Guide to Application Form

[ International Students ]
Office of Admissions

[ 8 pages including cover page ]

Dear applicant, thank you for taking time to fill up an application for admissions for undergraduate courses to the National University of
Singapore (NUS).

We believe you will find this guide useful.

Section 1 - Personal Particulars

Section Explanation Remarks
Fields required: This section identifies the applicant. This is for identification and record purposes.
a. Name
b. Family Name Applicants without passport at the point of
c. Given Name application may leave the passport field empty.
d. Date of Birth
e. Gender
f. Citizenship
g. Passport Number
h. Maritial Status
i. Race/Ethnic Group
j. Religion

Section 2 - Contact Information

Fields required: This section informs us of the applicant’s Contact details are required for further
a. Postal Address contact details. documentation or clarification.
b. Province/State
c. Country Applicants not residing in the Republic of Please ensure that the email you provided is in
d. Singapore Postal Code Singapore should leave the Singapore Postal use for the next 12 months at the point of
e. Email Code field empty. application.
f. Alternate Email
g. Home Telephone Country & area codes are only required for
h. Handphone / Pager non-Singaporean numbers for the Home
Telephone and Handphone / Pager fields.

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Section 3 - Academic Qualifications
Section Explanation Remarks
Sub section - Secondary Education This section informs us of the applicant’s We do not award positive or negative points
Fields required: education experience. towards the information filled in the
a. Name of Secondary School Secondary School sub-section.
b. City / Country (of field a) Secondary Education refers to Year 10
c. Attended from and to education. Do not fill in grades for subjects not clearly
d. Examination (name) stated as "Additional Mathematics".
e. Year taken Subjects taken require you to fill in the grades
of the subjects taken. Fill in the fields only if Do not fill in grades for subjects stated as
Subjects taken your Year 10 education certification indicates Science.
a. English the exact same words as stated.
b. Mathematics
c. Additional Mathematics
d. Physics

Sub section - High School Education
a. Name of High School
b. City / Country (of field a)
c. Attended from and to
d. Examination (name)
e. Year taken
f. Indication if it is Actual Official High
School qualification results or Most
recent school examination results
(Year 11)
g. Subject taken and grades obtained
High School Education refers to Year 12
education.
Applicants whose national pre-university
education system is for 10 years (eg
Philippines) should fill in their 10th Year
national qualification results.
Applicants who are sitting for their national or
official Year 12 in the same year of application
and expecting their results only after the
application deadline should fill in their Year 11
results.
Actual High School (Year 12) results will contribute
towards admission decision.
Applicants who are submitting the Indonesian
Ebtanas and Vietnam High School qualifications on
the year of admission will be short-listed for
University Entrance Examinations (UEE) based on
their Year 11 school (June) and semester II results,
respectively.
Applicants whose actual High School results are
available only after the deadline of application (eg
Indian Year 12) will have their application decision
made based on the actual results when they are
made available.

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Section 3 - Academic Qualifications
Sub section - Addtional results Applicants with these results may fill them in. Applicants may check
a. IETLS http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/apply/international
b. TOEFL Applicants who do not have these results /admissionreq/BYA-admissionreq.html for
c. EL1119 should leave them empty. requirements of their qualification type and if
d. MUET they are required to submit additional results.
e. SAT I Applicants submitting the EL1119 are required
f. SAT II to fill in the grade under "O" level grading, not SAT I and SAT II or ACT results will contribute
g. ACT the "SPM" grading. towards admission decision for applicants
h. Advanced Placement (AP) scores whose qualification type requires these tests.
i. AIEEE Rank Applicants submitting the MUET should key in
j. IIT Rank the numerical grade (e.g. 221) instead of the
band.

Section 4 - Exceptional talents and achievements

Sub section - International Science Olympiads This section is for applicants with achievements Contribute towards admission decision.
Fields required: in International Science Olympiad (IOC).
a. Type of Olympiad Applicants who won medals at the International
b. Level of achievement The list for all competitions under the IOC Science Olympiads must also fulfil our English
c. Subject undertaken group can be found at: requirement if their qualification type requires
d. Level of participation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_scien them to submit the results.
e. From and to (year of achievement) ce_olympiad
f. Name of contact person (for Applicants may check
verification) Applicants who do not have achievements http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/apply/international
g. Position of contact person within the defined list should leave this sub /admissionreq/BYA-admissionreq.html for the
h. Telephone number (of g) section empty. requirements of their qualification type.
i. Fax number (of g)
Applicants who do not fulfil our English
requirement may be required to undertake the
UEE English paper.

Applicants who won Certificate of Merit in this

sub section may be required to undertake the
full UEE.

