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Based at the Mthatha campus and comprising four departments (Accounting Sciences, Auditing, Management Accounting & Finance, and Business Management & Economics), the faculty enrols around 3,000 students a year and includes the Bachelor of Accounting Science, accredited by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) for the Chartered Accountancy route.
Requires: English 40%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 21/48 | -- |
Requires: English 40%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 21/48 | -- |
Requires: English 40%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 21/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 20/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 25/48 | -- |
Requires: English 60%+, Mathematics 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 27/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 25/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 25/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 25/48 | -- |
The largest faculty at WSU, with more than 8,000 students across 6 departments and 21 programmes, based at the Komani campus with a delivery site at Mthatha. Undergraduate qualifications prepare teachers for Foundation Phase and Senior Phase & FET teaching across Science, Mathematics, Technical and Vocational, Creative Arts, Humanities, Business and Management, and Languages.
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 30%+, Life Orientation 60%+, IsiXhosa 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, History 50%+, Geography 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 60%+, IsiXhosa 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 24/48 | -- |
Home to around 5,000 students at the Buffalo City campus (with a Butterworth delivery site for some engineering programmes), offering diploma and advanced diploma programmes in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, four ICT diploma streams (support services, business analysis, communication networks, applications development), and a diploma in Building Technology.
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 24/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 22/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 24/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 22/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 24/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 22/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 24/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 22/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (with Mathematics; 24 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 22/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- ECP (with Mathematics; 20 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 18/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (with Mathematics; 24 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 22/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- ECP (with Mathematics; 20 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 18/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (with Mathematics; 24 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 22/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- ECP (with Mathematics; 20 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 18/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (with Mathematics; 24 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 22/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- ECP (with Mathematics; 20 with Mathematics Literacy) | APS 18/48 | -- |
Based mainly at Mthatha (Visual Arts is at East London) across 7 departments -- African Languages, Arts, Psychology, School of Laws, Social Sciences, Social Work and Visual Arts -- with roughly 3,000 students and 8 undergraduate programmes.
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 30%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 19/48 | -- |
Requires: English 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 19/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 25/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 25/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 60%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 26/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 26/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 26/48 | -- |
One of the largest faculties at WSU with roughly 7,500 students, based at the Butterworth campus (some programmes also offered at Buffalo City and Komani). Offers higher certificates and diplomas ranging from broadcasting and journalism to hospitality, tourism, HR, marketing and public management, plus a Bachelor of Administration.
Requires: English 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 18/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 30%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 21/48 | -- |
Requires: English 40%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 21/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 20/48 | -- |
Requires: English 60%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 21/48 | -- |
Requires: English 40%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 21/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 21/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 25/48 | -- |
Located at the Mthatha campus (next to Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital), comprising the School of Medicine (11 academic departments) plus Nursing, Public Health and Rehabilitation Medicine. The prospectus notes the subject combination should broadly include a Home Language, English, Mathematics, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences, and that additional selection criteria apply to all five programmes.
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 50%+, Life Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (additional selection criteria apply) | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 50%+, Life Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (additional selection criteria apply) | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 50%+, Life Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (additional selection criteria apply) | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 50%+, Physical Sciences 50%+, Life Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (additional selection criteria apply) | APS 24/48 | -- |
Requires: English 60%+, Mathematics 60%+, Physical Sciences 60%+, Life Sciences 60%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (additional selection criteria apply) | APS 30/48 | -- |
Based at Mthatha (with the Department of Applied Sciences at Buffalo City), home to over 2,000 students across 27 science programmes from diploma to PhD level, spanning biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, mathematics and physics, plus applied fields such as pest management and analytical chemistry.
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+, Physical Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 22/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 20/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+, Physical Sciences 40%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 22/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 20/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 40%+, Life Sciences 40%+, Physical Sciences 30%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission | APS 21/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 60%+, Physical Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 25/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 23/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 60%+, Physical Sciences 60%+, Life Sciences 60%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 25/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 23/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 60%+, Physical Sciences 60%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 25/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 23/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 60%+, Physical Sciences 50%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 25/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 23/48 | -- |
Requires: English 50%+, Mathematics 60%+, Physical Sciences 60%+
| Band | Threshold | NBT |
|---|---|---|
| A · Minimum APS for admission (main stream) | APS 25/48 | -- |
| B · Minimum APS -- Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) | APS 23/48 | -- |
Enter your marks to estimate your Admission Point Score (APS) against WSU's real 2027 admission requirements for any programme -- mirrors WSU's own published formula. It's a study-planning estimate, not an official decision.
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