UCT Admission Requirements For Commerce

Admission Requirements

Degree with Plans	Achievement level at which an offer is more probable/likely (this is dependent upon the size and the strength of the applicant pool for the year).	Achievement level at which an early offer is made (based on a minimum of 2 sets of results)
*Bachelor of Business Science* *specialising in:Analytics Economics Economics with Law Finance Finance with Accounting Information Systems Marketing Organisational Psychology Bachelor of Commerce* *specialising in:* Financial Accounting (General/Chartered) Accounting with Law Economics with Law Economics with Finance Economics & Statistics Information Systems Management Studies Philosophy, Politics & Economics	Redress categoriesFPS of 435Mathematics 60% English HL 50% English FAL 60% AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate*	Redress categoriesFPS of 445Mathematics 60% English HL 50% English FAL 60% AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate*
	Open/International categoryFPS of 445Mathematics 60% English HL 50% English FAL 60% AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate	Open/International categoryFPS of 455Mathematics 60% English HL 50% English FAL 60% AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
*Bachelor of Business Science* *specialising in:Computer Science Bachelor of Commerce* *specialising in:* Information Systems & Computer Science

Redress categories
FPS of 435
Mathematics 70%
English HL 50%
English FAL 60%
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
*Redress categories
FPS of 445
Mathematics 70%
English HL 50%
English FAL 60%
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
Open/International category
FPS of 445
Mathematics 70%
English HL 50%
English FAL 60%
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
Open/International category
FPS of 455
Mathematics 70%
English HL 50%
English FAL 60%
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
Bachelor of Business Science / Commerce specialising in:
Actuarial Science
Quantitative Finance
*Redress categories
FPS of 475
Mathematics 80%
English HL 60%

English FAL 80% (Only if Proficient for both AL & QL NBTs)
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
*Redress categories
FPS of 490
Mathematics 80%
English HL 60%
English FAL 80% (Only if Proficient for both AL & QL NBTs)
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
Open/International category
FPS of 480
Mathematics 80%
English HL 60%
English FAL 80% (Only if Proficient for both AL & QL NBTs)
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate
Open/International category
FPS of 500
Mathematics 80%
English HL 60%
English FAL 80% (Only if Proficient for both AL & QL NBTs)
AL & QL score of Upper Intermediate

**Extended /Augmented Degree with Streams	Achievement level at which an offer is more probable/likely (this is dependent upon the size and the strength of the applicant pool for the year).	Achievement level at which an early offer is made (based on a minimum of 2 sets of results)
*Bachelor of Business Sciencespecialising in:*AnalyticsEconomics Economics with Law Finance Finance with Accounting Information Systems Marketing Organisational Psychology Bachelor of Commerce specialising in:** Financial Accounting (General/Chartered) Accounting with Law Economics with Law Economics with Finance Economics & Statistics Information Systems Management Studies Philosophy Politics& Economics	Redress categoriesFPS of 435Mathematics 60% English HL 50% English FAL 60% All National Benchmark tests (NBT) to be written. Selection will be based on the quality of the AL and QL results*	Redress categoriesFPS of 440Mathematics 60% English HL 50% English FAL 60% AL & QL score of Intermediate*
*Bachelor of Business Sciencespecialising in:*Computer Science Bachelor of Commerce specialising in:** Information Systems & Computer Science	Redress categoriesFPS of 435Mathematics 70% English HL 50% English FAL 60% All National Benchmark tests (NBT) to be written. Selection will be based on the quality of the AL and QL results*

FPS of 440
Mathematics 70%
English HL 50%
English FAL 60%
AL & QL score of Intermediate

Bachelor of Business Science / Commerce specialising in:
Actuarial Science
Quantitative Finance
*Redress categories
FPS of 475
Mathematics 80%
English HL 50%
English FAL 60%
All National Benchmark tests (NBT) to be written. Selection will be based on the quality of the AL and QL results
*Redress categories
FPS of 480
Mathematics 80%
English HL 50%
English FAL 60%
AL & QL score of Intermediate

We will assign South African applicants who have a parent who was classified as black, coloured, Chinese or Indian under apartheid to redress categories on the following basis:

where a parent was classified black;
not in 1, where a parent was classified coloured;
not in 1 or 2, where a parent was classified Indian;
not in 1, 2 or 3, where a parent was classified chinese.

See Also -> NMMU Second Semester Application 2024-2025

** South African applicants and permanent residents (with a focus on those applicants with NSC/ IEB schooling) who have a parent from redress categories (Black, Chinese, Coloured, Indian) may apply for admission into the Academic Development (AD) streams.