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NTU • College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2025) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English is a four-year direct honours programme offered by the School of Humanities. The curriculum combines the British literary canon with Asian literature and culture, new literatures in English, film and theatre studies, and contemporary literary and cultural studies.
This is a quick summary to give you the gist. Always check the latest programme details with the university before making any decisions.
Programme information from NTU
English at NTU has an IGP of BBC/C, a 70.6% employment rate, and a median starting salary of $4,100, placing it in the upper half by graduate pay.
The 10th percentile IGP for this programme is BBC/C, which works out to 56.9 rank points out of 70. That puts it in the lower quarter among all 77 courses with published IGP data, and 25th 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 3.38 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.58.
In the 2025 Graduate Employment Survey, 70.6% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's 15% 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 51.5%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $4,100, which ranks in the upper half of all courses (104th out of 242). That's 7% below the NTU average of $4,397. Most graduates earned between $3,200 and $4,680, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 12 years (2013–2025), the overall employment rate has decreased by 12.1 percentage points, moving from 82.7% to 70.6%. The rate has bounced around a fair bit over this stretch, from a low of 70.6% to a high of 95.5%. That's based on 12 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have grown by $1,000 (32%) over the same period, from $3,100 in 2013 to $4,100 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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NTU • College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
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Contains data from Graduate Employment Survey from MOE made available under Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0