Additional requirements
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 15 August for early feedback on your application. Please go to 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 15 August in order for the faculty to provide early feedback on applications. No online NBT test results will be considered for applicants residing in South Africa. Applicants residing outside the borders of South Africa may sit for the online NBTs as there are no NBT venues located in other countries.
Go to 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. For more information, refer to the 's and 2026 for 2027 WITS Standard Operating Procedures for NBT Results
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 the end of 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.