Last Updated: 07 Jan 2026
Junior colleges and Millennia Institute
1. Admission matters
From 2028, there will be changes to the JC and MI admission criteria. Learn more.
- Junior college (JC)
- Millennia Institute (MI)
- Junior college (JC)
- Millennia Institute (MI)
To be eligible for admission to a junior college (JC) course via JAE or DSA-JC in 2026 or 2027, you must meet these 2 criteria:
- Your L1R5 gross aggregate score must not exceed 20.
- Meet the grade requirements for specific subjects.
Aggregate score computation for JC courses
= First Language (L1) + Relevant Subject 1 (R1) + R2 + R3 + R4 + R5
| L1R5 | Subjects |
| L1 | English or Higher Mother Tongue Language |
| R1 | Any 1 best-scoring subject from Humanities |
| R2 | Any 1 best-scoring subject from Mathematics or Science |
| R3 | Any 1 best-scoring subject from Humanities, Mathematics or Science |
| R4, R5 | Any 2 best-scoring subjects |
Note: Religious Knowledge cannot be used as one of the best-scoring subjects for aggregate score computation.
What cannot be used for aggregate computation
You cannot use:
- The grades of both Higher Mother Tongue and Mother Tongue in the same aggregate score computation. For example, if Higher Chinese is used as the first language (L1), Chinese cannot be used as a relevant subject (R4 or R5).
- “Merit” and “Pass” grades for the Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus for aggregate computation.
- Mother Tongue Language (MTL): Chinese, Malay, Tamil and MTL approved by MOE in lieu of an official MTL (Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Thai, Urdu).
- Higher MTL: Higher Chinese, Higher Malay, and Higher Tamil. There is no Higher level MTL-in-lieu.
- Mother Tongue 'B' Syllabus: Chinese 'B', Malay 'B' and Tamil 'B'. There is no 'B' Syllabus for MTL-in-lieu.
Grade requirements for specific subjects
You must meet the grade requirements for these specific subjects:
| Subject | Grade Requirement |
| English Language | A1 to C6 |
Any 1 Mathematics
|
A1 to D7 |
|
Any 1 Mother Tongue Language (MTL)
|
|
Conditional admission criteria
If you did not meet the grade requirements for the specific subjects listed above, you are eligible for conditional admission when you meet one of these criteria:
- L1R5 gross aggregate score ≤ 15
- L1R5 gross aggregate score from 16 to 20, and have grades of A1 or A2 in all the 5 relevant subjects.
An 'Absent' grade in any of the specific subjects will not qualify you for conditional admission.
If you are conditionally admitted to a JC course, you must sit for the specific subject again and obtain the required grade by the end of Year 1 in JC. If you fail to do so, you will be transferred to Year 2 of a course in MI.
By the end of Year 2 in MI, if you still do not obtain the required grade, you will have to leave MI.
Bonus points for JC admission
The bonus points are subtracted from your L1R5 gross aggregate score to obtain the L1R5 net aggregate score for JAE posting.
1. You can get a maximum of 4 bonus points from a combination of any of these types:
| Type of bonus points | No. of bonus points |
|
CCA grade awarded to graduates of national secondary schools
|
2 |
|
CCA grade awarded to graduates of national secondary schools
|
1 |
|
English and Higher Mother Tongue Language grade
|
2 |
|
Chinese (Special Programmes) or Malay (Special Programmes) or Bahasa Indonesia grade
|
2 |
|
Affiliated JC
Does not apply to private candidate, current or former student of MI, polytechnic or ITE. |
2 |
2. You will get an additional 2 bonus points if you have applied and got selected for one of the following programmes at a JC:
- Chinese Language Elective Programme
- Malay Language Elective Programme
- Tamil Language Elective Programme
If you are admitted to these programmes, you must offer the respective subject and sit for its GCE A-Level examination. You are required to remain in the programme while studying in the JC. If not, you can be asked to leave the school.
