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Sakinah Samuels · Follow
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Some universities in South Africa have

already revealed when they’ll be opening
their 2025 applications for admission. If
you want to get a head start on your
application process, this is some great
information you should take advantage
of.

If you’re planning to study at one of

South Africa’s 26 public universities, it’s
good to know the university application
dates. This is important because you
need to make sure that you apply on
time and your application process goes
smoothly.

Here’s what we know so far concerning

2025 university application dates.

University Application Dates For

2025 Academic Year, Including
Closing Dates
University of the Western Cape: 11 May

30 Aug: Applications for Dentistry

Undergraduate programmes closes

30 September 2023: Applications for

other programmes closes

Stellenbosch University: 1 April

University of Cape Town: 2 April — 31

July

University of Pretoria: 1 April

31 May: Faculty of Veterinary

programmes applications close

30 June: All other faculties

programmes applications close

*University of the Witwatersrand:

March

end of July: Teaching courses and

Bachelor of Nursing applications
close

end of September: All other

programmes applications close

*University of Kwazulu Natal: 1 April —

30 September

*Rhodes University: May 2023–30

September 2023

*Unisa: September — January

*University of Johannesburg: 1 April

2023–31 October 2023

North West University: 2 April

28 June: BEd Honours, PGCE

applications close

30 August: All other courses

applications close

University of the Free State: 1 April

Nelson Mandela University: April 2024

30 June: Bachelor of Medicine and

Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB),
Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) &
Bachelor of Radiography (BRad)
applications

2 August: for early applications

(excluding MBChB, BPharm & BRad).

30 September: for late applications

(excluding MBChB, BPharm & BRad).

*Cape Peninsula University of

Technology: May

end of July: Teaching courses and

Bachelor of Nursing applications
close

end of September: All other

programmes applications close

*University of Zululand: April — end of

September

*Vaal University of Technology: May —

end of September

end of August: Bachelor of Education

in senior phase and FET Teaching,
Diploma in Safety Management,
Diploma in Labour Law, Policing and
Diploma in Information Technology
applications close

Central University of Technology: 27

March — 30 September

Walter Sisulu University: 2 April

30 September: Application closing

date for Faculty of Health Sciences
(FHS) applicants

31 October: Application closing date

for all other programmes applicants

University of Limpopo: 2 April

31 July: MBChB Applications close

30 September: All other programmes

applications close

*University of Mpumalanga: June — 30

November

*Sol Plaatje University: May — 30

November

*Durban University of Technology: April

— 30 September

Sefako Makgatho University: 2 April —

31 July

Tshwane University of Technology:

March

15 June: ​Closing date for applications

for admission for speci^c
programmes for 2025

30 September: Closing date for

applications for admission for
January 2025 (excluding
international applications and
speci^ed programmes)

*University of Fort Hare: June — 30

October

*Mangosuthu University of Technology:

April — 30 September

University of Venda: 2 May — 26

September

— information based on 2024

application dates

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