The Early Admissions Exercise (EAE) provides you a chance to secure a place in your preferred course by giving more emphasis to your skills, aptitude and work experience.
Can I apply?
You must be a working adult:
- who is a Singapore citizen or Permanent Resident
- with at least two years of relevant work experience.
Working adults whose past academic grades do not meet the minimum entry requirements, will be given an opportunity to demonstrate that they have acquired the pre-requisite competencies for their chosen course through supplementary assessments.
How do I apply?
Decide and apply
- Choose up to three diploma courses
- Submit the mandatory 600-character write-up for each of the three courses
- Include a 1,000-character write-up on other achievements and talents (optional)
- Provide a 2,000-character write-up on your current/last job employment
Psst… Count the characters, not the words! Characters include letters, numbers, punctuation and even spaces.
Interview and assessments
Application outcome
If you get an offer, congrats! Acceptance of the EAE offer will guarantee your place in the polytechnic course.
If your NYP offer is confirmed, you will receive NYP enrolment notifications via SMS and email by February. You will need to log in to the NYP e-enrolment system to accept the course offer and complete the enrolment process. Check out the academic calendar on course commencement date.
Note:
- If you decide to change your mind, be sure to withdraw within the withdrawal period (6 Sep - 13 Oct).
- Applicants who have accepted a Poly EAE offer but do not withdraw by the stipulated deadline will not be able to switch courses within or across polytechnics once their offers are confirmed.
Hear from our students
Check out these stories of our students who came in through the EAE and accomplished more than what they thought was possible.
What’s next
Yay, we welcome you to the NYP family! Now, read more on our enrolment guide to find out what you need to do confirm your place in NYP.
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