Basic admission requirements for university study:

• A National Senior Certificate (NSC) or Independent Examinations Board (IEB) school-leaving certificate as certified by Umalusi with admission to bachelor's degree studies.
• A university exemption certificate issued by the South African Matriculation Board to students with other school qualifications.
• The minimum academic requirement for a bachelor's degree is:
• 30% for a South African Language of Learning and Teaching (English or Afrikaans) and
• An achievement rating of 4 (50% – 59%) in four 20-credit subjects
• Only School of Tomorrow applicants have to write the National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) if applying for a programme in AgriSciences.

Faculty requirements for programmes leading to a qualification in Viticulture and/or Oenology:

• An average of at least 60% in the NSC, IEB or relevant final school examination.
  

The average is calculated by taking your highest score in Language of Learning and Teaching subject (English or Afrikaans) + (5 x best results in 20-credit subjects excluding Life orientation and Mathematics 3). The total divided by 6 equals your NSC average.

• Afrikaans or English (Home Language or First Additional Language) 4 (50%)
  
• Mathematics 5 (60%)
• Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) 4 (50%)Take note:

• All programmes are selection programmes and applications will be considered according to the rules and procedures as set out in the Selection guidelines and admission policy for undergraduate programmes for the Faculty of AgriSciences.

In addition to the above, admission to programmes leading to BScAgric*, BScFor*, BScConsEcol, BSc Food Sc and BAgricAdmin University of Stellenbosch Online admission requirements 2023-2024 requires at minimum:

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

*For 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;
• Afrikaans or English (Home Language or First Additional Language) 4 (50%)
• Mathematics 6 (70%)
• Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) 4 (50%)

In addition to the general admission requirements of SU, admission to the programme leading to BAgric (Elsenburg) requires at minimum:

• Afrikaans or English (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%).

The prospective student is also required to take the National Benchmark Tests (NBT), including the Mathematics component (MAT) of the tests.