Ministry of Education Singapore: New 'A' Level Curriculum 2006

Beyond the Norm Subject Combinations

ENTERING UNIVERSITY

BEYOND THE NORM SUBJECT COMBINATIONS
If your subject combination is beyond the norm, NUS and NTU will select you based on:

Subject Combinations

Selection for Admission

Three H2 content-based subjects Two or three H1 content-based subjects Mother Tongue Language (MTL) General Paper (GP) Project Work (PW)	Take grades in: Three H2 subjects & best H1 subject (at least one has to be a contrasting subject) GP PW
Four H2 content-based subjects MTL GP PW	Take grades in: Best three H2 subjects, with worst H2 subject counted as one H1 subject (at least one has to be a contrasting subject) GP PW
Four H2 content-based subjects One H1 content-based subject MTL GP PW	Take grades in: Best three H2 subjects, with worst H2 subject counted as one H1 subject (at least one has to be a contrasting subject, or Best three H2 subjects and one H1 subject (at least one has to be a contrasting subject) GP PW
Knowledge & Inquiry (KI) Three H2 content-based subjects MTL PW	Take grades in: KI, counted as two H1 subjects (one in place of GP and one for H1 requirement) Three H2 subjects PW
KI Three H2 content-based subjects One H1 content-based subject MTL PW	Take grades in: Three H2 subjects, & better of H1 subject or KI as H1 subject (at least one has to fulfil the contrasting subject requirement) KI as H1 subject (in place of GP) PW
KI Three H2 content-based subjects Two H1 content-based subjects MTL	Take grades in: Three H2 subjects, & best of H1 subjects or KI as H1 subject (at least one has to fulfil the contrasting subject requirement) KI as H1 subject (in place of GP) PW

You can choose to include your MTL grade if you have done well in it.