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Fine art, design and visual practice. Most routes need a portfolio.
Fine art and design degrees are built around a portfolio – most of your mark comes from studio work, not exams – and most application routes require you to submit or present a portfolio alongside your marks. Career paths range from gallery/fine artist and freelance illustrator to graphic design, set design and art direction, and income is often a mix of commissions, employment and teaching.
This is our general description of the role and related jobs, not from an official source – it’s here to give you a fuller picture, not as a careers-counselling guarantee.
This is our general guidance about which school subjects suit this career. It is not an admission requirement and not from an official source – the real requirements are on the degrees below.
2 degrees at 2 universities. More are added as we verify them.
Stellenbosch aggregate 60 %
Every Stellenbosch programme is a selection programme. The figures shown are the published minimum requirements - the actual selection threshold is usually higher. The published aggregate for BA Visual Arts, BA Drama and BMus is 60-65% depending on the programme; we show the lower end of that range.
Source: View the official page (files.su.ac.za) (opens the official page) · 2027 intake
Wits APS 34 points
An APS of 30-33 is also considered.
Source: View the official page (wits.ac.za) (opens the official page) · 2027 intake
Put your subjects in once and we’ll check them against every degree above – scored each university’s own way.