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NTU • College of Engineering
By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2025) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering is a four-year programme applying principles of chemistry, physics, mathematics, and biology to the manufacturing of chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals, and other products. Core courses cover fundamental chemical engineering, with prescribed electives in specialised areas. The programme includes a compulsory semester-long internship and a capstone design project.
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Programme information from NTU
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at NTU has an IGP of BCC/C, a 78% employment rate, and a median starting salary of $4,400, placing it in the top third by graduate pay.
The 10th percentile IGP for this programme is BCC/C, which works out to 54.7 rank points out of 70. That puts it in the lower range among all 77 courses with published IGP data, and 35th out of 46 programmes at NTU by how hard it is to get into. The 90th percentile IGP is AAA/A, so you can see the typical range of admitted students. Polytechnic graduates need a minimum GPA of 3.50 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.92.
In the 2025 Graduate Employment Survey, 78% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's 6% below the NTU average of 82.6%, which puts it in the lower range across all surveyed courses. The full-time permanent employment rate is 69.1%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $4,400, which ranks in the top third of all courses (79th out of 242). That's in line with the NTU average of $4,397. Most graduates earned between $4,000 and $4,900, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 12 years (2013–2025), the overall employment rate has decreased by 9.3 percentage points, moving from 87.3% to 78%. The rate has bounced around a fair bit over this stretch, from a low of 78% to a high of 96.6%. That's based on 12 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have grown by $1,200 (38%) over the same period, from $3,200 in 2013 to $4,400 in 2025.
Related reading: The most competitive courses in Singapore · Where this data comes from
Source: NTU Admissions Office
Source: MOE Graduate Employment Survey (2025)
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Contains data from Graduate Employment Survey from MOE made available under Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0