• The page of your passport bearing the passport number and your particulars; if you do not have a passport, please enclose citizenship/birth certificate (for citizens of other countries), OR
• Re-entry permit (for Singapore permanent residents), OR
• Singapore NRIC or citizenship certificate (for Singaporeans)

• Diploma, Bachelor, Master degree scroll(s)/certificate(s). Graduates from local universities can upload the Opencerts file with their online application
• *Transcript(s) of academic records or result slips from each university or college attended. Please ensure that the university's grading scheme is included in the scanned copy that you upload to your online application. NUS students can submit their unofficial transcript(s). Graduates from local universities can upload the Opencerts file with their online application.

TOEFL/IELTS Score Report
Applicants whose native tongue and medium of university instruction is not English should submit TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) scores as evidence of their proficiency in the English language. The minimum *TOEFL/IELTS score required as as follows:

• Internet-based test (iBT): Minimum score of 85 (with minimum of 22 for the writing section)
• A minimum IELTS result score of 6.0 is required.

*TOEFL iBT® Home Edition and IELTS indicator is accepted.

Notes: Please note that some Departments/Programmes may set higher requirements than those stated above.

TOEFL/IELTS score are only valid for two years after the test and the validity should not expire before the beginning of the application period for the research programmes.

Some successful candidates may still be required to take the Diagnostic English Test at our University and, where necessary, attend the Graduate English Course.

Other English language 'proficiency tests' will not be accepted for this purpose. Tests that claim to be predictions, estimations, simulations, equivalents, practices, etc, of the TOEFL or IELTS are invalid.

The ETS has stated that their Institutional Testing Program cannot be used for admission.

GRE
Please note that the GRE scores are valid for five (5) years from the test date. The GRE® General Test at Home is accepted as well.

1) Master's applicants applying to the following departments are required to submit GRE score reports:

• • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Social Work

The departments/programme have not instituted any minimum requirements for Master's applicants but the General Test has to be taken. Applicants with an excellent academic track record from renowned universities may request a waiver of this requirement by uploading a note in the "Documents Upload" section, providing reasons for waiver.

2) With effect from the August 2023 intake, all PhD applicants will be required to submit their GRE (Graduate Record Examination) scores. Candidates have to obtain an aggregate minimum score of 320 for the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections and a minimum score of 3.5 for the Analytical section.

Applicants with an excellent academic track record from renowned universities may request a waiver of this requirement by uploading a note in the "Documents Upload" section, providing reasons for waiver.

Your recommendations from the two academic referees are to be submitted via the online admission system. You should check with your referees and obtain their institutional e-mail address. E-mail addresses from domains other than ".edu" may be subject to additional screening and filtering. Even if you have not submitted your online application yet, you are encouraged to trigger the email to your referees once you have assigned them to your application. Click on the “Send Email to Referee” link in the online application system to trigger the email notification. If not, only after your online application is submitted will an automated e-mail will be sent to your referee inviting them to complete their recommendations online. Your referee reports will be sent to us directly via the online application system so there is no need for you to send separate recommendations to us.

Referees will be given 14 days to submit his / her referee report after receiving the email notification. You are advised to remind your referees to submit their reports when the deadline is nearing and the report status remains as “pending submission”.

Only if your referees are unable to access the online system should you ask them to complete the paper-based report. The referees' report must be sent directly to the departments via email as indicated here. Download the Referee Report Form HERE

If either one of your academic referees is your potential advisor, you are strongly encouraged to submit a third referee’s report.

• *A research proposal at least two pages long on A4-size paper is required. Candidates are to visit the respective department website for the appropriate format required. Some departments may instead require a statement of purpose. If you are applying for admission to the Department of Chinese Studies please submit your proposal in both English and Chinese.
  
• Documentary Evidence of Financial Support - International applicants who are not applying for our scholarship or who have indicated that you would still like to be considered for admission in the event that you are unsuccessful for our scholarship, must submit documentary evidence of the ability to support your study, e.g., a bank statement.  The financial statement should indicate a minimum sum as indicated in the table below:

The minimum sum, which has been rounded off to the nearest ten thousand, takes into account the following, for 50% of the normal duration of the programme:

1. Living expenses of S$18,000;
2. Tuition fees; and
3. Miscellaneous Student Fees

Please note that the normal duration of the programme is two and four years respectively for the Master's and PhD programme. Some candidates may and will take a longer time. If you are granted admission on a self-financing basis, you will have to be prepared to finance yourself for the entire duration of the programme. PhD students can expect the total cost of the programme to be approximately S$160,000 if you are on the service obligation scheme.

With effect from the August 2022 intake, the service obligation scheme is not applicable for the Master's programme. If you are not on the service obligation scheme, the total cost of the programme is minimally S$120,000 (Master's 2 years) to S$240,000 (PhD 4 years).

Those who are sponsored by an individual or organisation will need to submit a letter of confirmation from the sponsor and other documentary proof like a bank statement, evidence of scholarship or other award obtained. Those who are working in Singapore and applying for admission to our part-time programme may submit a copy of your recent payslip.

• Other documents like your Curriculum Vitae (CV), application form for the Joint PhD programmes, HYI-NUS Joint Doctoral Scholarship, FASS Scholarship in Buddhist Studies, etc.
• All applicants should consult the website of relevant Departments/Programmes for specific departmental requirements.