Courses may be included in the list of courses approved for a Minor. Students who read such a (GE) course may count it towards both the General Education and Minor requirements. The units under the Breadth and Unrestricted Elective course requirements can also be used to satisfy the Minor programme requirements.

For students admitted from AY2015/2016 to AY2020/2021: Students who read General Education (GE) Courses to fulfil requirements for a Minor are not allowed to count these courses towards fulfilling both the General Education and the Minor requirements. For example, if a student had taken a GEH course for his/her Minor, he/she would have to take another GEH course to fulfil the Human Cultures pillar of the GE requirement. The units under the Unrestricted Elective course requirements may be used to satisfy Minor requirements.

The Minor will be reflected in the student's transcript upon successful completion.

Students can be admitted to Minor programmes at the point of admission to NUS, or by applying/declaring to the relevant Faculties/Schools no later than the end of the fifth semester of study. For the combinations of Minor programmes with specific single degree programmes available at the point of admission, please refer to the website of the Office of Admissions.

The Minor programmes that are currently on offer at NUS are listed below. For details on the requirements of each Minor, please refer each Faculty/School’s website.

Minor	Host Faculty/Department	Type (see 'Note' below)
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Disciplinary Minors
Anthropology (Offered to Cohort 2022 onwards)	Department of Sociology and Anthropology	Open
Chinese Language	Department of Chinese Studies	Open
Chinese Media	Department of Chinese Studies	Open
Chinese Studies	Department of Chinese Studies	Open
Chinese Translation	Department of Chinese Studies (with effect from AY2014/15)	Open
Communications and New Media	Department of Communications and New Media	Open
Economics	Department of Economics	Open
English Language and Linguistics	Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies	Open
English Literature	Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies	Open
History	Department of History	Open
Human Services	Department of Social Work	Open
India Studies	South Asian Studies Programme	Open
Interpreting (effective from Semester 1, AY2022/23 for Cohort 2021 Onwards)	Department of Chinese Studies	Open
Japanese Studies	Department of Japanese Studies	Open
Malay Studies	Department of Malay Studies	Open
Philosophy	Department of Philosophy	Open
Political Science	Department of Political Science	Open
Psychology	Department of Psychology	Open
Sociology	Department of Sociology and Anthropology	Open
Southeast Asian Arts and Heritage	Department of Southeast Asian Studies	Open
Southeast Asian Studies	Department of Southeast Asian Studies	Open
Theatre and Performance Studies	Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies	Open
Visual Cultures	Department of Communications and New Media	Open
Multidisciplinary Minors
Aquatic Ecology	Department of Geography and Department of Biological Sciences	Open
Art History	Department of History	Open
Asian Studies	Departments of Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Malay Studies, Southeast Asian Studies and South Asian Studies Programme	Open
China Studies	Office of Programmes	Open
Cultural Studies	Department of Communications and New Media	Open
English Studies (Open to students from all faculties except students majoring in English Language and/or English Literature)	Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies	Open
Film Studies	Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies	Open
Gender Studies	Office of Programmes	Open
Geographical Information Systems	Department of Geography	Open
Geosciences	Department of Geography and Faculty of Science	Open
Global Studies	Department of Political Science	Open
Health and Social Sciences	Office of Programmes	Open
Health, Wellbeing and Society	Sociology and Anthropology	Open
Interactive Media Development	Department of Communications and New Media & Department of Computer Science	Open
Language Science (Offered to Cohort 2021 Onwards)	Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies	Open
Language Studies	Centre for Language Studies	Open
Religious Studies	Office of Programmes	Open
Science, Technology and Society	Office of Programmes	Open
Urban Studies	Department of Geography and Department of Real Estate	Open
School of Business
Disciplinary Minors
Management    Cohort 2016 & Before    Cohort 2017 & After	School of Business	Restricted
Entrepreneurship (Cohort 2017 & After)    Technopreneurship (Cohort 2016 & Before) (Minor in Entrepreneurship was formerly known as Minor in Technopreneurship, i.e., prior AY2017/18)	Department of Business Policy	Open
Real Estate	Department of Real Estate	Restricted
