All students* of the Polytechnic will be issued with a matriculation card. To facilitate identification, please carry the matriculation card when you are in campus. The matriculation card gives you access to library and sports facilities unless indicated otherwise.

* excludes participants of short courses.

You need to report it to TSA immediately to prevent unauthorised use of your card. If you lose your card, you will need to submit a copy of the Application for Replacement of Matriculation Card (PDF: 148KB) form. You must also inform the library staff immediately of the loss of matriculation card to prevent unauthorised loans. A replacement fee is chargeable.

There are new options for Polytechnic graduates looking to pursue a degree in Singapore such as Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). You may wish to attend the Further Education Group Advising Sessions organised by CESC, where representatives from further education institutions will be invited to speak to our students.

You may also wish to consider distance learning degree courses, though students are advised to check that the institution and course is registered with the Council for Private Education (CPE) beforehand.

Another option you may want to consider is to work and defer your further education. Some students find work experience useful in their studies later. For one, you are likely to be more matured and disciplined. Also, with real work experience and insights, you may find it easier to grasp the related classroom teaching.

You may wish to consider the following options:

• Find employment in Singapore or the region.
• Find a job which allows you to undertake a professional course to better yourself.
• Look out for possible training and graduate internship programmes offered by the hiring companies.

Congratulations if you have been selected to go for an interview! In preparation for the interview, make sure that you have done your research on the job and company (understand their business, vision and mission as well as the role of the department which you are applying for a job with).

Other important things you should keep in mind for the interview:

• Be suitably dressed
• Be punctual and ensure your documents are well-organised
• Be prepared for common interview questions (e.g. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What can you bring to our company?)

You may also wish to refer to career resources available in our TP-JobsCentral BrightMinds Career Portal.

Besides speaking with your lecturers and your course manager, you may want to use the services of the Career & Education Services Centre (CESC) in TP. Located at the Student Development Centre (next to TP bookshop), our CESC has many reference books which could help you determine your personality type as well as suggest careers that you may be suited to. We also have books on psychometric tests as well as grooming and interview skills and tips.

In collaboration with all the Schools in TP, CESC also organises the yearly Opportunity Fair, as well as coordinate other career-related fairs by industry partners such as Micron and Procter & Gamble. Do look out for the dates of these events and attend the Fairs. If you need help with your resume, we are able to help with resume and CV critique, in addition to referring suitable jobs to you through the recruitment notices received by our office.

Alternatively, you may wish to refer to our Resources page with links to personality and career assessment tests along with other useful sites which are aimed at helping you find your right career.

Most employers are interested to know that if you possess any other skills and experience outside of a formal education. These are helpful indicators to your future employer with regards to your leadership skills, ability to work in teams and time management strengths. Employers are often keen to know a potential employee’s areas of interests, sense of commitment and responsibility; qualities which most employers will appreciate.

You may wish to refer to reference materials at CESC, which you can use to determine your personality type as well as suggest careers that you may be suited to. Alternatively, try out some of the Career Assessment Tools and Tests available on our Resources page.

You may also wish to make an appointment to speak to our School career advisor. Please email cesc@tp.edu.sg for assistance.

There are many tests available on the market; some are free, others are chargeable. To get a better picture of your interest & profile, it's advisable that you take more than one test.

Our website provides links to some useful test sites where you can try some out. Please see our page on Career Assessment Tools and Tests.

• Cross-cultural awareness
  Centre for TransCultural Studies offers the Transnational Studies cross-disciplinary subject, where you can get a better understanding of other cultures and acquire skills and knowledge targeted at preparing you for life in the globalised workplace.

• Global Awareness
  Keep abreast of current affairs around the world. Keeping track of those issues that interest you and how you want to be involved in can help you to decide where to work and live.

• International Contacts
  International contacts are important - for friendships and professional connections. You can start right here on campus by interacting more with international students.

• Foreign Language
  Learning additional languages helps you function better across cultures. You may also wish to take up cross-disciplinary subjects offered by Centre for TransCultural Studies such as Introduction to Language & Culture (Italian, French, Japanese) or Plugging into China Connections.

• International Study or Work Experience
  Go on a Global Citizenship study trip, participate in student exchanges or Overseas Community Projects and Overseas Student Internship Program (OSIP) are some of the ways to internationalise. Centre for TransCultural Studies also offers you the opportunity to go on attachment in China through the Plugging into China Connections cross-disciplinary subject.