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Section 4 - Exceptional talents and achievements
Sub section - Other activities This section is for applicants with achievements Achievements at international level may
Fields required: in other activities. contribute towards admissions decisions.
a. Activity type (eg IOC, Asian Olympiads,
National Science Olympiads, Arts/Music, Competitions held by other Universities do not Achievements at National level may contribute
Sports, Club/Society/Community qualify under this sub section. towards admissions decisions.
Service)
b. Level of achievement School extra-curriculum activities (ECA), core Achievements below National level have
c. Name of activity/organisation/employer curriculum activities (CCA) do not qualify under negligible contribution towards admissions
d. Level (of competition/medal/prize) this sub section. decisions.
e. Position Held
f. From and to (period of activities)
g. Name of contact person (for
verification)
h. Position of contact person
i. Telephone number (of g)
j. Fax number (of g)

Sub section - Short written submission
Fields required:
a. 2,000 character field for a short written
submission
Applicants may wish to prepare their written Submissions highlighting exceptional talents
submission separately prior submitting an may be taken into consideration.
application.
Applicants are encouraged to summarize (e.g.
in point form) instead of writing a prolonged
essay.

Section 5 - Exemptions and Scholarships

Fields required:
a. University admitted to and course
b. High school examinations exempted
from
c. Name of Scholarship attained
d. Year (attained)
e. Name of contact person (for
verification)
f. Position of contact person
g. Telephone number (of f)
h. Fax number (of f)
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This section is for applicants given exemption
and/ or scholarships.
Applicants who have attained exemptions from
National High School examinations or direct
admissions to Universities may fill in this
section.
Applicants who have obtained full scholarships
(i.e. at least full fee subsidy) may fill in this
section.
Applicants with exemptions and direct admissions
to good Universities may be considered for similar
or related courses.
Applicants who won full scholarships at good
Universities may be considered for admissions
directly or required to undertake the UEE.
Section 6 - Choice of Courses
Sub section - Single degree courses This section is for applicants to key in their
Fields required: choice of courses.
a. 1st Choice
b. 2nd Choice Applicants must select at least 1 (1st Choice)
c. 3rd Choice choice for a single undergraduate degree
d. 4th Choice course for our assessment.
e. 5th Choice
Please fill in your choice of courses in terms of
your priority.
Section 6 - Choice of Courses
Sub section - Double degree courses This sub section is optional.
Fields required:
a. 1st Choice Applicants who wish to undertake a double
b. 2nd Choice degree course at NUS will use this sub section.
c. 3rd Choice
d. 4th Choice Applicants can also apply for double degree
(DDP) courses at the end of year 1.
A full list of single degree courses available at
NUS and their subject pre-requisites is located
at
http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/apply/prerequisite
.htm
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Contributes towards admission decision.
Applicants will be assessed according to
competition for all the courses they have
applied for.
For applicants who meet the competitive
requirements, offers will be made according to
the applicants' prioritized choices.
Applicants who does not meet the competitive
requirements or offer any competitive
achievements listed in sections 4 and 5 will be
rejected.
Applicants whose listed achievements in
sections 4 and 5 are not assessed to be
sufficiently competitive and do not meet the
competitive requirements, will be rejected.
For applicants who meet the competitive
requirements, offers will be made according to
the applicants' prioritized choices.
Applicants who does not meet the competitive
requirements or offer any competitive
achievements listed in sections 4 and 5 will be
rejected.
Applicants whose listed achievements in
sections 4 and 5 are not assessed to be
sufficiently competitive and do not meet the
competitive requirements, will be rejected.
Section 7 - Employment History
Fields required: Applicants who have been working prior to This is for record purposes.
a. Name of company applying to NUS should inform us of your
b. Position activities.
c. Period of employment

Section 8 - Disabilities and Special Needs

Fields required: Applicants who have disabilities and special This is for record purposes.
a. Selection for "yes" or "no" needs must indicate them to us.

Applicants whose conditions are within the

University's estate and medical support
capacities will compete as per normal
applicants for admissions.

Applicants with colour blindness will not be

considered for admissions to Pharmacy.

Applicants are required to submit

documentation and paper explanations of their
disabilities and special needs.

Section 9 - Next-of-Kin Information

Fields required: Country & area codes are required only for This is for record purposes.
a. Name of next of kin (NOK) / non-Singaporean numbers for the Home
Guardian Telephone and Mobile Telephones / Pager
b. Relationship of NOK (a) to fields.
applicant
c. Occupation (of a)
d. Telephone (of a)
e. Handphone / Pager (of a)

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Section 10 - Other Information
Fields required: Applicants are required to declare all convicted This is for record purposes.
a. Criminal conviction criminal offenses by a court of law in any
country.

Applicants are required to submit

documentation and paper explanations of their
criminal record.

Section 11 - Admission PIN

Fields required: Applicants are required to create an admission Admissions PIN must be in alpha-numeric
a. Enter an Admission PIN (8 alpha- PIN. This admission PIN will be the personal which contains both alphabet(s) and
numeric characters) password for the applicant to login to our number(s).
b. Re-enter the admission PIN (as in a) online application status facility.

Section 12 - Application Fee

Fields required: Applicants must pay a non-refundable NUS accepts only one application per applicant.
a. Choice of payment mode for one of the application fee of SGD20. Duplicate applications will not be considered.
below:
- Credit Card (VISA and MASTERCARD
only. Debit cards are not allowed for
use in this application)
- Bank Draft
- NETS (at the NUS Office of
Admissions only)

Section 13 – Declaration
Fields required: This section is a declaration clause where the
Nil applicant indicates that all information is
correct.

National University of Singapore. Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form - International Students