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NUS Admission Requirements AY2026/2027

View admission requirements for 21 NUS courses across 7 faculties for AY2026/2027 applicants

Last Updated Jan 20, 2026

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Note: This data shows admission statistics for students admitted in AY2025/2026 (started Aug 2025). If you're applying now, you're applying for AY2026/2027 admission (starting Aug 2026).

This page shows the latest admission requirements for 21 NUS courses for the 2025/2026 academic year.

View A-Level grades, rank points (RP90 and RP70), polytechnic GPAs, and intake numbers for each course.

New for 2025/2026: Business Artificial Intelligence Systems added to School of Computing.

Note: Computing (Information Systems) was discontinued in AY2025/2026 and merged into other programmes.

Looking for historical trends? View 12-year data (2014-2026) on the NUS Historical IGP page.

Note on RP70 Calculation: The RP70 score (new 70-point scale from 2026) is calculated as: 3 H2 subjects + best H1 (GP or content subject). We assume the displayed H1 grade represents the best H1 that contributes to the score, as only the best H1 counts toward RP70.

Key Insights: 2025/2026 vs 2024/2025

Quick Summary

•NUS adds 1 new Computing course (Business Artificial Intelligence Systems)
•Total intake: 7,369 places (+213 vs last year)
•Competition: 13 courses unchanged, 1 harder, 5 easier

Harder

COURSES

Higher RP needed

Easier

COURSES

Lower RP needed

Stable

COURSES

Same RP

+213

7,369

TOTAL INTAKE

2025/26 Intake

Most Competitive

Law

RP70(85 RP90)

AAA/A • Faculty of Law

Easiest Entry

Nursing

RP70(65 RP90)

CCD/C • School of Medicine

New Courses for 2025/2026

Business Artificial Intelligence Systems

School of Computing

NEW

Rank Point

83.75

Intake

Biggest Intake Increases

1Humanities and Sciences

+83 (+4%)

2Business Administration

+57 (+7%)

3Pharmacy

+38 (+25%)

Architecture

+16 (+11%)

Nursing

+13 (+4%)

Biggest Intake Decreases

1Common Computer Science Programmes

-86 (-9%)

2Computer Engineering

-31 (-13%)

3Industrial Design

-8 (-16%)

Information Security

-6 (-11%)

Pharmaceutical Science

-3 (-4%)

Courses Getting Harder (RP Increased)

Environmental Studies+1.25 RP

AAA/C → AAA/B

Courses Getting Easier (RP Decreased)

Industrial Design-2.5 RP

BBB/B → BBC/B

Nursing-1.25 RP

CCD/B → CCD/C

Information Security-1.25 RP

AAA/A → AAA/B

Food Science and Technology-1.25 RP

AAA/B → AAA/C

Humanities and Sciences-1.25 RP

ABB/B → ABB/C

GPA Changes (Polytechnic Students)

Higher GPA Required

Medicine+0.13 (3.74 → 3.87)

Information Security+0.05 (3.83 → 3.88)

Humanities and Sciences+0.02 (3.61 → 3.63)

Pharmaceutical Science+0.02 (3.91 → 3.93)

Engineering+0.01 (3.56 → 3.57)

Lower GPA Required

Food Science and Technology-0.22 (3.86 → 3.64)

Pharmacy-0.07 (3.80 → 3.73)

Business Administration-0.07 (3.68 → 3.61)

Business Analytics-0.06 (3.81 → 3.75)

Nursing-0.05 (3.23 → 3.18)

13 courses have unchanged Rank Point requirements from last year.

Data source: NUS Official IGP | Published: 20 January 2026

NUS Indicative Grade Profile

21 courses across 7 faculties•2025/2026

#	Course Name	Faculty	2025/2026
#	Course Name	Faculty	Grade	RP90(old)	RP70(new)	GPA	Intake
1	Law*	Law	AAA/A	85	70	—	252
2	Medicine*	Medicine	AAA/A	85	70	3.87	286
3	Nursing*	Medicine	CCD/C	65	50	3.18	343
4	Dentistry*	Dentistry	AAA/A	85	70	—	80
5	Architecture*	Design & Engineering	CCC/C	67.5	52.5	3.27	165
6	Engineering	Design & Engineering	BBB/C	75	60	3.57	1,259
7	Industrial Design*	Design & Engineering	BBC/B	73.75	58.8	3.56	43
8	Landscape Architecture*	Design & Engineering	CCC/B	68.75	53.8	3.37	47
9	Computing (Business Analytics)	Computing	AAA/A	85	70	3.75	274
10	Business Artificial Intelligence SystemsNEW	Computing	AAA/B	83.75	68.8	3.71	93
11	Computing (Computer Science)	Computing	AAA/A	85	70	3.81	893
12	Computing (Information Security)	Computing	AAA/B	83.75	68.8	3.88	47
13	Computer Engineering	Design & Engineering	AAA/A	85	70	3.81	203
14	Data Science & Economics	Humanities and Sciences	AAA/A	85	70	—	103
15	Environmental Studies	Humanities and Sciences	AAA/B	83.75	68.8	3.67	45
16	Food Science & Technology	Humanities and Sciences	AAA/C	82.5	67.5	3.64	45
17	Humanities & Sciences	Humanities and Sciences	ABB/C	77.5	62.5	3.63	1,976
18	Pharmaceutical Science	Humanities and Sciences	AAA/A	85	70	3.93	65
19	Pharmacy	Humanities and Sciences	AAA/C	82.5	67.5	3.73	193
20	Philosophy, Politics & Economics*	Humanities and Sciences	AAA/A	85	70	—	43
21	Business Administration	Business	AAA/C	82.5	67.5	3.61	914

Note on RP70 Calculation: The RP70 score (new 70-point scale from 2026) is calculated as: 3 H2 subjects + best H1 (GP or content subject). We assume the displayed H1 grade represents the best H1 that contributes to the score, as only the best H1 counts toward RP70.

Important Notes:

IGP represents the 10th percentile score of admitted students (not minimum requirement)
Courses marked with * require interviews/portfolios
"—" indicates insufficient data or course not offered that year
GPA is for polytechnic diploma holders (4.0 scale)
Data source: NUS Official IGP archived on Wayback Machine

SGSchoolKaki Education Team

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Published:20 January 2026

Reviewed by: KW Phoon

Founder, BEng(Hons) in Computing Engineering

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