Applicants, regardless of nationality, may apply for undergraduate admissions with their NUS High School Diploma. Applicants who are currently or have been enrolled in a university as an undergraduate would need to apply as a Transfer applicant.
Admission will be considered holistically based on academic merit, non-academic achievements, and additional interviews/tests (if required) as well as open competition among all eligible applicants. Applicants must meet the programme prerequisites for the programmes that they are applying for.
For programmes requiring additional interviews/tests, applicants will be assessed based on their performance at the interviews and/or tests.
Applicants are required to fulfil the Mother Tongue Language (MTL) requirement for admission. Refer to more information below.
Examination | Minimum Grade | Document Submission |
Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level |
IGCSE MTL First Language examination does not fulfil the MTL requirement. | *Submit your official MTL examination result/transcript via Applicant Portal. |
Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level | 'S' grade in:
Pass in:
| |
MOE-approved MTL Exemption | - | *Submit your official MTL exemption approval via Applicant Portal. |
*The University will assess your fulfilment of the MTL requirement upon receiving your results/transcripts/exemption approval.
- NUS will facilitate the MTL exemption application as part of the admissions process. Outcomes will be conveyed to applicants who receive an admission offer from NUS.
Please note that MOE does not accept direct applications for MTL exemption. Applying for an exemption will not prejudice the evaluation of your admission application. - Applicants who meet all admission requirements except the MTL requirement may still apply without prejudice to their application. Successful applicants will be admitted provisionally and must fulfil the MTL requirement by attaining the minimum grade stated above during their undergraduate studies to graduate.
- Information for private candidates on the Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level MTL paper and the GCE O-Level Higher MTL paper is available on the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) website.