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Higher Education Office


At the Higher Education Office, our teacher-counsellors work directly with individual students to realise their career and higher education aspirations. The following guides and resources have been created to help students prepare their university applications.

Updated! Guides to our Singapore universities are now available. You may find them in the Singapore Universities section below. 

Singapore Universities

The following guides have been crafted to help alumni with decision-making. We trust you will find them useful. The links to the local universities’ admissions portals and the Indicative Grade Profiles can be found in Guidance for Graduated Students.

New! Guidance for Graduated Students 2025
New! Guidance for NUS Admissions 2025
New! Guidance for Medicine Applications 2025

 

Undergraduate & Postgraduate Scholarships

Applying to UK Universities

For students interested in applying to UK universities in the 2025/2026 cycle, please bookmark this page. The cycle will begin with the publication of Timelines in May 2025, followed by the UCAS Guide (Jul) thereafter. All applicants adhere to internal RI deadlines. For now, you may refer to material of the previous year, to get a sense of timelines and to-dos.  

Applying to US Colleges

For students interested in applying to US universities in the 2025/2026 cycle, please bookmark this page. The cycle will begin with the publication of Timelines in May 2025, followed by the CIALFO Guide (Aug) thereafter. All applicants adhere to internal RI deadlines. For now, you may refer to material of the previous year, to get a sense of timelines and to-dos.   

HEO Timelines Guide 2024/25 for UK And US Applications (updated 10 Jul)
US Application Writing Guide 2024 For Alumni
CommonApp and CIALFO Guide for Alumni
Instruction for Written Feedback
University of California Application Guide 2024

Applying to other overseas universities

Beyond Singapore, the UK and US, our students go on to global destinations, such as in Australia, Japan, Europe, Canada, and beyond. These universities include the University of British Columbia, Waseda University, University of Kyoto, University of Sydney, Sci-Po, and many more.

The HEO supports applications to all destinations as required. Do inform us at least 3-4 weeks in advance if you need supporting documents to be sent to your universities. 
 

Contact Information

The Higher Education Office is open on Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 2pm-5pm. We are not open during public and school holidays as well as during exam periods. We do not accept walk-ins; all appointments are scheduled. 

Alumni, if you have questions or require counsel, please write to us at this email address, and we’ll be happy to help you where possible.

If you require documents to be sent to your universities via hardcopy mailing, please approach us at least 4 weeks in advance.