Walter Sisulu University WSU Undergraduate Online Application 2024-2025
Welcome to the WSU online application platform. WSU accepts online applications only. It is a free service with no fee payment required. In order to save your money and time make sure you have the following information ready:
1. Personal details
2. Address of next of kin
3. Address of the person responsible for the account
4. Email addresses is compulsory
5. All documents must be saved as soft copies for uploading.
It is very important to determine first what you want to study before you start the online application process.
The other most important thing you should know is whether you meet the admission minimum requirements for the choices you are making.
The endorsement for the certificate and the achievement levels for the specific subject stated as a requirement must be met.
You must read the Prospectus for 2024-2025 admission requirements: You may apply online if you have never registered at WSU before by opening the link:
https://ieweb.wsu.ac.za/pls/prodi41/gen.gw1pkg.gw1startup?x_processcode=ITS_OAP
Students wanting to study at WSU must meet the minimum admission requirements for admission to the qualifications listed below as set out by DHET, as well as the university’s own qualification requirements, which are indicated per qualification.
| Higher Certificate | The minimum admission requirement is a National Senior Certificate with a minimum of 30% in the language of learning and teaching of the higher education institution as certified by Umalusi, the Quality Assurance Council. Institutional and programme needs may require additional combinations or recognised NSC subjects and levels of achievement. |
| Diploma | The minimum admission requirement is a National Senior Certificate with a minimum of 30% in the language of learning and teaching of the higher education institution and an achievement rating of 3 (40-49%) or better for 4 recognised 20-credit subjects, excluding life orientation, as certified by Umalusi, the Quality Assurance Council. Institutional and programme needs may require additional combinations or recognised NSC subjects and levels of achievement. |
| Bachelor’s Degree | The minimum admission requirement is a National Senior Certificate with a minimum of 30% in the language of learning and teaching of the higher education institution and an achievement rating of 4 (50-59%) or better for 4 recognised 20-credit subjects, excluding life orientation, as certified by Umalusi, the Quality Assurance Council. Institutional and programme needs may require additional combinations or recognised NSC subjects and levels of achievement. |
| Students with international school leaving results. | Applications from students with international school leaving results are considered in terms of the “Higher Education South Africa (HESA) guideline document, ” A guide to application for exemption certificates”, and where required a submission of international qualification to SAQA for benchmarking in terms of HEQC.
These students will be assisted by WSU’s international office. |
| Mature age endorsements | Admission in terms of Mature Age Endorsement will be in terms of Rule 1.13 in the General Prospectus. |
- Students applying for Diploma programmes must have a National Senior Certificate (NSC) with at least a diploma endorsement.
- Students applying for Degree programmes must have a National Senior Certificate (NSC) with a Bachelor’s endorsement.
- Students with the old Senior Certificate or the NC(V) should refer to THIS LINK for the specific entry requirements.
WSU APS CONVERSION TABLE
Admission Point Scores (APS):
- An Admission Point Score (APS) measures a student’s National Senior Certificate (NSC) or Senior Certificate(Old Matric) examination performance. Walter Sisulu University uses APS, in addition to subject specific requirements to determine if a student is eligible for admission to our programmes.
- The APS is calculated by adding together the point scores for a student’s best six subjects or seven subjects in the case of the Faculty of Education. APS is determined on the WSU classification table (six subjects: English and one other language subject) plus 4 subjects in which the student scored the highest marks, and life orientation(only for the Education Faculty)
- The point score for each subject is based on the student’s percentage mark which is converted to a point score using the table below.
| WSU APS Conversion Tables | ||||||||||||
| National Senior Certificate(NSC) | Old Matric Senior Certificate | |||||||||||
| NSC Levels | % | WSU APS SCORE |
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HG % | WSU APS Score | SG % | WSU APS Score | |||||
| 7 | 90 – 100 | 8 | 90 – 100 | 8 | 90 – 100 | 7 | ||||||
| 7 | 80 – 89 | 7 | 80 – 89 | 7 | 80 – 89 | 6 | ||||||
| 6 | 70 -79 | 6 | 70 -79 | 6 | 70 -79 | 5 | ||||||
| 5 | 60 – 69 | 5 | 60 – 69 | 5 | 60 – 69 | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 50 – 59 | 4 | 50 – 59 | 4 | 50 – 59 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | 40 – 49 | 3 | 40 – 49 | 3 | 40 – 49 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | 30 – 39 | 2 | 30 – 39 | 2 | 30 – 39 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 – 30 | 1 | 0 – 30 | 1 | 0 – 30 | 0 | ||||||
| WSU’s APS conversion system allocates point values for a maximum of 6 Subjects or 7 subjects (when one includes LO) using the above table and the 3 categories listed below. Category 3 is only used if the qualification includes LO in the computation of the total APS score. | ||||||||||||
| Category 1 | 2 Subjects – Maximum of two Languages (Home Language and First Additional Language) | |||||||||||
| Category 2 | 4 Subjects – The 4 subjects in which the student scored the highest marks excluding life orientation and Category 1 subjects. The 4 subjects must include the subjects that are specifically required for the qualification. | |||||||||||
| Category 3 | 1 Subject – Life Orientation | |||||||||||
EXAMPLE OF APS COMPUTATION
The table below depicts how the APS score would be computed in the three scenarios below. Each percentage is converted into an APS score using the APS conversion table above. Students 1 and 3 applied for a qualification that does not use Life Orientation to compute APS. Student 1 and 3’s APS was calculated using only Category 1 and Category 2
Student 2 wrote 8 subjects in the NSC exams. The qualification that the student applied for is an Education qualification and therefore Life Orientation is included in determining the APS scores. In line with the criteria for category 2 only the best 4 subjects were selected. Student 2’s APS was calculated using Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3.
