Unisa College

Unisa College

The University of South Africa Unisa) is the only prestigious university that offers a wide range of high quality academic and vocational programs and over 1400 academics. Unisa have about eight colleges and under these colleges they have numerous number of programmes and courses they offer to new aspiring applicants annually. Unisa has opened the student portal to admit over thousands fresh applicants into their colleges. Application date for all freshers into the colleges of Unisa opens from 1st August to 11th October and all applicants are to submit all applications before the deadline date above. Applicants must remember that any applications that will be. submitted after deadline date will not be accepted by the aurtthority of Unisa and would not be offered admission to any of the colleges.

The admission fee to pay in order to get access to the admission form is R140.00 and the paid amount is not refundable so all applicants must ensure to meet the requirements for the 2026 academic year before applying for admissions. Applicants are encouraged to apply for admission online at the official website page of Unisa or can go to the premises of Unisa and pick the admission forms and after filling out all admission forms, applicants are to submit all applications through online or to the administration center at Unisa campus.

Before you will be offered admission into University of South Africa, you need to follow the right process in the application by providing the accurate personal informations, meeting the requirements, and providing all authentic supporting documents. This article will guide you through all the necessary means in the application for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Unisa College Application Date:

Below are the opening date and closing date for Unisa College:

Unisa College opening date: 1st of August.

Unisa College closing date: 11th of October.

Who Qualifies To Join Unisa College:

• New applicants who want to pursue a course or program at Unisa College.
• Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer.
• Re-registering students may register for the academic year once the registration period opens.
• Applicants who meets the requirement by Unisa.

Unisa Colleges:

As mentioned above, the University of South Africa have more than 7 colleges that offers admission to new applicants and out theses the article will provide you with all the colleges as well as the details each college entails:

These are the list of colleges at Unisa:

• College of Accounting Science
• College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
• College of Economic & Management Sciences
• College of Education
• College of Graduate Studies
• College of Human Sciences
• College of Law
• College of Science, Engineering & Technology

The above listed colleges comprise the following:

• College of Accounting Sciences (CAS): Offers several qualifications endorsed by professional financial bodies both nationally and internationally, and produces high quality graduates for the various accounting professions.
• College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES): Specialises in education and training in food production and the sustainable use and management of Africa’s natural resources.
• College of Economic and Management Sciences (CEMS): The largest provider of business education in Africa and one of the largest in the world. Unisa’s Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) is an autonomous academic department within CEMS.
• College of Education (CEDU): Responsible for the professional education and training of close to 50% of all teachers in South Africa.
• College of Graduate Studies: Endeavours to increase Unisa’s postgraduate profile and to improve the performance of master’s and doctoral students.
• College of Human Sciences (CHS): Offers high-quality general academic and career-focused programmes in the arts and humanities, social sciences, education, religion and theology.
• College of Law (CLAW): Confers professional qualifications that provide access to the legal profession, as well as various career-based qualifications in subjects such as police practice.
• College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET): Offers general academic and career-oriented degrees, diplomas and certificates in a range of science, engineering and technology disciplines.

Unisa College Application Fee

• Each applicants are required to pay an amount of R140.00 for the application fee and the paid amount is not refundable so all applicants must take note of that. Any applicants who uses other means to attain the admission form is not accepted and such application will be declined.
• You can pay the application fee through the accredited payment platform given by Unisa or via electronic fund transfer (EFT) or credit card.

What Are The Requirementbs Needed To Apply For Unisa College:

In order to be part or student at Unisa College, you must ensure to meet the following requirements:

• Applicants must provide original or authentic documentations.
• Aspiring applicants must fill out the application forms with their valid personal informations and avoid mistakes.
• Copy of your school qualifications (eg National Senior Certificate).
• Copy of your ID document (RSA students) or ID / passport (international students).
• Copy of your marriage certificate (if applicable) or divorce decree (if applicable).
• Sworn translations of documents if they are not in English or Afrikaans.
• Any additional documents as may be required for a specific Short Learning Programme.

How Apply For Unisa College:

These are the basic steps every applicant must follow when applying for Unisa College:

• Pay a non refundable application fee od R135.00
• Visit the Official website page of Unisa
• Select your preferred qualification ( Undergraduate/postgraduate)
• Fill out the empty spaces with your personal informations
• Upload all needed and required documents
• Review your application and do all corrections
• Submit your application

Unisa Contact Details :

Student enquiries

• 0800 00 1870

Ethics Hotline

• 0800 075 278
• unisa@thehotline.co.za

Main campus:

• Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria

Sunnyside campus (applications, registrations & learning centre):

The University of South Africa has opened the door for all fresh applicants to apply for admission to study their preferred courses and programmes at Unisa College. Visit Unisa College official website page in terms of more informations and clarification.