Depending on courses taken:

• Economist
• Financial Mathematician
• Financial Systems Developer
• Investment Strategist
• Quantitative Analyst
• Quantitative Trader
• Risk and Investment Consultant

First-year

• Economic Theory IA (Microeconomics)
• Economic Theory IB (Macroeconomics)

AND

Computer Science I:

• Basic Computer Organisation I
• Discrete Computational Structures I
• Introduction to Algorithms and Programming I
• Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms I

AND

Computational and Applied Mathematics I

AND

Mathematics I (Major):

• Algebra I
• Calculus I

Second-year

Mathematics II :

• Abstract Mathematics II
• Basic Analysis II
• Linear Algebra II
• Multivariable Calculus II
• Transition to Abstract Mathematics II
• Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II

AND

Economics IIA and IIB

OR

• Investments II
• Corporate Finance II

AND

Computer Science II:

• Analysis of Algorithms II
• Computer Networks II
• Database Fundamentals II
• Mobile Computing

OR

• Computational and Applied Mathematics II

Third-year

Economics III

OR

Investment and Corporate Finance III

AND

• Computational and Applied Mathematics III

OR

Computer Science III:

• Analysis of Advanced Algorithms III
• Formal Languages and Automata III
• Machine Learning III
• Software Design III

OR

Software Engineering III

OR

Mathematics III:

• Group Theory
• Intermediate Analysis
• Complex Analysis
• Number Theory

or

• Topology
• Coding and Cryptography

or

• Real Analysis Differential Geometry

or

• Leontief Systems

APS 42+

English Home Language OR First Additional Language Level 5

Mathematics Level 6

Wait-listing

Applicants with 40-41 points may be wait-listed subject to place availability.

National Benchmark Test

All Faculty of Science applicants must write the National Benchmark Tests (NBT) before being considered for admission.

There are two tests: The Academic and Quantitative Literacy Test and the Mathematics Test. Your test results are used in addition to your Grade 12 results to identify students who may need additional support during the course of their studies.

Rules for the NBT

You must register on the NBT website, or via mobile phone, to write the tests. Registration closes about three weeks before each test date. You can register for the NBT before you submit your application to Wits. DO NOT wait for an official notification from Wits to register for and write the tests, because you may miss the end of September deadline.

The test fee can be paid once you have registered to write the test. The tests must be written by 31 October 2021. You are encouraged to write the tests as early as possible. For a comprehensive list of test dates, registration dates and available venues, please refer to the NBT website. Both tests must be written in one session. ONLY the first attempt results will be considered so we advise against writing the tests more than once in a year.

Click here to see the current average tuition fees for the first year of study. The Fees Office website also provides information about the payment of fees and closing dates for fees payments. Once you have applied you will be able to access the fees estimator on the student self-service portal. 

The Financial aid office provides information about on student funding and scholarships. University funded Scholarships include Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships, University Entrance Scholarships, Equality Scholarships, Sports Scholarships and National Olympiad winner awards. For information about NSFAS funding, please visit the NSFAS website. External bursaries portal: The Bursaries South Africa website provides a comprehensive list of bursaries in South Africa.