DHS IP Students: Subject Choices and University Planning Guide

Dunman High School's Senior High academic page is the current public source for its Year 5 and 6 subjects and school programmes. University eligibility must then be checked on each university programme's own admissions page.

Q: How should a DHS IP student plan Year 5 and 6 subjects?
A: Compare your possible degree programmes with their exact prerequisites, then check DHS's current subject list, school criteria, and combinations for your cohort. Keep enrichment choices separate from formal university eligibility.

Last reviewed: 18 July 2026 against the DHS Senior High academic page and current MOE IP information. Combination availability and university requirements can change.

What DHS currently confirms

MOE lists Dunman High School as a six-year Integrated Programme leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level examination. DHS says Senior High students in Years 5 and 6 follow the junior college curriculum and choose from the H1, H2, and H3 subjects on its academic page.

The same page describes current opportunities including the Music Elective Programme, Bicultural Studies Programme continuation, Chinese Language Elective Programme, H3 subjects, and research programmes such as the Science Research Programme, Nanyang Research Programme, and Humanities and Social Sciences Research Programme.

The page does not establish that every subject can be combined with every other subject. It also does not publish a universal subject-change window or guarantee entry to an enrichment programme.

A reliable subject-planning workflow

1. List several university programmes you may pursue.
2. Open each programme's admissions page for Singapore-Cambridge A-Level applicants.
3. Copy formal prerequisites exactly, including subject level and grade where stated.
4. Separate required subjects from recommended preparation.
5. Compare the result with DHS's current subject list and cohort instructions.
6. Ask the school about combination availability, assumed knowledge, and selection criteria.
7. Recheck the university page in the year you apply.

This is safer than using a general faculty table. Requirements can differ between programmes within the same university and can change between admission cycles.

Example: medicine

NUS Medicine currently publishes a good H2 pass in Chemistry and an H2 pass in either Biology or Physics for Singapore-Cambridge A-Level applicants. NTU Medicine publishes H2 Chemistry and H2 Biology or Physics, together with its other entry requirements.

The example shows why "Biology is required for medicine" is too broad. It should not be reused as a rule for dentistry, pharmacy, life sciences, or overseas medicine. Check each programme directly.