University of Cape Town UCT APS Calculator 2025/2026

What does APS stand for?

• APS stands for Admission Point Score. In South Africa, universities use APS points as one of the tools to see if an applicant qualifies for a specific course. You can work out your APS using your final Matric results.

When do I need to get my APS?

• You need to get your APS (Admission Point Score) mark before you can apply for a course at a university.

How do I get my APS?  

• First, you have to have your final Matric examination certificate.
• Your top 7 Matric subject’s marks are changed into a point system that works out your APS (see diagram 1 below).

University of Cape Town APS Calculation

Each faculty at UCT has its own way of calculating the FPS and WPS, using the APS. You can find out more about this in UCT’s admission guidelines. UCT uses a Faculty Points Score (FPS), a Medical Points Score (MPS) and a Weighted Points Score (WPS) to assess your school performance.

Faculty Point Score (FPS): this is a measure used to rank applicants.  In some faculties (Health Sciences and Medicine), it is a combination of the APS and the NBT score and in other faculties (Commerce, Engineering, Humanities, and Law), it is the APS.
Weighted Points Score (WPS): this is the FPS weighted by a disadvantage factor applicable to the applicant.

Please Note: the WPS is only for South African applicants as it is a disadvantage factor.

You will be able to see how to calculate these scores below. Please make sure you check each faculty to calculate the right score.

Faculty of Commerce, Humanities, Engineering and Law

In these faculties, the FPS and the APS are the same. You will be able to find an example of how to calculate this score below:

Faculty of Health Sciences (MBChB)

For MBChB applicants:

A Medical Point Score (MedPS) is calculated out of 1000.  This is a combination of FPS (APS and NBTs) as well as Personal Report (any support of additional experience, attributes and experience).

To calculate your FPS in this faculty, you will need to add your APS and NBTs.  Please note that medical applicants will need to calculate their MedPS as part of the admission requirements.  South Africans, to calculate their WPS, you will need to adjust your FPS by a disadvantage factor.  Take a look at the example below:

For Health and Rehabilitation applicants:

Please note that qualifications in this faculty calculate an FPS out of 900.  Take a look at an example below:

Faculty of Science

To calculate the FPS in the faculty of Science, you will need to double your scores for Maths and Science.  The FPS is calculated out of 800.  Check out the example below:

University of Cape Town APS for International Prospective Students

If you are an international student, you need to have 40 points and above to receive a firm offer. If you have 37 – 39 points, you will be put on hold until the end of September to be considered by the Dean if space is available. Some courses may require you to add certain subjects (please make sure that you know the requirements of the course beforehand).

How Universities Use APS Calculator | What You Need To Know.

• Universities use your total APS point to see if you qualify to study for the specific course at that you are applying.
• Take note: Each university allocates the amount of APS points needed to study a course differently. This means that a course at one university won’t need the same APS points as the same course at another university.
• It is very important that you make absolutely sure you find out what a university’s specified minimum APS points are for a specific course before you apply, as well as all the other specifications.
• For example, You want to apply for a teaching course at a university. One university might state that your minimum APS must be 30. However, another university might state that the minimum APS needed to apply for a teaching course is 20.
• Also important to remember:  Make sure that you always study hard to get the highest marks/grades you are capable of getting. This is because it is not always enough to have only the bare minimum necessary to get accepted for the degree you want to study.

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