Joint Admissions Exercise
Apply for a place at ASRJC through the Joint Admissions Exercise. Check past cut-off points, bonus points, and appeal dates here.
Joint Admissions Exercise
Ready to write a completely new chapter of your academic life? Join us via the Joint Admissions Exercise.
The Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) is conducted annually by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to allow Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level certificate holders to apply for admission to courses offered by the JCs/Millennia Institute/Polytechnics/ITE.
The following groups of students (except those who accepted an offer via JC Direct School Admission or Poly Early Admissions Exercise) are eligible to apply:
All Singapore Citizens (SC) or Permanent Residents (SPR) with valid Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level Examinations results from any year.
International students studying in a Government School, Government-Aided School or Independent School in Singapore with valid Singapore-Cambridge GCE O- Level Examination results of the preceding year.
Applicants may apply for the Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) registration via the JAE Internet System (JAE-IS) within 6 calendar days after the release of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level Examination results.
Cut-off L1R5 Points for Admission into ASRJC
Past cut-off points for L1R5 aggregate after deduction of bonus points for Joint Admission Exercise are shown in the table below. As posting of students is subject to availability of vacancies, not all students who have applied to ASRJC (with L1R5 aggregate as listed in the table) are posted here.
Cut-off L1R5 points for Arts and Science streams by year
Year | Arts | Science |
|---|---|---|
2019 | 12 | 11 |
2020 | 11 | 11 |
2021 | 11 | 11 |
2022 | 11 | 10 |
2023 | 11 | 10 |
2024 | 11 | 10 |
2025 | 11 | 10 |
2026 | 10 | 9 |
Calculation of L1R5 Score
L1R5 subject eligibility by rank position
L1 | EL/ Higher MTL |
|---|---|
R1 | Humanities/ Higher Art/ Higher Music/ Malay or Chinese (Special Programme)/ Bahasa Indonesian |
R2 | Mathematics/ Science |
R3 | Any subjects stated in R1 and R2 |
R4+R5 | Any other O-level subjects (except Religious Knowledge and CCA) |
Bonus Points Computation
Bonus points awarded by academic and CCA criteria
Students with A1 to C6 in both their first languages (English and Higher Mother Tongue) | 2 bonus points |
Students who obtained an 'Excellent' in CCA | 2 bonus points |
Students who obtained a 'Good' in CCA | 1 bonus point |
Students can enjoy up to a maximum of 4 bonus points. However, a minimum raw score of L1R5 20 points is necessary to qualify for bonus points.
Post-JAE Appeal Procedure
Appeals for admission to ASRJC will commence on Tuesday, 3 February 2026 and end on Monday, 9 February 2026.
Only students with net L1R5 equal or less than ASRJC cut-off points can be considered for appeals. All appeals application must be completed online. The online application form can be accessed here. All appeals must be submitted by Monday 9 February 2026, 9am.
You can download the user guide for appeal here.
Only shortlisted candidates will be called up for an interview.
All shortlisted candidates will be notified before the end of the Appeal period. Shortlisted candidates are to bring along the original and a duplicate copy of the:
Latest O-Level results slip
Secondary school results slips
CCA records
Other relevant supporting documents
Subject Combinations in ASRJC
The list of subject combinations offered in 2026 is viewable in our prospectus here
Selection Tests
H2 Computing
The test for H2 Computing is on 5 Feb Thursday 7:30a.m. at LT4.
H2 Further Mathematics
H2 Further Mathematics is to be offered with H2 Mathematics as a double mathematics course. The test for H2 Further Mathematics is on 5 Feb Thursday 9:00a.m. at LT4.
H2 Art
The test for H2 Art is on 5 Feb Thursday 7:30a.m. at the Art Studio. Students are advised to bring their own drawing and painting materials for the test and bring along their portfolio at the same time. The interview will be conducted on the same session.