Admission

GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1.1. To be admitted, a candidate must hold:

  1. 1.1. Senior Certificate, with an exemption pass, or
  1. 1. 2. National Senior Certificate (NSC), with a Bachelor Pass, as certified by the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (UMALUSI).
  1. 1. 3. Non-South African applicants must hold an equivalent certificate mentioned in 3.1.1 and 3.1.2, evaluated and certified thus by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA).

1. 2. In addition to the preceding requirement, the candidate must have a minimum achievement rating of 4 (50 59%) in the English language.

1.3. In keeping with the revised Policy for the “Minimum Admission Requirements for Higher Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor’s Degree Programmes requiring a National Senior Certificate”, set out in terms of section 3 of the Higher Education Act (101 of 1997), applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements stipulated above, may be given an opportunity for admission through one of the following “alternative routes of entry”:

  1. 3. 1. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): This alternative route will constitute not more than 10% of the total cohort and will be done in accordance with the stipulations of the RPL Policy of SJV.
  1. 3. 2. Admission Test: Once of test administered to potential students, in order to gauge their capacity for the programme they apply for, and to predict their possible success. To be considered to admission, the applicant must obtain at least 50%.
  1. 3. 3. Admission on the basis of Discretionary Selection: To qualify for discretionary selection, candidates must successfully complete the entire first year modules of the degree programme they wish to apply for.

1.4. The final decision for acceptance on the basis of alternative routes contemplated in 1.3.1 1.3.3 lies with the SJV Academic Committee chaired by the Academic Dean.