Graduate Admission System User Guide for Applicants

Graduate Admission System

User Guide for Applicants

1Last updated: April 2014

IntroductionThis User Guide serves as a general reference for students who are interested to apply to NUS graduate programmes using the online Graduate Admission System (GDA).

The information presented here are illustrative in nature, and not indicative of actual admission information.

As the admission requirements for the graduate programmes vary, please expect to encounter pages and instructions that are different from those depicted in this Guide.

Should you need any assistance on your online application, please consult the respective Faculty / School / Institute that you are applying to.

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We wish you all the best for your applications.

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At the Login Page

Navigate to https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/GDA2/Home.aspx#

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Existing users: login here using your email address and login password

Existing users who forget your password: click here to reset

New users: click here to create your account

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Create New Account

Your email address will also be your login ID.

Should you forget your login password and request to have it reset, the link to authorise the password reset will be sent to this email address.

Important!

As it is common to be holding multiple email accounts, please take note which email account you are using to create your account for the Graduate Admission System.

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Homepage

Click on “Manage Applications” to:-add / submit applications- update relevant information (academic qualifications, employment history, test details, contact info etc)- answer questionnaire / essay questions, if applicable- upload documents- associate referee(s) to your applications- view admission checklist

Spend some time to read the instructions on the homepage

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Manage Applications: Add New Application

Click on “Add New Application”

Select / key in the relevant information as accurately as you can, then click the “Save” button.

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Add New Application: Re-order Preference

If you are applying for multiple NUS programmes, rank your applications in order of preference by clicking “Up” and “Down”.

You can edit your preference ranking, as well as delete applications before you submit your applications online.

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Manage Applications: View Instructions

Click on “View Instructions” and select the programme from the drop-down menu to view the specific instructions that are given for each of the programme.

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Manage Applications: Personal Particulars

Click on “Personal Particulars” to fill in the required personal information.

Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents are required to key in their NRIC number, while international applications who are working / residing in Singapore are to provide their FIN.

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Manage Applications: Personal Particulars

Apart from the basic information (e.g. full name and date of birth), other info (such as pass type, pass number, passport date of issue, passport expiry date) are commonly requested by many of our programmes

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Manage Applications: Languages

Indicate the languages that you speak and write in, and indicate your proficiency levels here.

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Manage Applications: Academic Qualifications

Please key in the name of your institution here only if you are unable to find it under the drop-down list.

“Location” here refers to the country of the awarding institution for your degree, and not the physical location of your study.

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Manage Applications: Other Information

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Manage Applications: Employment History

Please provide details of your employment history to date in this section.

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Manage Applications: Test Details

Select the relevant test here.

Provide your test scores and related info here and then click on Save.

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Manage Applications: Contact Details – Personal Contact

As your primary email address is also your login ID, and notifications will be sent to this account, please make doubly sure that you have keyed in the email address correctly.

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Manage Applications: Contact Details – Mailing Contact

You can choose to have the system copy the address from your Personal Contact if it is the same.

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Manage Applications: Contact Details – Next of Kin Contact

It is compulsory for you to provide the contact info of at least one next-of-kin, as the University will attempt to contact this person during an emergency situation.

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Manage Applications: Source of Information (where applicable)

Please note that not every programme you apply to requires applicants to provide the source of information.

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Manage Applications:Achievements

Manage Applications:Documents Upload

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Manage Applications: Questionnaire / Essay (where applicable)

Remember to save your answer before you exit each of these sections.

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Manage Applications: Referee Associations

After you have keyed in info on your referees under Referee Details, you can then assign your referees to the programme(s) that you are applying for using Referee Associations.

Having assigned your referee(s) to the program, other actions that you can perform will be to un-assign and to email them the link to submit the referee report online.

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Manage Applications: View Checklist

Please go through the Checklist carefully and ensure that you have submitted all the required documents before completing your online application.

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Referee Details

You can insert / amend information regarding your referees under Referee Details.

Please ensure that your referee details are complete and accurate before you assign them to your applications using Referee Associations!

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Referee Details

You can track the referee report submission status for each of your referees by clicking on “View”.

As the link to the online report submission will expire 30 days after the email notification to the referee has been sent out, please remind them should you see that the status remains as “pending submission”.

Submission of Application

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Submitting Application:Step 1 – Select Application(s)

Check against the programme(s) that you wish to view the instructions/checklist(s) for, then click on “Proceed to Step 2 of 6”.

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Submitting Application:Step 2 – View Instructions / Checklist

Make sure that you have submitted all the documents for your application at this stage.

When you are ready, click on “Proceed to Step 3 of 6” to run the Application Completeness Check.

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Submitting ApplicationsStep 3 - Application Completeness Check

Click on “Back to Applications” to go back to the relevant sections and complete them.

Once completed, click on “Proceed to Step 3 of 6” to run the Application Completeness Check again.

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Submitting ApplicationsStep 3 - Application Completeness Check

The Application Completeness Check is passed when the system indicates that all the required sections are completed.

At this point, you can click on “Proceed to Step 4 of 6” to submit your declaration.

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Submitting ApplicationsStep 4 - Making Declaration & Step 5 – Submit Application

Read through and make your declarations carefully.

Step 4 – Making Declaration – and Step 5 – Submit Application – are done at the same time here.

Email NotificationsAt this point, you will receive an email notification acknowledging that you have submitted your application online.

If you have not already invoked the email to your referee for online report submission, he/she will also receive the email notifications at the same time. The email notification will indicate to the referee that the link to submit the referee report online will expire after 30 days.

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Submitting ApplicationsStep 6 – Submit Fee Payment Online (Cont’d)

Click on “Payment” to proceed to Step 6 – Submit Fee Payment online.

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Credit/Debit Card (Visa/Master) Internet Debit Card

American Express

Submitting ApplicationsStep 6 – Submit Fee Payment Online (Cont’d)

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Note that you can only access pages such as Academic Qualifications, Employment History, Test Details, etc. when you have at least one application for which the application cycle has not closed.

If you are only able to view your Personal Particulars and Contact Details pages, it simply means that the application cycles for all the programmes that you have applied to are closed.

After Completion of Online Application

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At the Manage Applications page, you can make changes to your preferences, as well as edit / delete your applications (for those pending online submission)

As for applications which have been processed, you can click on View Admission Status to view the latest status:

After Completion of Online Application

Thank you

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