A-Level graduates can look forward to obtaining a RP diploma within a shortened timeline.
The Direct Admissions Exercise (DAE) allows applicants with other local qualifications to apply for admission to our full-time diploma courses. Admission is based on academic merit and subject to available vacancies of the diploma courses.
Eligible applicants can also be exempted from one semester or one year of studies for courses starting in April or October.
Learn more about DAE and check the eligibility criteria here!
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Apr 2025 Intake:21 Feb - 6 Mar 2025
Oct 2025 Intake:11 - 22 Aug 2025
You can indicate up to three courses and apply online through the DAE Portal
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Get exempted from one semester or one year of studies.
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All Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A'-level holders may apply.
Minimum Entry Requirements (MER)
You must fulfil the MER of our full-time diploma courses:
Obtain an A-S grade for General Paper (English Medium), AND
Obtain an A-E grade for 2 other H2 subjects
A-level holders who do not meet the minimum entry requirements can apply for admission to our full-time courses using their O-level results. Click here to find out the O-level MERs of our full-time courses.
Some courses may require additional medical check-up or specific tests, click here to find out more.
Select a School below to view the list of courses offered under Intake Year 2025.To find out more about the diploma courses offered by RP, you may read up our courses online
Common Science Programme(Not applicable for Oct Intake)
Diploma in Applied Chemistry
Diploma in Biomedical Science
Diploma in Biological Sciences(Previously known as Diploma in Biotechnology)
Diploma in Environmental & Marine Science
Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science
Common Engineering Programme(Not applicable for Oct Intake)
Diploma in Aerospace Engineering
Diploma in Aviation Management
Diploma in Business Process & Engineering Management(Previously known as the Diploma in Industrial & Operations Management)
Diploma in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Diploma in Engineering(Previously known as the Diploma in Engineering Design with Business)
Diploma in Mobility & Robotic Systems(Previously known as the Diploma in Engineering Systems & Management)
Diploma in Supply Chain Management
Diploma in Sustainable Built Environment
Common Business Programme(Not applicable for Oct Intake)
Diploma in Hotel & Leisure Management(Previously known as the Diploma in Hotel & Hospitality Management)
Diploma in Events & Project Management(Previously known as the Diploma in Integrated Events Management)
Diploma in Restaurant & Culinary Management(Previously known as the Diploma in Restaurant & Culinary Operations)
Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management(Formed from the merger of the Diploma in Tourism Management with Technology and the Diploma in Customer Experience Management with Business)
Common ICT Programme
Diploma in Applied AI & Analytics(Previously known as the Diploma in Business Information Systems)
Diploma in Information Technology(Previously known as the Diploma in Digital Design & Development)
Diploma in Financial Technology
Diploma in Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics(Previously known as the Diploma in Infocomm Security Management)
Diploma in Enterprise Cloud Computing & Management(Previously known as the Diploma in Information Technology)
Diploma in Business
Diploma in Consumer Insights & Psychology(Previously known as the Diploma in Consumer Behaviour & Research)
Diploma in Human Resource Management with Psychology
Diploma in Mass Communication
Common Sports & Health Programme(Not applicable for Oct Intake)
Diploma in Sports & Health(Previously know as the Diploma in Health Management & Promotion)
Diploma in Integrated Community Care(Previously known as the Diploma in Health Services Management)
Diploma in Outdoor Education(Previously known as the Diploma in Outdoor Adventure & Learning)
Diploma in Sport & Exercise Science
Diploma in Sport Coaching
Common Arts, Media and Design Programme(Previously known as the Common Arts, Design and Media Programme)(Not applicable for Oct Intake)
Diploma in Arts & Entertainment Production Management(Previously know as the Diploma in Arts & Theatre Management)
Diploma in Design(Formed from the merger of the Diploma in Design for Games and Gamification and Diploma in Design for User Experience)
Diploma in Digital Content Creation(Previously know as the Diploma in Media Production & Design)
Diploma in Sonic Arts
While some courses have been renamed from Intake Year 2025, successful DAE A-Level applicants with module exemptions will be enrolled under the Intake Year 2024 course name. Refer to the RP Course Guide for Intake Year 2024 for the course structure.
Application
There are different application periods for each intake:
For Apr 2025 Intake: 21 Feb - 6 Mar 2025
For Oct 2025 Intake: 11 - 22 Aug 2025
You can apply online through the DAE Application Portal and indicate up to 3 courses.
Please refer to the User Guide on how to apply or contact us if you need assistance.
Please consider your choices very carefully, and check that all your information entered are accurate before submitting the application, as you will not be able to make any amendments upon submission.
If you already have a course offer from RP through other admissions exercise, you are advised to complete the online enrolment by the date stipulated in the enrolment letter, so that it will not lapse while awaiting the outcome of your DAE application.
Posting
The outcome of your DAE application will be sent to your email account (indicated in your DAE application) on the following dates.
For Apr 2025 Intake: By 1 Apr 2025
For Oct 2025 Intake: By 30 Sep 2025
Enrolment
If your application is successful, you will receive an email with instructions on how to complete the online enrolment.
For more information on the online enrolment, and what to do after enrolment, please click here.
If your DAE application is successful, and you have previously accepted a course offer from RP through other admissions exercise, you are required to accept the new course offer to supersede the earlier course acceptance.