If you are eligible to apply for JC courses through JAE and you are:
- a private candidate, or
- a current or former student at MI, polytechnic or ITE
you will still be eligible for bonus points if you have obtained the above CCA and subject grades. Affiliated JC bonus points are not applicable.
To be eligible for admission to a Millennia Institute (MI) course in 2026 or 2027, you must meet these 2 criteria:
- Your L1R4 gross aggregate score must not exceed 20.
- Meet the grade requirements for specific subjects.
Aggregate score computation for MI courses
= First Language (L1) + Relevant Subject 1 (R1) + R2 + R3 + R4
| L1R4 | Subjects |
| L1 | English or Higher Mother Tongue Language |
| R1, R2 | Any 2 best-scoring subjects from Humanities, Mathematics or Science |
| R3, R4 | Any 2 best-scoring subjects |
Note: Religious Knowledge cannot be used as one of the best-scoring subjects for aggregate score computation.
What cannot be used for aggregate computation
You cannot use:
- The grades of both Higher Mother Tongue and Mother Tongue in the same aggregate score computation. For example, if Higher Chinese is used as the first language (L1), Chinese cannot be used as a relevant subject (R3 or R4).
- “Merit” and “Pass” grades for the Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus for aggregate computation.
- Mother Tongue Language (MTL): Chinese, Malay, Tamil and MTL approved by MOE in lieu of an official MTL (Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Thai, Urdu).
- Higher MTL: Higher Chinese, Higher Malay, and Higher Tamil. There is no Higher level MTL-in-lieu.
- Mother Tongue 'B' Syllabus: Chinese 'B', Malay 'B' and Tamil 'B'. There is no 'B' Syllabus for MTL-in-lieu.
Grade requirements for specific subjects
You must meet the grade requirements for these specific subjects:
| Subject | Grade Requirement |
| English Language | A1 to C6 |
Any 1 Mathematics
|
A1 to D7 |
Any 1 Mother Tongue Language (MTL)
|
Note: There is no Higher level or ‘B’ Syllabus for MTL-in-lieu. |
Conditional admission criteria
If you did not meet the grade requirements for the specific subjects listed above, you are eligible for conditional admission when you meet one of these criteria:
- L1R4 gross aggregate score ≤ 15
- L1R4 gross aggregate score from 16 to 20, and have grades of A1 or A2 in all the 4 relevant subjects.
An 'Absent' grade in any of the specific subjects will not qualify you for conditional admission.
If you are conditionally admitted to an MI course, you must sit for the specific subject again and obtain the required grade by the end of Year 1 in MI. If you do not obtain it, you will be given another year to sit for the subject.
By the end of the second year, if you still do not obtain the required grade, you will have to leave MI.
Bonus points for MI admission
The bonus points are subtracted from your L1R4 gross aggregate score to obtain the L1R4 net aggregate score for JAE posting.
You can get a maximum of 4 bonus points from a combination of any of these types:
| Type of bonus points | No. of bonus points |
|
CCA grade awarded to graduates of national secondary schools
|
2 |
|
CCA grade awarded to graduates of national secondary schools
|
1 |
|
English and Higher Mother Tongue Language grade
|
2 |
|
Chinese (Special Programmes) or Malay (Special Programmes) or Bahasa Indonesia grade
|
2 |
If you are eligible to apply for MI courses through JAE and you are:
- a private candidate, or
- a current or former student at JC, polytechnic or ITE
you will still be eligible for bonus points if you have obtained the above CCA and subject grades.
- Use SchoolFinder to explore and shortlist schools based on your net aggregate score.
- The 2025 JAE net aggregate scores in SchoolFinder are only used as a reference and do not guarantee admission.
- The actual course net aggregate scores depend on the O-Level results and course choices of applicants in the 2026 JAE, and these can differ from previous years.
- The net aggregate score ranges for 2026 JAE courses will be updated in SchoolFinder on JAE posting results release day.