Incoming Non-Graduating Students

You must be a full-time matriculated student of a university at the point of application & admission. You would fall under this category if:

·         Your university has not signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Student Exchange with NTU

·         You have not been selected by your home university to study abroad under an exchange agreement

·         You are a Singaporean studying in a foreign university

Tuition fees are at S$2,500.00 per course per semester in Academic Year 2008-2009 and it is subjected to revision in subsequent years.

Application Procedure

1.            Obtain information on NTU course contents, course registration and examination matters to assist you in the choice of selecting courses to read in NTU.  Consult your academic counsellor on the suitability of your choice of courses for academic fulfillment.

2.         Complete the NTU online application form  .  You should get ready a scanned copy of your home university official transcript and recent coloured photograph to be uploaded.

·          Application deadlines:
For entry into Semester 2 (January - May)    : by 15 October
For entry into Semester 1 (August - November) : by 15 May

3.         Under Section D-1 of the online application form, you are required to select at least ten NTU courses for approval.  This is to ensure that you have adequate number of approved courses prior to your arrival in NTU (IF you are accepted for admission to NTU).  Having more approved courses will provide greater options for your course registration later on, as some of the approved courses might be subjected to class/examination timetable clashes and/or vacancies limitations. Please ensure the courses that you wish to read are approved by your home university for credit transfer. 

4          If you do not have enough approved courses, or choose to read new courses after your arrival in NTU, course approval shall be subject to pre-requisites and vacancies available. It shall not be guaranteed that you will be offered the course(s) and your course registration will be delayed.

5.         The courses selected will be forwarded to the offering Schools in NTU for approval.  The Office of Academic Services (OAS) will liaise with you upon approval of the courses.

6.        Upon approval, a letter of admission will be issued to you, stating the status of the courses you have requested to take (ie. approved, not approved, not offered, etc) as well as advise you on matters related to course registration and timetable, student pass application, medical examination and fees.  Pre-departure information will also be sent to you.

7.   Your computer account, registration card, accommodation and other necessary arrangements will be made for you by the relevant NTU departments.

Visa Requirements/Student's Pass and Medical Examination

The International Student Centre (ISC) will assist you in immigration matters relating to the application of the Student’s Pass.

With effect from 1 March 2000, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) requires international students with a Student's Pass who stay in Singapore for 6 months or more to undergo a medical examination. This includes a chest x-ray for tuberculosis and a test for the AIDS-causing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

For more essential information, please refer to the following website on Student’s Pass.

Medical Insurance

All international students are required to subscribe to the 'Group Hospital and Surgical Insurance' Scheme. As an international student you are not eligible for hospitalisation and surgery subsidies. If you don’t have a local insurance policy you are required to pay a cash deposit if you are hospitalised. This is when a scheme like GHSI comes to the rescue.

Click here for details of the NTU health insurance.

Off-Campus Housing

Students on a fee-paying scheme are not entitled to on-campus accommodation and should research well to seek off-campus housing.  Please refer to this website for more details on off-campus housing.

What to do on arrival at NTU

1.         Visit the International Student Centre (ISC) or log on to the website on Student’s Pass for the procedures on the issuance and collection of Student’s Pass.  Complete your Student Pass application formalities at:

Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
ICA Building
10 Kallang Road
(Next to Lavender MRT station)
Singapore 208718

2.         Collect the admission package and the student registration card at the International Student Centre (ISC). 

3.         Check your username for your computer account and change your password. Your user name is your registration number and the default password is your date of birth in the format (DDMMYYYY). You are required to change your password when you first log-in.  Please seek assistance from the CITS Helpdesk, if you encounter any problems.

4.         Logon to your exchange portal to confirm the courses which have been registered for you.  Courses which are approved initially prior to your arrival in NTU will be pre-registered for you, if there are vacancies available and if there are no clashes in the class and examination timetables.  To check the courses that you have been successfully registered for and their index number, you may access the Student Automated Registation System (STARS) online using the computer ID (which is your registration number) and password. 

5.         To view your current class timetable, just click on Print/Check Courses registered, thereafter, you may input the course code and index number available in your timetable and use the STARS Planner for your timetable planning.   You may add or drop(s) or make adjustments to your class timetable through STARS during the stipulated Add/Drop window period.  The user guides for STARS and STARS Planner are made available on the Course Registration website.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or change the contact time of any courses listed in the class schedule. The listings in the schedule represent the University’s offering as at the time of release. Classes may be rescheduled or cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances or low demand.

Students enrolled in a cancelled class will be notified via E-mail. You are responsible to read your NTU email regularly and make the necessary adjustment to your timetable during the stipulated add/drop period.

6.         You need to confirm acceptance of the course(s) registered for you in your exchange portal. After which, you have to make payment for the following items (in Singapore Dollars) at the

Cashier, Office of Finance
Student Services Centre, Level 3

Contact Us

Mailing Address
Office of Academic Services
Nanyang Technological University
Student Services Centre, Level 1
42 Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639815 

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