Application is open from 16 May to 1 November every year. There is only one intake per academic year, which commences in August.

Applicants should submit their application on the NUS Graduate Admission System (GDA3) (click here for the system user guide) with the following documents:

1. A completed graduate application form
2. Your undergraduate and graduate scrolls and transcripts
3. TOEFL or IELTS reports (excluding native English speakers, and those whose undergraduate education was conducted in English)
   

   Test	Requirements
   TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT)	Minimum score of 85 with 22 for the writing section
   TOEFL ITP Plus for China	Minimum score of 590 with 60 for the writing section
   TOEFL Computer-based Test (CBT)	Minimum score of 237
   IELTS	Minimum score of 6.0

4. GRE report, with 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.
5. Two recommendation letters
6. A well-written research proposal of approximately 1000 words. It should indicate the proposed area and topic of research, indicating knowledge of work done in that field, intended methodology, and a brief bibliography.

Click here for more information on the application process.

*Disclaimer on Admission: The University has not engaged any external agencies to undertake graduate student recruitment on its behalf and it reserves the right to reject, without giving reasons, applications submitted through any external agencies.