English Home or First Additional Language Level 5
Mathematics Level 5
Life Sciences and/or Physical Sciences Level 5
The Faculty of Health Sciences uses a Composite Index (CI) score to guide applicant selection. This includes:
- Your matric academic results for five subjects:
English, Mathematics, best of Physical Sciences/Life
Sciences and the best two other subjects. We consider
the percentage achieved, not the symbol. The average
of the five subjects carries a 60% weighting. - National Benchmark Test (NBT) scores. The average of
the NBT scores carries a 40% weighting.
All applicants must write the NBT. Applicants applying to the Graduate Entry Medical Programme (GEMP) or the Graduate Entry Physiotherapy Programme (GEPP), as well as applicants who are in their final year of study towards a Bachelor’s degree, or who have
All applicants to BSc(Physiotherapy) must spend time observing a professional physiotherapist and complete a job shadowing certificate of attendance (minimum: 16
hours). Only observation hours completed during July will be accepted. You can download
a certificate of attendance form from the Wits website, under Additional Requirements: www.wits.ac.za/undergraduate/apply-to-wits
Without this certificate, you will not be considered for admission to the programme.
The Graduate Entry Physiotherapy Programme (GEPP) has been introduced to increase the number of physiotherapists in SA. The GEPP allows entry of suitably qualified applicants
who meet certain minimum requirements into the second year of the BSc in Physiotherapy degree. This gives these students the opportunity to complete their undergraduate physiotherapy studies in a period of three years after which they enter their government mandated community service period.