List of top-tier institutions under COMPASS Criterion 2 (Qualifications)
Last updated on 1 September 2023
Employment Pass (EP) candidates will earn 20 points on COMPASS Criterion 2 forbachelor’s degree and above qualifications earned from the following top-tierinstitutions.
• For Group A institutions, 20 points are awarded for degrees from all faculties• For Group B institutions, 20 points are awarded only for degrees from specificfaculties
If your candidate has a qualification from one of these institutions, please select therelevant institution name and faculty under “Qualification” and “Faculty” respectively
in the drop-down menu of the EP application form.

Group A institutions: 20 points for all faculties
Institution nameBrown University
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Chulalongkorn University
City University of Hong Kong
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne(EPFL)(Swiss Federal Institute Of Technology
Lausanne)
Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich(ETH Zurich) (Swiss Federal Institute Of
Technology Zurich)
Fudan University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Imperial College London
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Institut Polytechnique de Paris (Polytechnic
Institute of Paris)
Johns Hopkins University
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)King's College London
Kobenhavns Universitet (University ofCopenhagen)
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Country/region
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
ThailandHong Kong
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
Switzerland

Switzerland

China
United States of America
United States of America
United Kingdom
India
India
FranceUnited States of America
Belgium
United Kingdom
Denmark

Korea Advanced Institute of Science andTechnology (KAIST)
Korea University
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan (KTH RoyalInstitute Of Technology)
Kyoto University
Lasalle College of the Arts
Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityLudwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
Lund University
Mahidol University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGill University
Monash University
Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts (NAFA)
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
National Cheng Kung University
National Taiwan University
National Tsing Hua University
National University Of Singapore (NUS)
New York University
Northwestern University
Osaka University
Peking University
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Princeton University
Rice University
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg (HeidelbergUniversity)
Seoul National University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Singapore Institute Of Technology (SIT)Singapore Management University (SMU)
Singapore University Of Social Sciences (SUSS)
Singapore University Of Technology And Design(SUTD)
Sorbonne Universite (Sorbonne University)
Sungkyunkwan University
Technische Universitat Munchen (TechnicalUniversity of Munich)Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft University ofTechnology)
The Australian National University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2South Korea
South Korea
SwedenJapan
Singapore
RussiaGermany
SwedenThailand
United States of America
CanadaAustralia
Singapore
Singapore
TaiwanTaiwanTaiwanSingapore
United States of America
United States of America
Japan
China
South Korea
United States of America
United States of America
GermanySouth Korea
China
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
FranceSouth Korea
Germany
Netherlands
Australia
Hong KongHong Kong
Hong Kong

Leland Stanford Junior University (StanfordUniversity)
The London School of Economics and Political
Science (LSE)The Pennsylvania State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Hong Kong
University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign
The University of Leeds
The University of Manchester
The University of Melbourne
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The University of New South Wales (UNSWSydney)
The University of Queensland
The University of Sheffield
The University of Sydney
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Tokyo
The University of Warwick
The University of Western AustraliaTohoku University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
Dai Hoc Duy Tan (Duy Tan University)
Tsinghua University
Universidad de Buenos Aires (University ofBuenos Aires)
Universitas Indonesia (University of Indonesia)
Universitat Zurich (University of Zurich)
Universite Paris Sciences et Lettres (UniversitePSL)
Universite Paris-Saclay
Universiteit van Amsterdam (University ofAmsterdam)
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Universiti Malaya (The University of Malaya)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
University College London (UCL)
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United States of America
United Kingdom
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
United States of America
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Australia
United States of America
Australia
Australia
United Kingdom
Australia
United States of America
Japan
United Kingdom
Australia
JapanJapan
IrelandVietnam
China
Argentina
Indonesia
Switzerland
FranceFrance
Netherlands
BruneiMalaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia
United Kingdom

University of Auckland
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of British Columbia
University of Cambridge
University of Durham
University of Glasgow
University of Oxford
University of Pennsylvania
University of Science and Technology of China
University of Southampton
University of St Andrews
University of the Philippines
University of Toronto
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale UniversityYonsei UniversityZhejiang University

New ZealandUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
CanadaUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States of America
China
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Philippines
CanadaUnited States of America
United States of America
United States of America
South Korea
ChinaGroup B institutions: 20 points for specific faculties only
Institution nameCountry/region
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales France(HEC Paris)
Instituto De Empresa (IE BusinessSpainSchool)(of IE University)
INSEAD (Institut EuropeenFranced’Administration des Affaires)
IESE Business School
Spain(of University of Navarra)
London Business SchoolUnited(of University of London)
Kingdom
Wageningen Universiteit (WageningenNetherlands
University & Research)
Ecole Hoteliere De Lausanne (EHL
Switzerland
Hospitality Business School)

Faculty•Business
Administration (forMBAs – master’sdegrees)•Food Science andTechnology
Culinary Skills
Hospitality
Management
Hotel Management
Pastry & Baking
Tourism
Management
Tourism Studies•
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Rhode Island School of Design

UnitedStates ofAmerica
UnitedKingdomUnitedKingdom

University of the Arts, London
Royal Veterinary College(of University of London)

Universitas Gadjah Mada (Gadjah MadaUniversity)
Dai Hoc Quoc Gia Thanh Pho Ho Chi
Minh (Vietnam National University, Ho
Chi Minh City)
Dai Hoc Quoc Gia Ha Noi (VietnamNational University, Hanoi)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Indonesia•Furniture Design•

Fashion Studies•••

Biological Sciences
Veterinary Medicine
VeterinaryScience/Studies
Wild Animal HealthComputer Science
Information
Technology
Programming &Systems Analysis
Science (ComputerStudies)•••

Vietnam•VietnamIndia
IndiaIndiaIndia
India
India

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