FAQs

Yes, the card is compulsory for SUTD students. It is an all-in-one card that acts as your SUTD Student Identification card, Campus Access card, Visa Debit card, ATM card, NETS card and EZ-Link card. There are no annual fees for the DBS SUTD Visa Debit Card.

Students are required to have an existing DBS Bank Account before applying for the campus card. You may choose not to activate the ATM function upon receiving the debit card.

You can apply for the DBS Super Campus Card after you arrive in Singapore.

Yes, housing is available for application for enrolled full-time international students of each intake. The outcome of application is based on a balloting process.

The Freshmore Communication Programme (FCP) is a mandatory no fuss six weeks crash course designed to bring all undergraduates’ academic writing up to speed.

This mandatory module will take place in Term 3.

The FEP, or the Freshmore English Programme is a 4-week (4 hours per week) English module that is offered in Term 1 for selected Freshmore students. Lessons are conducted twice a week, for 2 hours at a time. This is a Pass/Fail module and the grades will appear on the student’s transcript when they graduate from SUTD. Students have to pass FEP in order to graduate.

During the module, students will have the opportunity to learn essay writing skills and techniques, pick up close reading and critical reading skills, learn textual analysis and write critical responses to academic-based articles.

The EWET is the English Writing Entrance Test conducted by SUTD for selected Freshmore students in Term 1. It is an English Diagnostic Test run by the Centre for Writing and Rhetoric (CWR) to ensure that undergraduate students have the necessary skills to cope with HASS readings, essays and other courses that require some form of writing. Students who fail the EWET are not expected to withdraw from SUTD. However, they are required to take two additional modules – Freshmore English Programme in Term 1, as well as Freshmore Communication Programme in Term 3, during their Freshmore year.

Freshmore English Programme (FEP)

• Duration: Eight weeks (16 hours); weekly (2hrs)
• Start: Term 1 – academic Week 3
• Outcome: This is a Pass/Fail module and the grades will appear on the student’s transcript when they graduate from SUTD. Students have to pass FEP in order to graduate.

During the module, students will have the opportunity to learn essay writing skills and techniques, pick up close reading and critical reading skills, learn textual analysis and write critical responses to academic based articles.

Exemptions will be given for students who meet the criteria stated in the table below. If students submit more than one category of scores, the category with the higher score will be considered for the exemption.

All students without the above minimum qualifications and scores must take the EWET.

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