To be considered for the Master in Public Administration (MPA) programme, you must have either:

• A good NUS honours degree (second class and above) or equivalent (e.g. a four-year Bachelor degree with at least an average grade of B or equivalent), and a minimum of five years of relevant work experience; or
• A good Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of five years of relevant work experience.

Other qualifications may be accepted subject to approval by the NUS Board of Graduate Studies.

 

Please note that meeting the minimum requirements does not imply automatic admission into the programme..

Applicants must submit an online application. The following documents (in soft copies) are required when submitting an application.

*Applicants with qualifications attained in English-medium institutions in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, the UK or the US are exempted from providing test scores. For qualifications attained in countries not mentioned, if your Bachelor or Master degree was conducted entirely in English, TOEFL or IELTS test scores may be waived if you provide a letter from your institution.

 

Click here for the detailed information on each of the application documents.