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NUS Internal Blended Learning Online Courses (iBLOCs) for Returning Full-Time National Service (NS) men

iBLOCs are mounted from January 2026 to cater to Returning Full-Time National Servicemen (NSmen) who wish to have a head start in university education and more time to transit to academic life. NUS welcomes NSmen who have places reserved for them in NUS and will be matriculating as undergraduates in August 2026 to apply for iBLOCs, if they wish.

1) Dates of iBLOCs for Returning Full-Time NSmen

2) Courses Available

The list of courses to be offered from January 2026 is shown below. Click here for course description. The list of frequently asked questions can be accessed here.

Note: A foundation course is usually a Level-1000 course which helps to provide foundational training to students before they move on to higher level courses, in subsequent years in their course of study.  A bridging course is to help those without specific ‘A’-Levels courses, to put them on par with those who might have already done so at ‘A’-Level – for example, MA1301X helps students without ‘A’– Level Mathematics.

3) Course Application

Applicants can apply for the iBLOCs they would like to read through the NUS Online Application Portal. Please consult the user guide on how to submit an application for iBLOCs through the NUS Online Application Portal.

It is important that you check the examination timetables of all iBLOCs you intend to take to ensure there are no clashes. See below.

Students can take iBLOCs to satisfy their Programme requirements or Unrestricted Electives requirements depending on their course of study and if they meet the prerequisites for the course. The offer of a place in an iBLOC will depend on the total number of applications.

The time-table for the face-to-face sessions is shown below:

Course Code	iBLOC Title	Schedule	Start Date of First Face-to-face Lessons
NM1101X	Communications, New Media and Society	Thursday 12noon – 3pm for 6 weeks from 9 April 2026 to 14 May 2026	9 April 2026
CS1010X	Programming Methodology	Students enrolled in this course will receive invites to join the learning platform (coursemology.org) with their NUS email accounts. Please log in to your NUS email to look out for invites that will be sent around 20 December 2025. Upon acceptance of the invites, one can then have access to the learning materials. If one does not acccept the invite by 10 Jan 2026, 10am, one may have to withdraw from the course. 10 Jan 2026 (Sat), 10AM – 12noon: Organization meeting in campus. This meeting is optional but all students are encouraged to attend to know about the course and meet their teaching staff to get first-hand information about the course. All lectures are online with pre-recorded videos. There are two phases:  Phase One: 12 January 2026 till 27 March 2026, online lessons through Zoom. A. Weekly review of lecture on every Friday evening, 7PM – 8PM. Repeat of this session on Saturday evening, 7PM – 8PM.  B. Alternate week of online recitation and online tutorial on every Friday evening, 8PM. Each recitation or tutorial is to be repeated on every Saturday evening, 8PM. Each lesson is about 1.5 to 2 hours. Midterm test on 28 March 2026 (Saturday), 10AM – 12PM. If one cannot appear physically in NUS for the midterm (due to personal travelling), one should not sign up for this course as one may have taken away the opportunity of another applicant in our long waiting list. Phase Two: Starting from the week beginning 6 April 2026, face-to-face lessons (Fridays or Saturdays) in NUS. Each week has both a recitation and a tutorial for each student. Classes available (pick one, but subject to availabilities) are: (1) Friday: Tutorial 4:30PM - 5:50PM, Recitation 7:30PM - 9PM; or (2) Friday: Tutorial 6PM - 7.20PM, Recitation 7:30PM - 9PM; or (3) Saturday: Tutorial 4:30PM - 5:50PM, Recitation 6PM - 7:30PM; or (4) Saturday: Tutorial 6PM - 7:20PM, Recitation 7:30PM - 9PM. Practical examination is on 29 May 2026 (Friday), 10AM – 12PM, and Final examination is on 19 June 2026 (Friday), 9AM –11AM. Again, if one cannot appear physically in NUS for these assessments, one should not sign up for this course. All provided dates/times are confirmed as published here. But, for any latest development due to unforeseen circumstances (in year 2026), please use dates/time as given in our course platform, Coursemology.	10 April 2026, (Friday), and repeat session on 11 April 2026 (Saturday)
MA1301X	Introductory Mathematics	5 fortnightly lessons on Friday from 2PM to 5PM (10 April 2026, 24 April 2026, 8 May 2026, 22 May 2026, 5 June 2026) *1 May 2026 is a Public Holiday, hence, there is no class.	10 April 2026

** While the Introductory Meeting is optional, students taking the course are strongly encouraged to attend the session.

4) Dropping of Course(s)

Students may choose to drop any iBLOCs for which they have registered for without any grade penalty up to the day before the start of the examination period, i.e., by 18 June 2026. However, please note the fee policy that will be applicable for dropping courses within the following timelines:

To drop an iBLOC, students will have to complete the Drop Course & Withdrawal Form and send it to the Office of the University Registrar (OUR) via the FAQ Portal (via Ask a Question section > NG Admissions > Pre-U students from Local Institutions queue) with a copy to the main course facilitator. Students who decide to drop all courses will be deemed to have withdrawn from the programme.

5) Fees

For each iBLOC to be offered in January 2026, students will be charged S$825 per course. There will be no refund once fees are charged.

