Applying to UWCSEA
There are essentially four steps involved in joining UWCSEA.
1. Review our website and brochures or contact the Admissions Office for information and to organise a tour of your prefered campus. Fill out the Expression of Interest form if you are looking at enrollment for the 2013/2014 academic year or beyond.
2. Complete and submit an application form
3. Admissions evaluation and assessment
4. Notification of application outcome - offers and unsuccessful applicants
Admissions Officers are available to guide you through the process. Please contact them should you have any questions relating to the process or your application.
1. Review our website and brochures or contact the Admissions Office for information and to organise a tour of your prefered campus.
The Download Centre contains all our brochures. Please also take the time to look through the website to discover the myraid opportunities available through a UWCSEA education.
If you would like to visit either campus to organise a tour, please click here for information.
Although we do not accept applications of more than one year in advance, registration of interest can be made at any time and for any academic year. Although this does not provide any entitlement in future place allocation, it allows us to keep you updated with developments at the College and to notify you when applications open for your year of interest.
2. Completing and submitting an Application Form
Before making application for your child to study at UWCSEA, please ensure you have read and understood the:
Applications are now being accepted for the coming academic year (2012/2013).
If you would like to register interest in a place at the College for August 2013 and beyond, please click here.
Completing an application form
The application process starts with the submission of an Application Form together with the required supporting documents and application fee.
Application forms can be downloaded below or are available from the Admissions Department or Reception on either campus.
There are different forms for different grade levels and additional forms for Boarders. Please ensure you complete the form/s relevant to the grade you are applying to and that the forms are completed and signed by a parent.
Click here to access all required forms.
Please note that:
- applications for students entering Grades 8 and above include sections to be completed by the prospective student
- application forms contain a list of required supporting documentation
- applicants to Grade 10 will be applying for the Foundation IB Programme - for more information please refer to the FIB Curriculum Guide
- for details regarding the application fee, including payment instructions, please click here.
Selecting a campus
The Application Form will ask you to select either Dover or East Campus. You can elect to apply to both campuses, although you will need to elect a preference. To apply for both campuses requires only one set of documentation but two application fees, paid separately to each campus.
When selecting a campus to apply to, please be aware that the number of applications for various grades at each campus and the number of available places is likely to be different. It is advisable to check with the Admissions Department before making a selection.
Students enrolled at one campus may apply to transfer to the other campus. Such applications will be subject to the same entrance criteria and admissions policies as new applications to the College.
If you have applied to both campuses and accept a place at one campus, your child will not be eligible to be offered a place at the other campus. If a place is available at both campuses for an August entry, we will offer you your first choice.
Importance of Full Disclosure
It is essential that full disclosure be made at the time of application. It is particularly important that complete and accurate information be provided regarding:
- any learning support or special needs of your child; and
- the nationality/citizenship status of your child, including where your child holds more than one nationality.
If it subsequently becomes apparent that any information has been withheld, or falsified, it may lead to the immediate exclusion of the child from the College without refund of fees or deposits.
Supporting documentation
A number of documents must be submitted before the application can be considered complete; all forms mentioned below are available from the Download Centre. The required documentation consists of:
For all applicants:
- copy of birth certificate and, if born in Singapore, a copy the Singapore Registration of Birth
- copy of passport
- copy of documents indicating immigration status in Singapore (eg copy DP, SP etc)
- an official copy of the last two reports (which much include the latest end of year report) and any standardized test results or grades
- copies of any specialist reports relating to learning abilities, such as an educational psychologist’s report
- application fee or fees (see Fees)
For applicants to K1 to Grade 6:
- a fully completed Student Information Form (Form A) signed by a parent
For applicants to Grade 7:
- a fully completed Student Information Form (Form B) signed by a parent
For applicants to Grades 8 and above:
- a fully completed Student Information Form (Form B) signed by a parent
- a Student Statement (Form C) to be completed by the student*
For Boarding applicants (Grades 7 to 12) (in addition to the above):
- a fully completed Boarding Application Form (Form D) signed by a parent
- a Boarding Application Fee (see Fees)
* This is for the student to complete independently. We ask the student to reflect on what it means to join a UWC and to consider how they will contribute to the life of the College. This information is required to complete the application process.
Submitting the Application Form
Application forms can be submitted in person, at either campus, by post or electronically. If submitted electronically, the original form must follow within 14 days.
Placement upon the Application Roll
Upon receipt of a completed Application Form, the required documentation (see above) and the application fee, the applicant’s name will be placed upon the Application Roll. An applicant will not be considered for a place until the application is complete. Applications will only be considered complete when the application fee and all supporting documentation have been received by the Admissions Department.
3. Admissions evaluation and assessment
Following submission of an application, you will receive an email acknowledgement from an Admissions Officer. That officer will be your point of contact during the admissions process and you should feel free to contact him or her at any time regarding your application.
Tests and Assessments
All applications are reviewed by the Director of Admissions, to determine whether the entrance criteria for the Grade applied for will be met at the point of admission. The Director’s decision with respect to whether the criteria will be met is final.
If assessment or testing is required, an Admissions Officer will contact you to make the arrangements. All eligible Grade 10 FIB and Grade 11 applicants are required to sit entry assessments – for more information regarding testing requirements for entry into Grade 10 FIB and Grade 11 please click here.
Assessments for applicants up to Grade 9 who might need learning support must be held at the College.
4. Notification of application outcome - offers and unsuccessful applicants
Timing
The first round of offers for confirmed spaces for the August entry will commence in February of that year, and be completed by mid-March. A second round - for 'leaver spaces' - will commence in April after the date of notification for withdrawal of current students. This will be completed by mid May. All applicants - successful or otherwise - will know the status of their application by the end of May.
Further offers will be made, subject to the approval of the Director of Admissions, as vacancies arise during the academic year.
Successful applicants
Successful applicants will be contacted by the Admissions Department, in the first instance by phone and then by email to advise that a place is available and to begin the formal offer process. If the department is not able to make contact after several attempts, the place will be offered to another applicant. It is therefore vital that you keep the Department informed of any changes to your contact details.
If you wish to proceed with the offer, a formal Letter of Offer will be posted to you. The Letter of Offer will ask that you return a signed Letter of Acceptance to the Admissions Department by a specified deadline (generally 14 days) in order to secure the place. If the deadline is not met, the offer will no longer be considered open and the place may be offered to another applicant.
Unsuccessful applicants
If your application is unsuccessful, the Admissions Office will advise you as soon as we are aware of the outcome of our assessment of your application. We will do our best to provide meaningful feedback on the application and the reasons it was not successful.
Please refer to the College’s Standard Terms and Conditions regarding requirements for acceptance of a place, including withdrawing an acceptance after a Letter of Acceptance has been signed.
To view the complete Terms and Conditions, please click here.
