​The NBT is an assessment test used for first-year applicants to higher education institutions. The NBTs are designed to measure a writer’s ability to transfer understanding of academic literacy (language skills), quantitative literacy (numerical skills) and Mathematics to the demands of tertiary (higher education) coursework. ​

Only School of Tomorrow applicants and applicants to the Faculty of Law. 

• If Mathematics is an admission requirement to your programme, you will need to write the Mathematics paper.
• ​If you’re applying to the Faculty of Law (BALaw, BComLaw, BAccLLB and the four year LLB programme), you must write the NBT before 16 July.
• School of Tomorrow applicants must write the NBT before the end of 2021 to ensure that your results are available in time for registration.

See minimum admission requirements in question 9 below

You have to offer Mathematics as school-leaving subject. Mathematical Literacy cannot be considered at all.

No, unless you qualify for the EDP, then you can apply for consideration and admission to the Extended degree programme (EDP). See question 6 below

No, we do not offer a bridging course but we do have an Extended Degree Programme (EDP), which was introduced to assist students with proven potential but without adequate schooling in mastering their degree programmes. An additional year of study is added to a mainstream degree programme to form an EDP. This extra year is utilised to prepare students, by means of additional academic support, for specific mainstream subjects and for university studies in general. EDP and mainstream students obtain the same degrees after completion of their undergraduate studies. The only difference is that EDP students do their first year over two years.

Yes it is very important that you do indicate more than one choice. The reason why you may indicate three programmes, is that there are programmes with extensive criteria and it is possible that you will not to be selected for your first choice, but you may still be selected for your second or third choice.

However, if you are informed that you have been selected for your second choice, for instance, this does not mean that you cannot be considered for your first choice anymore.

A BSc in Human Life Sciences is a good alternative, but ONLY if you are interested in Physiological Sciences, as there is NO guarantee that you will be accepted into medicine. You could follow any other programme you are interested in before applying for medicine again. Only a few students are selected for medicine after 1st year BSc, and you have to pass all your subjects with distinction. You can also apply for medicine after you have obtained your BSc degree, but you must also pass your degree with distinction to qualify for selection. See the Faculty of Science Calendar (Part 5) for more details: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Documents/Yearbooks/Current/Science.pdf

For admission to the BSc degree programmes in the Faculty of Science, you must meet the following admission requirements:

Please refer to the Faculty of Science Calendar (Part 5) for more details.

2. Additional requirements for all applicants

• As a prospective student you must complete the National Benchmark Tests (NBTs), including the Mathematics component of the tests.
• Your admission to the Faculty of Science is dependent on the availability of places per programme or programme fields of study and the Faculty follows a selection process in order to obtain enrolment targets.

Meeting the minimum admission requirements of the programme you are applying for does not guarantee selection for your chosen programme. The Faculty’s selection policy and procedures are available at www.maties.com http://www.sun.ac.za/english/maties/Pages/default.aspx

There is no specific programme that will give you access to Engineering. However, programmes such as the BSc Mathematical Sciences, BSc Physics or BSc Chemistry are good options to consider as a second choice that could lead to careers closely associated with the engineering profession.

We offer a BSc Mathematical Sciences programme with a focus in Computer Science or even Focus in Applied Mathematics that will have Computer Science as major subject.  We will also soon be offering a BSc in Computer Science (pending accreditation by the South African Qualifications Authority, SAQA).  However, please remember that these programmes are highly mathematical in nature and thus requires very good knowledge and skill in Mathematics.

Answer: The BCom and BSc degrees are both three-year degree programmes. The BCom is more commerce/business orientated with some compulsory subjects in business, while the BSc programme focusses more on Computer Science and its application in the natural sciences, such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences and the Biological sciences such as in Genetics and Biochemistry. On completion of these degrees, students can do an Honours degree in any of their third-year majors.

The Biodiversity and Ecology (BDE) programme focusses on Botany and Zoology and their interaction.  This BSc programme leads to the honours programme in Biodiversity and Ecology, which can lead to a Master’s in Zoology or Botany. In the undergraduate programme, you will study all forms of animal life, from the very small invertebrates to the biggest vertebrates, terrestrial or marine.  During the master’s studies, you can focus on the animal you are interested in. For more information, refer to p42 of the Faculty of Science Calendar (Part 5).  

http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Documents/Yearbooks/Current/2021-Science.pdf

The degrees differ in that the Biodiversity and Ecology programme is three years, with the option of an Honours year, while the BSc Conservation Ecology is a four-year degree programme. The Biodiversity and Ecology programme focusses on Botany and Zoology and this can lead to Honours with a choice of majoring in either one of the two disciplines. Thereafter it branches into further studies in either Botany or Zoology. The BSc Conservation Ecology focusses more on conservation and this leads to postgraduate studies in Conservation.

Both the BA and BSc Sports sciences are three-year degree programmes that lead to a honours in Sports science. In the BA option you can choose to major in Geography, Psychology, Afrikaans or English while with the BSc you follow a fixed curriculum with Physiology as major.

Normally the BSc Sport Science focusses more on the biological and physiological aspects of Sport Science. The BA programme focusses more on the Psychological and Social aspects of Sport Science.

Both programmes allow entry into a C Honours programme in Biokinetics, Sport Science (Performance Sport) or Kinderkinetics.