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Foreign or International Qualification holders (including Returning Singapore Citizens) may apply for admission through the following pathways:
Direct Admissions Exercise (DAE-Foreign):
Documents Required for Submission
Applicants to submit the following documents here.
1. Identification card and/or Passport
Singapore Citizens |
Photocopy of Singapore NRIC (front and reverse side) |
Singapore Permanent Residents |
Photocopy of Singapore PR NRIC (front and reverse side) and passport |
Foreigners |
Photocopy of identity card and passport (if any) |
2. Certified true copy of your country’s national detailed examination results and certificate.
No. |
Qualifications |
Supporting Documents |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Malaysia (UEC) |
UEC results slip |
2 |
Malaysia (SPM) |
SPM results slip |
3 |
China (NCEE) |
Year 2023 NCEE detailed results with indication of |
4 |
IGCSE/ GCSE |
Statement of results |
5 |
Others |
Detailed examination results and certificate awarded |
Note: Results should be submitted with information of the subject maximum score and grading scheme/scale. A notarized English translation is required if the qualification/ results is printed in a language other than English.
Entrance Tests
The harmonised entrance tests are jointly organised by the five Polytechnics in Singapore. Applicants may be shortlisted to sit for the entrance tests for English and/or Mathematics and/or Science if they meet the Minimum Entry Requirements of the course applied for.
Shortlisted applicants will receive an email invitation for Entrance Tests by 4 December 2023. The Online Entrance Tests will be held in end January 2024.
Syllabus
| English | Mathematics | Science |
|---|---|---|
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Syllabus for Combined Science (Chemistry and Biology) |
Sample Entrance Test Papers
Applicants applying with any of the following 5 qualifications are not required to sit for the entrance tests:
Notification of Application Results
Please refer to the respective release of application outcome period listed in the table above. Applicants may check their application outcome (application status) through the Online Applicant Portal*.
* Applicants who have provided a valid email address in their application may expect to receive an auto-generated email when there is a change in their application status.
If the application status is “Under Consideration”, it means we are still processing the application. Please continue to check online until the final outcome is either “Successful” or “Unsuccessful”.
Successful Applicants
Successful applicants will receive an e-Enrolment Package to confirm their acceptance of the offer through Online Applicant Portal. Please refer to Course Acceptance and Enrolment for more information.
The period between receiving the e-Enrolment Package and the online course acceptance can be as short as 1 or 2 days. It is important that successful applicants do not delay the acceptance of the offer through the Online Applicant Portal.
Information on Medical Requirements can be found here (PDF: 92KB).
Special Educational Needs
For enquiries on support for students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), applicants may refer to SEN website.
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.
Applicants with working experience
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.
Course code |
Course name |
T50 |
|
T51 |
|
T20 |
|
T69 |
|
T29 |
|
T04 |
|
T60 |
|
T38 |
|
T43 |
|
T33 |
|
T71 |
|
T56 |
|
T63 |
|
T70 |
|
T59 |
|
T13 |
|
T62 |
|
T23 |
|
T65 |
|
T26 |
|
T58 |
|
T30 |
|
T28 |
|
T22 |
|
T66 |
Mechatronics |
T64 |
|
T25 |
|
T35 |
|
T45 |
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.
Course code |
Course name |
T20 |
|
T71 |
|
T59 |
|
T40 |
|
T23 |
|
T22 |
|
T35 |
|
T48 |
|
| T53 | Social Sciences in Gerontology |
T09 |
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.
For enquiries related to DAE (Foreign)
Email: isohotline@tp.edu.sg
Student Services
Temasek Polytechnic
Admin Block 9, Level 2 (Lift Lobby C)
21 Tampines Ave 1
Singapore 529757
