Guide to Application Form

[International Students]
Office of Admissions

[10 pages including cover page]

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

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 understand the anxiety of looking into your next step in life. Our admissions professionals have travelled the path, and are glad to assist you with this
application guide. This guide explains the sections contained within our application form. You should read through the guide to prepare yourselves
sufficiently for filling in the application.
We believe you will find it useful.
Section 1 - Personal Particulars
Section
Fields required:
a) Full Name
b) Given Name/ First Name
c) Family Name/ Last Name/ Surname
d) Date of Birth
e) Gender
f) Citizenship
g) Passport Number
h) Marital Status
i) Race/Ethnic Group
j) Religion

Explanation
The fields in this section seek to identify
yourself to us.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

Applicants, who do not have passports at the

point of application, may leave the passport
field empty.

Section 2 Contact Information

Section
Fields required:
a) Block/ House No.
b) Street Name/ Building Name
c) State/ City
d) Country
e) Postal Code
f) Email
g) Alternate Email
h) Home Telephone
i) Handphone / Pager

Explanation
The fields in this section seek to inform us of
the ways to contact you on any further
documentations or clarifications our
admissions professionals might require from
you. Please ensure that the email you
provided is in use for the next 12 months at
the point of application. Country & area
codes are required only for non-Singaporean
numbers for the Home Telephone and
Handphone / Pager fields.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

Section 3 Academic Qualifications

Section
Sub section - Secondary Education
Fields required:
a) Name of Secondary School
b) City / Country (of field a)
c) Attended from and to
d) Examination (name)
e) Year taken
Subjects taken
a) English
Sub section - High School
Education
Fields required:
a) Name of High School
b) Country (of field a)
c) Province/ City
d) Attended from and to
e) Examination (name)
f) Year taken
g) Indication if it is Actual
Official High School
qualification results or Most
recent school examination
results (Year 11)
h) Subject taken and grades
obtained
Sub section - Additional results
a) IETLS
b) TOEFL
c) EL1119
d) MUET
e) SAT

Explanation
The fields in this section seek to inform us of your
education experience.
Secondary Education refers to Year 10 education.
Subjects taken require you to fill in the grades/marks of
the subjects taken. Applicants are required to fill in the
field for Year 10 English subject only.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.
We do not award positive or negative points
towards any information filled in the
Secondary School sub-section towards
admissions decisions.

High School Education refers to Year 12 education.

High contribution.

Please key in the full name of your high school as per

reflected in your school transcript. If your high school
name is not in English, please translate it to English
language before keying in.

Applicants who are submitting the

Indonesian Ujian Nasional (UN)/Ebtanas or
Vietnam National High School Graduation
Examination 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 national pre-university education

system is for 10 years (e.g. Philippines) should fill in
their 10th Year national qualification results.
Applicants who are sitting for their national or official
Year 12 examination in the same year of application and
expecting their results only after the application
deadline should fill in their Year 11 results (please select
I will be completing the high school final examination
after 1 March instead of I have completed the high
school final examination for high school result).
Applicants with any of these results may fill them in.
Applicants who do not have these results should leave
them empty.

Applicants whose actual High School results

are available only after the deadline of
application (e.g. Indian Year 12) will have
their application decision made based on the
actual results when they are made available.

SAT and SAT Subject Tests - High

contribution. Other results listed - Some
influence.
Applicants should check
http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/apply/internati
onal/admissionreq/BYA-admissionreq.html

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

f) SAT Subject Tests

g) ACT
h) Advanced Placement (AP)
scores
i) AIEEE Rank
j) IIT Rank

Applicants are required to fill in the fields for overall

band as well as writing component band scores if they
are submitting IELTS.
Applicants submitting the EL1119 are required to fill in
the grade under "O" level grading, not the "SPM"
grading.

for requirements of additional results

according to their qualification type.
Applicants whose qualification type requires
them to submit the SAT and SAT Subject
Tests results will have the admissions
decisions made almost exclusively based on
the SAT and SAT Subject Tests scores.

