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NUS • School of Computing
By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2025) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Computing in Information Security (Honours) is a four-year programme offered by the NUS School of Computing. The curriculum covers both technical and organisational aspects of cybersecurity, including cryptography, computer security, penetration testing, digital forensics, and information security management.
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Programme information from NUS
Information Security at NUS has an IGP of AAA/B, a 88% employment rate, and a median starting salary of $6,000, placing it in the top 5% by graduate pay.
The 10th percentile IGP for this programme is AAA/B, which works out to 66.7 rank points out of 70. That puts it in the top 20% among all 77 courses with published IGP data, and 10th out of 21 programmes at NUS 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 3.88 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.98.
In the 2025 Graduate Employment Survey, 88% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's 5% below the NUS average of 92.3%, which puts it in the middle third across all surveyed courses. The full-time permanent employment rate is 84%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $6,000, which ranks in the top 5% of all courses (7th out of 242). That's 29% above the NUS average of $4,660. Most graduates earned between $5,150 and $6,800, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 5 years (2020–2025), the overall employment rate has decreased by 2.9 percentage points, moving from 90.9% to 88%. That's based on 6 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have grown by $1,000 (20%) over the same period, from $5,000 in 2020 to $6,000 in 2025.
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Source: NUS 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