University of the Witwatersrand NCV Requirements

University of the Witwatersrand National Certificate Vocational NCV Requirements

University of the Witwatersrand NCV Requirements 2024 – 2025– See Details Below:

National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) Guidelines
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

Faculty specific requirements