UCT Online Application fee 2024-2025
UCT Online Application fee 2024-2025
From Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Graduate School of Business (GSB).
The appropriate application fee must accompany each application.
| Undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region | R100 |
| Undergraduate and postgraduate applications from outside the SADC region | R300 |
| Graduate School of Business (GSB) applications from South Africa and African citizens/residents | R1 750 |
| GSB applications from outside of Africa | USD 300 |
Prospective Students must Note
- The application fee cannot be refunded. Your application will not be accepted simply because you paid the application fee.
Cash, credit card, direct bank deposit, or electronic funds transfer (EFT) are all options for paying the application fee. The Cashiers’ Office, Kramer Building, Middle Campus, UCT, require cash payments.
Online credit card payments are required. - EFT payments for all degrees/diplomas EXCEPT GSB must be made to the following account:
Beneficiary: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN – No.1 Sundries Account
Bank: Standard Bank SA Ltd
Branch: Rondebosch, Western Cape
Branch Code: 025009
Account: 071503854
Swift code (for international payments): SBZAZAJJ
Reference Number: 11196, applicant number (you will receive your application number when your application is captured).
E.g. 11196 ABCDEF001.
(This reference number must be entered on the appropriate bank form.) - *EFT payments for the GSB (Graduate School of Business) programs must be made to the following account:
Beneficiary: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN – No.9 GSB Account
Bank: Standard Bank SA Ltd
Branch: Rondebosch, Western Cape
Branch Code: 025009
Account: 072953004
Swift code (for international payments): SBZAZAJJ
GSB Reference Number: GSB, applicant’s first name, applicant’s last name.
E.g. GSB Betty Brown
(The appropriate bank form must contain this reference number.) - Except when applying for a GSB qualification from outside the SADC region, where payment must be made in US dollars, application fees must be paid in South African Rands.
- Except for GSB qualifications, graduates of UCT do not have to pay an application fee.
Read also on the University of Cape Town Online Application
Acceptance deposit
You will be required to pay an acceptance deposit if you are accepted into one of the Graduate School of Business’s programs listed below. At UCT, there are no other programs for which acceptance deposits are required.
Your student-fee account will be credited with the non-refundable acceptance fee. When making this payment, be sure to include your brand-new student number. Currently, the acceptance fees are:
| Master of Business Administration: South African/African applicants | R15 000 |
| Master of Business Administration: International applicants | R30 000 |
| Associate in Management (AIM) | R5 000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA): South African/African applicants | R10 000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA): International applicants | R20 000 |
| Executive Master of Business Administration: South African/African applicants | R15 000 |
| Executive Master of Business Administration: International applicants | R30 000 |
UCT Tuition fees
Every course taken by students at UCT entails a fee for tuition. The following are included in these course-specific tuition costs:
- registration
- all charges for classes, tutorials, and laboratories
- ordinary university examinations
- library access
- compulsory personal accident insurance
- the use of general sporting facilities
- in the case of medical students, hospital fees for clinical instruction.
Note: Membership in clubs or societies is not covered by tuition fees.