Admission Requirements Chemical Engineering University of Cape Town

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The Department of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Built and Environment at the University of Cape Town (UCT) teaches Chemical Engineering to produce graduates who would be able to take up strategy position in the food industries, environmental industries, mineral exploration and processing industries, pharmaceuticals industries petrochemical and more.

To achieve this, the department focus on teaching courses to develop the technical skill of the students to be able to solve problems, be effective in teamwork and good in communication skill


Admission Requirements: Holder of NSC.

  • Faculty Point Score (FPS): 500
  • Mathematics: 80% (Minimum)
  • Physical Science:70% (Minimum)

Faculty Point Score  (FPS) being the percentage (%) of Mathematic plus percentage (%) of Physical Science plus percentage (%) of English and plus percentage (%) of three other best matric subjects excluding Life Orientation:

%(Mathematics )+ %(Physical) Science + %(English) + %(three other best subjects)

The overall score is out of 600. Each subjects equal to 100.

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Chemical Engineering at University of Cape Town is a four (4) years degree programme leading to the award of Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng) in Chemical Engineering. 

The programme is accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)

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