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By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2025) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Science (Information Systems) is a four-year programme at the School of Computing and Information Systems, focused on aligning business needs with IT capabilities and technologies. Students specialise through tracks including Business Analytics, Financial Technology, Product Development, and Smart-City Management and Technology. No prior programming experience is required for admission.
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Programme information from SMU
Bachelor of Science (Information Systems) at SMU is a rare case where more moderate entry requirements (BBC/C) still lead to above-average graduate salaries of $5,400, ranking 15th out of 242 courses.
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 10th out of 10 programmes at SMU by how hard it is to get into. The 90th percentile IGP is AAA/B, so you can see the typical range of admitted students. Polytechnic graduates need a minimum GPA of 3.61 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.89.
In the 2025 Graduate Employment Survey, 90.5% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's 3% below the SMU average of 93.5%, which puts it in the middle third across all surveyed courses. The full-time permanent employment rate is 83.4%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $5,400, which ranks in the top 10% of all courses (15th out of 242). That's 13% above the SMU average of $4,798. Most graduates earned between $4,800 and $6,028, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 12 years (2013–2025), the overall employment rate has decreased by 3.1 percentage points, moving from 93.6% to 90.5%. That's based on 13 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have grown by $2,100 (64%) over the same period, from $3,300 in 2013 to $5,400 in 2025.
Related reading: The most competitive courses in Singapore · Where this data comes from
Source: SMU 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