Wits admissions requirements
Wits uses an APS table based on NSC achievement levels and checks subject minimums for each programme. Use this page to browse programmes, then calculate your APS/FPS to see what you qualify for.
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University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Wits programmes and benchmarks
The links below open course requirement pages with subject minimums and benchmark scores.
COMMERCE, LAW & MANAGEMENT
- Accounting (Min APS: 38+)
- Accounting Science (Min APS: 44+)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) - General (Min APS: 38+)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) - Information Systems (Min APS: 38+)
- Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) - Politics, Philosophy and Economics (Min APS: 38+)
- Bachelor of Commerce with Law (Min APS: 43+)
- Economic Science (Min APS: 42+)
- LLB (four-year stream) (Min APS: 46+)
ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
- Aeronautical Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Architectural Studies* (Min APS: 34+)
- Biomedical Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Chemical Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Civil Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Construction Studies (Min APS: 36+)
- Digital Arts (Min APS: 42+)
- Electrical Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Industrial Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Mechanical Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Mining Engineering (Min APS: 42+)
- Property Studies (Min APS: 36+)
- Urban and Regional Planning (Min APS: 36+)
HUMANITIES
- Arts (Law) (Min APS: 43+)
- Arts in Digital Arts (Min APS: 36+)
- Arts in Film and Television (Min APS: 34+)
- Arts in Fine Arts (Min APS: 34+)
- Arts in Theatre and Performance (Min APS: 34+)
- Audiology* (Min APS: 34+)
- Foundation Phase Teaching (Min APS: 37+)
- Intermediate Phase Teaching (Min APS: 37+)
- Music (Min APS: 34+)
- Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching (Min APS: 37+)
- Social Work (Min APS: 34+)
SCIENCE
- Actuarial Science (Min APS: 42+)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics (Min APS: 43+)
- Biological Sciences (Min APS: 43+)
- Chemistry with Chemical Engineering (Min APS: 43+)
- Computational and Applied Mathematics (Min APS: 44+)
- Computer Science (Min APS: 44+)
- Environmental Studies (Min APS: 42+)
- Geographical and Archaeological Sciences (Min APS: 42+)
- Geological Sciences (Min APS: 42+)
- Geospatial Sciences (Min APS: 42+)
- Materials Science (Min APS: 43+)
- Mathematical Sciences (Min APS: 42+)
- Physical Sciences (Chemistry/Physics) (Min APS: 42+)