List of Universities & Universities of Technology in South Africa. University, University of Technology, Registered University in South Africa.
It is the mission of the Department of Higher Education and Training to develop capable, well-educated and skilled citizens who are able to compete in a sustainable, diversified and knowledge-intensive international economy, which meets the development goals of South African universities and in general, the country.
This is a list of universities in South Africa. For the purposes of this list, colleges and universities are defined as accredited, degree-granting, post-secondary institutions. As at September 2023 only South African public degree-granting institutions may call themselves a “university”, whereas other accredited private degree-granting institutions tend to call themselves colleges, institutes or business schools[
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Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a university in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only university of technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students. It was formed by merging the Cape Technikon and a various independent colleges.
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Website: cput.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100
Applications: Closed
Open/Closing Date: 31 August 2023
Contact: 021 959 6767
Email: [email protected]
Location: Western Cape, Cape Town
Central University of Technology (CUT)
Central University of Technology, Free State or Central University of Technology is a University of Technology in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established in 1981 as “Technikon Free State”.
Application form NOT available
Website: cut.ac.za
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Courses you qualify for: click here
Application Fee: Free
Applications: CLOSED
Opening Date:
Closing Date: May/June 2023
Contact: 051 507 3986
Email: [email protected]
Location: Free State, Bloemfontein Central
Durban University of Technology (DUT)
The Durban University of Technology is a leading University in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. It was formed in 2002 following the merger of Technikon Natal and ML Sultan Technikon and it was initially known as the Durban Institute of Technology. It has five campuses in Durban, and two in Pietermaritzburg.
Application form NOT available
Website: dut.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R220
Applications: Closed
Opening Date:
Closing Date: September 2023
Contact: 031 373 2000
Email: [email protected]
Location: KwaZulu Natal, Durban & Pietermaritzburg
Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT)
Mangosuthu university of technology is a University of Technology situated on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa, on a site overlooking the Indian Ocean. MUT is located in the academic hub in the eThekwini metropole, a dynamic growing economy, focused for future growth.
Application form NOT available
Website: mut.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R200
Applications: Closed
Opening Date:
Closing Date: September 2023
Contact: 031 819 9280
Email: [email protected]
Location: KwaZulu Natal, Umlazi
Monash South Africa Private University (MSA)
Monash South Africa is a branch campus of Monash University – in 2019 the campus was sold to the IIE and is no longer called or associated with Monash. It was founded in 2001 and was located on a 100 hectare site in Ruimsig, north-west of Johannesburg, in the province of Gauteng.
Website: https://www.iiemsa.co.za/
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R1750
Applications: Open
Opening Date: April2023
Closing Date: 27 October 2023
Nelson Mandela University (NMU)
Nelson Mandela University, formerly known as University of Port Elizabeth, is a South African university with its main administration in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth.
Application form NOT available
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Website: mandela.ac.za
Applications: OPEN
Online application: click here
Application Fee: Free
Opening Date: 1 April 2023
Closing Date: 30 September 2023
Contact: 041 504 1111
Email: [email protected]
Location: Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth
North-West University (NWU)
The North-West University is a South African university with three campuses at Potchefstroom, Mahikeng and Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. In Potchefstroom is the head office of the University.
Application form NOT available
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Website: nwu.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: Free
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: 1 April 2023
Closing Date: August 2023
Contact: 018 299 1111/2222
Email: [email protected]
Location: North West, Potchefstroom
Rhodes University ( RU)
Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province.
Website: ru.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100
Applications: Closed
Opening Date:
Closing Date: May/June 2023
Contact: 046 603 8111
Email: [email protected]
Location: Eastern Cape, Grahamstown
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU)
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University is a university in Pretoria North, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2015. Previously it was known as Medical University of South Africa and later as a campus of the University of Limpopo. It is named after South African ANC leader Sefako Makgatho.
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Website: smu.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R300
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: 3 April 2023
Closing Date: 28 July 2023
Contact: 012 521 5057/5059
Email: [email protected]
Location: Gauteng, Pretoria
Stellenbosch University (US)
Stellenbosch University is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
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Website: sun.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: 3 April 2023
Closing Date: 31 July 2023
Contact: 021 808 9111
Email: [email protected]
Location: Western Cape, Stellenbosch
Sol Plaatje University(SPU)
The Sol Plaatje University, which had provisionally been referred to as the University of the Northern Cape, opened in Kimberley, South Africa, in 2014, accommodating a modest initial intake of 135 students. The student complement is expected to increase gradually towards a target of 7 500 students by 2024.
Website: spu.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100
Applications: CLOSED
Open/Closing Date: 30 November 2023
Contact: 053 491 0000
Email: [email protected]
Location: Western Cape, Stellenbosch
Tshwane University of Technology ( TUT)
Tshwane University of Technology is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria
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Website: tut.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R240
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: March 2023
Closing Date: 31 July 2023
Contact: 086 110 2421
Email: [email protected]
Location: Gauteng, Pretoria
University of Cape Town (UCT)
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College making it the oldest higher education institute in South Africa.
Application form NOT available
Website: uct.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R200
Applications: CLOSED
Open/Closing Date: 31 July 2023
Contact: 021 650 9111
Email: [email protected]
Location: Western Cape, Cape Town
University of Fort Hare (UFH)
The University of Fort Hare is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was a key institution of higher education for black Africans from 1916 to 1959 when it offered a Western-style academic education to students from across sub-Saharan Africa, creating a black African elite.
