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By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2025) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Science (Nursing) is an undergraduate programme offered by the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies under the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The modular curriculum covers anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical practice, and interprofessional healthcare education. Graduates are eligible to register with the Singapore Nursing Board as a Registered Nurse.
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Programme information from NUS
Nursing at NUS has an IGP of CCD/C, a 92.1% employment rate, and a median starting salary of $4,000, placing it in the upper half by graduate pay.
The 10th percentile IGP for this programme is CCD/C, which works out to 50.3 rank points out of 70. That puts it in the lower range among all 77 courses with published IGP data, and 21st out of 21 programmes at NUS by how hard it is to get into. The 90th percentile IGP is ABB/B, so you can see the typical range of admitted students. Polytechnic graduates need a minimum GPA of 3.18 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.77.
In the 2025 Graduate Employment Survey, 92.1% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's in line with the NUS average of 92.3%, which puts it in the upper half across all surveyed courses. The full-time permanent employment rate is 87.6%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $4,000, which ranks in the upper half of all courses (116th out of 242). That's 14% below the NUS average of $4,660. Most graduates earned between $3,850 and $4,300, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 12 years (2013–2025), the overall employment rate has decreased by 5.4 percentage points, moving from 97.5% to 92.1%. That's based on 13 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have grown by $1,050 (36%) over the same period, from $2,950 in 2013 to $4,000 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