Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE)

To be eligible for admission to a junior college, you must meet these 2 criteria:

1. Your L1R5 must not exceed 20.
2. Meet the grade requirements for specific subjects.

1. Subjects in L1R5 (L1R5 = First Language + 5 Relevant Subjects)

What cannot be used in the same aggregate computation

• Grades for both Higher MTL (such as Higher Chinese, Higher Malay and Higher Tamil) and MTL (such as Chinese, Malay and Tamil). For example, if Higher MTL is used as the first language, MTL cannot be used as a relevant subject.
• “Merit” and “Pass” grades for the Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus (Chinese ‘B’, Malay ‘B’ and Tamil ‘B’).

2. Grade requirements for specific subjects

Conditional admission

If you do not meet the subject requirements, you are eligible for conditional admission when you meet one of these criteria for your L1R5 gross aggregate score:

1. 15 or less
2. Between 16 and 20 (both scores inclusive), and with grades of A1 or A2 in all 5 Relevant Subjects.

To be eligible for admission to Millennia Institute (MI), you must meet these 2 criteria:

1. Your L1R4 must not exceed 20.
2. Meet the grade requirements for specific subjects.

1. Subjects in L1R4 (L1R4 = First Language + 4 Relevant Subjects)

What cannot be used in the same aggregate computation

• Grades for both Higher MTL (such as Higher Chinese, Higher Malay and Higher Tamil) and MTL (such as Chinese, Malay and Tamil). For example, if Higher MTL is used as the first language, MTL cannot be used as a relevant subject.
• “Merit” and “Pass” grades for the Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus (Chinese ‘B’, Malay ‘B’ and Tamil ‘B’).

2. Grade requirements for specific subjects

Conditional admission

If you do not meet the subject requirements, you are eligible for conditional admission when you meet one of these criteria for your L1R4 gross aggregate score:

1. 15 or less
2. Between 16 and 20 (both scores inclusive), and with grades of A1 or A2 in all 4 Relevant Subjects.

To be eligible for admission to a polytechnic, you must meet these 2 criteria:

1. Your ELR2B2 net aggregate score must not exceed 26 for all courses except for Diploma in Nursing (ELR2B2 must not exceed 28). ELR2B2 = English Language + 2 Relevant Subjects + 2 Best Subjects – bonus points. Learn more about aggregate computation for polytechnic courses.
2. Meet the minimum entry requirements of the course that you are applying for. Find these requirements in CourseFinder.

Institute of Technical Education (ITE), you must meet these 2 criteria:

1. You must have sat for at least 5 O-level subjects over a maximum of 2 years.
2. Meet the minimum entry requirements of the course that you are applying for. Find these requirements in CourseFinder.

Learn more about aggregate computation for Higher Nitec courses.