HEALTH SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

• Senior Certificate: Matriculation Exemption
• Conditional Exemption or Mature Age Exemption if candidate is 23 years old in the year of registration
• English HG-E/SG-D; Biology HG-E/SG-D; Physical Science E HG or D SG
• (E SG will be considered if one of the above subjects is D HG)
• NSC (Degree): Achievement rating of 4 (50-59%) in English at First Additional Language Level
• 5 (60-69%) in isiXhosa at a Home or First Additional Language level
• 4 (50-59%) in Mathematical Literacy or 3 (40-49%) in Mathematics
• 4 (50-59%) in Life Sciences
• 4 (50-59%) in Physical Science
• 4 (50-59%) in Information Technology
• 4 (50-59%) in Life Orientation
• All candidates shall be subjected to selection processes.

• Senior Certificate: Full Exemption with an overall C aggregate symbol (or higher) at first attempt with:
  • English HG-D/SG-C; Physical Science HG-D/SG-C; Mathematics HG-D/SG-C; Biology HG-D/SG-C
  • NSC (Degree): Achievement rating of 4 (50-59%) in English at First Additional Language Level
  • 4 (50-59%) in isiXhosa both at Home or First Additional Language level
  • 3 (40-49%) in Mathematical Literacy
  • 4 (50-59%) in Life Sciences
  • 4 (50-59%) in Life Orientation
  • 4 (50-59%) in Physical Science
  • 4 (50-59%) in Agricultural Science
• All candidates shall be subjected to selection processes.

• Senior Certificate: Matriculation Exemption or Conditional Exemption or Mature Age Exemption
• NSC (Degree): Minimum achievement rating of:
  • 4 (50-59%) in English at a Home Language or First Additional Language
  • 4 (50-59%) in Mathematics
  • 5 (60-69%) in Physical Science
  • 5 (60-69%) in Life Sciences
  • 4 (50-59%) in isiXhosa
  • 4 (50-59%) in Life Orientation
• All candidates shall be subjected to selection processes.

• Senior Certificate:
• NSC (Degree): Achievement rating of:
  • 4 (50-59%) in English
  • 4 (50-59%) in isiXhosa or any other additional Language
  • 4 (50-59%) in Life Orientation
  • 4 (50-59%) in Life Sciences
  • 4 (50-59%) in Physical Science
  • 3 (40-49%) in Mathematical Literacy
• All candidates shall be subjected to selection processes.

Contact us
For further information, contact us on (telephone) 047 502 2443/8 or (email) ksangoni@wsu.ac.za or nmkosi@wsu.ac.za.