12 March 2016

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Law school will double the number of students who can qualify for its first class honours degree. Up to 10 percent of each cohort will now be eligible for a first class honours.

More students will also be awarded the second class (upper division) honours degree.

Other top law schools with a comparable cohort size, such as Oxford, London School of Economics and University College London, are also awarding first class honours in the range of 12 percent to 24 percent.

Singapore Management University (SMU) students, on the other hand, graduate with distinctions based on a cumulative grade point average (GPA). Those with a GPA of 3.8 and above get the highest distinction, summa cum laude.