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By Universities.sg · Data: Ministry of Education & SkillsFuture Singapore (GES 2024) · Methodology
The Bachelor of Laws is a four-year meritorious honours programme at the Yong Pung How School of Law, encompassing law core courses, law-related electives, and a compulsory capstone. Students may specialise through optional tracks such as Corporate Transaction, Law and Technology, and Dispute Resolution. Graduation requirements include a law internship and community service including pro bono legal work.
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Programme information from SMU
Bachelor of Laws at SMU combines highly selective admission (ranked 1st of 77 by difficulty) with strong graduate salaries ($7,000 median, ranked 1st).
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 10 programmes at SMU 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 3.73 (10th percentile) for admission. The 90th percentile GPA is 3.97.
In the 2024 Graduate Employment Survey, 97.6% of graduates from this programme found work within six months of their final exams. That's 4% above the SMU average of 93.5%, which puts it in the top third across all surveyed courses. The full-time permanent employment rate is 95.9%. For fresh graduates, the median gross monthly salary is $7,000, which ranks in the top 5% of all courses (1st out of 242). That's 46% above the SMU average of $4,798. Most graduates earned between $6,000 and $7,000, the range spanning the 25th to 75th percentile of earners.
Over the past 12 years (2013–2025), the overall employment rate has decreased by 19.0 percentage points, moving from 100% to 81%. The rate has bounced around a fair bit over this stretch, from a low of 81% to a high of 100%. That's based on 13 years of Graduate Employment Survey data. Median salaries have remained largely flat over the same period, from $5,000 in 2013 to $5,000 in 2025.
Related reading: The most competitive courses in Singapore · Where this data comes from
Source: SMU Admissions Office
Source: MOE Graduate Employment Survey (2024)
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Contains data from Graduate Employment Survey from MOE made available under Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0