University of Eswatini Mature Age Entry Admission

By | March 18, 2022

Applications are invited from candidates who meet the requirements outlined below to sit an
examination to qualify for admission to any of the University’s undergraduate programmes of
study

REQUIREMENTS
(a) A candidate must be at least 22 years or older (born on or before 10th August, 2000) on the
first day (10th August, 2022) of the University Academic year in which admission is
sought. (A copy of birth certificate or National Identity card is required when submitting an
application)
(b) A candidate should have completed SGCSE/IGCSE or equivalent with a pass in four (4)
subjects.
(c) No candidate who has previously attended at the University may be re-admitted to the
University under these regulations to a programme in which he/she has previously been
unsuccessful during the previous attendance, unless he/she produces evidence of further
study satisfactory to theUniversity.
(d) If, in the opinion of the University, a candidate has complied successfully with conditions (a)
to (c) above, he/she will be required to sit a Special Entrance examination which will consist
of a general paper and a special paper in the candidate’s intended field ofstudy.
(i) A candidate applying for Commerce-related programmes and or Specialisation
(B.Com and B.Ed. Sec. (Business Studies), the special paper will be a combination of Business Mathematics, Accounting and Business Studies.
(ii) A candidate applying for Science-related programmes and or specialisation (all
Faculties of Agriculture and Consumer Science programmes, all Faculty of Health
Sciences programmes, all Faculty of Science & Engineering programmes, B.Ed. Sec.
(Science), the special paper will be a combination of Science and Mathematics.

(iii) A candidate applying for all other programmes not listed in (i) and (ii) above, the
Special paper will be the Aptitude Test.
(e) A candidate will be recommended to the Admissions Committee, having satisfied all the
MAE conditions and having passed the special papers for the intended programme(s).
MATURE AGE ENTRY TRAINING PROGRAMME
Offered by the Institute Of Distance Education (IDE)
The University of Eswatini has introduced a short-term Mature Age Entry-Pre-Entry Training
Programme for the candidates who wish to be admitted to the University programmes through
Mature Age Entry (MAE) Examination. The training will give the applicants an overview of the
examination papers that they wish to write. It will enhance the applicants’ performance in the MAE
examination. Further the candidates will be provided with course manuals which facilitate them to
prepare the MAE examination during and after the training without any difficulty.
The MAE training programme covers the following 5 subject papers:
a) English Language
b) Mathematics
c) Combined Science
d) Combined Commerce
e) Aptitude Test
Application for Training
 Please indicate by ticking whether you want to join the training or not in the Mature Age
Entry Application Form.
 Please pay the Required fee for the Training when you pay for your application
 Please register for the training when you submit your application online.
 Ensure that you have selected all the subjects you wish to take for the Mature Age Entry Pre
Entry Training Programme.
 Please bring your proof of payment when you come for training so that you can use it to
collect your manuals at UNESWA. The date for the collection of training manual will be
before the training commences from the 9th April 2022.

Duration for the Training

  1. Six hours for face to face session for each subject at the University ofEswatini
  2. At least 1 month for individual work for preparation
    Dates of Training are as follows:
    April 9th, 10th, 23rd, 24th, 30th, May 7th, 8th and 14th 2022.
    Individual practice: April 15th until the examination date.
    Examination: April 2022 (date to be announced)
    The table given below gives you an idea on which papers you will write for which programme.
    Streams for Training
    COMMERCE SCIENCES OTHERS (HUMANITIES, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES)
  3. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  4. COMMERCE PAPER (THE SPECIAL PAPER WILL BE A COMBINATION OF BUSINESS
    MATHEMATICS, ACCOUNTIG AND BUSINESS STUDIES)
  5. SCIENCE PAPER( THE SPECIAL PAPER WILL BE A COMBINATION OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS)
  6. APTITUDE TEST
    Costs for Training
    Training for each subject will cost E280.00. Please note that the training is not compulsory. You
    have to indicate on the application form and through payment that you wish to take the training. In
    the table below, the papers for each stream are shown, but it does not mean you have to take the
    training for all the subjects. The training is optional, and you have to decide which subject(s) you
    wish to take. It is not compulsory for you to opt for everything – your needs will guide you. The
    table given below gives you an idea on which papers you will write for each programme.

Streams for Training
COMMERCE SCIENCES OTHERS (HUMANITIES,
EDUCATION & SOCIAL
SCIENCES)

  1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  2. COMBINED COMMERCE 2. COMBINED SCIENCE 2. APTITUDE TEST
  3. MATHEMATICS 3. MATHEMATICS
    E280.00 x3 = E840.00 E280.00 X 3 = E840.00 E280.00 X 2 = E560.00
    Kindly Note
     The Mature Age Entry Application Fee which mandatory will be due on the 1st April 2022
    which is a non-refundable fee. Application fee is E530.00
     The Mature Age Entry Training Fee will be open until the 7th April 2022 so that applicants
    are ready to attend classes that begin on the 09th April 2022 and run for the whole month of
    March 2022 “Weekend Classes”. This training is optional as it equips applicants to be ready for
    the examination that will be written in a Date to be announced. Each module for training is
    E280.00
     Mature Age Entry Examination Fee will be mandatory only to those who will get an
    invitation to write the examination provided they qualify by meeting the requirements which is
    the applicant is not less than 22 years of Age by 10 August 2022 and also have 4 passes as a
    minimum requirement. As soon as the applicant receives the examination invitation they will be
    expected to pay and upload their receipt on their portal. Examination date will be announced in
    due course. All Examination payments are expected to have been done a week before the
    examination. Examination Fee is E150.00 per examination paper to be written by application
    ***Please note that all payments will be done through the FNB Bank and always ensure that you
    use your Student Number that the Institution will have provided to you as a reference each time
    you make your payments to the FNB Bank