Graduate Admission

System
User Guide for Applicants

Last updated: April 2014

Introduction
This User Guide serves as a general reference for students who are interested
to apply to NUS graduate programmes using the online Graduate Admission
System (GDA).
The information presented here are illustrative in nature, and not indicative of
actual admission information.
As the admission requirements for the graduate programmes vary, please
expect to encounter pages and instructions that are different from those
depicted in this Guide.
Should you need any assistance on your online application, please consult the
respective Faculty / School / Institute that you are applying to.

We wish you all the best for your

applications.
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At the Login Page

Navigate to https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/GDA2/Home.aspx#

Existing users: login here using

your email address and login
password

Existing users who forget your password:

click here to reset
New users: click here to create
your account
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Create New Account

Your email address will

also be your login ID.
Should you forget your
login password and
request to have it reset,
the link to authorise the
password reset will be
sent to this email
address.

Important!

As it is common to be holding multiple email accounts, please take

note which email account you are using to create your account for
the Graduate Admission System.
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Homepage

Spend some time to read the

instructions on the homepage

Click on Manage Applications to:

-add / submit applications
- update relevant information (academic qualifications, employment history,
test details, contact info etc)
- answer questionnaire / essay questions, if applicable
- upload documents
- associate referee(s) to your applications
- view admission checklist
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Manage Applications: Add New Application

Click on Add New

Application

Select / key in the relevant

information as accurately as you
can, then click the Save button.

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Add New Application: Re-order Preference

If you are applying for multiple NUS programmes, rank

your applications in order of preference by clicking Up
and Down.
You can edit your preference ranking, as well as delete
applications before you submit your applications online.

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Manage Applications: View Instructions

Click on View Instructions and select the programme from

the drop-down menu to view the specific instructions that are
given for each of the programme.

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Manage Applications: Personal Particulars

Click on Personal Particulars to fill in the required personal information.

Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents are required to key in their
NRIC number, while international applications who are working / residing
in Singapore are to provide their FIN.
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Manage Applications: Personal Particulars

Apart from the basic

information (e.g. full
name and date of birth),
other info (such as pass
type, pass number,
passport date of issue,
passport expiry date) are
commonly requested by
many of our programmes

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Manage Applications: Languages

Indicate the languages that you speak and write in, and indicate your
proficiency levels here.

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Manage Applications: Academic Qualifications

Location here refers to

the country of the
awarding institution for
your degree, and not the
physical location of your
study.

Please key in the name

of your institution here
only if you are unable
to find it under the
drop-down list.

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Manage Applications: Other Information

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Manage Applications: Employment History

Please provide details of your employment history to

date in this section.

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Manage Applications: Test Details

Select the relevant

test here.

Provide your test scores and

related info here and then
click on Save.

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Manage Applications: Contact Details Personal Contact

As your primary email

address is also your login ID,
and notifications will be sent
to this account, please make
doubly sure that you have
keyed in the email address
correctly.

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Manage Applications: Contact Details Mailing Contact

You can choose to have the

system copy the address
from your Personal Contact
if it is the same.

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Manage Applications: Contact Details Next of Kin Contact

It is compulsory for you to provide the contact info of at least one next-ofkin, as the University will attempt to contact this person during an
emergency situation.

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Manage Applications: Source of Information (where applicable)

Please note that not every programme you apply to requires applicants to
provide the source of information.

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Manage Applications:
Achievements

Manage Applications:
Documents Upload

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Manage Applications: Questionnaire / Essay (where applicable)

Remember to save your

answer before you exit each
of these sections.

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Manage Applications: Referee Associations

After you have keyed in
info on your referees
under Referee Details,
you can then assign your
referees to the
programme(s) that you
are applying for using
Referee Associations.

Having assigned your referee(s) to the program, other actions that

you can perform will be to un-assign and to email them the link to
submit the referee report online.
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Manage Applications: View Checklist

Please go through the Checklist carefully

and ensure that you have submitted all the
required documents before completing
your online application.

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Referee Details

You can insert / amend information regarding your referees

under Referee Details.
Please ensure that your referee details are complete and
accurate before you assign them to your applications using
Referee Associations!

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Referee Details

You can track the referee report submission status for each of your
referees by clicking on View.
As the link to the online report submission will expire 30 days after the
email notification to the referee has been sent out, please remind them
should you see that the status remains as pending submission.

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Submission of Application

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Submitting Application:
Step 1 Select Application(s)

Check against the programme(s) that you wish to

view the instructions/checklist(s) for, then click on
Proceed to Step 2 of 6.
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Submitting Application:
Step 2 View Instructions / Checklist

Make sure that you have submitted all the

documents for your application at this
stage.
When you are ready, click on Proceed to
Step 3 of 6 to run the Application
Completeness Check.

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Submitting Applications
Step 3 - Application Completeness Check

Click on Back to Applications to go

back to the relevant sections and
complete them.
Once completed, click on Proceed to
Step 3 of 6 to run the Application
Completeness Check again.

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Submitting Applications
Step 3 - Application Completeness Check

The Application Completeness Check is

passed when the system indicates that all
the required sections are completed.
At this point, you can click on Proceed to
Step 4 of 6 to submit your declaration.

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Submitting Applications
Step 4 - Making Declaration & Step 5 Submit Application

Read through and make your declarations carefully.

Step 4 Making Declaration and Step 5 Submit Application are done at the same
time here.
Email Notifications
At this point, you will receive an email notification acknowledging that you have
submitted your application online.
If you have not already invoked the email to your referee for online report
submission, he/she will also receive the email notifications at the same time. The
email notification will indicate to the referee that the link to submit the referee
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report online will expire after
30 days.

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Submitting Applications
Step 6 Submit Fee Payment Online (Contd)

Click on Payment to
proceed to Step 6
Submit Fee Payment
online.

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Submitting Applications
Step 6 Submit Fee Payment Online (Contd)

Credit/Debit Card (Visa/Master)

Internet Debit Card

American Express

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After Completion of Online Application

Note that you can only access pages such as Academic

Qualifications, Employment History, Test Details, etc. when you
have at least one application for which the application cycle has not
closed.
If you are only able to view your Personal Particulars and Contact
Details pages, it simply means that the application cycles for all the
programmes that you have applied to are closed.
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After Completion of Online Application

At the Manage Applications

page, you can make changes to
your preferences, as well as
edit / delete your applications
(for those pending online
submission)
As for applications which have
been processed, you can click
on View Admission Status to
view the latest status:

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Thank you

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