NUS High School

Eligibility and Admission Process

We welcome both local and overseas applications. Basic admission requirements are as follows:

Selection Phase

There will be 2 phases for Year 1 selection exercise and 1 Phase for Year 3 selection exercise.

1) For admission to Year 1 at NUS High School, local students in the Singapore school system must currently be reading Primary Six education. Foreign students must either be currently reading or have completed Primary Six education in Singapore (or its equivalent). In addition, applicant should not be older than 15 years of age as of 1 Jan 2010.

2) For admission to Year 3 at NUS High School, local students in the Singapore school system must currently be reading Secondary Two education. Foreign students must either be currently reading or have completed Secondary Two education in Singapore (or its equivalent).In addition, applicant should not be older than 17 years of age as of 1 Jan 2010.

Year 1 ( Phase 1)

The registration period for Phase 1 will begin on 3rd April 2009, 10am and end on 29 June 09, 10pm.
Phase 1 comprises of a Selection Test and a Math & Science Camp. All applicants will have to sit for the Selection Test.

Click here for DSA Online Application

Applicants will be shortlisted for the Math and Science Camp via registered email.

Description	Level	Date/s	Time
Selection Test	Year 1	4 July 2009	9am - 11am
Math & Science Camp	Year 1	25 July 2009	Non-residential Day Camp

85% of the available vacancies in NUS High School will be offered in Phase 1.

Registration

1. Registration can be carried out under the section ‘Online Application’ on this website.

2. For those with no computer access, computer terminals will be set up at the NUS High School campus for applicants to register online.

3. Registration fee is $50, payable online through eNet & major credit cards. For cash or cheque, please proceed to NUS High School for payment after online registration.

4. You may fill in a hardcopy of the application form and submit it to our school’s Administration Office. We will input the data online for you. The registration fee for manual registration is $70. Hardcopies of the application form may be obtained at our School’s Annex Office.

Supporting documents are to be submitted, where necessary and only after the applicant has been shortlisted for the camp. As supporting documents are non-returnable, the applicant is advised to provide only photocopies of original documents.

Year 1 ( Phase 2)

NUS High School is not in the list of schools under the Secondary One Posting Exercise. Students who wish to apply to join NUS High School using PSLE score in our Phase 2 selection must apply via our online portal.

The registration period for Phase 2 is available from 26 November to 02 December 2009 (including
the public holiday on 27 November and weekend on 28 and 29 November). The registration system is accessible 24 hours starting from 11 am on 26 November 2009 until 3 pm on 02 December 2009.

Click here for PSLE Online Application

Registration

1. Registration can be carried out under the section ‘Online Application’ on this website .

2. For those with no computer access, computer terminals will be set up at the NUS High School campus for applicants to register online.

3. Copies of the PSLE result slip are to be submitted upon request and are non-returnable.

Selection Criteria

1. Shortlisting of applicants will be solely based on the PSLE performance.

2. Applicants with aggregate score of 250 above with A* in both Math and Science are encouraged to apply.

3. Do take note that the aggregate range of 2008’s PSLE pupils posted to 2009 secondary 1 is 260-278

Year 3

The registration period will begin on 3rd April 09, 10am and end on 29 June 09, 10pm.

Year 3 selection exercise comprises a Selection Test and an interview. All applicants will have to sit for the Selection Test.

Click here for DSA Online Application

Applicants will be shortlisted for the interview via registered email.

Description	Level	Date/s	Time
Selection Test	Year 3	4 July 2009	9am - 11am
Interview	Year 3	1 August 2009

Registration

1. Registration can be carried out under the section ‘Online Application’ on this website

2. For those with no computer access, computer terminals will be set up at the NUS High School campus for applicants to register online.

3. Registration fee is $50 payable online through eNet & major credit cards. For cash or cheque, please proceed to NUS High School for payment after online registration.

4. You may fill up a hardcopy of the application form and submit it to our school’s Administration Office. We will input the data online for you. The registration fee for manual registration is $70. Hardcopies of the application form may be obtained at our School’s Administration Office.