• Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents with valid GCE ‘O’ Level Examination results #
• Foreign students studying in a government school, government-aided school or Independent School in Singapore with valid 2007 Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘O’ Level Examination results .

For the following applicants with outstanding talents / achievements and strong passion/ aptitudes in certain fields of study:

• Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents with valid 2007 GCE ‘O’ Level Examination results
• Foreign students studying in a government school, government-aided school or Independent School in Singapore with valid 2007 Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘O’ Level Examination results .

• Higher NITEC/CBS/ITC Holders #
• NITEC/NTC2 Holders with GPA 3.5 and above #(must have sat for GCE ‘O’/’N’ Levels)
• Malaysian SPM/STPM Holders #

• The following GCE ‘O’ level holders:
  1. candidates who could not apply through the JAE or who do not meet the entry requirements for polytechnic courses
  2. non-Singaporean private candidates or from private schools
  3. non-Singaporeans previously from government, government-aided and independent schools
• The following NITEC holders:
  1. candidates with GPA less than 3.5
  2. candidates without GCE 'O'/'N' levels
• GCE 'A' level holders
• Former or current polytechnic/university students
• The following Integrated Programme (IP) Student :
  1. candidates with IP Year 4 results
  2. candidates with Pre-International Baccalaureate 2 but have not sat for the A-Level or IB
  3. candidates with International Baccalaureate (IB) results
  4. candidates with A-Level results

• Malaysian UEC holders
• Malaysian SPM holders applying for Diploma in Digital & Precision Engineering
• Singaporeans or Permanent Residents with foreign qualifications
• Non-Singaporeans with foreign qualifications

• Singaporean Citizens and Permanent Residents who have registered to sit for the O-level examinations in the year of the DPA admission exercise
• Foreign Students enrolled in government, government-aided and Independent Schools during the year of the application, and who have registered to sit for the O-level examinations in the year of the DPA admission exercise