Subject Pre-requisites

Admission is based on academic merit as well as open competition among all eligible applicants. In addition to fulfilling admission requirements for the applicant category that you belong to, you should also ensure that you fulfil the subject prerequisites for the courses which you wish to be considered for. Please note that the subject prerequisites presented below are subject to changes every year. You are strongly encouraged to visit our website regularly for further updates.

(a) Single Degree Course

Course	Subject Prerequisites	Selection test/Interview
Architecture	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry or Mathematics or Physics or Physical Science.	Yes
Biomedical Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.	No
Business Administration	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics.	No
Business Administration (Accountancy)	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics.	No
Business Analytics (Offered by School of Computing)	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics.	No
Chemical Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics	No
Civil Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.	No
Computer Engineering # (Jointly offered by Faculty of Engineering and School of Computing)	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.	No
Computer Science courses	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics.	No
Dentistry	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry and either Biology or Physics.	Yes
Electrical Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.	No
Engineering Science	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics.	No
Environmental Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics	No
Environmental Studies	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Biology or Chemistry.	No
Food Science and Technology	Year 12 or higher level pass in any two of the following: Biology or Chemistry or Computing or Physics or Physical Science or Mathematics/Further Mathematics.	No
Humanities and Sciences	Please refer to https://chs.nus.edu.sg/programmes/#prog-majors for details.	No
Industrial Design	Year 12 or higher level pass in Arts or Economics or Mathematics or Physics.	Yes
Industrial & Systems Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.	No
Information Security	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics.	No
Information Systems	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics.	No
Landscape Architecture	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry or Mathematics or Physics or Physical Science.	Yes
Law	A high level of proficiency in the English Language (e.g. General Paper B, IELTS 7 or TOEFL iBT 100 or SAT Critical Reading/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 700 or AP English Language Grade 4).	Yes
Materials Science & Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.	No
Mechanical Engineering #	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.	No
Medicine	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry and Biology or Physics.	Yes
Nursing	Year 12 or higher level pass in any two of the following: Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Physics, Physical Science, either Mathematics or Further Mathematics.	Yes
Pharmaceutical Science	Strong Year 12 pass or strong higher-level pass in Chemistry and Biology or Physics or Mathematics	No
Pharmacy%	Strong Year 12 pass or strong higher-level pass in Chemistry and Biology or Physics or Mathematics	No
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	Please refer to https://fass.nus.edu.sg/ppe/ for details.	Yes
Project & Facilities Management	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry or Mathematics or Physics.	No
Real Estate	Year 12 or higher level pass in Chemistry or Mathematics or Physics.	No

^%Students applying to Pharmacy should refer to https://pharmacy.nus.edu.sg/study/undergraduate/bachelor-of-pharmacy/ for important information on the ‘Fitness to Practise’

^# Students without Year 12 High School Physics would be required to take specified Physics bridging modules.

Owing to limited places in the courses of Dentistry and Medicine, only candidates who have submitted actual results by their respective application closing dates will be considered. If you have been shortlisted, you will be notified via email to attend additional tests and/or interviews conducted at the University in April/May each year to assess your suitability for the courses.

(b) Double/ Concurrent Degree Programmes

Double Concurrent Programmes	Subject prerequisities	Selection test/interview
Arts & Social Sciences (NUS) and Arts (Sciences Po)	Please refer to www.usp.nus.edu.sg/nus-sciencespo for details. Please read carefully its application procedures, including the application window, at https://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/nus-sciencespo/apply/.	Yes
Business Administration & Law	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics AND a high proficiency in the English Language (e.g. General Paper B, IELTS 7 or TOEFL iBT 100 or SAT Critical Reading/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 700 or AP English Language Grade 4).	Yes
Economics & Law	Year 12 or higher level pass in Mathematics AND a high proficiency in the English Language (e.g. General Paper B, IELTS 7 or TOEFL iBT 100 or SAT Critical Reading/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 700 or AP English Language Grade 4).	Yes
Law & Master in Public Policy	A high proficiency in the English Language (e.g. General Paper B, IELTS 7 or TOEFL iBT 100 or SAT Critical Reading/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 700 or AP English Language Grade 4).	Yes

(c) Double Major Programmes

Subject Prerequisites	Selection test/interview
Please refer to here for the full list of Double Major Programmes.	No

(d) Minor Programmes

Subject Prerequisites	Selection test/Interview
Please refer to here for the full list of Minor Programmes.	No

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma / NUS High School Diploma

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