All registered students are also charged the Miscellaneous Student Fees (MSF) to help meet costs incurred by the University in providing services to the student community that are either not covered or only partially covered by the tuition fee and government subsidy. For students reading iBLOCs, the Miscellaneous Student Fees (MSF) payable are shown in the table below:

Notes:

Available modes of fee payment are:

• NETS at Student Service Centre (SSC)
• Domestic Cheque / Bank Draft
• E-Payment (E-NETS/Debit/Credit/PayNow QR)

Students can check their Student Bill via Education Records System from 1 March 2026 for the actual amount of fees charged before making the payment by 15 March 2026. Should fees remain outstanding after the fee payment deadline, a Negative Service Indicator (NSI) will be tagged against your student account as a “Hold” and you will not be able to access your online examination results and your NUS transcript will also be withheld. 

Financial Assistance Schemes for Payment of Tuition Fees:- Eligible students can apply for the Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) Scheme, Tuition Fee Loan and NUS Study Loan (under Financial Aid) for payment of tuition fees. Further details will be provided in the offer letter from Office of the University Registrar. (Note. The PSEA can also be used for payment of Miscellaneous Student Fees.)

Recipients of the NUS Global Merit Scholarship, NUS Merit Scholarship, NUS Undergraduate (Merit) Scholarship, NUS Sports Scholarship, NUS Performing & Visual Arts Scholarship, Stephen Riady Young Entrepreneur Scholarship Undergraduate Scholarship and the Wee Cho Yaw Future Leaders Award, may apply for the reimbursement of their iBLOC course fees under the scholarships, if they graduate earlier than the typical duration of studies for their degrees and subject to approval. The application must be submitted to the Office of Financial Aid within two months of the release of their final examination results.  

For enquiries on financial aid and scholarship matters, please write to Office of Financial Aid via the FAQ Portal.

6) Examination Related Matters

The dates for examination and release of examination results are as follows:

The examination timetable is as follows:

^ CS1010X has a practical exam component.

NM1101X will be graded with 100% CA (continuous assessment), i.e., no final exam.

You are expected to be familiar with the Examination Rules, details of which are published in the Examination Directory. Please note that a breach of any of the examination rules will render you liable to disciplinary action.

You may also check your semestral examination results and print a copy of your unofficial transcript via Student Centre in the Education Records System. Your grades will be reflected on your unofficial transcript from the 11th calendar day after the official date for release of examination results.

7) Online Student Feedback Exercise

Students are encouraged to participate in the Online Student Feedback Exercise as it is an important element of the University's process for quality assurance of education. Students will be notified of the specific dates of the Student Feedback Exercise in due course.

8) Access iBLOC Course Materials

All students will have an email account at NUS that will be their official point of contact. Most communications from NUS to students will be via the official email account. To access your NUS email account, proceed to NUS home page at https://www.nus.edu.sg and click on 'EMAIL', located on the top right hand corner of the webpage. Students who are taking iBLOCs from January to June 2026 as a Non-Graduating student will receive Welcome emails from your instructors. Hence it is important that students check their NUS email account once they have completed the registration processs by late December 2025 or early January 2026.

Students must complete their online Registration (Part One) and change their default NUS-ID password before logging into the portal. To access Canvas, click on NUS User Login. At the organization sign-in page, please sign in with your NUS-ID (starting with the letter 'e') as the UserID, eg: UserID@u.nus.edu or UserID, followed by your new NUS-ID password.

9) Advanced placement credits with grade

According to the University’s Advanced Placement Credits (APC) Policy, upon admission, you may apply for the iBLOC(s) to be transferred into your undergraduate (UG) student record as Advanced Placement Credits with Grade (APG) if you satisfy the criteria of obtaining D grade or above for the course. With the APG, the grade and units earned will be computed into your Grade Point Average (GPA). However, you may choose to exercise the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) grading option for the course (if eligible) during the S/U option exercise conducted upon results release at the end of Semester 1, AY2026/2027 together with your other Semester 1 courses. Courses for which students have opted for S/U grading will not impact the GPA and the letter grade will not be shown on the transcript. An 'S' grade will be assigned if you obtain a grade of D or better (i.e., grade point of 1.0 and above); a 'U' grade will be assigned if the grade obtained is lower than a D grade. You will only receive units towards the degree if you attain a 'Satisfactory' (S) grade and a course with a 'U' grade earns no unit. You should refer to the policies relating to the Grade-free scheme and the number of units which can be taken on an S/U basis here. The S/U option will apply to all Level 1000 courses (with or without pre-requisites) and Level 2000 courses without other NUS courses as pre-requisites, unless otherwise stipulated by the Faculties/Departments.

For enquiries on the APC policy, please write to: FAQ Portal (via Ask a Question section > Academic Administration & Records > Administrative Services > Credit Transfer/APCs queue).

10) Update Contact Details

You are responsible for updating your mailing address and other contact details via Student Centre in the Education Records System. Please ensure that information is valid at all times.

11) Contact Information

For general enquiries on iBLOCs, please send your email to: telenquiry@nus.edu.sg.
For enquiries related to application, please kindly submit the enquiry via the FAQ Portal (via Ask a Question section > NG Admissions > Pre-U students from Local Institutions queue).