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Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Linguistics and Education
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Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Linguistics and Education

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Singapore’s education system is internationally recognised for its excellence, with the National Institute of Education (NIE) playing a central role in shaping high-quality teacher preparation and professional development for more than 70 years. Grounded in strong educational research, NIE equips future educators with deep disciplinary knowledge, analytical rigour, and pedagogical expertise, enabling them to respond thoughtfully to linguistic, social, and educational change in a rapidly evolving world.

Situated within this institutional mission, the Linguistics major offers a rigorous and systematic study of language as a formal system, a cognitive faculty, and a social phenomenon. You will examine the structure and use of language through core areas such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, while also engaging with sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, and language variation and change. The programme equips you with theoretical frameworks and analytical tools to understand how languages are structured, acquired, processed, and used across different contexts.

Through a combination of lectures, tutorials, data analysis, and research-informed inquiry, you will develop strong skills in linguistic analysis, critical thinking, and academic communication. The programme prepares student teachers to apply linguistic knowledge thoughtfully in educational settings, supporting effective language teaching and learning in multilingual and multicultural contexts.

NIE is ranked #3 in Asia and #8 globally for Education in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

### Unique Features

NIE’s programme comprises courses on specialised subject knowledge in at least one academic discipline, education and pedagogy courses for effective teaching.

Student teachers can gain international perspectives on education, through our International Practicum, Semester Exchange and Service and Leadership Training programmes.

Altruistic virtues are also infused in our curriculum. For example, our student teachers can reach out and render service to the community through our Group Endeavours in Service Learning (GESL) projects. \

### Admission Requirements

Prospective applicants are required to fulfil both NTU/NIE and MOE requirements. For the MOE requirements, please refer to the link below for more information. For the academic discipline requirements, please see the details outlined below. \  \  \ A pass at GCE ‘A’ Level in General Paper \  \ Or \  \ A pass in Knowledge & Inquiry at H2 level \  \ Or \  \ A pass at Standard or Higher Level in English (IB Diploma) \  \ Or \  \ At least a Grade B3 pass at GCE ‘O’ level in English Language \  \ Or \  \ At least an overall CAP of 3.0 for NUS High School Diploma in English Language \  \  \ Those who do not meet any of the above criteria must sit for and pass an English Language Qualifying Test* \ * The English language Qualifying Test will be administered by NIE (ELL AG).

Important Note\  \ Meeting the minimum requirement for a specific academic subject does not guarantee the allocation of the academic subject. Allocation of academic subject is dependent on ranking based on student teachers’ qualifications and results (at the discretion of the departments) as well as the availability of vacancies

### Programme Structure & Duration

Graduands will receive a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Language & Linguistics and Education conferred by Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

It is a sponsored undergraduate programme by the Ministry of Education.

NIE's double major degree programme gives recognition to the rigour and depth of content knowledge that NIE undergraduates go through.

### Curriculum

Find out more here.

### Minors

In addition to a double major programme, undergraduates will also complete a minor in one of these areas, depending on their teaching track:

Primary Teaching Track:

* Primary Level Subjects must comprise subject knowledge courses from two primary level subjects. For example, a student teacher with 2 teaching subjects (e.g., English and Mathematics) would need to have courses in both English and Mathematics included in the Minor for Primary Level Subjects (NIE).

Secondary Teaching Track:

Please note that these minors are exclusive to NIE student teachers only.

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