Nanyang Polytechnic was the first polytechnic here to offer nursing courses, and has seen over 20,000 nursing students through its doors ever since! Students get to experience hands-on training in the school’s NYP-HIMSS Centre of Excellence that blends classroom learning with hospital and clinical settings, and train with the various technologies employed within them.
Nanyang Polytechnic also offers this Diploma as part of the Professional Conversion Programme (PCP).
Programme Duration: Full-time basis, 3 years
Curriculum: The Diploma exposes you to a little Management and Leadership, and covers Research Methods. Final year students are required to complete a nursing project.
Course Fees: SGD 2,900 for Singaporeans, 6,000 for PRs, 10,800 for international students annually
Prospects: Nanyang Polytechnic’s nursing graduates, according to the school, have gone on to pursue nursing at the degree level, examples being NUS and foreign universities. They also have the option of pursuing advanced diplomas with NYP in fields such as gerontology and midwifery. Apart from hospitals and other places of healing, graduates can seek careers with clinical and research organizations.
Admission Requirements Please refer to the Career Conversion Programme (CCP) Details on WSG website for more details on CCP-RN admission requirements and application.
Courses offered by School of Health & Social Sciences
To be eligible for consideration for admission, applicants must have the following GCE ‘O’ Level (at not more than two sittings) or equivalent examination results and fulfil the aggregate computation requirements.
| COURSES | 2021 JAE RANGE OF THE NET ELR2B2 | MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBJECTS | GRADE | ||
| Nursing (C97) 1 | 5 to 28 (Pre-determined aggregate for priority posting –For applicants who had indicated C97 as first choice in JAE) | English Language Mathematics (Elementary/Additional) Any one of the following subjects:BiologyBiotechnologyChemistryCombined ScienceFood & NutritionHuman & Social BiologyPhysics / Engineering Science Science (Physics, Biology)Science (Chemistry, Biology)Science (Physics, Chemistry) / Physical Science | 1 – 7 1 – 6 1 – 6 |
| Oral Health Therapy (C72)1,2 | 8 to 11 | ||
| Social Work (C47) | 4 to 9 | English Language Mathematics (Elementary/Additional) Any three other subjects * | 1 – 6 1 – 7 1 – 6 |
* To be eligible for admission, you must have also sat for one subject listed in Group 1 of relevant subjects and another different subject listed in Group 2.
Group 1:
Art/Art & Design, Business Studies, Combined Humanities, Commerce, Commercial Studies, Economics, Geography, Higher Art, Higher Music, History, Humanities (Social Studies, Literature in English/Chinese/Malay/Tamil), Humanities (Social Studies, History/Geography), Introduction to Enterprise Development, Literature in English/Chinese/Malay/Tamil, Media Studies (Chinese), Media Studies (English), Music.