Notification of Grade Profiles and Course Places for Singapore‐Cambridge GCE A‐levels and Local Polytechnic Diploma Applicants for the AY2014/2015 NUS Undergraduate issions Exercise The University provides the following notification of grade profiles and course places to enable prospective applicants to make informed choices in their application for ission to NUS undergraduate courses. • Representative grade profiles1 of the 10th and 90th percentiles of applicants offered places in AY 2013/2014 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 2013/2014. • Representative polytechnic Grade Point Averages (GPA) of the 10th and 90th percentiles of local polytechnic applicants offered places for courses at NUS in AY 2013/2014 are shown in Table 2. Please note that in addition to the Polytechnic GPA, the Singapore‐Cambridge O‐level results of polytechnic applicants are also taken into for university issions. 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 2013/2014. • The number of course places taken up NUS for AY 2013/2014 is shown in Table 3. It is important to note that the number of course places changes from year to year. Applicants seeking ission in AY2014/2015 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 ission to that course for AY2014/2015. • 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 issions website. For more information on the disclosure of grade profiles, please refer to our FAQ here.
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These provide an indication of the grade profiles for the majority of applicants itted in AY 2013/2014. 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.
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Table 1: Grade Profiles of the 10th and 90th percentiles of A‐Level Applicants offered places for courses at NUS in Academic Year 2013/20142 Representative Grade Profile 3H2 / 1H1
NUS Courses Faculty of Law Law* School of Medicine Medicine * Nursing * Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry * School of Design & Environment Architecture * Industrial Design * Project & Facilities Management Real Estate Faculty of Engineering Engineering Bioengineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Environment Engineering Engineering Science Industrial & Systems Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Mechanical Engineering School of Computing Computing (Business Analytics) Computing (Computer Science) Computing (Information Systems) Faculty of Engineering & School of Computing Computer Engineering Faculty of Science Pharmacy Science School of Business Business Business (ancy) Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Arts & Social Sciences Arts & Social Sciences (MT related) Environmental Studies Environmental Studies * Courses that require interview &/or test.
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Double degree programmes are excluded from the table.
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10th percentile
90th percentile
AAA/A
AAA/A
AAA/A CCC/B
AAA/A AAA/C
AAA/A
AAA/A
AAB/C BBB/C BBC/B BBB/C
AAA/A AAA/A AAB/C AAA/C
BBC/C BCC/B AAB/C BBC/C BCC/B BCC/B BBC/C ABB/B BCC/B BCC/B
AAA/A AAA/A AAA/A AAA/A AAA/A AAB/B AAA/A AAA/A AAA/A AAA/A
AAB/B BBB/C AAB/B
AAA/A AAA/A AAA/A
BCC/B
AAA/B
AAA/A BBC/B
AAA/A AAA/A
AAA/B AAA/A
AAA/A AAA/A
ABB/C BBC/B
AAA/A ABB/C
AAB/B
AAA/A
Table 2: Polytechnic GPAs of the 10th and 90th percentiles of Polytechnic Applicants offered places for courses at NUS in Academic Year 2013/20143 Representative Grade Profile Polytechnic GPAs
NUS Courses Faculty of Law Law * School of Medicine Medicine * Nursing * Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry * School of Design & Environment Architecture * Industrial Design * Project & Facilities Management Real Estate Faculty of Engineering Bioengineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Environment Engineering Engineering Science Industrial & Systems Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Mechanical Engineering School of Computing Computing (Business Analytics) Computing (Computer Science) Computing (Information Systems) Faculty of Engineering & School of Computing Computer Engineering Faculty of Science Pharmacy Science (Chemistry) Science (Computational Biology) Applied Science (Food Science & Technology) Science (Life Sciences) Science (Physics) School of Business Business Business (ancy)
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Double degrees are excluded from the table.
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10th percentile
90th percentile
#
#
# 3.56
# 3.96
#
#
3.69 3.57 3.66 3.65
3.98 3.99 3.89 3.87
3.79 3.88 3.74 3.69 3.66 # # # 3.75
4 4 4 3.97 3.93 # # # 3.97
3.68 3.61 3.59
3.93 3.97 3.95
3.68
3.94
3.89 3.72 # 3.82 3.73 3.83
4.00 3.97 # 3.97 3.98 3.93
3.82 3.86
3.99 4.00
Representative Grade Profile Polytechnic GPAs
NUS Courses
10th percentile
90th percentile
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Arts & Social Sciences Environmental Studies
3.68
3.89
Environmental Studies
3.77
4.00
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Courses that require interview &/or test. No representative GPA is shown as the sample size is small.
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Table 3: Total number of NUS course places taken up in Academic Year 2013/20144 NUS Courses
Course Places
Faculty of Law Law * School of Medicine Medicine * Nursing * Faculty of Dentistry Dentistry * School of Design & Environment Architecture * Industrial Design * Project & Facilities Management Real Estate Faculty of Engineering Engineering Bioengineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Environment Engineering Engineering Science Industry & Systems Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Mechanical Engineering School of Computing Computing Faculty of Engineering and School of Computing Computer Engineering Faculty of Science Pharmacy Science School of Business Business istration Business istration (ancy) Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Arts & Social Sciences Environmental Studies Environmental Studies
244 300 115 54 146 41 127 132 81 91 310 108 210 91 43 115 56 296 399 112 209 1,081 485 220 1,562 68
* Courses that require interview & test.
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Double degrees are excluded from the table.
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