Qualifying English Test (QET) (for undergraduate students)

Diagnostic English Test (for graduate students)

Language Module Placement Test (for students who wish to take language module(s))

Module Registration

Qualifying English Test (QET) (for undergraduate students)

Students who do not possess the necessary English Language qualifications will have to sit for the Qualifying English Test (QET) set by the Centre for English Language Communication (CELC).  Please click on the links below for the following information:

• Objectives and format of the QET
• Information on the QET exemption criteria and dates of the tests

Diagnostic English Test (for graduate students)

Unless exemption has been granted, all international graduate students are required to sit for the Diagnostic English Test (DET), which will determine if he/she is required to read additional Graduate English courses. Please click on the links below for the following information:

• Dates and format of the Diagnostic English Test
• Graduate English Courses offered

Language Module Placement Test
(for students who wish to take language module(s))

Undergraduate students who wish to read either Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Malay, Tamil, Thai or Vietnamese offered by the Centre for Language Studies and who have previous knowledge of the language that they intend to study are required to take a test for advance placement and may be admitted into a module at a higher level. Please refer to the following webpage for more information on the placement tests:

• Centre for Language studies

Module Registration

At the beginning of each semester, all students must enrol in the modules they will read during the semester.

(1) Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students select and bid for modules through the Centralised Online Registration System (CORS) with their Student Number and PIN which can be obtained from the Online Pre-Registration System. Please check the latest information and the bidding schedule at:

• Centralised Online Registration System (CORS) website.

(2) Graduate Students

Graduate students have to proceed to the respective Departments/Faculties to register for their modules. Please take note of the schedule for module add/drop.

(3) Non-Graduating Students

Non-graduating students may check for the modules they have been offered and access the relevant course materials at:

• Integrated Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE).

Upon arrival at NUS, they would have to register for the lecture/tutorial timeslots at the respective Department Office.

Registration Guide (for Non-graduating Students)

---FAQs--- Undergraduate Graduate Non-Graduating