   

Click here for the list of courses offered by TP.

You may retrieve information on the respective admissions exercises (grouped by entry qualifications), eligibility criteria, application period and other information from the respective admissions exercises web pages.

GCE 'O' Level

GCE 'N(A)' Level

ITE Certificate Holders

GCE 'A' Level

Applicants with working experience

IP / IB (DAE-Local)

Foreign Qualifications (DAE-Foreign)

Yes, you may. The Polytechnic will reserve a place for successful male applicants who are unable to obtain approval to defer or be disrupted from their Singapore full-time National Service (NS) to join the current intake. Reservation of a place is only applicable to male Singaporeans and Singapore PRs who are required to serve NS and are admitted to a polytechnic course for the first time.

Holders of international qualifications may apply through the Direct Admissions Exercise (DAE-Foreign Qualifications). Information pertaining to accommodation, programmes and part-time employment is available here.

1 intake (course commences in April).

Applicants are allowed to combine their GCE 'O' level results of up to two sittings (e.g. 2015 and 2017) when seeking admission to the Polytechnic.

You may wish to consider the following TP courses that accept Grade D7 for English. Please check that you meet the other entry requirements for the courses. Information on the entry requirements is available by clicking on the respective course names.

You may wish to consider the following TP courses that accept Grade D7 for Mathematics. Please check that you meet the other entry requirements for the courses. Information on the entry requirements is available by clicking on the respective course names.

*Students with a D7 in Mathematics may apply for the course provided they have GCE ‘O’ Level passes (1-6) in 5 subjects (including English).

For your top few choices for JAE, you may wish to select those TP courses that you are passionate about and for which your net ELR2B2 aggregate score is less than or equal to the previous year’s highest aggregate score of the course or not too far above the highest score.

To maximise the likelihood of being posted to a course of your JAE choices, you should ensure that, for some of your selected courses, your net ELR2B2 aggregate score falls below the previous year’s highest aggregate scores of those courses.

Students who have completed Year 4 of the Integrated Programme (IP) in Singapore may apply through the Direct Admissions Exercise (DAE-Local).

Students who have completed Year 6 of the Integrated Programme (IP) in Singapore and have obtained an IB Diploma may apply through the Direct Admissions Exercise (DAE-Local). Students with IB Diploma may also apply for selected diploma courses which allow them to complete the course in 2 or 2.5 years, provided they meet the entry requirements.

You may apply through the Direct Admissions Exercise (DAE-Local). Students with GCE ‘A’ Level qualification may also apply for selected diploma courses which allow them to complete the course in 2 or 2.5 years, provided they meet the entry requirements.

(According to sequence of payment if multiple Financial Schemes are approved)

• Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS) for Malays (Mendaki)
• SkillsFuture Credit (Only for Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above)
• Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
• CPF Education Scheme
• Tuition Fee Loan Scheme (TFL)
  
  

Please note that as per MOE’s guideline, for awardees with scholarships that specifically indicated tuition fees coverage, TTFS/SkillsFuture Credit/ PSEA/CPF/TFL utilisations are not allowed if the amount awarded are adequate to cover the students’ tuition fees.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA) can be used to settle both Tuition Fee and Other Fees but CPF Education Scheme, Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS) for Malays (Mendaki), Tuition Fee Loan Scheme and SkillsFuture Credit cover only Tuition Fee.

Other Fees are to be paid by using your own funds or PSEA.

Yes, you can apply for more than one Financial Schemes if you are eligible.

i) The Financial Schemes application period for full time subsidised diploma students AY2020/2021 Semester 2 are as follows :

ii) The financial scheme application period for Polytechnic Foundation Programme students for AY2020/2021 Semester 2 as follows:

Note:

(i) You are strongly advised to submit your application for Financial Schemes as early as possible so that your application can be approved in time for settlement of fees

(ii) If you have been an inactive student for more than 6 months, your approved Financial Schemes may be terminated by the Financial Schemes Organisations. You may want to check your Financial Scheme application status at TP Student Mobile App through a mobile device when you resume your study. If the scheme has been terminated and yet you still wish to use the scheme to pay for your fees, you would be required to re-submit a new Financial Scheme application to the Polytechnic during the Financial Schemes application period.

Subsidised students, who are Eligible and Apply for TG, are eligible to apply for Financial Schemes.

