Latest Updates: South African Universities Application Fees 2023/2024

According to our research on recent data published by South African Universities, we have come up with the latest list of all the universities of South Africa’s Application Fees for the 2024/2025 academic session.

Applying to any university has a cost in order to secure your application, this could range from being free to R300, depending on the university. International students, however, in most cases have a higher application fee than citizens.

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South African Universities Fees Structure

It is very necessary to pay the required fees according to the fee structure of the school in want to study in, nevertheless, it’s not a guarantee that an applicant will earn admission, see below;

University of South Africa, Unisa Fees

➡ See – UNISA Website

  • Unisa Online Application R105
  • Unisa Manual Application R200

Click Here to Find out How to Pay the Application Fee.

Tshwane University of Technology, TUT Fee

➡ See – TUT Website.

  • TUT Application fees are R240

Click here to find out how to pay the application fees.

University of Pretoria, UP Fees

➡ See – UP Website

  • UP Application is R300
  • UP Household income is below R150 000 per year, its free

Click here for more information on how to pay UP’s application fees.

University of Witwatersrand, Wits Fees

Wits Website

  • Wits application fees are R100 for South African Citizens
  • Foreign citizens are R700

For Wits application fee information click here

University of Johannesburg, UJ Fees

UJ Website

  • UJ Application Fees is free if you apply online
  • UJ Manual Application Fee is R200

Click here for more information on UJ’s application process

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, SMU Fees

SMU Website.

  • SMU’s application fees are R200

Click here to find out how to pay the SMU application fees

Vaal University of Technology, VUT Fees

VUT Website

  • VUT application fees are R100
  • VUT Late applications pay R140.

Click for more information on how to pay the VUT application fees

Durban University of Technology, DUT Fees

➡ DUT Website

DUT’s application is a Central Applications Office, CAO cost.

  • DUT CAO Application fee for South Africans R250
  • CAO International application fee is 300 (you pay R250 and your application is sent to all registered higher education institutions in KZN). 

Click here to find out how to pay the application fees.

University of KwaZulu-Natal, UKZN Fees

UKZN Website

  • UKZN application fees are R200

Click here for how to pay UKZN application fees.

Mangosuthu University of Technology, MUT Fees

➡ MUT Website

MUT Application fees application is a Central Applications Office CAO cost.

  • MUT CAO Application fee for South Africans R250
  • MUT CAO Fees for international applicants are R300

Click here for more information on how to pay MUT application fees 

University of Zululand, UNIZULU Fees

  • The Unizulu application fee is R220
  • Unizulu International students pay R270

Click here for more information on Unizulu application fees

University of Mpumalanga, UMP Fees

➡ UMP Website

UMP Application fees are as follows;

  • South African citizens: R150
  • SADC: R150
  • Other African countries: R350
  • Countries outside Africa: R500

Click here for more information on UMP application fees

University of Free State, UFS Fees

➡ UFS Website

  • UFS application fees are free.

For more information visit the UFS website here

The Central University of Technology, CUT Fees

➡ CUT Website

The CUT application fee is free

Click here for more information on CUT’s application process

University of Fort Hare, UFH Fees

UFH Website

  • Fort Hare application fees are R80

Click here to find out how to pay the application fees

Nelson Mandela University, NMU Fees

NMU Website

  • NMU’s application fees if free for South African citizens
  • NMU Application Fees for international students is R500

Click here for more information on NMU’s application process

Rhodes University, RU Fees

RU Website

  • Rhodes application fee is R100

Click here for how to pay their application fee

Walter Sisulu University, WSU Fees

WSU’s application fee is R100

Click here for more information on WSU

University of Venda, UniVen Fees

➡ UNIVEN Website

  • UNIVEN application fees is R100

Click here to find out how to pay their application fees

University of Limpopo, UL Fees

➡ UL Website

  • UL application fee for South African citizens is R250
  • UL application fees for international students are R375

Click here for more information on UL’s application process

North-West University, NWU Fees

➡  NWU Website

  • NWU application is free for South African citizens
  • NWU Application Fees for international students is R550

Click here for more information on how to apply

Sol Plaatje University, SPU Fees

SPU’s application fee is R100

Click here to find out how to pay SPU’s application fee

University of Cape Town, UCT Fees

➡ UCT Website

  • UCT application fee is R100 for South African citizens
  • R300 for other African nationals and 0 for international students.

Click here for more information on UCT’s application fee

University of the Western Cape, UWC Fees

➡ UWC Website

  • UWC has no application fee

For more information on the UWC application process, click here

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, CPUT Fees

➡ CPUT Website

  • CPUT’s application fee is R100

For more information on how to pay CPUT’s application fees, click here

Stellenbosch University, SU Fees

➡ SU Website

  • SU application fee is R100

For how to pay SU’s application fee, click here

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