School of Computing
Disciplinary Minors
Artificial Intelligence	School of Computing	Restricted
Business Analytics	School of Computing	Restricted
Computer Science	School of Computing	Restricted
Information Security	School of Computing	Restricted
Information Systems	School of Computing	Restricted
Multidisciplinary Minors
Data Engineering	School of Computing and College of Design and Engineering	Restricted
Interactive Media Development	Department of Computer Science & Department of Communications and New Media	Open
College of Design and Engineering
Disciplinary Minors
Architectural Studies	Department of Architecture	Open (for Cohort AY2022/23 onwards)
Artificial Intelligence (Design and Engineering)	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Open
Biomedical Engineering (for Cohort AY2019/20 onwards)	Department of Biomedical Engineering	Open
Computing (Design and Engineering)	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Restricted
Hydrogen and Low Carbon Technology	Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	Open
Landscape Architectural Studies	Department of Architecture	Open (for Cohort AY2021/22 onwards)
Project Management	Department of the Built Environment	Restricted
Systems Engineering	Department of Industrial Systems Engineering & Management	Open (for Cohort AY2022/23 onwards)
Visual Communication Design	Division of Industrial Design	Open (for Cohort AY2022/23 onwards)
Multidisciplinary Minors
Cities	College of Design and Engineering	Open
Data Engineering	College of Design and Engineering and School of Computing	Restricted
Engineering Materials	College of Design and Engineering	Open (for Cohort AY2022/23 onwards)
Infrastructure Management and Finance	College of Design and Engineering	Open
Innovation and Design	College of Design and Engineering	Open (for Cohort AY2022/23 onwards)
Management of Technology	College of Design and Engineering	Open (for Cohort AY2022/23 onwards)
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Disciplinary Minors
Biomedical Informatics (With effect from Semester 1, AY2023/24)	Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine	Open
Integrative Health (With effect from Semester 1, AY2023/24)	Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine	Open
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
Music and Society	Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music	Restricted
Performing Arts	Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music	Restricted
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Public Health	Department of Public Health - Undergraduate Programme	Open
Faculty of Science
Disciplinary Minors
Analytical Chemistry	Department of Chemistry	Open
Astronomy	Department of Physics	Open
Bioinformatics	Department of Biological Sciences	Open
Biophysics	Department of Physics and Life Sciences Programme	Open
Botany (With effect from Semester 1, AY2023/24 for Cohort AY2020/21 onwards)	Department of Biological Sciences	Open
Chemistry	Department of Chemistry	Open
Computing (Sciences)	Faculty of Science’s Dean Office	Restricted
Data Analytics	Department of Statistics & Data Science	Open
Forensic Science	Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Chemistry	Restricted
Geosciences	Department of Geography and Faculty of Science	Open
Life Sciences	Department of Biological Sciences	Open
Mathematics	Department of Mathematics	Open
Meteorology and Climate Science	Department of Physics	Open
Environmental Sustainability (with effect from Semester 1, AY2024/25 for Cohort AY2021/22 onwards)	Department of Biological Sciences	Open
Nanoscience	Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry	Open
Nutrition	Department of Food Science and Technology	Restricted
Pharmaceutical Science	Department of Pharmacy	Restricted
Physics	Department of Physics	Open
Physics in Technology	Department of Physics	Open
Statistics	Department of Statistics & Data Science	Open
Quantitative Finance	Department of Mathematics	Open
Multidisciplinary Minors
Aquatic Ecology	Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Geography	Open
Medical Physics	Department of Physics	Restricted
NUS College (NUSC)
China Studies*	NUSC – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre
Community Development and Leadership	Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre	Open

For students who are interested to do a Minor programme during the course of their candidature, please note:

'Open' Minor - students can declare their intention to do an open minor via the Academic Plan Declaration without any prior approval from the Host Faculty/Department. 

'Restricted' Minor - students are required to apply to the Host Faculty/Department and obtain approval to read a restricted minor.

* These programmes allow for up to 16 units of ungraded substitutable courses to be accepted from the partner university.