We are pleased to present to you the AFDA Cape Town Entry Requirements for the 2024–2025 session.
Right now, you are thinking of enrolling for the prestigious AFDA Cape Town and also wondering if you really have what it takes. You must have even played around the AFDA Cape Town online application portal and even gone to the extent of attending the institution’s Open day. Well, the AFDA Cape Town entry requirements is at your finger-tips because in this article, we are going to break down all the necessary admission requirements in details so you know where you fit in and which qualification matches your grade/result.
This article you are reading contains all the necessary AFDA Cape Town admission requirements for prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students. Kindly ride along as we make your AFDA Cape Town admission seamless and easy.
AFDA ADMISSION AND ENTRY REQUIREMENT
Higher Certificate
ENTRY INTO FIRST YEAR
- National Senior Certificate (South African Grade 12 / Matric) with entry into a Diploma or Higher Certificate
- Should you not have the above, you may be able to qualify to complete and pass the AFDA Entrance Exam
Undergraduate Bachelors Degree (BA / BCOM)
ENTRY INTO FIRST YEAR
- National Senior Certificate (South African Grade 12 / Matric) with entry into a Bachelor’s degree
- You may enter an AFDA degree if you have successfully completed the AFDA Higher Certificate course
- The National Skills Certificate / National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) on NQF level 4 with 3 fundamental subjects (incl English) above 60% and 4 vocational subjects above 70%
- A technical N5 certificate with 4 subjects passed on N5 level, including Maths and English
- The ACE School of Tomorrow (Accelerated Christian Education) has an achievement level similar to matric exemption
- If you don’t have matriculation exemption but have passed the first year of an accredited programme on NQF 6 or 7 (first year of a diploma or degree),
- Should you not have any of the above, you may be able to qualify to complete and pass the AFDA Entrance Exam
- If you do not have a matriculation exemption but are 23 years of age or older, you can apply for an exemption to study a degree at AFDA with HESA
- Alternatively, you can take the Entrance Exam
ENTRY INTO SECOND YEAR
- Check the Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) below find out more
Postgraduate Honours Degree (BA HONS) or Postgraduate Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
ENTRY INTO HONOURS OR MFA
- Check the Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) below find out more
AFDA ENTRANCE EXAM
ENTRY INTO FIRST YEAR OF THE UNDERGRADUATE BACHELOR’s DEGREE
If you are South African and have passed matriculation but did not get matriculation with entry into a Bachelors degree (to get into an Undergrad degree) or matriculation with entry into a Diploma or Higher Certificate (to get into a higher certificate), or are an international student that does not have a matriculation equivalent, you can take the AFDA Entrance Exam. This is recognised by SAQA and the final results are approved at the discretion of the AFDA Senate. Please note that the exam can be completed on an AFDA campus or online.
The AFDA entrance exam and assessment have been designed to offer prospective students who may not be in possession of the right qualification to enter into their chosen course the potential and opportunity to be conditionally accepted into their preferred AFDA course. It is facilitated by external psychometric consulting company called NOME. Important points to note with the
- The assessment is a registered psychometric assessment that has been normed for South African standards.
- Candidates must be in possession of a school leave transcript or certificate.
- The exam assesses your current and potential learning capability for degree programme readiness and you will not need to study for this exam.
- This exam is booked and completed online on a computer, followed by an interview with an AFDA staff member.
- The exam results, interview feedback and your supporting documentation are all reviewed in order to generate a report detailing the results and NOME’s recommendation.
- Contact your chosen AFDA campus in order to find out how to set up a time to do the entrance exam.
- The exam fee is charged in South African Rand (ZAR) and payable by electronic transfer directly to NOME Consulting (not AFDA).
- The fee is subject to an annual increase.
- Submit supporting documentation and motivational letters to strengthen your application for entrance into our degree programme to the relevant career advisor.
- For example:
- Motivational letter
- Any certificates received for outstanding achievements—certified copies
- CV of achievements
- Reference letter, e.g. from work, community work, or leadership positions you have fulfilled.
AFDA RECOGNISED PRIOR LEARNING
RPL INTO SECOND YEAR OF A BACHELORS DEGREE
- The minimum requirements to bridge into 2nd year are that you’ve completed 1st year at a registered university in a relevant field and have no outstanding credits.
OR - You have 5 years relevant experience in the industry with key responsibilities and roles.
AND - That you pass a formal assessment of the discipline you want to enter.
RPL INTO HONOURS
- The minimum requirements to bridge into Honours are that you’ve completed a BA at AFDA or a registered university in a relevant field and have no outstanding credits.
OR - You have 5 years relevant experience in the industry with key responsibilities and roles.
AND - That you pass a formal assessment of the discipline you want to enter.
You can enter the AFDA Honours degrees if you have an equivalent Bachelors degree and pass the RPL assessment, e.g. A BCom and production experience can give you access to study BA (Honours) in Motion Picture Medium with Producing as a major elective discipline, or an architecture qualification and design experience can be assessed to give you access to the Production Design discipline; or if you have a degree in which you learned about language, texts and writing and/or if you applied it in your work experience (e.g. as a journalist), you may be successfully assessed to enter into the Scriptwriting elective discipline in Honours; or if you have a degree with fashion modules, you may be successfully assessed to enter into the costume Make-up and Styling elective discipline in Honours;
RPL INTO MASTER OF FINE ARTS (MFA)
- The minimum requirements to bridge into Master of Arts in Fine Arts are that you’ve completed an honours degree at a registered university in a relevant field and have no outstanding credits.
OR - You have 10 years of relevant experience in the industry with key responsibilities and roles.
AND - That you pass a formal assessment of the discipline you want to enter.
To find Discipline-specific RPL processes, please refer to the Academic Yearbook.
