Raffles Institution Year 1 - 4 IP: 2025 Curriculum & Admissions
Study guide
Q: What does the Raffles Institution Year 1 - 4 IP guide cover?
A: Key takeaways from RI’s official Year 1 - 4 curriculum and admissions pages - how the core subject blocks are organised, which talent development programmes run at each level, and what RI’s current Year 1 DSA page says about the next DSA-Sec exercise.
TL;DR
• RI’s Year 1 - 4 IP spans Aesthetics, Character & Leadership, Humanities, Knowledge Skills, Languages, Mathematics, PE, and Sciences, with specialist modules such as the Raffles Philosophy Programme and Research Education anchoring critical inquiry and interdisciplinary problem-solving (Year 1 - 4 curriculum overview).
• Talent development is tiered: Galileo (Science), Euler (Math), and AfterWord (English Literature) run in Years 1 - 2; Computer Elective Programme, Raffles Academy, and the Bicultural (China) Programme activate in Years 3 - 4, while programmes like the Regional Studies Programme, Malay Special Programme, and EMAS stretch across all four years (Year 1 - 4 curriculum overview).
• The same page highlights signature experiences such as the Liveable Cities Challenge, where students apply multi-disciplinary skills to sustainability briefs for the primary-school community.
• RI’s current Year 1 DSA page says information about the next DSA-Sec exercise will be published by early May 2026. The same page reminds families that DSA entrants commit to the full 6-year IP and do not return to the regular S1 posting route (Year 1 DSA).
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Quick facts for parents and students
- RI students stay on the Bishan campus till Year 4, then move to the Raffles Institution JC campus for Years 5 and 6 (Year 1 - 4 curriculum overview).
