The high failure rate of 1st year university students has prompted several South African universities to raise their admission requirements for 2011.
In a snap survey by the Sunday Times recently 8 out of the 12 universities contacted said they would be implementing stricter admission criteria.
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) will no longer accept maths literacy for admission to science degrees, while University of Cape Town (UCT) will require 1st year applicants to write national tests in maths, academic literacy and quantitative literacy. Rhodes University has increased its point-based system from 35 to 40 and the University of the Free State (UOFS) from 28 to 30
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Hi,
Am Johnson Felix a Nigerian….I intent studying in South Africa and my university choice is the university of cape Town Please may know the requirements for admission.
Thank you
Dear Johnson, you will have to go to the University of Cape Town’s web site at http://www.uct.ac.za. There you will get more information on the requirements for admission.
pls am a from Ghana and i wont to know how to get in to an university in south africa.
Dear Benedicta, please go to http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=92 for more information on admissions to the University of Pretoria for International Students.
Best regards
Johann van Wyk