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National Certificate (Vocational
Subject to institutional admission requirements, the minimum admission requirement to a Bachelor’s degree programme is a National Certificate (Vocational) Level 4 issued by Council for General and Further Education and Training. The minimum legislative requirements for admission to a Bachelors degree include the achievement of: •
Three fundamental subjects between 60 - 69% (including English as the language of learning and teaching at Wits).
• Three vocational subjects from the designated list between 70-79% (4).
WITS INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
An applicant who holds an NCV may be invited to write a test, provided that he/she has met the following compulsory institutional requirements as well as the Faculty and degree-specific requirements. An applicant must have: •
Taken English as either language of learning and teaching or as the first additional language
Taken Mathematics as a fundamental component
• Achieved 70-79% for all seven subjects - in fundamental and vocational categories.
Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management
BCom BEconSc BAccSc English Mathematics
4 (70%) 4 (70%) Four subjects from Business, Commerce and Management Studies Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and the Faculty of Science Besides meeting the University’s requirements an applicant who holds an NCV will be interviewed by the Dean, Assistant Dean and relevant Head of School.
Faculty of Health Sciences
MBBCh, BPharm BSc(Physio), BHSc (Biomedical and Biokinetics) English HL/First Additional Language 4 (70%) Mathematics 4 (70%) Life Sciences AND/OR Physical Science 4 (70%) English HL/First Additional Language 4 (70%)
BDS Mathematics 4 (70%)
BNurs BSc (OT) BCMP Bachelor of Oral Health Sciences
Life Sciences and Physical Science English HL/First Additional Language Mathematics Life Sciences and Physical Science
Faculty of Humanities
Applicants who present with an NCV will not be considered. 4 (70%) 3 (60%) 3 (60%) 3 (60%)
