Notification of Grade Profiles and Course Places for Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-level and Local Polytechnic Diploma Applicants for the Academic Year 2020/2021 NUS Undergraduate Admissions Exercise
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The University provides the following notification of grade profiles and course places to enable prospective applicants to make informed choices in their application for admission to NUS undergraduate courses.
- Representative grade profiles1 of the 10th and 90th percentiles of applicants offered places in AY 2019/2020 for applicants holding Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-level qualifications are shown in Table 1. The grade profiles refer to the grades scored by Singapore-Cambridge A-level applicants in their three H2 and one H1 subjects. For the purpose of this notification, Grade C is assumed for both General Paper (GP) and Project Work (PW) in determining the grade profiles. Please note that certain courses may require grades higher than Grade C for GP. Please refer to Table 1 for the Grade Profiles of the 10th and 90th percentiles of A-level applicants offered places for courses at NUS in AY 2019/2020.
- Representative polytechnic Grade Point Averages (GPA) of the 10th and 90th percentiles of local polytechnic applicants offered places for courses at NUS in AY 2019/2020 are shown in Table 2. Please note that with effect from AY2020/2021, the Polytechnic GPA will only be taken into account for university admissions. Please refer to Table 2 for the Polytechnic GPAs of the 10th and 90th percentiles of polytechnic applicants offered places for courses at NUS in AY 2019/2020.
- The number of course places taken up NUS for AY 2019/2020 is shown in Table 3. It is important to note that the number of course places changes from year to year.
Applicants seeking admission in AY2020/2021 can expect competition to be keener for courses with more stringent grade requirements and fewer places. In using the tables below, please note the following:
- The grade profiles, GPAs and course places may vary from year to year, depending on the number and performance of applicants and the number of places available.
- Meeting the previous year’s grade/GPA scores of a course does NOT guarantee admission to that course for AY2020/2021.
- The grade profiles do not take into account offers that were made under Aptitude-based (Discretionary) Admissions.
- The courses marked with an asterisk (*) are those where additional assessments such as interviews, selection tests, and portfolios are required.
- Certain courses may have specific subject requirements. Details can be found at NUS Admissions website.
For more information on the disclosure of grade profiles, please refer to our FAQ here.
18 December 2019
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1 These provide an indication of the grade profiles for the majority of applicants admitted in AY 2018/2019. There could be other equivalent profiles for each course. For example, a grade profile of ABC/C could be considered to be broadly equivalent to BBB/C, unless there are other pre-requisites.
Table 1: Grade Profiles of the 10th and 90th percentiles of A-Level Applicants offered places for courses at NUS in Academic Year 2019/20202
| NUS Courses |
Representative Grade Profile 3H2/1H1 |
| |
10th percentile |
90th percentile |
| Faculty of Law |
| Law* |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| School of Medicine |
| Medicine* |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Nursing* |
CCD/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Faculty of Dentistry |
| Dentistry* |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| School of Design & Environment |
| Architecture* |
ABB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Industrial Design* |
ABB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Project & Facilities Management |
BCC/B
|
BBB/B
|
| Real Estate |
BCC/B
|
BBB/B
|
| Faculty of Engineering |
| Biomedical Engineering |
BBC/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Chemical Engineering |
BBC/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Civil Engineering |
CCD/B
|
AAB/B
|
| Electrical Engineering |
CCC/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Engineering |
BCC/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Engineering Science |
BCC/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Environmental Engineering |
BCC/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Industrial & Systems Engineering |
BCC/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Materials Science & Engineering |
CCC/C
|
AAA/C
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
BCC/B
|
AAA/A
|
| Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautical) |
AAB/B
|
AAA/A
|
| School of Computing |
| Computing (Business Analytics) |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Computing (Computer Science) |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Computing (Information Security) |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Computing (Information Systems) |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Faculty of Engineering & School of Computing |
| Computer Engineering |
AAB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Faculty of Science |
| Data Science and Analytics |
AAB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Pharmaceutical Science |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Pharmacy |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Science |
AAA/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Science (Food Science & Technology) |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| NUS Business School |
| Business Admin |
AAB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Business Admin (Accountancy) |
AAB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences |
| Arts & Social Sciences (Philosophy, Politics & Economics)* |
AAA/A
|
AAA/A
|
| Arts & Social Sciences |
BBB/C
|
AAA/A
|
| Arts & Social Sciences (MT related) |
BBC/C
|
BBB/B
|
Environmental Studies (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and Faculty of Science)
|
| Environmental Studies |
AAA/C
|
AAA/A
|
* Courses that require interview &/or test.