Website: ufh.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R120, Late: R250
Applications: CLOSED
Open/Closing Date: 31 October 2023
Contact: 040 602 2011
Email: [email protected]
Location: Eastern Cape, Fort Hare
University of Free State (UFS)
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Application form NOT available
Website: ufs.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: Free
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: 1 April 2023
Closing Date: 30 September 2023
Contact: 051 401 9111
Email: [email protected]
Location: Free State, Bloemfontein
University of Johannesburg (UJ)
The University of Johannesburg is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.
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Website: uj.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: Online: Free
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: 1 April 2023
Closing Date: 31 October 2023
Contact: 011 559 3129
Email: [email protected]
Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
The University of KwaZulu-Natal is a university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.
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Website: uj.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: Online: Free
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: 1 April 2023
Closing Date: 31 October 2023
Contact: 031 260 1111
Email: [email protected]
Location: KwaZulu Natal, Durban
University of Limpopo (UL)
The University of Limpopo is a university in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2005, by the merger of the University of the North and the Medical University of South Africa. These previous institutions formed the Turfloop and MEDUNSA campuses of the university, respectively.
Website: ul.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R200
Applications: CLOSED
Open/Closing Date: September 2022
Contact: 012 521 4058
Email: [email protected]
Location: Limpopo, Sovenga
University of Mpumalanga (UMP)
University of Mpumalanga is based in Mbombela, South Africa. It was established in 2014, initially accommodating a modest intake of one hundred and forty students.
Website: ump.ac.za
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Application Fee: R150
Applications: CLOSED
Open/Closing Date: 30 November 2022
Contact: 013 002 0001
Email: [email protected]
Location: Mpumalanga, Nelspruit
University of Pretoria (UP)
The University of Pretoria is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.
Application form NOT available
Website: up.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R300
Applications: CLOSED
Open/Closing Date: 30 June 2022
Contact: 012 420 3111
Email: [email protected]
Location: Gauteng, Pretoria
University of South Africa (UNISA)
The University of South Africa, known colloquially as Unisa, is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa.
Application form NOT available
Website: unisa.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R115
Applications: CLOSED
Closing date: 11 August 2023
Contact: 012 429 3111
Email: [email protected]
Location: Gauteng, Pretoria
University of Venda (UNIVEN)
Website: univen.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100
Applications: CLOSED
Opening Date:
Closing Date: 30 November 2023
Contact: 015 962 8000
Email: [email protected]
Location: Limpopo, Venda
University of the Free State (UFS)
The University of the Free State is a multi campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It was first established as an institution of higher learning in 1904 as a tertiary portion of Grey College.
Website: https://www.ufs.ac.za/
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100
Applications: CLOSED
Opening Date:
Closing Date: 30 November 2023
University of the Western Cape (UWC)
The University of the Western Cape is a public university located in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The University of the Western Cape has a history of creative struggle against oppression, discrimination and disadvantage.
Application form NOT available
Website: uwc.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: Free
Applications: CLOSED
Opening Date:
Closing Date: 30 September 2023
Contact: 021 959 2911
Email: [email protected]
Location: Western Cape, Cape Town
University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits.
Application form NOT available
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Website: wits.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100, (Other Countries R700)
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: 1 April 2023
Closing Date: 30 June & September 2023
Contact: 011 717 1888
Email: [email protected]
Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg, Braamfontein
University of Zululand (Unizulu)
The University of Zululand or Unizulu is the only comprehensive tertiary educational institution north of the Tugela River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Its new status is in accordance with South Africa’s National Plan for Higher Education aimed at eradicating inequity and costly duplication.
Website: unizulu.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R220
Applications: CLOSED
Opening Date:
Closing Date: September 2023
Contact: 035 902 6950
Email: [email protected]
Location: KwaZulu Natal, North of the Tugela River
Vaal University of Technology (VUT)
Vaal University of Technology is a tertiary institution in South Africa. It attracts students from all over the country. It is one of the largest residential Universities of Technology, with about 25,000 students, 300 programs, all primarily taught in English.
Website: vut.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: R100
Applications: CLOSED
Open/Closing Date: 30 September 2023
Contact: 016 950 9924/9925
Email: [email protected]
Location: Gauteng, Vanderbijlpark
Walter Sisulu University ( WSU )
Walter Sisulu University is a university of technology and science located in Mthatha, East London, Butterworth and Komani. Eastern Cape, South Africa, which came into existence on 1 July 2005 as a result of a merger between Border Technikon, Eastern Cape Technikon and the University of the Transkei.
Website: wsu.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: Free
Applications: CLOSED
Opening Date:
Closing Date: October 2023
Contact: 047 502 2843/3/8
Email: [email protected]
Location: Eastern Cape, Mthatha
Central Application Office (CAO)
The Central Applications Office (CAO) is a centralized organization that processes applications for undergraduate courses in higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland. The CAO is responsible for coordinating the application process for prospective students and forwarding their applications to the appropriate institution.
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Website: cao.ac.za
Online application: click here
Application Fee: click here
Applications: OPEN
Opening Date: February 2023
Closing Date:
Contact: 031 268 4444
Email: [email protected]
Location: Durban – Central Services Complex