Unisa Admissions
Meeting the minimum admission criteria
Bachelor’s degree
To be able to register for a bachelor’s degree, you must hold one of the following certificates:
- National Senior Certificate with entry level: degree
- Senior Certificate with matriculation or university admission endorsement (exemption)
- Certificate of full or conditional exemption issued by the Matriculation Board of Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
- National Certificate (vocational) at level 4 with entry level: degree
- If you do not have an exemption certificate, please make contact with Unisa’s Access and Matriculation Exemption Office about whether you qualify for any other types of exemption certificates (eg on the grounds of foreign qualifications or post-school qualifications)
Bachelor of Technology degree
To be able to register for a Bachelor of Technology degree, you must hold an applicable National diploma.
National Diplomas
To be able to register for a diploma, you must hold one of the following:
- National Senior Certificate with entry level: diploma/degree
- Senior or School Leaving Certificate with or without a matriculation exemption/endorsement, but with at least five subjects on higher and/or standard grade
- Qualify for a certificate of full or conditional exemption issued by the Matriculation Board of Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
- Standard 8 or Grade 10 certificate, be 23 years and older, and have 3 years work experience
- National Certificate (vocational) at level 4 with entry level: diploma
Non-degree purposes (NDP)
To be able to register for any module for non-degree purposes, you must meet the admission requirements for the programme level on which the module is offered.
Honours degrees
Please refer to the qualification pages for the admission requirements for honours degrees.