The Matriculation Board is responsible for setting minimum admission requirements to degree study on the basis of the senior certificate, predating the National Senior Certificate (NSC).

The Higher Education Act of 1997 (read with the Universities Act of 1955 and the Technikons Act of 1993) provides for the functions of the Matriculation Board to determine minimum general university admission requirements (or better known as matriculation endorsement requirements). Umalusi endorses senior certificates of candidates who meet these requirements. Sections 7(1)(d) and 7(1)(e) as well as the transfer requirements of Section 7(3) provide the legal basis in terms of which matriculation endorsement/exemption regulations are determined and are published in the Government Gazette.

For more on the Matriculation Board, go to www.hesa-enrol.ac.za/mb