Academic Information 

Academic Information

Semester Dates

*AY2010-2011, Semester 1 (Fall):
30 August 2010 ~ 24 December 2010 (17 weeks)

*AY2010-2011, Semester 2 (Spring):
January 2011 ~ May 2011 (17 weeks)

*Note: 
In view of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, our academic calendar for AY2010-2011 shall only be finalized by mid-April 2010. Dates stated above serves only as a guideline & are subject to change.

Our past academic calendars can be viewed here

NTU Academic Unit System

NTU's courses are assigned credits based on the Academic Unit System. For a typical one-semester course, the number of academic units is calculated as follows:
a) One (1) hour of lecture / tutorial per week         : 1 AU
b) Three (3) hours laboratory / fieldwork per week : 1 AU

More information on our Academic Unit System can be viewed here 

Workload per semester  A maximum of 20 AUs per semester (approximately 4-5 courses)
Course Selections

Exchange students should select at least ten (10) undergraduate &/or postgraduate courses at application stage for approval. This is to ensure that you have adequate number of approved courses prior to arrival in NTU

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

Exchange students are strongly encouraged not to deviate from the list of approved courses. Please select courses which are deemed necessary by your home university for yiour academic progression.

Grading System

NTU uses the Grade Point Average (GPA) system in awarding grades:

 Letter Grade  Grade Point

A+

5.0

A

5.0

A-

4.5

B+

4.0

B

3.5

B-

3.0

C+

2.5

C

2.0

D+

1.5

D

1.0

F

0.0

 

Academic Transcripts

Exchange students' academic transcripts will be mailed directly to their home institutions within two (2) months after the end of the semster

A copy of the academic transcript will be e-mailed to the Study Abroad Office of the partner university for file 

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