Admission Requirements

Admission requires at least a relevant bachelor’s degree with 2nd Class Honours or its equivalent. Although candidates with good first degrees and practical working experience after obtaining their first degrees are admitted, meeting the admission requirements does not guarantee admission. More information, including TOEFL and IETS, can be found here.

MSc Application Procedures

To apply for MSc in Materials Science & Engineering, please see the detail procedures, including online application opening and closing dates, found here.

Candidature

The maximum period of candidature for full-time study is two years and that for part-time study is four years. Full-time students typically are able to complete their requirements between one to one and a half years (normal candidature period: 3 semesters), while the part-time students take two and half years (normal candidature period: 5 semesters).

Degree Requirements

The normal graduation requirements for the degree of MSc include accumulating a total of no less than 40 Modular Credits (MCs) and obtaining a minimum Cumulative Average Point (CAP) of 3.0 (equivalent to the Grade of B-) for the best modules equivalent of 40 MCs (inclusive of foundation/core modules, where required). Each graduate module of 39 lecture hours is usually assigned 4 MCs.

For more information on application and fees, please refer to Graduate, Faculty of Engineering (https://cde.nus.edu.sg/graduate/)