HC_MET

Campus

Duration of Programme

Enrolment Option(s)

SAQA Credits

NQF Level

1 year full-time

Semester 1

132

5

The minimum requirements for this qualification is the Senior Certificate (SC), National Senior Certificate (NSC) or the National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) with appropriate subject combinations and levels of achievement as defined below:

Candidates who matriculated with Senior Certificate (SC) in 2007 or before must have obtained a least a minimum of 40% on Standard Grade or 30% on Higher Grade in Mathematics and English.

Candidates who matriculated with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) or a National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) from 2008 onwards must have obtained:

• a minimum of 40% in grade 12 English,
• a minimum of 50% in grade 12 Physical Science/Technical Science and
• either a minimum of 30% in grade 12 Mathematics/Technical Mathematics or a minimum of 40% in Mathematics/Technical Mathematics in grade 11 and a minimum of 60% in grade 12 Mathematical Literacy.

Prospective students who had mathematics up to Grade 11, but who do not qualify for STEM-related offerings could be admitted into this programme. 

Upon completion students may:

• Gain access to STEM-related qualifications at universities. After completion, these students may continue on to engineering and other STEM-related programmes.
• Graduates of this programme may also consider working as a research assistant.