Last Updated: 15 Sep 2025
Polytechnics
1. Admission matters and courses offered
To be eligible for admission into a polytechnic diploma course, you must meet these 2 criteria:
- Your ELR2B2 net aggregate score must not exceed 26. The exception is the Diploma in Nursing, whereby your ELR2B2-C net aggregate score must not exceed 28.
- Meet the minimum entry requirements (MER) of the course that you are applying for. Find out the MER of specific courses on CourseFinder or refer to the consolidated MER of all courses.
Aggregate computation for polytechnic diploma courses
ELR2B2 net aggregate score
= English Language (EL) + 2 Relevant Subjects (R1, R2) + 2 Best Subjects (B1, B2)
minus CCA bonus points
= English Language (EL) + 2 Relevant Subjects (R1, R2) + 2 Best Subjects (B1, B2)
minus CCA bonus points
What cannot be used for aggregate computation
You cannot use:
- The grades of both Higher Mother Tongue and Mother Tongue of the same language in the aggregate score computation. For example, in ELR2B2-C aggregate type, if Higher Chinese is used as best subject B1, Chinese cannot be used as a best subject B2.
- “Merit” and “Pass” grades for the Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus for aggregate computation.
- Higher Mother Tongue Language: Higher Chinese, Higher Malay and Higher Tamil
- Mother Tongue Language: Chinese, Malay and Tamil
- Mother Tongue ‘B’ Syllabus: Chinese ‘B’, Malay ‘B’ and Tamil ‘B’
Bonus points for polytechnic admission
The CCA bonus points are subtracted from your gross aggregate scores to obtain the respective net aggregate scores to assess course eligibility and for posting.
Type of bonus points | No. of bonus points |
CCA grade
|
2 |
CCA grade
|
1 |
- If you are a private candidate, current or ex-student of other types of institution (JC, MI or ITE) and are eligible to apply for polytechnic courses through JAE, you will still be eligible for the CCA bonus points if you have obtained the above CCA grade.
- The previous year's JAE net aggregate scores in CourseFinder are only used as a reference and do not guarantee admission. The actual course net aggregate scores depend on students' course choices and aggregate scores in the current JAE, which can differ from previous years.