The Direct Admissions Exercise (DAE) allows applicants with other qualifications to apply for admission to our full-time diploma courses. Admission is based on academic merit, entrance test results (if applicable) and available vacancies of the diploma courses. Meeting the Minimum Entry Requirement (MER) does not guarantee that applicant will be offered a placement in the diploma programme. These requirements are set in place to ensure fairness to all applicants.
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Applicants with other qualifications, except for current RP students.
Entry Requirements
You must fulfil the following requirements:
Obtain a College or High School Certificate (equivalent to the Singapore-Cambridge O-Level Certificate)
Meet the MER listed under the respective country/qualification below.
English Proficiency Requirement
Applicants with international qualifications are required to either submit valid IELTS or TOEFL results or sit for the English Entrance Test. The following groups of students with Cambridge O-Level equivalent qualifications are exempted from this requirement:
IELTS and TOEFL Criteria:
Applicants who met the above IELTS or TOEFL criteria are deemed to have attained a sufficient level of proficiency in the English Language. Valid IELTS or TOEFL results must be submitted to RP by 28 November 2022 via the DAE Application Portal (before closing of application period) or RP’s Online Enquiry Form (after closing of application period).
Entrance Test
The harmonised Entrance Test(s) are jointly organised by the five Polytechnics in Singapore. Only shortlisted applicants will be invited to sit for the Entrance Test(s) for English and/or Mathematics and/or Science to assess their suitability in the courses applied. Shortlisted applicants will receive the email invitation for Entrance Test(s) by 5 Dec 2022. For more information, please refer here.
At least Year 10 of High School with:
Please note
All requirements are for Standard Level:
General Certificate of Education - Ordinary Levels
National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) (Gao Kao, 高考)*
*Applications only open to applicants holding the most recent NCEE results, i.e. AY2023 intake is only open to applicants with Year 2022 NCEE results Applicants who meet the MER above may be shortlisted to sit for an Entrance Test in English, Mathematics and Science.
Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE; until 2011)
(Year 12) Higher Secondary School Certificate
Applicants who meet the MER above may be shortlisted to sit for an Entrance Test in English, Mathematics and Science.
Indonesian High School Results (from 2021 onwards):
Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) or Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
*Malaysian applicants with school-based results and have registered for the 2022 SPM/UEC examinations will be considered if the national examination results are not available. Shortlisted applicants will be assessed further via English Entrance Test and/or online interview/competency test.
Basic Education High School (BEHS) - Year 11
High School Diploma
Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education – Ordinary Level Examination
Sri Lanka General Certificate of Education – Advanced Level Examination
Mathayom 6
Year 12 High School Diploma
Year 12 with High School Graduation Certificate of National Examination
Assessed on a case-by-case basis but should have completed Year 12 of High School with:
The DAE application schedule based on the respective qualification type is as follows:
Application is made online through the DAE Application Portal. Please refer to our User Guide on how to apply.
You may indicate up to 3 course choices in your application
Upload softcopies of these documents in your online application (File size limit: 2MB each): (1) Identification document, (2) Result slip(s), (3) Other supporting document(s), if any
Please note:
Assessment
Only shortlisted applicants will be invited to sit for the Entrance Test(s) for English and/or Mathematics and/or Science to assess their suitability in the courses applied. Shortlisted applicants will receive the email invitation for Entrance Test(s) by 5 Dec 2022.
Enrolment
If your application is successful, you will receive an email with instructions on how to complete the online enrolment within 3-4 weeks. For more information on the online enrolment, and what to do after enrolment, please click here.