2Double degrees are excluded from the table
Table 2: Polytechnic GPAs of the 10th and 90th percentiles of Polytechnic Applicants offered places for courses at NUS in Academic Year 2019/20203
| NUS Course |
Representative Grade Profile Polytechnic GPAs |
| |
10th percentile |
90th percentile |
| Faculty of Law |
| Law* |
3.86
|
3.93
|
| School of Medicine |
| Medicine* |
3.94
|
4.00
|
| Nursing* |
3.33
|
3.86
|
| Faculty of Dentistry |
| Dentistry* |
#
|
#
|
| School of Design & Environment |
| Architecture* |
3.59
|
3.92
|
| Industrial Design* |
3.88
|
3.97
|
| Project & Facilities Management |
3.59
|
3.84
|
| Real Estate |
3.58
|
3.83
|
| Faculty of Engineering |
| Biomedical Engineering |
3.71
|
3.92
|
| Chemical Engineering |
3.65
|
3.95
|
| Civil Engineering |
3.71
|
3.95
|
| Electrical Engineering |
3.68
|
3.94
|
| Engineering Science |
3.83
|
3.99
|
| Environmental Engineering |
3.57
|
3.94
|
| Industrial & Systems Engineering |
#
|
#
|
| Materials Science & Engineering |
3.76
|
3.93
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
3.65
|
3.94
|
| School of Computing |
| Computing (Business Analytics) |
3.81
|
3.95
|
| Computing (Computer Science) |
3.86
|
3.98
|
| Computing (Information Security) |
3.84
|
3.97 |
| Computing (Information Systems) |
3.82
|
3.99 |
| Faculty of Engineering & School of Computing |
| Computer Engineering |
3.87
|
3.97
|
| Faculty of Science |
| Pharmaceutical Science |
#
|
#
|
| Pharmacy |
#
|
#
|
| Science (Chemistry) |
3.85
|
3.96
|
| Science (Food Science & Technology) |
#
|
#
|
| Science (Life Sciences) |
3.83
|
3.97
|
| Science (Physics) |
#
|
#
|
| NUS Business School |
| Business Admin |
3.73
|
3.95
|
| Business Admin (Accountancy) |
3.76
|
3.97
|
| Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences |
| Arts & Social Sciences (Philosophy, Politics & Economics)* |
#
|
#
|
| Arts & Social Sciences |
3.67
|
3.92
|
| Environmental Studies (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and Faculty of Science) |
| Environmental Studies |
#
|
#
|
* Courses that require interview &/or test
# No representative GPA is shown as the sample size is small.
3Double degree programmes are excluded from the table.
Table 3: Total number of NUS course places taken up in Academic Year 2019/20204
| NUS Course |
Course Places |
| Faculty of Law |
| Law* |
223
|
| School of Medicine |
| Medicine* |
280
|
| Nursing* |
311
|
| Faculty of Dentistry |
| Dentistry* |
60
|
| School of Design & Environment |
| Architecture* |
160
|
| Industrial Design* |
48
|
| Project & Facilities Management |
167
|
| Real Estate |
165
|
| Faculty of Engineering |
| Biomedical Engineering |
161
|
| Chemical Engineering |
253
|
| Civil Engineering |
133
|
| Electrical Engineering |
207
|
| Engineering |
56
|
| Engineering Science |
35
|
| Environmental Engineering |
47
|
| Industrial & Systems Engineering |
65
|
| Materials Science & Engineering |
79
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
346
|
| School of Computing |
| Computing (Business Analytics) |
241
|
| Computing (Computer Science) |
596
|
| Computing (Information Security) |
53
|
| Computing (Information Systems) |
124
|
| School of Computing & Faculty of Engineering |
| Computer Engineering |
181
|
| Faculty of Science |
| Data Science & Analytics |
179
|
| Food Science & Technology |
57
|
| Pharmaceutical Science |
48
|
| Pharmacy |
156
|
| Science |
571
|
| NUS Business School |
| Business Admin |
765
|
| Business Admin (Accountancy) |
220
|
| Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences |
| Arts & Social Sciences |
1,510
|
| Environmental Studies |
| Environmental Studies |
47
|
* Courses that require interview &/or test
4Double degree programmes are excluded from the table.