**3. Results**

**Table 1** reflects the prerequisite admission criteria employed by South African HEIs for the admission of prospective students in the aforementioned Health Science disciplines. Mathematics, Life Science, Physical Science, and English were common matriculation subjects identified as precursors for HEI admission. However, subject prerequisite scores at each institution varied: the matriculation prerequisite score for admission to Physiotherapy ranges from 28 to 39, while that for Occupational ranges from 25 to 36 and the prerequisite scores for admission to Biokinetics vary from 24 to 37. Furthermore, while the National Benchmark Test was a popular assessment for admissions to the disciplines of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, this was not the case with admissions to Biokinetics.


*Factors Contributing to the Academic Challenges Faced by South African Physiotherapy… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.107491*


*\* Post 2007 admission criteria was derived from 2020 prospectuses.*

*\* While a Biokinetics programme is offered by 12 universities, only the aforementioned six offer a four-year integrated professional degree.*

#### **Table 1.**

*South African university admission requirements for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and biokinetics as of 2020 [12].*


#### **Table 2.**

*Factors influencing academic success of tertiary students.*

Other factors influencing the success of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Biokinetics students studying among South African HEIs include lower academic matriculation scores, supportive social infra-structure (family and friends) and attentive listening challenging when students attend lectures (refer to **Table 2**).
