Humanities

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance - audition requirements  
Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television - portfolio requirements
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts - questionnaire and portfolio requirements 
Bachelor of Music - audition requirements
Bachelor of Arts in Digital Arts - questionnaire and portfolio requirements

All applicants to Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology are required to write the National Benchmark Test (NBT) by 18 August. Please go to www.nbt.ac.za for more information and bookings.

Only the first attempt of the NBT within the most recent year is considered, and NBT results are valid for three years. Please ensure that your ID number is correct on both your Wits application and NBT registration. We may not receive your results if your ID number is incorrect.

Engineering and the Built Environment

Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) - application exercises 

Health Sciences

Applicants to the Faculty of Health Sciences are required to write an In-Person, Pencil and Paper National Benchmark Test (NBT)  by 18 August in order for the faculty to provide early feedback on applications. No online NBT test results will be considered. Go to www.nbt.ac.za for more information and bookings. Only the first attempt of the NBT within the most recent year is considered, and NBT results are valid for three years. Please ensure that your ID number is correct on both your Wits application and NBT registration. We may not receive your results if your ID number is incorrect.

A Job Shadowing Certificate of Attendance is required for the below degrees. Please complete and uploaded via the self-service portal:

• Job Shadowing Occupational Therapy Certificate of Attendance 
• Job Shadowing Physiotherapy Certificate of Attendance 
• Job Shadowing Dentistry Certificate of Attendance 
• Job Shadowing Oral Health Sciences Certificate of Attendance 

Science 

Applicants to Bachelor of Science (BSc) degrees are required to write the National Benchmark Test (NBT) by 31 October.  The tests were designed to measure students’ levels of proficiency in Academic Literacy, Quantitative Literacy and Mathematics. There are two tests of three hours each. The first test is the Academic and Quantitative Literacy test (AQL), the second test is the Mathematic test (MAT).

Science applicants are required to write both these tests. Only the first attempt of the NBT is considered within the most recent year, and NBT results are valid for three years. Please ensure that your ID number is correct on both your Wits application and NBT registration. We may not receive your results if your ID number is incorrect.  

If you have not yet matriculated

• Your final Grade 11 report should be signed and stamped by your school principal (a hard copy is not required).
• Applicants with international qualifications should upload a certified copy of a recent school report, as well as all previous results.

If you have already matriculated (even if you are rewriting some subjects in 2025) but have not attended any university

• Include the the subjects you are rewriting. Note that only one upgrade attempt is considered.
• Attach certified copies of your matric certificate/foreign school leaving certificate/s. 

If you have attended a university/tertiary institution other than Wits, submit your school leaving results and a certified copies of all academic records with a certificate of good conduct (even if the qualification was not completed).

• Ask that institution to send your full academic record and a certificate of good conduct to the À×ËÙÌåÓý_À×ËÙÌåÓýÖ±²¥ Enrolment Centre (SEnC) directly.
• Send a copy of your published results for the current year which should be stamped by the institution's Registrar and signed by the Faculty Officer.
• A statement of credits/credit certificate/examination results is NOT acceptable.