NUS IT Report Card 2025

NextGeneSIS | 40

The NUS journey begins the moment students apply. This year, that first step became smoother, more intuitive and more reassuring with the enhanced University Admissions System 2 (UAS2) and the Graduate Admission System 3 (GDA3). UAS2 changes tasks that previously required multiple logins, scattered forms and manual checks to now go through a single, unified workflow. It provides undergraduate students with secure authentication and cleaner interfaces. An AI assistant built into selected forms offers instant guidance to aid faster decision-making while the connected backend systems quietly handle the complex work. Similarly, graduate applicants enjoy the same seamlessness through GDA3, which consolidates submissions, status tracking and offer acceptance into one polished space. New verification features powered by Parchment - a global credential management platform - strengthen the credibility of applications while keeping the process fast and interruption-free. Improvements now extend to student onboarding. Previously, registration involved separate, email-triggered steps that could take days or even weeks. Today, a fully digital experience, powered by uNivUS and NUSHub, completes every step in one place within a day, offering students a faster, clearer start to their NUS journey.

“Transforming an institution-wide system was fostered by strong cross-department collaboration that enabled us to overcome challenges and drive the platform’s success. The recognition as a Gartner case study reaffirmed NUS’s position as a digital leader in higher education and validated the efforts of our teams!” - Ms Tan Shui-Min, Chief IT Officer, NUS Admissions & Onboarding: First Click, First Connection.

of users rated the UAS2 admissions and financial aid portals 4 out of 5 or above. >95% fraudulent submissions identified and averted 33 applications and 13k offers issued through GDA3 72k

Almost 50x

faster digital onboarding process