University of Stellenbosch Admission Requirements 2024-2025

For admission to the University you need:
A National Senior Certificate (NSC) or school-leaving certificate from the Independent Examination Board as certified by Umalusi with admission to bachelor’s (which requires that you obtain a mark of at least 4 (50-59%) in each of four designated university admission subjects); or
A university exemption certificate issued by the South African Matriculation Board to students with other school qualifications.
3.2         Minimum admission requirements for the Faculty’s degree programmes
In addition to the abovementioned school-leaving qualifications, the admission requirements for the programmes BScAgric, BScFor, BScConsEcol, BSc Food Sc and BAgricAdmin are asfollows:

• • • • An average performance level of 60% in the NSC or the IEB’s school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation), or other school qualification;
      • English or Afrikaans (Home Language or First Additional Language) – 4 (50%);
      • Mathematics – 5 (60%); and
      • Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) – 4 (50%).

Take note that the following admission requirements are applicable to the below- mentioned fields of study:
Admission requirements for the fields of study BScAgric with Soil Science and Chemistry as major subjects:

• • • • An average performance level of 60% in the NSC or the IEB’s school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation), or other school qualification;
      • English or Afrikaans (Home Language or First Additional Language) – 4 (50%);
      • Mathematics – 6 (70%); and
      • Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) – 4 (50%).

Admission requirements for the field of study Wood and Wood Products Science:

• • • • An average performance level of 60% in the NSC or the IEB’s school-leaving certificate (excluding Life Orientation), or other school qualification;
      • English or Afrikaans (Home Language or First Additional Language) – 4 (50%);
      • Mathematics – 6 (70%); and
      • Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) – 5 (60%).

Admission requirements for the field of study BAgric (Elsenburg):
In addition to the general admission requirements of Stellenbosch University, admission to the programme leading to BAgric (Elsenburg) requires at minimum:
English or Afrikaans (Home Language or First Additional Language) – 4 (50%);

• • • • Mathematics – 4 (50%) OR Mathematical Literacy – 5 (60%);
      • Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) – 4 (50%); OR
      • Life Sciences – 4 (50%); OR
      • Agricultural Sciences – 4 (50%).

As a prospective student you must also write the National Benchmark Tests (NBT). You must write the Academic and Quantitative Literacy test (AQL). If you take Mathematics as a subject you also have to write the Mathematics (MAT) test. However, if you are taking Mathematical Literacy as a subject and you are applying for the BAgric programme at Elsenburg then you do not need to write the Mathematics test.