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NUS • School of Medicine
By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2025) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) is a five-year undergraduate programme at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The integrated, interdisciplinary curriculum covers body systems, medical science fundamentals, and clinical conditions across multiple phases, combining classroom learning with clinical training in hospitals and community settings.
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Programme information from NUS
Medicine at NUS combines highly selective admission (ranked 1st of 77 by difficulty) with strong graduate salaries ($6,500 median, ranked 4th).
The 10th percentile IGP for this programme is AAA/A, which works out to 67.8 rank points out of 70. That puts it in the top 5% among all 77 courses with published IGP data, and 1st 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 3.87 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.99.
In the 2025 Graduate Employment Survey, 100% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's 8% above the NUS average of 92.3%, which puts it in the top 5% across all surveyed courses. The full-time permanent employment rate is 100%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $6,500, which ranks in the top 5% of all courses (4th out of 242). That's 39% above the NUS average of $4,660. Most graduates earned between $6,000 and $6,930, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 12 years (2013–2025), the overall employment rate has remained relatively stable, moving from 100% to 100%. That's based on 8 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have grown by $2,000 (44%) over the same period, from $4,500 in 2013 to $6,500 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