GUIDES BY PLACE · SOUTHEAST ASIA
Your own country sets your school qualification, your local university options, and, for some students, national service. The universities you apply to set their own entry rules, deadlines, and aid. Start with your country’s guide, then read what applies across the region.
CHOOSE YOUR COUNTRY
Every country guide covers your qualification, your local universities, the year’s dates, costs in your own currency, and a student’s story.
For Thai-curriculum, English Programme, and international-school students weighing U.S., UK, and Thai universities.
For students finishing A Levels, the IB, a polytechnic diploma, or the NUS High School Diploma, and weighing U.S., UK, and Singapore universities.
For SPM, STPM, matriculation, A Level, IB, and UEC students weighing U.S., UK, and Malaysian universities.
Applying from somewhere else in Southeast Asia? We work with students across the region, so bring your questions to a free introduction.
ACROSS THE REGION
The details differ by country, but these three questions come up again and again.
YOUR QUALIFICATION
National certificates and international qualifications are treated differently from one university to the next. Oxford, for example, doesn’t accept Thailand’s M6 certificate on its own.
Letrado’s adviceLook for your country on each university’s international entry requirements page before you finalize your list.
YOUR CITIZENSHIP
Yale decides without regard to your need for aid, wherever you’re from, and Harvard uses the same admissions and aid process for every applicant, whatever their citizenship. If you’re a U.S. citizen, you can apply for U.S. federal aid wherever you live.
Letrado’s adviceBudget in your own currency for the whole degree, then test it with a weaker exchange rate.
YOUR LOCAL OPTIONS
Local universities run on their own timetables. In Thailand, TCAS Round 1 places are confirmed in March, before many U.S. decisions arrive. In Singapore, most NUS applicants hear by the third week of May, after the usual U.S. reply date.
Letrado’s advicePut every system on one calendar, and decide early what you’d do with each local offer.
STORIES FROM THE REGION
Real journeys, shared with initials to protect privacy. Offers and final choices are exactly as recorded.
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Bring your questions to a free 45-minute introduction with your proposed mentor. Afterward, we’ll email a personalized plan with recommended next steps.
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