North West University Programmes

• A National Senior Certificate with endorsement for bachelor’s studies and with appropriate subject combinations and performance levels as per Government Gazette 31231 (2008).
• Language of instruction: Home Language and First Additional Language level 4 (50-59%). To register First Additional Language as Language of Learning and Teaching, a level 5 (60-69%) is required for the First Additional Language.
• Languages available to choose from as a Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) are Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa, Sesotho, or Setswana. Languages available to choose from as a Language of Conversational Competence (LoCC) are Afrikaans, isiXhosa, Sesotho, and Setswana. Please note that the LoLT and the LoCC may not be the same language.
• DURATION: a minimum of 4 years

• MC: English/Setswana as HL AND English/Setswana as FAL;
• PC: Afrikaans/English/Sesotho/Setswana as HL AND Afrikaans/English/Setswana as FAL;
• VC: Afrikaans/English/IsiZulu/Sesotho as HL AND Afrikaans/English/IsiZulu/Sesotho as FAL;
• Distance: Afrikaans/English/IsiZulu/Sepedi/Sesotho/Setswana as HL AND Afrikaans/English/Setswana as FAL.
• DURATION: 4 years

• PC: Afrikaans/Sesotho/Setswana as HL AND English as FAL;
• VC: Afrikaans/English/IsiZulu/Sesotho as HL AND Afrikaans/English/IsiZulu/Sesotho as FAL;
• Subject-specific requirements: Mathematics level 3 OR Technical Mathematics level 4.
• DURATION: 4 years

• PC: Afrikaans/Sesotho/Setswana as HL AND English as FAL;
• VC: Afrikaans/English/IsiZulu/Sesotho as HL AND Afrikaans/English/IsiZulu/Sesotho as FAL;
• DISTANCE: Afrikaans/IsiZulu/Sepedi/Sesotho/Setswana as HL AND English as FAL.
• DURATION: 4 years

• Home Language AND First Additional Language level 4
• Subject-specific requirements: Physical Sciences level 4; Mathematics level 4 OR Technical Mathematics level 5
• DURATION: 4 years

• Home Language AND First Additional Language level 4
• Subject specific requirements: Mathematics or Technical Mathematics pass rate of at least 50% in the Grade 12 examination. Recommendation: level 3 (40-49%) pass rate in Grade 12 in Physical/Technical Sciences, and any Technology subject.
• Students that do not meet the minimum requirements: who have passed Mathematics in Grade 12 with at least 40% OR who have passed Mathematical Literacy in Grade 12 with at least 60% with a pass rate of at least 40% for any Technology subjects in Grade 12 OR who have passed Technical Mathematics with at least 40% in Grade 12, may be allowed entry into these programmes on condition that they pass the bridging modules MTEC 111 and MTEC 121 during the first two years of study.
• DURATION: 4 years

• Home Language AND First Additional Language level 4
• Subject specific requirements: Mathematics or Technical Mathematics pass rate of at least 50% in the Grade 12 examination. Recommendation: level 3 (40-49%) pass rate in Grade 12 in Physical/Technical Sciences, and any Technology subject.
• Students that do not meet the minimum requirements: who have passed Mathematics in Grade 12 with at least 40% OR who have passed Mathematical Literacy in Grade 12 with at least 60% with a pass rate of at least 40% for any Technology subjects in Grade 12 OR who have passed Technical Mathematics with at least 40% in Grade 12, may be allowed entry into these programmes on condition that they pass the bridging modules MTEC 111 and MTEC 121 during the first two years of study.
• DURATION: 4 years

• Home Language AND First Additional Language level 4
• Subject specific requirements: Mathematics or Technical Mathematics pass rate of at least 50% in the Grade 12 examination. Recommendation: level 3 (40-49%) pass rate in Grade 12 in Physical/Technical Sciences, and any Technology subject.
• Students that do not meet the minimum requirements: who have passed Mathematics in Grade 12 with at least 40% OR who have passed Mathematical Literacy in Grade 12 with at least 60% with a pass rate of at least 40% for any Technology subjects in Grade 12 OR who have passed Technical Mathematics with at least 40% in Grade 12, may be allowed entry into these programmes on condition that they pass the bridging modules MTEC 111 and MTEC 121 during the first two years of study.
• DURATION: 4 years

• Home Language AND First Additional Language level 4
• Subject-specific requirements: Mathematics level 3 OR Mathematical Literacy level 5 OR Technical Mathematics level 4
• DURATION: 4 years