ADMISSIONS

Master of Arts in Urban Design

Please note that only applications received by 31st, January 2024 receive full consideration for admission.

There is one intake per academic year in August. Applications to the Master of Arts in Urban Design programme for the August 2024 intake are open between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024. For early consideration, students should aim to submit their applications by 31 December 2023, and outstanding candidates can expect to receive an offer as early as February 2024. Applicants who submit by 31 January 2024 can expect to receive offers in early March. The results of later applications will be released by the end of May.

While most offers will be made to early applications by March 2024, some may still receive an offer at a later date. The Department takes care to look at the applications as a cohort and will review all submitted applications together where necessary.

Admission to the MAUD programme requires:

• A Bachelor’s degree or above in built-environment disciplines (architecture, urban or spatial planning, landscape architecture, environmental design). We are also open to related disciplines (e.g. real estate, transport planning, building environment, project management, human geography).

• • The applicant is required to submit official transcripts from all undergraduate or graduate studies ever attended. The cumulative grade ranking should be included in the transcripts if it is available at the applicant’s institution (e.g. all universities within mainland China).
• Professional experience relevant to urban design is preferred.
• A design portfolio to showcase the applicant’s excellence in built-environment design and placemaking.

• • On the content page or the beginning of each project, please declare: 1) the date period; 2) nature of the project (e.g. academic, professional); 3) names of all collaborators; and 4) the instructors / employers (names, positions and affiliations). The declaration will not mediate the admission result, but a portfolio without declaring true, correct and complete information is unacceptable and will not be considered.
  • For group works or professional works, the applicant’s contribution should be stated clearly. For any image not created by the applicant (including those from collaborators), the image source should be given.
  • The portfolio should be in a PDF format, no more than 20 A4 (210mm*297mm) pages. Please note that in the online admission system, the total size of your uploaded documents should not exceed 10 MB.
• A detailed Curriculum Vitae with no more than TWO A4 pages.
• A Statement of Purpose outlining the reasons for applying to the MAUD programme at NUS. The ideas in the statement should be clear and specific. The statement should be no more than 1000 words.
• Two letters of reference.
• For applicants whose medium of undergraduate instruction is not English, A minimum TOEFL score of 92 (internet-based testing, no less than 23 on each subsection) or 6.5 for IELTS (no less than 6 on each section) is required.
• Shortlisted candidates may be invited to appear for an interview. Where an applicant is not based in Singapore, the interview will take place via video call.

 

Important notice from the University: It is mandatory for candidates to complete and submit the online applications personally. Candidates interested in our graduate programmes are advised to apply directly to the University and not through any agents. Candidates who apply through agents will not have any added advantage in gaining admission and the University reserves the right to reject such applications without giving reasons.

For latest updates on application deadlines, detailed application instructions, application fees and FAQs please visit the college’s admission website: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/graduate/graduate-programmes-by-coursework/application-to-graduate-coursework-programmes/