FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

(Information is correct as of December 2023)

No, admission into the Master’s programme is on a competitive basis
  • You have priority to enroll into courses.
  • You can complete within 1 year for full-time students and 2 years for part-time students.
  • You do not need to commit to the full programme at the onset.
  • You may be able to enjoy SSG subsidies for the individual courses.
  • You can complete the courses for Graduate Certificate and/or FlexiMasters at your own pace. You have up to 5 years to credit transfer the courses to the relevant Master’s programme

You can apply for any number of Graduate Certificate or FlexiMasters courses in a semester provided they are offered via PaCE. As the Graduate Certificate and FlexiMasters courses are Master’s courses, priority is given to Master’s students.

Therefore, there is likelihood that you may not be able to get a place in the Graduate Certificate or FlexiMasters courses that you apply for. Assuming that you are able to complete at least 2 courses per semester, you may be able to complete the Graduate Certificate or FlexiMasters in 1 year

Yes. If you are transferring all 4 courses in the FlexiMasters, you will be required to complete the remaining 14 AU of courses AND a compulsory 2 AU general elective in order to meet the graduation requirements of the Master’s programme. If you are transferring only 3 courses, you do not need to complete the additional 2 AU general elective. 

Accreditation of courses completed under the Graduate Certificate or FlexiMasters to a Master’s programme will be subject to the prevailing accreditation policy:

  • The grade obtained for the course must be at least a C+.
  • The validity period for exemption/credit transfer of a course is 5 years from the date of award of the course as reflected in the official result slip/transcript.
  • The course must not have been used for exemption/credit transfer into another programme.
  • Academic units from Graduate Certificates or FlexiMasters that are approved for transfer of credits will not be included in the computation of CGPA for all graduate programmes.
If you credit transfer 3 courses from the Graduate Certificate, the remaining 5 courses (18AUs) can be completed in 1.5 years for part-time students or 1 year for full-time students. If you credit transfer 4 courses from the FlexiMasters, the remaining 4 courses plus the 2 AU general elective (total of 16AUs) can be completed in 1 year for part- time students and 0.5 year for full-time students.
There is no need to complete all the courses within the Graduate Certificate or FlexiMasters before enrolling in the Master’s programme. Upon successful admission into the Master’s programme, you can choose to transfer course credits of up to 12 AUs to the Master’s programme.