Starting from Academic Year 2021/2022, students will be enrolled in a new undergraduate curriculum structure that gives students greater choice, breadth and flexibility in charting their learning journeys.

Unrestricted Electives: Within and Beyond Engineering

The NUS curriculum structure has provisions for Unrestricted Elective (UE) courses , which allow students to explore greater breadth or depth in any subject and at any level.

If you wish to go deeper within your chosen engineering discipline, you may opt to read a specialisation. If you prefer instead to broaden your knowledge and skills in a complementary or contrasting area, consider taking a minor or second major.

For more details of the above sample curriculum, you may click the link below:

• Career in Corporate Sustainability (Minor + Specialisation)
• Career in Energy & Automotive Technology (Specialisation + Specialisation)
• Career in Data Analytics (Second Major)

In the new Engineering curriculum, students have 40 Units of space for Unrestricted Electives. This means you will have the flexibility of taking a second major, a minor and specialisation, two minors, or two specialisations with your UE. These fit well into your degree structure without you having to delay graduation.

Check out our Alumni video series here as they share about NUS Engineering journey.

Other options of using your UE space include:
• Enhancement Courses: experiential learning opportunities for innovation and research within FOE
• Design Your Own Course (DYOC): students may choose what they want to learn, how they wish to learn, and from whom they wish to learn, for up to 8 Units
• Career Catalyst: foundational course to kickstart students’ preparation for internships and their future careers

Second Majors, Minors & Specialisations

Choose from more than 35 second majors and 50 minors / specialisations across nine different Faculties and Schools in NUS.

Examples of minors taken by current Engineering students

You can declare or apply for a second major or minor no later than the fifth semester of your study. Application for a specialisation usually takes place at the end of your fourth semester.

Here's some examples of majors, minors and ESP specialisations for your consideration.

Second Majors

• Innovation & Design (iDP)
• Management
• Systems Engineering

Minors

• Data Engineering
• Economics
• Management
• Physics

Specialisations

• Nanoscience and Technology (NANO)
• Energy Science and Technology (EST)
• Engineering Science in Medicine (ESM)
• Computational Engineering Science (CES)

Read more about the ESP specialisations here

You may find the list of special programmes, second majors/minors and specialisations across NUS here.