Applicants submitting the MUET are required to fill in

the numerical grade (e.g. 221). Do not key in the band.
Section 4 University / Tertiary Education
Section
Fields required:
a) Indication if current or former student of
National University of Singapore (NUS),
Nanyang Technological University (NTU),
Singapore Management University
(SMU) and/or any other tertiary
institutions
b) Indication if current or former student of
any other university or tertiary
institutions
c) University Name, University Course and
University academic results

Explanation
Applicants who are current students of NUS,
NUS, SMU and/or any other tertiary
institutions should not apply under
International Application.

Contribution to admissions decisions

Some influence.

Applicants who are current students of any

other university or tertiary institution should
click Yes.
Please key in University name, course and
academic results. If University academic
results are not available at point of
application, please leave them empty.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

Section 5 Outstanding Achievements

Section
Sub section - International Science Olympiads
(Activity 1)
Fields required:
a) Type of Olympiad
b) Level of achievement
c) Subject undertaken
d) Level of participation
e) From and to (year of achievement)
f) Name of contact person (for verification)
g) Position of contact person
h) Telephone number (of contact person)
i) Fax number (of contact person)

Explanation
The exhaustive list for all competitions under
the International Science Olympiad (IOC)
group achievements can be found defined at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_s
cience_olympiad
Applicants who do not have achievements
within the defined list should leave this sub
section empty.

Sub section - Other types of activities

(Activity 2 or 3)

Competitions held by other Universities do

not qualify under this sub section.

Fields required:
a) Activity type (e.g. IOC, Asian Olympiads,
National Science Olympiads, Arts/Music,
Sports, Club/Society/Community Service)
b) Level of achievement
c) Name of activity/organization/employer
d. Level (of competition/medal/prize)
d) Position Held
e) From and to (period of activities)
f) Name of contact person (for verification)
g) Position of contact person
h) Telephone number (of contact person)
i) Fax number (of contact person)

School extra-curriculum activities (ECA), core

curriculum activities (CCA) do not qualify
under this sub section.

Contribution to admissions decisions

High contribution.
Applicants who won medals at the
International Science Olympiads must also
fulfil the University English requirement if
their High School qualification requires it
(http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/apply/internati
onal/admissionreq/BYA-admissionreq.html).
Applicants who do not meet the English
requirement may be required to undertake
the UEE English paper as per assessment by
our admission professionals.
Applicants who won Certificate of Merit in
this sub section may be required to
undertake the full UEE as per assessment by
our admissions professionals.
Some influence.
Achievements at international level have
some influence on admissions decisions.
Achievements at National level may have
some influence on admissions decisions.
Achievements below National level have
negligible influence on admissions decisions.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

Sub section - Short written submission

Fields required:
a) 2,000 character field for a short written
submission

Applicants may wish to prepare their written

submission separately prior submitting an
application. They may copy and paste their
pre-prepared written submission into the
text box.

Low influence.
Submissions which highlight exceptional
talents contributing to our student talent mix
may be taken into consideration.

Applicants are encouraged to summarize (or

provide in point form) instead of writing a
prolonged essay.
Section 5 Exemptions and Scholarships
Section
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 contact person)
h) Fax number (of contact person)

Explanation
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.

Contribution to admissions decisions

Some influence.
Applicants with exemptions and direct
admissions to good Universities will be
considered for similar or related courses as
per assessment by our admissions
professionals.
Applicants who won full scholarships at good
Universities will be considered for admissions
directly or required to undertake the UEE, as
per assessment by our admissions
professionals.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

Section 6 Choice of Courses

Section
Sub section - Single degree courses
Fields required:
a) 1st Choice
b) 2nd Choice
c) 3rd Choice
d) 4th Choice
e) 5th Choice

Explanation
Applicants must select at least 1 (1st Choice)
choice for a single undergraduate degree
course for our assessment. You may select up
to a maximum of 5 choices.
All courses available for undergraduate
studies are listed on a dropdown menu for
easy selection.
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/internati
onal/prerequisites/BYA-prerequisites.html.

