. The university, like any other comprehensive university still offers higher certificates, bachelor degrees, and national diplomas. The university uses the National Senior Certificate (NSC) as a benchmark for admitting students to various courses. Students without Matric endorsement are accepted for national diplomas and, those with an endorsement are admitted for bachelor's degree programmes. . Like the majority of other universities in the country, UZ has experienced a huge demand for admission in the education and humanities programmes. The introduction of certificate and diploma programmes as well as the introduction of foundation programmes in science, engineering and technology and business management will provide increased access to scarce skills areas. . The university currently enrolls 12500 students of which 11005 are undergraduates and 1495 are postgraduates. The majority of these students 5350 (41%) are enrolled in the humanities, and 4000 (40%) in education. African students constitute the majority of students with 12299 currently enrolled, followed by Indians who total 114 and other races. The large proportion of black students represents the geographical location of the university which is surrounded by local rural areas. Most of the students in the university are drawn from nearby schools.