FAQ
Application Details and Admission Requirements
The GC-CF programme is open to those with a bachelor’s degree, including those whose degrees are not from the related discipline. Candidates with other qualifications and/or related work experience may also apply for the programme. Each application will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee. The above are minimum requirements and do not guarantee admission.
All candidates are enrolled to the programme on a part-time basis. You may check the schedule on our programme webpage for details of the course timetable.
Yes, you may apply for this programme even though you are not a computing graduate. You may refer to our website – Admission Requirements.
Please refer to our website – Application Information for details on the necessary documents required when you submit your application via the Online Applications Portal.
All supporting documents are required to be submitted via the Online Applications Portal by the application deadline as stated on our website. The School reserves the right to defer the application for consideration to the subsequent intake if necessary documents are submitted after the application deadline.
For international candidates, if you are currently working in Singapore and hold a valid work/ employment pass, you do not have to apply for any visa or pass. However, candidates are to ensure that the pass that they are holding allows them to take up courses in Singapore.
Allocation of the selected courses(s) is not guaranteed. It is possible to drop the course(s) after allocation.
Admission & Curriculum
Candidates do not have to complete any prerequisite courses. All GC-CF candidates are required to be enrolled to IT5001 Software Development Fundamentals. Candidates are strongly encouraged to understand what the GC-CF courses entail by going through the respective course descriptions listed in the GC-CF website.
Enrolled students are required to attend classes which will be held in NUS campus. Classes can be held during weekday evenings and/or Saturdays. For GC-CF, you may refer to the schedule on our website – Annex (SoC GC-CF).
The mode of assessment for the courses typically consists of lab and/or written assignments and a final exam. Detailed information with regards to the course content and assessment components will be provided by the lecturers in the first lecture.
The intakes are in January and August.
Currently, we do not hold any information sessions for GC-CF programme. Should there be any information session scheduled, details will be published on our website.
To be awarded the graduate certificate, the candidate must complete three courses (12 modular credits) listed in the GC-CF programme structure, and obtain at least a GPA of 2.5.
Part-time students can take minimally one course per semester.
Programme Fees
For details on programme fees, you may refer to our website – Programme Fees.
You may refer to the breakdown of the programme fees on our website – Programme Fees. Please note that the programme fees indicated are on a per course basis. For candidates who are eligible for SSG funding, their Student Bill will be reflected accordingly, after verifications have been completed. You may be requested to provide additional documents for verification, depending on the type of funding scheme.
Yes.
The fees payable for the courses are not inclusive of the Student Services Fee.
Students who leave the University, either through withdrawal on their own accord or termination of candidature by the University, after Instructional Week 2 of the semester will be liable to pay fees for the entire semester. Requests for refund will generally not be considered. You may refer to this guideline under the Refund Policy.
Others
There are no special terms for this programme. This programme follows the NUS Academic Calendar (eg. Semester 1 – August and Semester 2 – January).
The website for the courses offered every semester will be published about one to two months before the new semester.
Candidates can complete the programme between one to two semester(s), depending on individual’s time commitment. It will also depend greatly on how many courses candidates take per semester, and whether the preferred courses are being offered.
You may refer to the SoC venues page to find out the venue of your classrooms.
The GC-CF programme can help non-computing graduates develop stronger foundations that would better prepare themselves for the master’s degree programmes in computing. Do note that admission to the SoC master’s degree programmes is on competitive basis and there is no guarantee of admission.
Admission to the master’s degree programmes is on competitive basis and there is no guarantee of admission.
Courses completed in GC-CF are credit transferrable to the Master of Computing (General Track) programme only, subject to the school’s approval.
