UCT FPS Calculator 2027
Enter your marks to see your FPS the way UCT calculates it, and compare it with programme minimums.
UCT programme minimums for 2027
- BCom / BBusScFPS 435+ (guaranteed band)
- BCom Actuarial ScienceFPS 500+
- BSc Eng CivilFPS 500+Mathematics 80%, Physical Sciences 70%
- BSc Eng ElectricalFPS 500+Mathematics 80%, Physical Sciences 75%
- BA / BSocScFPS 450+ (with NBT Academic Literacy proficient)
- LLBFPS 500+
- BScScience FPS 660+ out of 800Mathematics 70%, Physical Sciences 60%
- MBChBFPS 810+ out of 900 (includes NBTs)Maths 70%, Physical Sciences 70%, English 65%
These are UCT’s “Band A” scores, where a place is very likely. Lower bands are considered using the Weighted Points Score and redress criteria.
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Applying to UCT for 2027
Applications for 2027 closed on 31 July 2026. Applications for 2028 usually open around April 2027.
Application fee: R100 (South Africa and SADC).
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How it works
UCT uses a Faculty Points Score (FPS) made of your actual percentages, not APS points.
For Commerce, Engineering and the Built Environment, Humanities and Law, the FPS is English plus your best five other subjects, out of 600. Life Orientation isn’t counted.
For Science, it’s English, plus Mathematics and Physical Sciences counted twice, plus your best three other subjects, out of 800.
Health Sciences adds your three National Benchmark Test (NBT) percentages to the 600-point score, for a total out of 900. Most faculties also need NBTs.
Any subject under 40% scores 0, and subjects a programme requires must be among the six. South African applicants may also be considered on a Weighted Points Score, which UCT adjusts for educational disadvantage.
This calculator follows the method UCT publishes for 2027 entry, checked against its own documents: UCT 2027 Guidelines for Admission (NSC) · UCT 2027 Undergraduate Prospectus. It’s an estimate: the university’s own assessment of your final results decides admission.
Other universities: Wits APS calculator, UP APS calculator, UJ APS calculator, Stellenbosch average calculator, UKZN APS calculator, UFS AP calculator, NWU APS calculator. For the standard APS and your matric pass level, use the APS calculator.
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Questions
How does UCT work out its FPS?
UCT uses a Faculty Points Score (FPS) made of your actual percentages, not APS points. For Commerce, Engineering and the Built Environment, Humanities and Law, the FPS is English plus your best five other subjects, out of 600. Life Orientation isn’t counted. For Science, it’s English, plus Mathematics and Physical Sciences counted twice, plus your best three other subjects, out of 800.
Does UCT count Life Orientation?
For Commerce, Engineering and the Built Environment, Humanities and Law, the FPS is English plus your best five other subjects, out of 600. Life Orientation isn’t counted.
When do applications to UCT close?
Applications for 2027 closed on 31 July 2026. Applications for 2028 usually open around April 2027.
Can I use my Grade 11 marks?
Yes. Universities make provisional offers using Grade 11 results (or Grade 12 June results), then confirm them with your final matric results. Enter whichever marks you have.