4-Steps to Get Admission to Singapore Colleges
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Singapore is a popular study destination in the Asian continent. Multiple top-ranked universities and colleges in Singapore offer a verity of courses related to different streams. If you have plans to study in Singapore, you should know about 4 important steps to getting admission to higher education institutes there.
Singapore is known for offering a world-class education system. This makes Singapore a popular destination for international students. The universities and colleges of Singapore are highly regarded globally, and many offer English-taught programs, which attract students from across the world. Many Indian students apply to these universities for admission. Your dream to study abroad is special so you must consider every possible step required to get admission. In this article, we have mentioned a four-step guide to help you get admission to colleges and universities in Singapore:
- Step 1: Explore Information About the College
- Step 2: Do You Need the Help of an Education Consultant?
- Step 3: Things to Keep in Mind
- Step 4: Check University's Reputation and Credibility
Step 1: Explore Information About the College
The best way to get information about educational institutions in Singapore, the courses they offer and their fees is to check out the official website of the Ministry of Education for Singapore. If you want to know more about a private institution in Singapore, the best place to look for information is the website of the Council for Private Education. You can also explore the study in Singapore guide for students to get relevant information.
Besides, you can always look up the websites of the schools, colleges and universities of your choice. It is advisable to contact them directly at their listed detail before you apply to any of them.
Singapore Visitors Centre and Singapore Tourism Board offices may also offer you some good insights about applying to Singapore colleges and may help you understand the specifics of studying in Singapore. Besides, representatives of various schools can also be contacted to get the details of courses, fee structure and college.
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Step 2: Do You Need the Help of an Education Consultant?
International students often get confused about whether they should apply directly to a college abroad or should go through an education agent.
Taking help from an education agent does not guarantee any kind of preference. Agents can be useful as they offer a one-stop service to students and can not only get information about the courses and institutions but also about visa formalities related to applying to Singaporean colleges.
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It is important to make sure that the education agent you work with is reputed and has a good track record. Recommendations of your family and friends may help you choose an education agent who can make your dream of studying in Singapore a bit easier to achieve.
Step 3: Things to Keep in Mind
Before applying for a college or university in Singapore, it is important to find out about its track record and reputation in Singapore as well as on the international level. It will be good to find out about the courses it offers; and the curriculum, fees and entry requirements of the course. The college or educational institution should also be upfront about all the charges it might levy on students, its refund policies, and conditions that may lead to the cancellation of a course.
Step 4: Check University's Reputation and Credibility
Private Education Organisations (PEOs) in Singapore need to sign a standard contract with a student, which has all terms and conditions that are related to enrolment of the course. Students are advised to read it carefully and sign the contract only when they have understood it completely.
It is important that the private school in which you are seeking admission is registered with the Council for Private Education (CPE), which is deemed mandatory in Singapore. CPE ensures that a private educational institution (PEI) has corporate governance, offers transparent information, and has quality provisions. Besides, private schools that accept students from abroad also need to have EduTrust certification.
EduTrust Certification is of three types:
- EduTrust Star (valid for 4 years),
- EduTrust (valid for 4 years), and
- EduTrust Provisional (valid for 1 year).
Singapore also has a Fee Protection Scheme for students of PEIs.
We hope that you have got all the information that you are looking for. If you have any query related to this topic please feel free to contact our Shiksha Study Abroad Counsellors or the comments section below allows candidates to contact us as well.
Applications to all the courses offered by NUS are done via online application portals of the university. Check out the steps below to see how to fill undergraduate and postgraduate applications on dedicated portals:
Undergraduate Students
International applicants need to follow these steps to apply to an undergraduate programme at NUS:
Step 1: Visit myaces.nus.edu.sg/uasonline2/catD/catDapplform.do and sign up to apply.
Step 2: Enter personal details and contact information.
Step 3: Enter details of academic qualifications.
Step 4: Enter information on university/tertiary education.
Step 5: Enter the information on all outstanding achievements.
Step 6: Insert the programme details and paste the application material in the boxes provided.
Step 7: In this step, input the following:
- Next-of-kin information
- Personal identification number
- Application fee
- Financial aid
- Other information
- Tuition grant
Step 8: Read the declaration carefully.
Step 9: Press 'Continue' to complete the appication
Graduate Students
International applicants need to follow these steps to apply to a graduate programme at NUS:
Step 1: Sign up on the university’s application portal at inetapps.nus.edu.sg/gda2/Applicant.aspx/Account/SignUp.
Step 2: Click on ‘Create New Application’ and choose the following:
- Programme type
- Faculty
- Programme
- Department
- Specialisation (area of study)
- Source of finance
- Specify in case of ‘other source of finance’
- Academic load
Step 3: Read the instructions from the faculty/department/school carefully.
Step 4: Fill up the information as stepping through the application process.
Step 5: The system will perform an application completeness check for the selected programme.
Step 6: Once the above steps are completed, fill up the declaration section.
Step 7: Click on the 'Submit' button in the declaration page to complete the submission.
Step 8: To make an online payment for the application/acceptance fee and view details of your application (e.g. application status and admission status), click ‘View Application/Make Payment/Submit Reply on Offer of Admission’ at the menu on the left.
Step 9: To make changes to basic programme information for an application, click ‘Edit’.
Step 10: To apply to multiple programmes within the same application cycle and to change the order of preference, please click on the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ links as required.
The NTU tuition fees is S$36,336.45 for international students. Apart from this, students also need to pay University-level miscellaneous fees The tuition fee for undergraduate courses for Nanyang Technological University is similar to NUS. First of all, students need to pay a non-refundable application fee of S$21.40. After accepting the offer, international students need to pay S$5,000 as non-refundable fee. This deposit fee can be used to offset the first tuition fee payment.
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According to various sources, Singapore Management University has an acceptance rate of around 45% which makes it moderately selective for international student admissions. Some of the general admission requirements at the university are given as follows:
After the student receives an offer letter, they are required to give the admission interview to be enrolled.