The University of South Africa (Unisa) is now accepting late applications for the 2025 academic year.
Unisa's application period to apply for admission to undergraduate qualifications, honours degrees and postgraduate diplomas will be closing soon so make sure you apply as soon as you can.
Unisa 2025 Late Applications Closing Date
Students wanting to register for undergraduate qualifications have until 27 January 2025 to apply. As for Unisa postgraduate programmes, the late application period will close on 31 January 2025.
Applications for selected undergraduate qualifications, honours degrees and postgraduate diplomas are to be re-opened from 13 – 27 January 2025. Applications for selected master’s and doctoral degrees re-opened from 23 November to 31 January 2025.
What You'll Need For Your Unisa Application
You start off with some basic information for your Unisa 2025 application which shouldn't be too difficult to find.
- A valid email address
- A valid cellphone number
- South African applicants will need an ID number. Foreign applicants will need their passport number.
- Copy of your school qualifications (eg Senior Certificate)
- Copy of official tertiary academic record (if applicable)
- Application fee of R140 for application at Unisa which should be paid once you receive your student number
- Supporting documents for your application
Start applying For Your Unisa Courses
Here's how to apply to Unisa during this application period for the next academic year:
- Head to the 'Apply for admission' page
- Once you're here, you will see options for which qualification you want to apply to. Choose the type of qualification you're applying for.
- Read the information then click on 'Start the process'
- Read the information then click on 'Proceed to ODL and Unisa'
- Read the information and then scroll back to the top and click on the circle with a number 2 inside which says 'Are you certain about your career?'
- Read the information about applications to Unisa and then scroll back to the top and click on the circle with a number 3 inside which says 'Choose or find your qualification?'. (If you require more information on the courses being offered and the different faculties, scroll down to where it says 'Explore qualifications by interest fields'. Once you know which faculty you want to go into and the qualification you want to pursue, to go back to select, click on the circle with a number 3 inside which says 'Choose or find your qualification?' again.)
- You can then select your qualification by college (faculty) or level.
- Once here, you will find the different qualifications Unisa offers in that college/faculty. If you click on the different qualifications, you will find information such as admission requirements and if you click on 'Registration and curriculum information', you will find the modules that belong to that specific qualification.
- You then head back to the page where it shows the different qualifications offered with the step circles on top.
- You have now found the qualification you want to apply for and should now click on the circle with a number 4 inside which says 'Apply for admission'
- Read the information and then click on 'CLICK HERE to apply online'
- In the first section, click on the bubble next to the qualification you're studying towards.
- If you already have a student number, click yes. If not, click no.
- Fill in your details and follow the prompts.
- Once you're done, you'll need to submit relevant documents.
It's important to remember that your Unisa application for 2025 isn't complete until you have submitted the relevant documents in support.
Unisa uses an Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) approach to education. This means that students study from home and don’t attend any in-person classes. In recent years, the institution has also begun conducting its examinations online.
This status as an ODeL institution makes Unisa an ideal choice for many individuals regardless of their personal circumstances, work commitments, or lifestyle.
