BA Speech-Language Pathology at University of Pretoria

The Bachelor in Speech-Language Pathology is a four-year professional qualification. Speech-language therapists assess and treat children and adults with communication disorders.

Speech-language therapists assess and treat children and adults with communication disorders.

Admission requirements

Please apply as soon as applications open on 1 March.

The closing date is an administrative admission guideline.

Once a non-selection programme is full and has reached the institutional targets, then that programme will be closed for further admissions, irrespective of the closing date.

However, if the institutional targets have not been met by the closing date, then that programme will remain open for admissions until the institutional targets are met.

Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Faculty Yearbooks: click here.

You will be considered for conditional admission if space allows, and if you: are a Grade 11 applicant, please submit your final Grade 11 examination results, and have a National Senior Certificate (NSC) with university endorsement or an equivalent qualification; OR are transferring from other recognised institutions to the University of Pretoria; OR are a graduate or have graduate status from another recognised tertiary institution; OR are a graduate of another Faculty at the University of Pretoria; AND comply with the minimum subject requirements and achievement levels, as well as the APS requirements of specific programmes.

If you are an international applicant please apply for conditional admission based on your final results equivalent to Grade 11.

Final admission is based on the qualification equivalent to the NSC.

You will be considered for final admission to degree studies if space allows, and if you:

have a National Senior Certificate (NSC) or equivalent qualification with admission to Bachelor’s degree studies, and comply with the minimum subject requirements as well as the APS requirements of their chosen programme; OR are a student transferring from another recognised tertiary institution and comply with the programme requirements, OR have graduate status from another recognised tertiary institution, or are a graduate of another Faculty at the University of Pretoria.

If you are an international student or are a student with other qualifications equivalent to the NSC (including school qualifications from other countries, eg Spain, New Zealand, etc), you must obtain a Complete Exemption Certificate or a Foreign Conditional Exemption Certificate based on your international (‘foreign’) qualifications.

Certificates can only be obtained from Universities South Africa (USAF) at click here.

In addition, these candidates must meet the relevant programme admission requirements.

Minimum requirements

Achievement level

English Home Language or
English First Additional
Language
Mathematics APS
NSC/IEB AS Level NSC/IEB AS Level
5 C 5 C 32

To retain admission, you must obtain an APS of at least 30 in the NSC.

For the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology programme, the first study year is the same.

Note: We will consider both first- and second-choice applications for BA (Speech-Language Pathology).

Additional requirements

Practising speech-language therapists should have good speech production and language used to serve as a model for individuals with communication and hearing disorders.

They should also have good hearing, vision, and motor ability in order to assess and treat individuals with a variety of communication disorders.

Minimum duration of study 4 years

What can you do with a speech-language pathology degree?

Interpreter.

Recreation therapist.

Special education teacher.

English as a second language teacher.

Hearing aid dispenser.

Respite worker.