The Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) is an annual exercise conducted by the Ministry of Education to allow holders of Singapore-Cambridge O-Level certificate to apply for admission to courses offered by Polytechnics.
Your JAE Success starts here
Can I apply?
You are eligible to participate except if you have been successfully admitted to a school through Direct School Admission-Junior Colleges (DSA-JC) / Polytechnic Early Admissions Exercise (Poly EAE) / ITE Early Admissions Exercise (ITE EAE):
- Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents (PR) with valid Singapore-Cambridge O-Level Examinations results from any year.
- International students studying in a Government School, Government-Aided School or Independent School in Singapore with valid 2024 Singapore-Cambridge O-Level Examination results.
To be eligible for a course, you must meet the minimum entry requirements of that specific course. Some courses also have medical requirements that you must meet.
However, meeting the minimum entry requirements of a course does not guarantee you a spot. Admission to a course is based on merit and subject to vacancies. You may refer to the past year’s JAE ELR2B2 range of a course to gauge the competitiveness of admission.
How do I apply?
Apply online
Application period: 10 Jan - 15 Jan 2025
Submit your application online via MOE JAE - Internet System (JAE-IS) using your Singpass.
Application outcome
You can obtain your posting results via the following channels:
- Online via JAE-IS; and
- Short Messaging System (SMS), which is sent to the local mobile number in your application.
If you have not been posted to a course, or wish to change to another course after the release of the JAE posting results, you may submit a JAE appeal.
JAE appeal process
Appeal application period: 4 Feb - 7 Feb 2025
JAE applicants who have not been posted to a course, or wish to change to another course after the release of the JAE posting results may submit an appeal via the JAE Online Appeal Portal.
- You may submit an appeal application for up to 6 Polytechnic courses and/or ITE Higher Nitec courses, for which you have met the course minimum entry requirements and the JAE ELR2B2.
- Please refer to the JAE Online Appeal Portal for the details on appeal procedure and release of JAE appeal results.
- Do consider your appeal carefully. If you already have a JAE posting, your original posting will be automatically revoked if your appeal is successful. If your appeal is unsuccessful, your original posting will be retained.