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, 2015/16. Please use it as reference only as the scores and places offered vary each year.
Tip #1: Use the search box on the right corner of the table to narrow down to courses on your interest. (eg. “engineering” or “business” )
Tip #2: Click the blue row to sort any column in ascending or descending order.
Indicative Grade Profile (IGP) Table of 3 Local Universities for Poly GPA AY15-16
| S/N | University | Major | 10th percentile | 90th percentile | Places taken up in AY2015-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NUS | Law* | 3.83 | 3.99 | 253 |
| 2 | NUS | Medicine* | 3.92 | 4 | 300 |
| 3 | NUS | Nursing* | 3.42 | 3.92 | 148 |
| 4 | NUS | Dentistry* | 3.96 | 3.96 | 54 |
| 5 | NUS | Architecture* | 3.72 | 3.98 | 149 |
| 6 | NUS | Industrial Design* | 3.59 | 3.91 | 48 |
| 7 | NUS | Project & Facilities Management | 3.74 | 3.9 | 131 |
| 8 | NUS | Real Estate | 3.71 | 3.92 | 139 |
| 9 | NUS | Engineering | NA | NA | 46 |
| 10 | NUS | Biomedical Engineering | 3.82 | 3.93 | 100 |
| 11 | NUS | Chemical Engineering | 3.87 | 3.99 | 304 |
| 12 | NUS | Civil Engineering | 3.72 | 3.98 | 109 |
| 13 | NUS | Electrical Engineering | 3.7 | 3.98 | 199 |
| 14 | NUS | Environmental Engineering | 3.69 | 3.93 | 54 |
| 15 | NUS | Engineering Science | ?3.92 | 3.96 | 22 |
| 16 | NUS | Industrial & Systems Engineering | ?# | ?# | 105 |
| 17 | NUS | Materials Science & Engineering | 3.94 | 4 | 70 |
| 18 | NUS | Mechanical Engineering | 3.83 | 3.99 | 329 |
| 19 | NUS | Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautical) | ?# | ?# | NA |
| 20 | NUS | Computing | NA | NA | 343 |
| 21 | NUS | Computing (Business Analytics) | 3.81 | 3.93 | NA |
| 22 | NUS | Computing (Computer Science) | 3.74 | 4 | NA |
| 23 | NUS | Computing (Information Security) | NA | NA | NA |
| 24 | NUS | Computing (Information Systems) | 3.67 | 3.96 | NA |
| 25 | NUS | Computer Engineering? | 3.77 | 3.97 | 102 |
| 26 | NUS | Pharmacy | 3.92 | 4 | 209 |
| 27 | NUS | Science | NA | NA | 1,127 |
| 28 | NUS | Science (Chemistry) | 3.74 | 3.96 | NA |
| 29 | NUS | Science (Computational Biology) | # | # | NA |
| 30 | NUS | Applied Science (Food Science & Technology) | 3.75 | 3.92 | NA |
| 31 | NUS | Science (Life Sciences) | 3.74 | 3.98 | NA |
| 32 | NUS | Science (Physics) | 3.77 | 3.86 | NA |
| 33 | NUS | Business Admin | 3.85 | 3.98 | 504 |
| 34 | NUS | Business Admin (Accountancy) | 3.87 | 4 | 250 |
| 35 | NUS | Arts & Social Sciences | 3.74 | 3.94 | 1,540 |
| 36 | NUS | Arts & Social Sciences (MT related) | NA | NA | NA |
| 37 | NUS | Environmental Studies | 3.83 | 3.98 | 57 |
| 38 | NTU | Medicine* | # | # | 90 |
| 39 | NTU | Renaissance Engineering* | # | # | 58 |
| 40 | NTU | Aerospace Engineering | 3.88 | 4 | 136 |
| 41 | NTU | Bioengineering | 3.42 | 3.94 | 88 |
| 42 | NTU | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 3.64 | 3.97 | 190 |
| 43 | NTU | Civil Engineering | 3.55 | 3.97 | 147 |
| 44 | NTU | Computer Engineering | 3.53 | 3.97 | 71 |
| 45 | NTU | Computer Science | 3.54 | 3.96 | 268 |
| 46 | NTU | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 3.44 | 3.95 | 644 |
| 47 | NTU | Engineering | # | # | 57 |
| 48 | NTU | Environmental Engineering | 3.7 | 3.97 | 51 |
| 49 | NTU | Information Engineering & Media | 3.53 | 3.94 | 90 |
| 50 | NTU | Maritime Studies | 3.69 | 3.96 | 84 |
| 51 | NTU | Materials Engineering | 3.46 | 3.91 | 239 |
| 52 | NTU | Mechanical Engineering | 3.46 | 3.91 | 489 |
| 53 | NTU | Biological Sciences* | 3.54 | 3.97 | 305 |
| 54 | NTU | Chemistry & Biological Chemistry | 3.46 | 3.93 | 236 |
| 55 | NTU | Environmental Earth Systems Science* | # | # | 30 |
| 56 | NTU | Mathematical Sciences | 3.56 | 3.93 | 178 |
| 57 | NTU | Mathematics & Economics | # | # | 68 |
| 58 | NTU | Physics / Applied Physics | 3.47 | 3.86 | 121 |
| 59 | NTU | Accountancy* | 3.78 | 3.97 | 606 |
| 60 | NTU | Business* | 3.8 | 3.97 | 665 |
| 61 | NTU | Art, Design & Media*^ | 3.23 | 3.79 | 169 |
| 62 | NTU | Chinese | 3.37 | 3.84 | 111 |
| 63 | NTU | Communication Studies* | 3.74 | 3.96 | 221 |
| 64 | NTU | Economics | 3.63 | 3.83 | 147 |
| 65 | NTU | English* | 3.32 | 3.71 | 104 |
| 66 | NTU | History* | 3.38 | 3.74 | 55 |
| 67 | NTU | Linguistics & Multilingual Studies* | 3.44 | 3.79 | 104 |
| 68 | NTU | Philosophy* | 3.48 | 3.72 | 38 |
| 69 | NTU | Psychology | 3.71 | 3.94 | 133 |
| 70 | NTU | Public Policy & Global Affairs | 3.62 | 3.95 | 60 |
| 71 | NTU | Sociology* | 3.58 | 3.8 | 170 |
| 72 | NTU | Sport Science & Management | 3.64 | 3.91 | 75 |
| 73 | NTU | Arts (Education)* | # | # | 36 |
| 74 | NTU | Science (Education)* | # | # | 22 |
| 75 | SMU | Accountancy | 3.71 | 3.93 | 299 |
| 76 | SMU | Business Management | 3.7 | 3.93 | 772 |
| 77 | SMU | Laws | # | # | 154 |
| 78 | SMU | Science (Economics) | 3.71 | 3.94 | 254 |
| 79 | SMU | Science (Information System Management) | 3.5 | 3.93 | 278 |
| 80 | SMU | Social Sciences | 3.71 | 3.89 | 201 |
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
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