Engineering study in South Africa 
Examples of admission requirements for Cambridge/Pearson AS level qualifications at public universities
| Examples of Engineering degree offerings at a range of SA universities | No of subjects considered for APS | Minimum APS/Aggregate | Faculty-specific minimum requirements |
| UCT Engineering
(4 yrs) Mechanical, Mechatronic Engineering |
– |
No points awarded in this faculty
for Cambridge qualifications |
AS-Level
minimum C for IGCSE English; A for two AS Level subjects, including Maths and Physics , plus two Bs at AS Level for two other subjects Or At least A for Maths, A for Physics or Chem and a B for the other, plus one other B symbol |
| Stellenbosch
B.Eng |
5 |
70% aggregate | English C AS level/IGCSE.
Maths B AS level Chemistry and Physics C on AS level |
| U Pretoria
(BEngSci) 3 yrs Industrial Engineering |
– | No points awarded for Cambridge qualifications | AS levels
or a combination of A and AS levels (IGCSE levels are only used to assess conditional acceptance) AS Eng C AS Maths Physics Chem B |
| Witwatersrand
Mechanical Bachelor Engineering Science(3 yrs) within School of Electrical and Information |
– |
No points awarded for Cambridge qualifications | English A level/AS/IGCSE A-C
Maths A level/AS level A-C Physics A-C |
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