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GCE O-Level subjects and categories
Subjects are grouped into specific categories that fulfil the requirements of different aggregate score types for admissions to post-secondary institutions. Learn about it.
To calculate the score of a particular aggregate type, only the grades of subjects from specific categories can be considered.
Private candidates cannot take some subjects. Visit the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB)'s website for more information.
Humanities
- Bahasa Indonesia as a Third Language
- Chinese (Special Programme)
- Geography
- Higher Art
- Higher Music
- History
- Humanities (Social Studies, Geography)
- Humanities (Social Studies, History)
- Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Chinese)
- Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English)
- Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Malay)
- Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in Tamil)
- Literature in Chinese
- Literature in English
- Literature in Malay
- Literature in Tamil
- Malay (Special Programme)
Mathematics
- Additional Mathematics
- Mathematics
Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Science (Chemistry, Biology)
- Science (Physics, Biology)
- Science (Physics, Chemistry)
Others
- Chinese
- Malay
- Tamil
- Higher Chinese
- Higher Malay
- Higher Tamil
- Arabic as a Third Language
- Art
- Bengali
- Biotechnology
- Burmese
- Business Studies
- Computing
- Design & Technology
- Design Studies
- Drama
- Economics
- Electronics
- Exercise and Sports Science
- French
- German
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Japanese
- Music
- Nutrition & Food Science
- Principles of Accounts
- Punjabi
- Spanish
- Thai
- Urdu
Religious Knowledge
- Islamic Religious Knowledge
Note: Religious Knowledge subject cannot be used as one of the best-scoring subjects for aggregate score computation for junior college and Millennia Institute admission.
If you do not find your subjects in the list above
The subjects are no longer examined by the SEAB. However, these subjects are still valid and can be considered for the computation of aggregate scores in the JAE: