Joint RC Application System

Joint Residential College Application System
This application system is for admissions to:
- University Town College Programme, offered at College of Alice & Peter Tan, Residential College 4, and Tembusu College;
and
- Ridge View Residential College Programme

Terms and Conditions

In submitting an application for the University Town College Programme (UTCP) or Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) Programme, the applicant acknowledges that:
  • Students may not be concurrently admitted to the UTCP, RVRC Programme, and the NUS College.
  • Students enrolled or previously enrolled in the UTCP, RVRC Programme, USP or NUS College will not be eligible to participate in this exercise.
  • Students are only allowed to submit one application per academic year. Using multiple application numbers to apply multiple times within the same admissions exercise is not allowed.
  • The University reserves the right to reject any applications that do not comply with the above conditions.
*Please note that the application system may not be available from 1:00AM to 3:00AM daily (+8 GMT) for system maintenance.

University Town College Programme

For more information on the programme, please refer to http://www.nus.edu.sg/osa/campus-living/residential-options/residential-colleges.

For enquiries, please email to rcadmissions@nus.edu.sg.

Click below to apply to UTown College Programme:

Incoming Freshmen

  

Ridge View Residential College Programme

For more information on the programme, please refer to http://rvrc.nus.edu.sg/admissions/application-process/.

For enquiries, please email to rvrc_admissions@nus.edu.sg.

Click below to apply to RVRC Programme:

Incoming Freshmen



Release of results

Log-in regularly to the admissions system to check your application status.

We aim to release the results by 18 July 2023

Number of applications received

The following table shows the total number of applications received and the number of places being offered at each RC.

Residential College Number of places to be offered1 Number of applications received2
Tembusu College 250 683
College of Alice & Peter Tan 250 515
Residential College 4 250 658
Ridge View Residential College 280 377

1This number shows the total number of places the RCs are looking to fill, and is not an indication of how many vacancies are left.
2The number of applications received for CAPT, RC4 and Tembusu are accurate as of today.

Application For Financial Aid

NUS offers a suite of donated bursaries and scholarships to help keep the cost of staying in the residential colleges affordable. Students are strongly encouraged to apply for the bursaries and/or scholarships early, while waiting for their residential college admission outcome.

For more information on Donated Bursaries, please refer to http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/financial-aid/bursaries/residential-college-bursaries.

For more information on Donated Scholarships, please refer to http://www.nus.edu.sg/osa/campus-living/residential-options/residential-colleges