University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) NCV Admission Requirements

University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) – The National Senior Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) Admission Requirements

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 (3) fundamental subjects between 60 – 69% (3) (including English as the language of learning and teaching at Wits)
Three (3) vocational subjects from the designated list between 70 – 79% (4).

The University of the Witwatersrand’s institutional requirements are:
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% (4) for all seven subjects – in fundamental and vocational categories.

Admission Point Score

Rating Code	Rating	Percentage
5	Outstanding	80 – 100
4	Highly competent	70 – 79
3	Competent	50 – 69
2	Not yet competent	40 – 49
1	Not achieved	0 – 39

Faculty specific requirements

Programme	Faculty Minimum Admissions Requirements	Minimum Scale of Achievements
Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management
BCom	English	4 (70%)
BEconSc	Mathematics	4 (70%)
BAccSc	Four subjects from Business, Commerce & Management Studies
Faculty of Health Sciences
MBBCh BPharm BSc (Physiotherapy) BSc (Physiotherapy) BHSc (Biomedical and Biokinetics tracks)	English HL/1st Add Language	4 (70%)
	Mathematics	4 (70%)
	Life Sciences and/or Physical Sciences	4 (70%)
BDS	English HL/1st Add Language	4 (70%)
	Mathematics	4 (70%)
	Life Sciences and Physical Sciences	4 (70%)
BNurs BSc (OT) BCMP Bachelor of Oral Health Sciences	English HL/1st Add Language	3 (60%)
	Mathematics	3 (60%)
	Life Sciences and/or Physical Sciences	3 (60%)
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
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 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.
The Faculty of Humanities will not be considering applicants who present with an NCV