For easy comparison between courses, the indicative grade profiles of polytechnic students entering all courses offered by the 3 local universities are as shown in the table below, along with the places taken up in previous year, 2013/14. Please use it as reference only as the scores and places offered vary each year.
Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) Table of 3 Local Universities for Poly GPA AY13-14
| S/N | University | Major | 10th Percentile | 90th Percentile | Places taken up in AY2013-14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NUS | Law* | # | # | 244 |
| 2 | NUS | Medicine* | # | # | 300 |
| 3 | NUS | Nursing* | 3.56 | 3.96 | 115 |
| 4 | NUS | Dentistry* | # | # | 54 |
| 5 | NUS | Architecture* | 3.69 | 3.98 | 146 |
| 6 | NUS | Industrial Design* | 3.57 | 3.99 | 41 |
| 7 | NUS | Project & Facilities Management | 3.66 | 3.89 | 127 |
| 8 | NUS | Real Estate | 3.65 | 3.87 | 132 |
| 9 | NUS | Engineering | NA | NA | 81 |
| 10 | NUS | Bioengineering | 3.79 | 4 | 91 |
| 11 | NUS | Chemical Engineering | 3.88 | 4 | 310 |
| 12 | NUS | Civil Engineering | 3.74 | 4 | 108 |
| 13 | NUS | Electrical Engineering | 3.69 | 3.97 | 210 |
| 14 | NUS | Environment Engineering | 3.66 | 3.93 | 91 |
| 15 | NUS | Engineering Science | # | # | 43 |
| 16 | NUS | Industrial & Systems Engineering | # | # | 115 |
| 17 | NUS | Materials Science & Engineering | # | # | 56 |
| 18 | NUS | Mechanical Engineering | 3.75 | 3.97 | 296 |
| 19 | NUS | Computing (Business Analytics) | 3.68 | 3.93 | 399^ |
| 20 | NUS | Computing (Computer Science) | 3.61 | 3.97 | 399^ |
| 21 | NUS | Computing (Information Systems) | 3.59 | 3.95 | 399^ |
| 22 | NUS | Computer Engineering | 3.68 | 3.94 | 112 |
| 23 | NUS | Pharmacy | 3.89 | 4 | 209 |
| 24 | NUS | Science (Chemistry) | 3.72 | 3.97 | 1081^ |
| 25 | NUS | Science (Computational Biology) | # | # | 1081^ |
| 26 | NUS | Applied Science (Food Science & Technology) | 3.82 | 3.97 | 1081^ |
| 27 | NUS | Science (Life Sciences) | 3.73 | 3.98 | 1081^ |
| 28 | NUS | Science (Physics) | 3.83 | 3.93 | 1081^ |
| 29 | NUS | Business Admin | 3.82 | 3.99 | 485 |
| 30 | NUS | Business Admin (Accountancy) | 3.86 | 4 | 220 |
| 31 | NUS | Arts & Social Sciences | 3.68 | 3.89 | 1562^ |
| 32 | NUS | Arts & Social Sciences (MT related) | NA | NA | 1562^ |
| 33 | NUS | Environmental Studies | 3.77 | 4 | 68 |
| 34 | NTU | Medicine* | # | # | 54 |
| 35 | NTU | Renaissance Engineering* | # | # | 42 |
| 36 | NTU | Aerospace Engineering | 3.85 | 3.97 | 102 |
| 37 | NTU | Bioengineering | 3.34 | 3.92 | 86 |
| 38 | NTU | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 3.48 | 3.98 | 224 |
| 39 | NTU | Civil Engineering | 3.49 | 3.98 | 153 |
| 40 | NTU | Computer Engineering | 3.51 | 3.93 | 95 |
| 41 | NTU | Computer Science | 3.55 | 3.95 | 253 |
| 42 | NTU | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 3.37 | 3.94 | 624 |
| 43 | NTU | Engineering | # | # | 82 |
| 44 | NTU | Environmental Engineering | 3.5 | 3.89 | 58 |
| 45 | NTU | Information Engineering & Media | 3.52 | 3.96 | 77 |
| 46 | NTU | Maritime Studies | 3.7 | 3.96 | 92 |
| 47 | NTU | Materials Engineering | 3.39 | 3.93 | 243 |
| 48 | NTU | Mechanical Engineering | 3.47 | 3.93 | 540 |
| 49 | NTU | Biological Sciences* | 3.37 | 3.94 | 351 |
| 50 | NTU | Chemistry & Biological Chemistry | 3.27 | 3.92 | 297 |
| 51 | NTU | Mathematical Sciences | 3.52 | 3.92 | 206 |
| 52 | NTU | Mathematics & Economics | # | # | 96 |
| 53 | NTU | Physics / Applied Physics | 3.35 | 3.81 | 118 |
| 54 | NTU | Accountancy* | 3.79 | 3.98 | 595 |
| 55 | NTU | Business* | 3.8 | 3.98 | 655 |
| 56 | NTU | Art, Design & Media* | 3.16 | 3.66 | 190 |
| 57 | NTU | Chinese | 3.43 | 3.89 | 96 |
| 58 | NTU | Communication Studies* | 3.68 | 3.94 | 186 |
| 59 | NTU | Economics* | 3.6 | 3.9 | 134 |
| 60 | NTU | English* | 3.38 | 3.83 | 104 |
| 61 | NTU | History* | # | # | 83 |
| 62 | NTU | Linguistics & Multilingual Studies* | # | # | 63 |
| 63 | NTU | Psychology | 3.69 | 3.95 | 178 |
| 64 | NTU | Public Policy & Global Affairs | 3.46 | 3.79 | 78 |
| 65 | NTU | Sociology* | 3.5 | 3.81 | 139 |
| 66 | NTU | Sport Science & Management | 3.58 | 3.88 | 90 |
| 67 | NTU | Arts (Education) | 3.48 | 3.62 | 44 |
| 68 | NTU | Science (Education) | 3.37 | 3.79 | 16 |
| 69 | SMU | Accountancy | 3.72 | 3.95 | 282 |
| 70 | SMU | Business Management | 3.72 | 3.94 | 762 |
| 71 | SMU | Laws | # | # | 161 |
| 72 | SMU | Science (Economics) | 3.71 | 3.9 | 257 |
| 73 | SMU | Science (Information Systems Management) | 3.53 | 3.91 | 266 |
| 74 | SMU | Social Sciences | 3.72 | 3.9 | 205 |
Notes
- 10th percentile refers to the GPA which is higher than 10% of that of other poly students who entered the course. 90th percentile refers to the GPA which is higher than 90% of that of other poly students who entered the course.
- Please note that the universities also take into consideration your O level grades when reviewing application. It is said that weightage of O level results is 20%.
* Additional assessments such as interviews, selection tests, and/or portfolios are required.
# No representative GPA is shown as the sample size is small.
^ Number is an aggregation of all the courses in the same faculty .i.e. Science, Computing, Arts & social science.
Source: SMU, NTU and NUS Official Websites
Refer to our university course selection guide on how to use the information here effectively to aid your selection of a course/major.
You may need to know:
NUS Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) AY 13-14
NTU Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) AY 13-14
SMU Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) AY 13-14
Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) of 3 Local Universities for A-Level 3H2/1H1 AY 13-14
Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) of 3 Local Universities for Poly GPAs AY12-13
