This an article that contains a guide to calculating your Vega School APS (Admission Point Score) for the 2025 academic year. We have adopted the selection criteria of various courses for the coming admission year.
Among the many requirements needed for admission into the Vega School, Vega School, the admission point score is the most necessary. For those of us who might be asking what an admission point score means. It is simply an accumulation of grade points needed for admission into the University. The Vega School APS for various courses is determined by using a constant calculation formula which will be stated in this article.
Every year, the management of the Vega School publishes a standard Admission Point Score for all courses which can be used as a constant in determining the selection of prospective students into undergraduate programmes. Bear in mind that the Vega School APS is only used as a selection criteria for undergraduate admission and not for postgraduate studies.
Kindly check below for the steps on how to calculate the Vega School, Vega School Admission Point Score for the 2025 academic year.
HOW TO CALCULATE THE VEGA SCHOOL ADMISSION POINT SCORE
The formula used in calculating the Vega School admission point score is a summation of all your six (6) best high school subjects (excluding Life Orientation), the total percentage you get is your admission point. Kindly check below for an illustration and example of the APS.
Degree Programmes Admission Point Score
- A National Senior Certificate (NSC) with Degree admission- A minimum of 30 % for English OR
- A National Certificate (Vocational) NC(V) with Degree admission – A minimum of 50 % in English on either First Additional Language or Home Language level; OR
- A Senior Certificate (SC) (with endorsement)with 33.3% in English
- A Senior Certificate(Amended) SC(A) with degree admission; OR
- Alternatively, a Higher Certificate, an Advanced Certificate, 240 or 360 credit Diploma in a cognate* field may satisfy the minimum admission requirements to degree studies.
- For international qualifications: A USAf Exemption Certificate to degree studies is required.
Senate Discretionary Admission
Mature Age Exemption: A USAf Exemption Certificate is required
- Candidates having attained the age of 23 before or during the first year of registration with a Senior Certificate with a minimum of 40% in at least four higher or standard grade subjects, at least three of which shall have been passed simultaneously and one of which shall be a recognised higher grade subject; OR
- Candidates must have attained the age of 45 before or during the first year of registration.
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – demonstrate suitability for admission in terms of Senate’s resolution 6.6 of 20 October 2005 which allows for Senate’s discretionary conditional admission (if applicable).
USAf approved cognate foundation programme
- Candidates who have completed an USAf approved cognate foundation programme from a registered and accredited provider may be admitted.
- An USAf Exemption Certificate is required – the Office of the Registrar will facilitate, on behalf of the student, an application for degree admission to USAf, once the student has provided proof of payment to USAf.
Transfer students
- Candidates who have successfully completed at least 120 credits on the first year of a cognate degree may be admitted. The additional Maths/Math Lit criteria falls away. However, if a student completed less than 120 credits, the admission criteria on the NSC or equivalent apply.
OQSF qualifications
- Candidates with an OQSF Level 5 cognate qualification may be admitted, provided the OQSF qualification has at least 120 credits at NQF Level 5. An USAf Exemption Certificate is required – the Office of the Registrar will facilitate, on behalf of the student, an application for degree admission to USAf, once the student has provided proof of payment to USAf.
General Education Development (GED) – An USA qualification developed by the American Council on Education (ACE)
- Candidates with a GED qualification may be admitted if they have an USAf Foreign Conditional Exemption Certificate as well as NBT: AQL results and have obtained a score of at least 51 for Academic Literacy (AL) and a score of at least 40 for Quantitative Literacy (QL).
Higher Certificate Admission Point Score
- A National Senior Certificate (NSC) with Higher Certificate admission- A minimum of 30 % for English is required; OR
- A National Certificate (Vocational) NC(V) with Higher Certificate admission – A minimum of 40 % in English on either First Additional Language or Home Language level; OR
- A Senior Certificate (SC) (without endorsement) ; OR
- A Senior Certificate (Amended) SC(A) with Higher Certificate admission – A minimum of 30% in LOLT in NSC/ SC(a) OR with a min. of 33.3% in SC; OR
- For international qualifications: A SAQA Evaluation Certificate with NSC L4 equivalence with at least 30% or equivalent for English.
