Who can apply? 

You must be an applicant holding the following Nitec or Higher Nitec qualifications:

• Holders of relevant Higher Nitec / Industrial Technician Certificate (ITC) / Certificate in Business Studies (CBS)

• Holders of relevant Nitec/ National Technical Certificates (NTC) Grade 2 

• Final semester graduating Higher Nitec students, including those from the Direct-Entry-Scheme to Polytechnic Programme (DPP)

• Final semester graduating Nitec students

Entry Requirements

You must obtain the following final net Grade Point Average (GPA):

• 2.0 or better for Higher Nitec qualification; or

• 3.5 or better for Nitec qualification

Aggregate Computation

• Final net GPA = Final Raw GPA + CCA bonus points

• You are granted CCA bonus points if you obtain the following CCA grade:

  • Platinum (A) = 0.2 point
  • Gold (B) = 0.15 point
  • Silver (C) = 0.1 point
  • Bronze (D) = 0.05 point

• For more information on the JPAE GPA Band, you can refer to the Joint Polytechnic Admissions Exercise (JPAE) website.

What Course to apply?  

• Check which RP courses are mapped to your ITE course here

• Read up on RP courses online that you are eligible to apply for 

• Some courses may require additional medical check-up or specific tests, click here to find out more.

When and How to apply?

• JPAE application will start from 17 February 2025, 9am to 21 February 2025, 4pm.

• For application dates and to submit an application, visit the JPAE Online Application Internet System

• You may indicate up to 8 course choices in your application

• If you have any enquiries related to your JPAE application, you may email to help@jpae.polytechnic.edu.sg.

What to Expect?

Posting

The posting outcome will be released via SMS and online on 10 April 2025, 2pm (tentative). 

Enrolment

If your application is successful, you will receive an email within a week 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.

Who can apply? 

• You must be an applicant holding Nitec or Higher Nitec qualification.

• Students who have accepted their conditional offer under the Early Admissions Exercise (EAE) and met the entry requirements after the release of final results are not eligible to apply in the DAE.

Entry Requirements

You must obtain the following final net Grade Point Average (GPA):

• 2.0 or better for Higher Nitec qualification; or

• 3.5 or better for Nitec qualification

Aggregate Computation

• Final net GPA = Final Raw GPA + CCA bonus points

• You are granted CCA bonus points if you obtain the following CCA grade:

  • Platinum (A) = 0.2 point
  • Gold (B) = 0.15 point
  • Silver (C) = 0.1 point
  • Bronze (D) = 0.05 point

• For more information on the JPAE GPA Band, you can refer to the Joint Polytechnic Admissions Exercise (JPAE) website.

What Course to apply?  

• Check which RP courses are mapped to your ITE course here

• Read up on RP courses online 

• Some courses may require additional medical check-up or specific tests, click here to find out more.

When and How to apply? 

The DAE application schedule is as follows:

Applicant Type	Period
Higher Nitec and Nitec holders	24 Mar - 11 Apr 2025

• Application is made online through the DAE Application Portal. For instructions on how to do so, please refer to our User Guide here. You may contact us here if you encounter any technical difficulties or issues in submitting your application.

• You may indicate up to 3 course choices in your application.

Please Note:

• 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.

What to Expect?

Posting

The outcome of your DAE application will be sent to your email account (indicated in your DAE application) on the following date:

Enrolment

If your application is successful, you will receive an email within a week 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.

Please note:

• 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.