International Qualifications for Singapore Citizens / Singapore Permanent Residents
Application PeriodAcademic Year 2026/2027 Application Period | Estimated Application Outcome | Appeal Window |
3 December 2025 to 23 February 2026 | Mid-May to End-July | Late-May |
Note:
- The University Entrance Examination (UEE) has been discontinued.
- Applicants who receive their application outcome beyond the appeal window may submit an appeal email to https://faq.nus.edu.sg/s/.
Admissions Requirements
You must have completed or will be completing high school, and have at least 12 years of general education by July in the year of application.
All 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.
- Applicants who have been away from the Singapore school system for several years and have not continued studying their MTL (or an approved MTL-in-lieu) may be eligible for an MTL exemption.
- 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.
Acceptable high school qualifications and respective admissions requirements are as follows.
Verification of Documents
Successful applicants will be called upon for verification of their submitted documents when school terms starts.
When applicants arrive in Singapore for enrolment into NUS, they must bring along original copies of their identification, high school results and other material documents which they have submitted in support of their application.
The University reserves the right to expel students who fail to turn up for the verification of documents or provide the required documents.