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

iBLOCs are mounted from January 2027 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 2027 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 2027 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 link https://apply-ng.nus.edu.sg/ on the NUS Non-Graduating (NG) Admissions 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 8 April 2027 to 13 May 2027	8 April 2027
CS1010X	Programming Methodology	Students enrolled in this course will receive invites to join the learning platform (coursemology.org) via their NUS email accounts around 19 December 2026. Please log in to your NUS email to check for this invitation, as you can only have access to the learning materials after accepting it. If you do not acccept the invite by 9 January 2027, 10AM, you may be considered as not taking the course. An optional on-campus organization meeting will be held on 9 January 2027 (Saturday), 10AM – 12PM. All students are encouraged to attend to learn about the course and get to meet their teaching staff for first-hand information. All lectures are delivered online via pre-recorded videos. The course then proceeds in two phases. Phase One runs from 11 January 2027 to 26 March 2027, featuring online lessons through Zoom. Each lesson lasts about 1.5 to 2 hours. A. A weekly lecture review is held every Friday evening from 7PM – 8PM and repeated on Saturday evening from 7PM – 8PM.  B. Online recitations and online tutorials run on alternate weeks every Friday evening from 8PM onward and repeated on Saturday evening from 8PM onward. The midterm test will take place on 27 March 2027 (Saturday) from 10AM – 12PM. You must appear physically at NUS for this test. If you cannot attend due to personal travel or other reasons, you should not sign up for this course. Phase Two starts the week beginning 5 April 2027, moving to face-to-face lessons at NUS on Fridays or Saturdays. Each week includes both a recitation and a tutorial. You can indicate your preferences on the following timetable options (you will be assigned to one of them.) (1) Friday: Tutorial 4:30PM - 5:50PM, break for dinner, Recitation 7:30PM - 9PM; (2) Friday: Tutorial 6PM - 7.20PM, Recitation 7:30PM - 9PM; (3) Saturday: Tutorial 4:30PM - 5:50PM, break for dinner, Recitation 6PM - 7:30PM; or (4) Saturday: Tutorial 6PM - 7:20PM, Recitation 7:30PM - 9PM. Additional recitation and tutorial classes may be added later to cater to larger enrolment. The practical examination is scheduled for 28 May 2027 (Friday) from 10AM – 12PM, and the final examination is on 18 June 2027 (Friday) from 9AM –11AM. Again, if you cannot appear physically in NUS for these assessments, you should not sign up for this course. All dates/times provided here are confirmed. However, for any latest developments due to unforeseen circumstances in 2027, please always refer to the dates/time published on Coursemology.	9 April 2027, (Friday), and repeat on 10 April 2027 (Saturday)
MA1301X	Introductory Mathematics	5 fortnightly lessons on Friday from 1PM to 4PM (9 April 2027, 23 April 2027, 7 May 2027, 21 May 2027, 4 June 2027).	9 April 2027

** 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 17 June 2027. 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). The OUR Non-graduating team will copy the main course facilitator when they respond via the FAQ portal. 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 2027, 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:

• 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 2027 for the actual amount of fees charged before making the payment by 15 March 2027. 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, Higher Education Student 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 2027 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 onboarding processs by early January 2027.

Students must complete the Check-in and Onboarding process 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 Email, eg: UserID@u.nus.edu or UserID, followed by your 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, AY2027/2028 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).