Step 1: Check Your Course Requirements

Make sure you meet the admission requirements and academic points score for your chosen qualification. Every qualification requires a specific set of subjects and points in order to apply. Find out what you need to apply.

Step 2: Provide Valid Contact Details

Ensure that you have a valid phone number and e-mail address. Unisa communicates with applicants during and after the application process through your personal contact details. Provide ONLY one email address and phone number to receive your messages.

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Step 3: Prepare Your Documents

These documents are required from students applying to study at Unisa for the first time. You need to upload them attached to your application before you begin the online process. The needed documents are:

• A copy of your school qualifications (eg Senior Certificate)
• A copy of your official tertiary academic record(s) (if applicable) (internet copies may not be accepted)
• A copy of your ID document (RSA students) or ID/passport (international students)
• A copy of your marriage certificate (if applicable) or divorce decree (if applicable)
• A sworn translation of documents if they are not in English or Afrikaans

Step 4: Apply Online

Once you have completed the steps explained above, apply on Unisa’s official website.

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NB: Applications will officially open on the 20 August.

Step 5: Pay The Application Fee

Unisa charges R110 for online applications. Your application will be processed once the application fee has been paid. Note that application fees are non-refundable. After submitting your application, sit back and relax. Wait to hear from UNISA whether you have been accepted or not.

Step 6: Accept Unisa’s offer

Application outcomes

• Applicants who do not qualify for admission will get feedback as soon as their applications are processed.
• Applicants who qualify for admission will only receive final feedback as to whether or not Unisa will offer them a space for semester 1 of the 2024 academic year once all applications have been processed and spaces allocated for semester 2.
• If you receive an offer from Unisa for semester 2 of the 2024 academic year, please accept or decline the offer within the prescribed time frame. Registration for semester 1 will open on 3 January 2024.

General Resources: Websites and General Inquiries by SMS, Fax, and Email Numerous administrative processes, including convenient payment of fees and exam information, are available on the following platforms: All application, enrollment, and study information is available on the university company website in web and mobile format. Unisa website (http://www.unisa.ac.za) The myUnisa website. myUnisa (https://my.unisa.ac.za/) Send your inquiries by fax to 012 429 4150. Unisa Online Application 2024 Opening Date