BIS Information Science at University of Pretoria

This package focuses on the use of information technology and the processing of information products and is designed to train students in the management, retrieval, and organization of information, as well as to teach them how to add value to, package, and distribute information.

Admission requirements

The following persons will be considered for admission: a candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; a candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and a candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Grade 11 results are used in the provisional admission of prospective students.

A valid qualification with admission to degree studies is required.

Minimum subject and achievement requirements, as set out below, are required.

On the first-year level, a student has a choice between Afrikaans and English as a language medium.

In certain cases, tuition may be presented in English only, for example in electives, where the lecturer may not speak Afrikaans, or in cases where it is not economically or practically viable.

Should a candidate obtain an APS of 25 to 27, consideration for admission will be based on the results of the NBT, provided the quotas regarding student numbers have not been reached.

If informatics is selected at the first-year level, an achievement level of 5 is required in Mathematics.

Minimum requirements

Achievement level
Afrikaans or English
APS
NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level

Duration: 3 years

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