Africa
South Africa University Application Deadlines
130 programs in South Africa still have an open application deadline for the 2026/2027 intakes; the next one closes on Sep 30. Deadlines below are soonest first, straight from what each university publishes in our catalog.
September 2026
| Deadline | Program | University | Starts | Tuition / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Accounting | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Accounting Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Actuarial Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Aeronautical Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Applied Bioinformatics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Applied Development Economics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Archaeology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Architectural Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Audiology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,264 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in General | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Wits Plus | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,470 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Biochemistry and Cell Biology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Biodiversity | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 4,595 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Biokinetics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Biological Sciences (Organismal Biology) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,551 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Biomedical Sciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,840 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Engineering part-time (Wits Plus) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Chemical Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Chemistry | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Chemistry with Chemical Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Civil Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Clinical Medical Practice | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,431 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Computer Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Dental Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,940 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Ecology and Conservation | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 2,857 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Finance | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Fine Arts | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Genetics and Developmental Biology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geographical and Archaeological Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geography | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geospatial Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Health Systems Sciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,840 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Human Resource Management | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Industrial Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Information Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Insurance and Risk Management | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Law | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,470 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Management | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Marketing | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Materials Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Mathematical Sciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Mathematics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Microbiology and Biotechnology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Occupational Therapy | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,437 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Oral Health Sciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 2,919 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Pharmacy | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 2,863 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Physics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Physiotherapy | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 2,869 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Social Work | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,167 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Speech-Language Pathology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,264 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Urban and Regional Planning | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,637 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in African Languages and Linguistics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in African Literature | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Anthropology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor of Arts Honours | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelors of Art Honours, Heritage Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelors of Art Honours, History of Art | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Cultural Policy and Management | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Demography and Population Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Development Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Drama Therapy | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in English | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Film and Television | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in French Language and Literature | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in German Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in History | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in International Relations | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Linguistics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Media Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Music | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Organisational Psychology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Philosophy | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Portuguese studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Psychology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Publishing Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Sociology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in South African Sign Language | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Spanish | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Theatre and Performance | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Translation or Interpreting | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Economics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Deaf Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Bioethics and Health Law | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Chemical Pathology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Exercise Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Forensic Sciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Health Systems Science | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Medical Cell Biology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Molecular Medicine | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Neuroscience | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Pharmacology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Physiology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Construction Management | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Quantity Surveying | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Big Data Analytics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in in Property Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Computational and Applied Mathematics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Environmental Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geochemistry | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geophysics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Palaeontology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Palaeontology and Geology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Law (Wits Plus) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,470 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Computer Science part-time (Wits Plus) | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Construction Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 4,595 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Electrical Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Geological Sciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Information Systems | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,964 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,201 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Nursing | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 2,937 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Creative Writing | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Critical Diversity Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Fine Art | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Political Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Transnational Literary and Cultural Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Emergency Medicine | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,431 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Anatomical Pathology | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Mathematical Statistics | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Property Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 4,595 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Migration Studies | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
| Sep 30 75 days left | Bachelor in Public Health | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Oct 1 | 3,754 USD |
Cutting it close on one of these?
An advisor can tell you which South Africa deadlines you can realistically still make with your documents, and help you get the application in on time.
About these deadlines
Dates come from the intake periods universities publish for each program in the Global Admissions catalog (updated 2026-07-17) and refresh as universities update them. Rolling-admission programs aren't listed — they accept applications year-round. Always confirm the date on the program page before planning your application.