Senate Discretionary Admission
Mature Age Exemption:
- Candidates must have attempted the Senior Certificate, attained the age of 23 before or during the first year of registration with three years’ work experience and proven ability relating to the proposed programme as well as adequate communication skills; OR
- Candidates must have attained the age of 45 before or during the first year of registration.
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – demonstrate suitability for admission in terms of Senate’s resolution 6.6 of 20 October 2005 which allows for Senate’s discretionary conditional admission (if applicable).
General Education Development (GED) – An USA qualification developed by the American Council on Education (ACE)
- Candidates with a GED qualification may be admitted if they have a SAQA Evaluation Certificate with NSC L4 equivalence as well as NBT: AQL results and have obtained a score of at least 37 for Academic Literacy (AL) and a score of at least 37 for Quantitative Literacy (QL).
Advanced Diploma Programmes Admission Point Score
- An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree or a Diploma or relevant equivalent (at least 360 credits, NQF level 6).
- If the discipline of the degree or diploma is not considered sufficiently cognate, a student may still be admitted but may be required to do additional coursework. This assessment will be made by the relevant Head of Faculty and/ or Head of Programme or equivalent.
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) – demonstrate suitability for admission in terms of Senate’s resolution 6.6 of 20 October 2005 which allows for Senate’s discretionary conditional admission (if applicable).
International Admission
- A SAQA NQF L6 Evaluation Certificate in an appropriate field.
Postgraduate Diploma Admission Point Score
- An appropriate HEQSF Level 7 Bachelor’s degree; OR
- An appropriate Advanced Diploma
- Recognition of Prior learning (RPL) – demonstrate suitability for admission in terms of Senate’s resolution 6.6 of 20 October 2005 which allows for Senate’s discretionary conditional admission (if applicable).
International Admission
- A SAQA NQF L7 Evaluation Certificate in an appropriate field.
Honours Admission Point Score
BA Honours in Interior Design
- An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree; OR
- An appropriate Advanced Diploma, provided that a 360 credit Diploma OR appropriate equivalent qualification has been completed.
Please Note:
- Candidates are normally required to have a minimum final year average of 60% in the qualifications final-year (NQF L7) modules. Those with a final year average of 55 – 59% will be admitted if they attained 60% or higher for the designated cognate/core discipline final-year (NQF L7) modules
- All candidates are required to submit an Interior Design portfolio.
- Graduates of The IIE who do not meet the conditional admissions requirements for admission to Honours can enrol for and repeat all or some of their NQF Level 7 modules in order to improve their marks so that they can meet the entry requirements for Honours. These graduate students will then receive an additional transcript after the completion of the repeat module(s), where the repeat module(s) will appear as a second iteration of the module(s) on the transcript. The marks from the second iteration can then be used for admission to Honours in the subsequent academic year. This option is only available to graduates from The IIE and does not apply to graduates from other Higher Education institutions.
Senate Discretionary Admission
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Candidates who fall outside the above criteria, but who can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of The IIE that they have an appropriate, related qualification or work-based learning, which has taken the candidate to the equivalent of an NQF level 7 equivalent qualification, may be considered for admission into this programme through an RPL process.
International Admission
- A SAQA NQF L7 Evaluation Certificate in an appropriate field and meeting the additional admission requirements.
BA Honours in Strategic Brand Communication
- An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree; OR
- An appropriate Advanced Diploma, provided that a 360 credit Diploma or appropriate equivalent has been completed.
- An appropriate Degree or Advanced Diploma would normally be in the fields of either Marketing, Branding or Communication.
Please Note:
- Candidates are normally required to have a minimum final year average of 60% in the qualifications final-year (NQF L7) modules. Those with a final year average of 55 – 59% will be admitted if they attained 60% or higher for the designated cognate/core discipline final-year (NQF L7) modules.
Undergraduate qualification in a non-cognate field.
- If the discipline of the degree or diploma is not sufficiently cognate, a candidate may still be admitted if they achieve a minimum final year average of 60% in their final year modules and attained at least 65% in the essay and presentation assessment of the compulsory Introduction to Brand Building short course.