Important Note:

Full fee paying SC/SPR, (i.e. who are not eligible for TG, choose not to apply for TG or taking a full time diploma course that TG is not applicable), are allowed to apply for TFL up to 75% of subsidised rate and utilise PSEA to pay for full outstanding fees subject to availability of funds in PSEA.

Please note the following :

1. All sections of the application form must be completed correctly in ink.
2. No correction fluid is used for amendments made on the application form.
   (a) Error should be crossed out neatly. Amendment should be written next to it and signed by the respective applicant. The Financial Scheme Organisation will reject your application form if any amendment is not properly endorsed.
3. Completed application form must be attached with copies of relevant supporting documents required by the respective Financial Scheme Organisations and submitted together with the enrolment forms to the Polytechnic except supporting documents for online applications which are to be submitted directly to the Financial Scheme Organisation.
4. For application form properly completed, the Polytechnic will submit them to the Financial Scheme Organisations for processing.
5. If you are requested by the Polytechnic to re-submit the form due to any reason, you must re-submit the application form to the Polytechnic by the deadline stated in the Student Financial Application Form Follow Up Letter. Else, it will be deemed that you are no longer interested in applying for that Financial Scheme. To ensure you receive the follow up letter, please update your latest local address when doing online enrolment.
6. Incomplete submission of required documents will result in your application being rejected by the Financial Scheme Organisation administering the Financial Scheme.
7. Late re-submission of application form to the Polytechnic will delay the processing of your application by the Financial Scheme Organisations.
8. You have to give prompt response to queries on your application by the Polytechnic or Financial Scheme Organisation. If you do not do so, your application may not be processed and approved by FS organisation timely for fee payment before fee due date.

You would be informed of the outcome of your financial scheme application(s) directly by the respective FS Organisations.

You can view your financial application details via TP Student Mobile App through a mobile device.

The types of enquiries available are:

• Payment Status
• Financial Scheme Application (TTFS/PSEA/CPF/TFL) Status
• GIRO Application Status
• GIRO Deduction Status
• Financial Scheme (PSEA/CPF) Deduction Enquiry
• Tuition Grant

You are required to settle your fees by using your own funds first. The Polytechnic will refund you after receipt of the fund from the Financial Scheme Organisation if your application is approved subsequently.

You may want to explore the possibility of using another available Financial Scheme that you are eligible to apply and the application period is still open. Otherwise, you will have to use your own funds to pay the fees.

Yes, it is compulsory for all full-time diploma Singapore Citizen (SC) students/ Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) or International Student (IS) who wish to apply for TG to submit the TG form together with your enrolment forms.

• Singapore Citizen (SC) Student must submit the Tuition Grant Eligibility Declaration Form (PDF: 403KB) to be granted Tuition Grant (TG), subject to the criteria of TG eligibility.
• Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) or International Student (IS) who wish to apply for TG must submit the Tuition Grant Option form (PDF: 328KB) subject to the criteria of TG eligibility.
• If you do not submit the TG Option form, it is deemed that you decided not to apply for TG.
  
  

Please note:

• If you decide to apply for TG:
  • You must submit an on-line application for TG scheme at the MOE’s website;
  • You must complete the execution of TG Agreement with MOE by the stipulated deadline before you are granted TG; and
  • In the TG Agreement, you will be required to secure employment and serve in a Singapore entity for 3 years upon graduation.
    
    
• If you are a new student enrolled to the Polytechnic in this semester and do not wish to apply for TG, please indicate your intention not to apply for TG in Checklist B.

Please read the instructions on the form carefully before completing the TG form. You are:

1. not eligible for TG if you have attained a diploma or higher qualifications, whether on a full time or part time basis, through another subsidy or sponsorship by the Singapore Government. You are to pay non-subsidised fees. Please declare accordingly by ticking  3rd box of the TG form.
2. to tick   2nd box of the TG form and provide the relevant information if you have studied in other institutions in Singapore previously.
3. eligible for TG and have not taken TG before, tick  1st box.
4. required to sign on the form.

Please refer to here.

Yes, an email will be sent to your student’s email account to inform you of the scheduled dates for online TG application and execution of TG Agreement.

It is important to check your TP student email account frequently so that you do not miss any important email from the Polytechnic.

If you do not apply online or complete the execution of TG Agreement by the stipulated deadline given by MOE, it shall be deemed that you have decided not to apply TG and you will be charged non-subsidised fees for your course of study at the Polytechnic.

Please refer to Not Eligible or Do Not Wish to Apply for Tuition Grant for more details.