BIS Multimedia at University of Pretoria

Multimedia documents include text, graphics, sound, video, and animation. The purpose of this qualification is to enable students to understand the necessary concepts to build multimedia products and maintain the products. This program is therefore a combination of theory and practice.

Admission requirements

The closing date is an administrative admission guideline for non-selection programs.

Once a non-selection program is full and has reached the institutional targets, then that program 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 program will remain open for admissions until the institutional targets are met.

The following persons will be considered for admission: Candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required National Senior Certificate (NSC) with university endorsement; candidates who are graduates from another tertiary institution or have been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution, and candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Grade 11 results are used for the conditional 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.

All lectures at the University of Pretoria are presented in English only.

Transferring students

Candidates previously registered for the BSc – Extended program

The Admissions Committee of the faculty considers applications of candidates who were previously registered for the BSc – Extended program, on grounds of their NSC results as well as academic merit. Such students will only be considered for the four-year program if they have passed all the prescribed modules and obtained a minimum of 65% in the Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry modules, respectively.

Candidates previously registered at UP or at another university

The faculty’s Admissions Committee considers applications of candidates who have already completed the final NSC examination and/or were previously registered at UP or at another university, on grounds of their NSC results as well as academic merit. Candidates who were dismissed from other faculties or universities will not be considered.

Candidates previously registered at a teacher’s college or university of technology

The faculty’s Admissions Committee considers the application of these candidates on the grounds of their NSC results as well as academic merit.

Qualifications from countries other than South Africa

Citizens from countries other than South Africa and South African citizens with foreign qualifications must comply with all the other admission requirements and the prerequisites for subjects/modules.

In addition to meeting the admission requirements, it may be expected from candidates to write the TOEFL, IELTS, or SAT, if required.

Candidates must have completed the National Senior Certificate with admission to degree studies or a certificate of conditional exemption on the basis of a candidate’s foreign qualifications, the so-called “Immigrant” or “Foreign Conditional Exemption”. The only condition for the “Foreign Conditional Exemption” that is accepted is: ‘completion of the degree course’.

Minimum requirements
Achievement level
English Home Language or English First Additional LanguageMathematicsAPS
NSC/IEBAS LevelNSC/IEBAS Level
4D5C 30 

Cambridge A-level candidates who obtained at least a D in the required subjects will be considered for admission.

International Baccalaureate (IB) HL candidates who obtained at least a 4 in the required subjects, will be considered for admission.

Duration: 3 years

What are some careers in multimedia?

Digital camera operator.

Sound engineering technician.

Multimedia artist.

Film and video editor.

Dubbing editor.

Sound effects editor.

Audio recording engineer.

Game designer.