Sub section - Double degree courses

This sub section is optional.

Fields required:
a) 1st Choice
b) 2nd Choice
c) 3rd Choice
d) 4th Choice

Applicants who wish to undertake a double

degree course (in 5 years) at NUS will use this
sub section.
Applicants can also apply for double degree
(DDP) courses at the end of year 1.
Applicants may select up to a maximum of 4
choices.
All courses available for undergraduate
studies are list on a dropdown menu for easy
selection.

Contribution to admissions decisions

High contribution.
Applicants will be assessed according to
competition for all the courses they have
applied for and be offered the applicants'
prioritized choices, for applicants who meet
the competitive admissions criteria.
Applicants who do not meet the competitive
admissions criteria 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 also not met the
competitive admissions criteria, will be
rejected.
High contribution for DDP only.
Applicants will be assessed according to
competition for all the courses they have
applied for and be offered the applicants'
prioritized choices, for applicants who meet
the competitive admissions criteria.
Applicants who do not meet the competitive
admissions criteria 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 also do not met
the competitive admissions criteria, will be
rejected.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

Section 7 Employment History

Section
Fields required:
a) Name of company
b) Position
c) Period of employment

Explanation
Applicants who have been working prior to
applying to NUS should inform us of their
activities.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

This is only for records purposes.

Section 8 Disabilities and Special Needs
Section
Fields required:
a) Selection for "Yes" or "No"

Explanation
Applicants who have disabilities and special
needs must complete this section.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

If you have indicated Yes, you are required

to select your medical condition(s) from the
dropdown menu. An elaboration of the
medical condition(s) should be provided.
You should choose Others if your medical
condition(s) is not available for selection.
Applicants are required to submit
documentation and paper explanations of
their disabilities and special needs.
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.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

Section 9 Next-of-Kin (NOK) Information

Section
Fields required:
a) Name of Next-of-Kin (NOK) / Guardian
b) Relationship of NOK to applicant
c) Occupation (of NOK)
d) Telephone (of NOK)
e) Handphone / Pager (of NOK)

Explanation
Country & area codes are required only for
non-Singaporean numbers for the Home
Telephone and Handphone / Pager fields.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

Explanation
Applicants are required to self-create an
admission PIN. This admission PIN will be the
personal password for the applicant to login
to our online application status check.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

Section 10 Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Section
Fields required:
a) Enter an Admission PIN (8 alpha-numeric
characters)
b) Re-enter the admission PIN (as in item a)

Admissions PIN must be in alpha-numeric.

This means it must contain both alphabet(s)
and number(s). Please note that the
admission PIN is case sensitive.
Section 11 Application Fee
Section
Fields required:
a) Choice of payment mode for one of the
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)

Explanation
Applicants must pay a non-refundable
deposit of SGD20.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

NUS does not allow more than 1 application per

academic year.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students

Section 12 Financial Aid

Section
Fields required:
a) Selection for "Yes" or "No"

Explanation
Applicants are to indicate if they wish to apply for
Financial Aid.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

Explanation
Applicants are required to declare all convicted
criminal offenses by a court of law or a military
court (court martial) in any country.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

Section 13 Other Information

Section
Fields required:
a) Criminal conviction

Applicants are required to submit documentation

and paper explanations of their declared record.
Section 14 Declaration
Section
Fields required:
a) Select and indicate that terms and conditions
contained in the Personal Data Notice &
Content are read and agreed upon
b) Agree or disagree to receive information from
NUS via various modes

Explanation
This section is a declaration clause where the
applicant indicates that all information contained
is correct and that he/she has read and agreed to
the terms and conditions contained in the
Personal Data Notice and Content.

Contribution to admissions decisions

No contribution.

National University of Singapore (NUS). Office of Admissions. Guide to Application Form International Students