Should be good news for most Poly students. It is good to aim for a decent grade for key subjects like E maths and A maths though, as they may still be required for certain subjects in university. For example, a polytechnic student who wishes to apply to a computer science course at NUS would need at least a B3 in O-Level Additional Mathematics.

Source: Channel News Asia

SINGAPORE: Polytechnic graduates applying to the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from 2020 will no longer have their O-Level grades be considered for admission, except for certain courses.

This comes with the Ministry of Education (MOE) removing an existing requirement for an applicant’s O-Level results to comprise 20 per cent of his University Admissions Score (UAS).

The UAS is a framework adopted by the six autonomous universities to benchmark and rank applicants’ academic abilities for admission to university.

NUS Cut Off Points (COP)

Source: http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/gradeprofile/sprogramme-igp.html

Table 1: Grade Profiles of the 10^th and 90^th percentiles of A-Level Applicants offered places for courses at NUS in Academic Year 2012-2013²

NUS Courses	Representative Grade Profile 3H2/1H1
NUS Courses	10th percentile	90th percentile
Faculty of Law
Law*	AAA/A	AAA/A
School of Medicine
Medicine*	AAA/A	AAA/A
Nursing*	BCC/C	AAA/C
Faculty of Dentistry
Dentistry*	AAA/A	AAA/A
School of Design & Environment
Architecture*	ABB/B	AAA/A
Industrial Design*	BBB/B	AAA/A
Project & Facilities Management	BBC/C	ABB/C
Real Estate	BBC/B	AAB/B
Faculty of Engineering
Engineering	ABB/C	AAA/A
Bioengineering	ABB/C	AAA/A
Chemical Engineering	AAA/B	AAA/A
Civil Engineering	BBC/B	AAA/B
Electrical Engineering	BCC/B	AAA/B
Environment Engineering	BBB/C	AAA/B
Engineering Science	BBB/C	AAA/A
Industrial & Systems Engineering	AAB/B	AAA/A
Materials Science & Engineering	AAB/B	AAA/A
Mechanical Engineering	ABB/C	AAA/A
School of Computing
Computing (Computer Science)	BBC/C	AAA/A
Computing (Information Systems)	BBB/C	AAA/B
Faculty of Engineering & School of Computing
Computer Engineering	BCC/B	AAA/B
Faculty of Science
Pharmacy	AAA/A	AAA/A
Science	BBC/B	AAA/A
School of Business
Business Admin	AAA/B	AAA/A
Business Admin (Accountancy)	AAA/A	AAA/A
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Arts & Social Sciences	BBB/B	AAA/A
Arts & Social Sciences (MT related)	BBC/C	BBB/B
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies	AAB/B	AAA/A

* Courses that require interview &/or test.

²Double degrees are excluded from the table.

Category: nus cut off points

Good news for Poly students: O Level “not counted” for Uni admissions