The School of Transdisciplinary Research and Graduate Studies, in the College of Graduate Studies, has introduced the African Academic Support Programme for all honours degree, postgraduate diploma, master's and doctoral students. Click here for more information.
Students who obtained qualifications outside the borders of South Africa must have their qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). You may apply for admission without a SAQA evaluation certificate. If your application for admission to the 2025 academic year is accepted, you will be required to submit your SAQA evaluation certificate by 15 December 2024. To apply for a SAQA evaluation certificate, please visit https://www.saqa.org.za.
Unisa is known as a provider of fair and equitable access to higher education opportunities. Flowing from its social responsibility to address past inequalities, Unisa has an application and selection process that effectively addresses historical imbalances without sacrificing quality standards.
This process promotes focused attention towards improved student support, and the alignment of our new student intake with the available academic capacity and required infrastructure to maximise all students’ chances of success.
Unisa will assess your application according to the academic admission requirements of your qualification(s) of choice and the final mark obtained for your major subjects at third-year undergraduate level. If you do not meet these requirements, your application will be rejected. You will be provided with the reason why your application was rejected and/or a way forward.
Please note that meeting the minimum admission requirements is not a guarantee that you will be admitted to a higher-level qualification (postgraduate diploma or honours degree), as spaces are limited.
Please note: The University of South Africa reserves the right to withdraw any offer for admission to the 2025 academic year should it be found that you do not meet the statutory, college and/or minimum admission requirements for the qualification to which you have been admitted. In such a case, if you are already registered, the university will refund any tuition fees paid towards said qualification.
Everyone wanting to start a new qualification must apply for admission. This includes
Please note: You must apply for admission if you previously applied for admission and were offered a space, but did not register for any reason. Should you experience any system error issue when submitting your application, please send an e-mail, together with a screenshot of the error message, to the relevant college e-mail address. Remember to always include your student number in the subject line of your e-mail.