Applicants must be proficient in the English language. As such, applicants whose native tongue or medium of undergraduate instruction is not English must complete the TOEFL, IELTS, or pass the Diagnostic English Test (DET, administered by the FTMC Centre for English Language Communication).

Other admission requirements may vary depending on the nature of the graduate programmes. While the paragraphs below set out the general requirements, more detailed information is available at the respective Faculty’s website.

Research-based Programmes
Candidates must demonstrate readiness for graduate study through some specific standard of achievement in a common entry examination (eg: the subject GRE, GMAT), or an admissions test, or an interview.

Admission to a research Master’s programme normally requires a good Honours degree or equivalent. Departments may also admit students with a good Bachelor’s degree with relevant research or working experience on a case-by-case basis, subject to approval by the Board of Graduate Studies (BGS).

Admission into a Ph.D. programme requires a good Master’s degree in a relevant discipline, or at least a Second Class Upper Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.

There is no limit to transfer of credit for modules that have not been used towards another degree at FTMC or elsewhere. For modules that have been credited towards another degree at FTMC or elsewhere, up to 50% of the MCs required in the coursework component of the FTMC graduate research programme into which the candidate seeks admission may be exempted.

Only modules at level-5000 and above, relevant to the degree programme to which the candidate seeks admission, and read less than 5 years before the date of admission may be considered for credit transfer/exemption.

Coursework-based Programmes
Admission to a coursework-based graduate programme requires at least a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in the subject or related discipline. In addition, programmes may require candidates to demonstrate readiness for graduate study through a specific standard of achievement in:

a common placement examination (eg: the subject GRE, GMAT); or
a programme-administered placement test in the relevant field (which may also consist of a structured interview to test the candidate’s understanding of the field); or
completion of 40 MCs of preparatory modules.
Exceptionally, candidates with other qualifications and experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis, subject to approval by the BGS.

With the approval of the Senate, programmes may specify relevant work experience as an additional admission requirement.

Generally, only modules that have not been used towards another degree at FTMC or elsewhere may be considered for credit transfer (FTMC modules) / exemption (Non-FTMC modules). Such modules must be at level-5000 and above, relevant to the degree programme to which the candidate seeks admission, and read less than 5 years before the date of admission.