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, 2019/20. Please use it as reference only as the scores and places offered vary each year.
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Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) Table of 3 Local Universities for Poly GPA AY19-20
| S/N | University | Major | 10th Percentile | 90th Percentile | Places taken up in AY 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NUS | Law* | 3.86 | 3.93 | 223 |
| 2 | NUS | Medicine* | 3.94 | 4 | 280 |
| 3 | NUS | Nursing* | 3.33 | 3.86 | 311 |
| 4 | NUS | Dentistry* | # | # | 60 |
| 5 | NUS | Architecture* | 3.59 | 3.92 | 160 |
| 6 | NUS | Industrial Design* | 3.88 | 3.97 | 48 |
| 7 | NUS | Project & Facilities Management | 3.59 | 3.84 | 167 |
| 8 | NUS | Real Estate | 3.58 | 3.83 | 165 |
| 9 | NUS | Biomedical Engineering | 3.71 | 3.92 | 161 |
| 10 | NUS | Chemical Engineering | 3.65 | 3.95 | 253 |
| 11 | NUS | Civil Engineering | 3.71 | 3.95 | 133 |
| 12 | NUS | Electrical Engineering | 3.68 | 3.94 | 207 |
| 13 | NUS | Engineering | NA | NA | 56 |
| 14 | NUS | Engineering Science | 3.83 | 3.99 | 35 |
| 15 | NUS | Environmental Engineering | 3.57 | 3.94 | 47 |
| 16 | NUS | Industrial & Systems Engineering | # | # | 65 |
| 17 | NUS | Materials Science & Engineering | 3.76 | 3.93 | 79 |
| 18 | NUS | Mechanical Engineering | 3.65 | 3.94 | 346 |
| 19 | NUS | Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautical) | NA | NA | NA |
| 20 | NUS | Computing | NA | NA | NA |
| 21 | NUS | Computing (Business Analytics) | 3.81 | 3.95 | 241 |
| 22 | NUS | Computing (Computer Science) | 3.86 | 3.98 | 596 |
| 23 | NUS | Computing (Information Security) | 3.84 | 3.97 | 53 |
| 24 | NUS | Computing (Information Systems) | 3.82 | 3.99 | 124 |
| 25 | NUS | Computer Engineering | 3.87 | 3.97 | 181 |
| 26 | NUS | Data Science and Analytics | NA | NA | 179 |
| 27 | NUS | Pharmaceutical Science | # | # | 48 |
| 28 | NUS | Pharmacy | # | # | 156 |
| 29 | NUS | Science | NA | NA | 571 |
| 30 | NUS | Science (Food Science & Technology) | NA | NA | 57 |
| 31 | NUS | Science (Chemistry) | 3.85 | 3.96 | NA |
| 32 | NUS | Science (Computational Biology) | # | # | NA |
| 33 | NUS | Applied Science (Food Science & Technology) | # | # | NA |
| 34 | NUS | Science (Life Sciences) | 3.83 | 3.97 | NA |
| 35 | NUS | Science (Physics) | # | # | NA |
| 36 | NUS | Business Administration | 3.73 | 3.95 | 765 |
| 37 | NUS | Business Administration (Accountancy) | 3.76 | 3.97 | 220 |
| 38 | NUS | Arts & Social Sciences (Philosophy, Politics & Economics)* | # | # | NA |
| 39 | NUS | Arts & Social Sciences | 3.67 | 3.92 | 1,510 |
| 40 | NUS | Arts & Social Sciences (Mother Tongue Related) | NA | NA | NA |
| 41 | NUS | Environmental Studies | # | # | 47 |
| 42 | NTU | Medicine* | # | # | 149 |
| 43 | NTU | Renaissance Engineering* | # | # | 55 |
| 44 | NTU | Aerospace Engineering | 3.49 | 3.93 | 124 |
| 45 | NTU | Bioengineering | 3.69 | 3.96 | 102 |
| 46 | NTU | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 3.67 | 3.98 | 174 |
| 47 | NTU | Civil Engineering | 3.44 | 3.97 | 120 |
| 48 | NTU | Computer Engineering | 3.58 | 3.95 | 99 |
| 49 | NTU | Computer Science | 3.56 | 3.95 | 424 |
| 50 | NTU | Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | # | # | 52 |
| 51 | NTU | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 3.43 | 3.94 | 608 |
| 52 | NTU | Engineering | # | # | 33 |
| 53 | NTU | Environmental Engineering | 3.46 | 3.81 | 35 |
| 54 | NTU | Information Engineering & Media | 3.49 | 3.98 | 97 |
| 55 | NTU | Maritime Studies | 3.54 | 3.92 | 86 |
| 56 | NTU | Materials Engineering | 3.38 | 3.88 | 211 |
| 57 | NTU | Mechanical Engineering | 3.4 | 3.91 | 542 |
| 58 | NTU | Double Major Programmes* | 3.84 | 3.99 | 63 |
| 59 | NTU | Biological Sciences* | 3.71 | 3.96 | 263 |
| 60 | NTU | Chemistry & Biological Chemistry | 3.49 | 3.88 | 231 |
| 61 | NTU | Environmental Earth Systems Science* | # | # | 34 |
| 62 | NTU | Mathematical Sciences | # | # | 152 |
| 63 | NTU | Physics / Applied Physics | 3.52 | 3.97 | 80 |
| 64 | NTU | Accountancy* | 3.63 | 3.95 | 507 |
| 65 | NTU | Business* | 3.62 | 3.94 | 837 |
| 66 | NTU | Double Major Programmes* | # | # | 57 |
| 67 | NTU | Art, Design & Media*^ | 3.3 | 3.83 | 145 |
| 68 | NTU | Chinese | 3.41 | 3.81 | 73 |
| 69 | NTU | Communication Studies* | 3.68 | 3.93 | 168 |
| 70 | NTU | Economics | 3.51 | 3.84 | 163 |
| 71 | NTU | English* | 3.39 | 3.71 | 90 |
| 72 | NTU | History* | # | # | 49 |
| 73 | NTU | Linguistics & Multilingual Studies* | 3.38 | 3.73 | 82 |
| 74 | NTU | Philosophy* | 3.31 | 3.6 | 59 |
| 75 | NTU | Psychology | 3.67 | 3.92 | 134 |
| 76 | NTU | Public Policy & Global Affairs | 3.56 | 3.95 | 65 |
| 77 | NTU | Sociology | 3.47 | 3.77 | 139 |
| 78 | NTU | Sport Science & Management | 3.54 | 3.93 | 74 |
| 79 | NTU | Arts (Education)* | # | # | 28 |
| 80 | NTU | Science (Education)* | # | # | 29 |
| 81 | SMU | Bachelor of Laws | # | # | 174 |
| 82 | SMU | Bachelor of Science (Economics) | 3.69 | 3.92 | 264 |
| 83 | SMU | Bachelor of Science (Information Systems) | 3.57 | 3.92 | 448 |
| 84 | SMU | Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) | 3.75 | 3.96 | 49 |
| 85 | SMU | Bachelor of Social Science | 3.66 | 3.91 | 244 |
Source: SMU, NTU and NUS Official Websites
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