About Tshwane University of Technology TUT The Arts



About Tshwane University of Technology TUT The Arts

Welcome to the Faculty of the Arts. With its rich blend of theory and practice, our faculty is one of the University’s spires of excellence. Equipped with state-of-the art, custom-built facilities, the Faculty is staffed by highly regarded academics, artists and designers. These experts, our students and alumni are constantly re-inventing the creative arts, setting standards for others to follow.
​Our creative energy is generated by the cultural diversity of our students, who come from different backgrounds and diverse geographies around the continent. We offer programmes in six creative disciplines, developing these fields outside their traditional confines through in-house and peripheral partnerships. If you are artistic, creative, inventive and pioneering, this is where you belong – the Faculty of the Arts.

Admission Requirements

​Minimum general admission requirements for study at TUT

No person may be registered as a student in a programme of TUT, unless he or she has complied with the following

General admission requirements for TUT



  • A pass mark in English at Senior Certificate level (minimum additional language; certain programmes may require first or home language status)
  • Each course has its own specific admission requirements.
  • Prospective students should note that the admission requirements of individual programmes could change from year to year.
  • For some programmes, students will be required to write an admission test, which will determine whether they will be admitted to the programme, or whether it will be recommended to them that they enrol for a relevant foundation course.
  • The following table indicates the levels of performance required for entry to specific levels of study:

TUT Requirements NSC – Gaps your profile ​

Results format for the new NSC-G and the minimum admission requirements for TUT:

Rating code​ Rating Marks
1 Outstanding achievement 80 – 100
2 Meritorious achievement 70 – 79
3 Degree substantial achievement 60 – 69
4 Diploma adequate achievement 50 – 59
5 Foundation moderate achievement 40 – 49
6 Elementary achievement 30 – 39
7 Not achieved 0 –​ 29

​​Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy?



All learners are required to take one of the two subjects for NSC-G purposes

​​TUT position:

  • Mathematics is relevant to programmes that require a prior knowledge of mathematics; all others may only require Mathematical Literacy. (Details of what each subject entails can be determined by looking at the DoE curriculum statements, available on the DoE website).