For Applicants - Admission Policy

Admission to Raffles Merchandising School is opened to all individuals regardless of sex, race, religion or nationality. Selection for admissions is based on an overall assessment of the individual's potential and merits with the following guidelines. Please contact any of our Education Consultants at (65) 63385288 or send us your Course Enquiry for a course consultation. Contact Us now.

There are four intakes in a year. The terms commence every January, April, July and October.

3 Year Bachelor Degree Programmes
Raffles Merchandising School currently offers a 3 year Bachelor Degree Programme. Should students wish to exit after the second year, they will be awarded with an Advanced Diploma from Raffles Merchandising School.

Students from Raffles Merchandising School who have completed the corresponding Advanced Diploma will receive direct entry into the one-year degree programme. For students graduating from other institutions, entry will be assessed on a case to case basis. Recognition of prior learning will be subject to evaluation on the relevance of their course curriculum and portfolio interview (if applicable). Students may be required to take some bridging courses to supplement their areas of specialisations.

Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents
Minimum 16 years old with 3 'O' level or 5 'N' level credits or an International School High School equivalent.

International Students
Minimum 16 years old and have completed Senior High School equivalent (Malaysia - SPM, Indonesia - SMU, Myanmar - Standard 10, China - Senior High School).

If YES, you are exempted from the English program at Raffles Merchandising School. Please provide evidence / proof of your achievements to the Admissions Department.

If NO, you must take an English Placement test with us. The only other way to achieve an exemption is to score 85% or above on our placement test, and satisfy our spoken and written English requirements.

For confirmation of your application into Raffles Merchandising School, Application fee is to be made payable with submission of Application documents. Application fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.

For International Students, upon admissions to the programme, the $1,000 will be credited to the last installment.

All international students are required to apply for a student pass under Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). This process normally takes a minimum of 4 weeks. Student Pass holders are not allowed to work or apply for part-time studies in the country.

For Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents
Applications closed one month before commencement of the term.

Completed Application Form for Local Students (PDF)*;

Application Fee;

Copy of latest educational certificates and transcripts;

Copy of NRIC or Passport;

3 passport sized photographs;

Copy of completion of National Service Certificate (for local male applicants).

For International Students
International students are advised to submit their applications three months before commencement of the term to ensure sufficient time to apply for a Student Pass. Travel and accommodation arrangements can be made prior to arrival.

Completed Application Form for International Students (PDF)*;

Completed Immigration Forms
... (Form 16, V36, V39S available for download from www.ica.gov.sg website);

Application Fee;

Certified True Copy of latest educational certificates and transcripts;

Copy of Passport;

5 passport sized photographs;

Students from the following colleges will receive advanced standing from
... Raffles Merchandising School:

Introduction
As part of the Student Protection Scheme [established] by CASE and NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited (“NTUC Income”), NTUC Income offers insurance protection to students who study in Singapore in selected private schools or Private Education Organisations (PEO).

Benefits
Our insurance protects the insured student against the following events:

Limits of Liability
The amounts payable to an insured student are subject to maximum limits which are specified in his Certificate of Student Insurance.

Period of Insurance
The period of insurance will at least cover the entire duration of the course enrolled by the insured student. In certain cases, this period may begin before the course commencement date, upon approval by NTUC Income of PEO’s application for insurance.

Certificate of Student Insurance
A personal Certificate of Student Insurance will be issued to each insured student to confirm that his/her insurance cover is in place.

Claim
The insured student needs to produce his/her Certificate of Student Insurance and official course fees receipts when submitting a claim under the insurance. NTUC Income will notify all insured students of the relevant claims procedures to be followed.

1. Insurance Application Form for PEO
Interested PEOs are required to complete the Application Form and attach all necessary supporting documents, including counter indemnity letters, for underwriting consideration by NTUC Income. Besides using the documents submitted to underwrite the PEO, NTUC Income may also engage external credit risk assessment services to assist in expediting the PEO’s application. The cost of these services will be borne by the PEO applicant.

2. Approval or Decline Letter
Once NTUC Income makes a decision on a PEO’s application, NTUC Income will either issue to the PEO an insurance approval letter (for successful applicants) stating the maximum insurance limit or a decline letter (for unsuccessful applicants). Those PEOs declined will have to consider althernative options.

1. Online application for tuition fees insurance
Using a login ID and password issued by NTUC Income, successful PEO applicants may then start applying for insurance for their students using NTUC Income’s website. Once NTUC Income has approved a particular student for coverage under the insurance, the PEO will be notified by email of such approval and also the premium amount payable by the PEO for such approved student.

2. Insurance Premium
The premium is calculated based on the course fees payable. We apply a low premium rate of 0.09% per month multiplied by the courses duration in months, and such premium rate is capped at 1.8% regardless of the duration of the course.

So the premium payable for a 21 months course will be:

With the 1.8% cap on premium rate
Full course fees x 1.8% + 7%GST

Without the 1.8% cap on premium rate
Full Tuition fees x (0.09% x 18 months) = Full tuition fees x 1.62%

Premium payments must be made before the insurance documents are issued to the PEO. Premium rates are subjects to change without notice from time to time at the discretion of NTUC Income based on the claims and loss experience under this scheme.

Students who wish to apply for this insurance can only do so through their respective PEOs who must be approved by NTUC Income to be covered under this insurance arrangement.

PEOs are approved by NTUC Income based on their financial state of health and subject to certain financial underwriting conditions. NTUC Income’s approval of any PEO does not constitute NTUC Income’s endorsement or accreditation of the PEO’s educational standards or quality of curriculum or otherwise. Students should select a suitable PEO and course of study, based on their own educational, financial and other requirements.