University of Witwatersrand, WITS Admission Requirements 2025 Intake.
The management of the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) has released the 2025 Intake entry requirements for successful admission into the undergraduate and postgraduate (Degree, Ph.D., Masters, Diploma, Certificate, Short Course, and Non-Degree) programmes respectively for the 2025 academic year.
Students may apply to any of the University of Witwatersrand Courses at any time and are admitted subject to fulfilling all University of Witwatersrand admission entry requirements for the 2025 academic year.
WITS Admission Requirements Overview 2025
Which school-leaving qualification category do you fall into?
- The National Senior Certificate (NSC)
- Foreign School-Leaving Qualification
- The National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV)
Admission Point Score (APS)
Are you an applicant who is currently writing or completed the NSC matric? If you are, then please read the information below regarding admission requirements.
NB: This is a guideline only. Meeting the requirements does not guarantee a place. Final selection is made subject to the availability of places, academic results and other entry requirements where applicable.
Wits tabulates the points score for all subjects on the following basis:
- That English must be taken either as Home Language or as 1st Additional Language.
- Mathematics is compulsory for all numerate programmes in Engineering and the Built Environment, Commerce, Law and Management, and Science.
- Maths Literacy is accepted for some degrees (see Admission Requirements (NSC)).
- Wits does not distinguish between designated vs non-designated subjects when calculating the admission point score (APS)
- The APS calculation is based on the best seven subjects including Life Orientation
| NSC Scale of Achievement | NSC% | Wits APS | Wits APS% | Wits APS for Maths & English | Wits APS for Life Orientation | Wits APS for Other subjects |
| 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
80-99 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 0-29 |
8 7 6 5 4 3 0 0 |
90-100 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 0-29 |
8 + 2=10 7 + 2=9 6 + 2=8 5 + 2=7 4 3 0 0 |
4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 |
8 7 6 5 4 3 0 0 |
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