- There are two short course intakes in 2020 (dates to be released shortly), only one opportunity is available to students.
- Graduates of The IIE who do not meet the conditional admissions requirements for admission to Honours can enrol for and repeat all or some of their NQF Level 7 modules in order to improve their marks so that they can meet the entry requirements for Honours. These graduate students will then receive an additional transcript after the completion of the repeat module(s), where the repeat module(s) will appear as a second iteration of the module(s) on the transcript. The marks from the second iteration can then be used for admission to Honours in the subsequent academic year. This option is only available to graduates from The IIE and does not apply to graduates from other HE institutions.
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Candidates who fall outside the above criteria, but who can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of The IIE that they have an appropriate , related qualification or work-based learning, which has taken the candidate to the equivalent of an NQF Level 7 Marketing, Branding or Communication-related qualification, may be considered for admission into this programme through an RPL process.
International Admission
- A SAQA NQF L7 Evaluation Certificate in an appropriate field and meeting the additional admission requirements.
BA Honours in Graphic Design
- An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree; OR
- An appropriate Advanced Diploma, provided that a 360 credit Diploma OR appropriate equivalent has been completed.
Please Note:
- Candidates are normally required to have a minimum final year average of 60% in the qualifications final-year (NQF L7) modules. Those with a final year average of 55 – 59% will be admitted if they attained 60% or higher for the designated cognate/core discipline final-year (NQF L7) modules.
- All candidates are required to submit a Graphic Design portfolio.
- Candidates who have completed an Advanced Diploma after an NQF Level 5 Diploma must be admitted as a Senate Discretionary admission.
- Graduates of The IIE who do not meet the conditional admissions requirements for admission to Honours can enrol for and repeat all or some of their NQF 7 modules in order to improve their marks so that they can meet the entry requirements for Honours.These graduate students will then receive an additional transcript after the completion of the repeat module(s), where the repeat module(s) will appear as a second iteration of the module(s) on the transcript. The marks from the second iteration can then be used for admission to Honours in the subsequent academic year. This option is only available to graduates from The IIE and do not apply to graduates from other HE institutions.
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Candidates who fall outside the above criteria, but who can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of The IIE that they have an appropriate , related qualification or work-based learning, which has taken the candidate to the equivalent of an NQF level 7 equivalent qualification, may be considered for admission into this programme through an RPL process.
International Admission
- A SAQA NQF L7 Evaluation Certificate in an appropriate field and meeting the additional admission requirements.
Masters Admission Point Score
- An appropriate NQF level 8 Honours degree; OR
- A relevant Postgraduate Diploma or appropriate equivalent; OR
- An appropriate Level 8 Bachelor’s Degree (480 credits) may also be recognised as meeting the minimum entry requirements to a cognate Master’s Degree programme
- All applicants who are eligible for admission to the Master’s in Creative Brand Leadership degree are required to register for the Research Proposal Writing Short Learning Programme (SLP) (REPW018), successfully complete a Research Proposal and receive ethics clearance for the proposed study in order to be registered for this qualification.
- Even if an applicant meets the above requirements, registration may be refused if:
- an appropriate and suitably qualified supervisor cannot be identified; or
- the interdisciplinary nature of the proposed research falls outside of the scope of the accredited qualification.
- The applicant has the right to request a written reason for any refused admission and may appeal to the Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee in writing. If the Research and Postgraduate Committee upholds the refusal, the decision is final. The candidate may re-apply in the following academic year if s/ he has been able to address the issues concerned and The IIE may invite the candidate to reapply if a suitable supervisor is employed.
- In addition, applicants without an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in the fields of Marketing, Branding or Communication or another cognate degree where Marketing/ Branding/ Communication was taken up to NQF level 7, will also be required to successfully complete the SLP in Strategic Brand Building (STBB018) in order to be registered on the Master’s in Creative Brand Leadership degree.
- Applicants are normally required to have a minimum average of 65% in their NQF 8 qualification.
International Admission
- A SAQA NQF L8 Evaluation Certificate in an appropriate field and meeting the additional admission requirements.
Since you have gotten the formula for calculating the Vega School Admission Point Score, I will recommend you use an APS Calculator to get the best result.
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