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After Grade 12 2027 applications

2027 Application Forms

Every public institution on this site, with a direct link to its application page. Windows differ by institution and several close well before the end of the school year.

Public institutions in South Africa each run their own application process. There is no single national form: you apply to every institution you are interested in, separately, and each one sets its own opening and closing dates.

Before you start

Have these ready as scans or clear photos, because almost every application asks for them: your ID or birth certificate, your most recent school results, and proof of your postal and residential address. If you are applying for funding at the same time, you will usually also need proof of household income.

Apply early, apply widely

Applications for the following academic year usually open months before you write finals, and popular programmes close first. Applying to more than one institution costs a little more in application fees but keeps your options open when results come out.

Universities

19 institutions

Nelson Mandela University
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add North-West University
North West Dates to confirm Link to add Rhodes University
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Sol Plaatje University
Northern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Stellenbosch University
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add University of Cape Town
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add University of Fort Hare
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add University of Johannesburg
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add University of KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add University of Limpopo
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add University of Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga Dates to confirm Link to add University of Pretoria
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add University of South Africa
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add University of the Free State
Free State Dates to confirm Link to add University of the Western Cape
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add University of the Witwatersrand
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add University of Venda
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add University of Zululand
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add

Universities of Technology

7 institutions

Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Central University of Technology, Free State
Free State Dates to confirm Link to add Durban University of Technology
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Mangosuthu University of Technology
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Tshwane University of Technology
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Vaal University of Technology
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Walter Sisulu University
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add

TVET Colleges

50 institutions

Boland TVET College
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Buffalo City TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Capricorn TVET College
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add Central Johannesburg TVET College
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Coastal KZN TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add College of Cape Town for TVET
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Eastcape Midlands TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Ehlanzeni TVET College
Mpumalanga Dates to confirm Link to add Ekurhuleni East TVET College
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Ekurhuleni West TVET College
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Elangeni TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Esayidi TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add False Bay TVET College
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Flavius Mareka TVET College
Free State Dates to confirm Link to add Gert Sibande TVET College
Mpumalanga Dates to confirm Link to add Goldfields TVET College
Free State Dates to confirm Link to add Ikhala TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Ingwe TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add King Hintsa TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add King Sabata Dalindyebo TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Lephalale TVET College
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add Letaba TVET College
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add Lovedale TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Majuba TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Maluti TVET College
Free State Dates to confirm Link to add Mnambithi TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Mopani South East TVET College
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add Motheo TVET College
Free State Dates to confirm Link to add Mthashana TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Nkangala TVET College
Mpumalanga Dates to confirm Link to add Northern Cape Rural TVET College
Northern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Northern Cape Urban TVET College
Northern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Northlink TVET College
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Orbit TVET College
North West Dates to confirm Link to add Port Elizabeth TVET College
Eastern Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Sedibeng TVET College
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Sekhukhune TVET College
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add South Cape TVET College
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add South West Gauteng TVET College
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Taletso TVET College
North West Dates to confirm Link to add Thekwini TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Tshwane North TVET College
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Tshwane South TVET College
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add Umfolozi TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Umgungundlovu TVET College
KwaZulu-Natal Dates to confirm Link to add Vhembe TVET College
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add Vuselela TVET College
North West Dates to confirm Link to add Waterberg TVET College
Limpopo Dates to confirm Link to add West Coast TVET College
Western Cape Dates to confirm Link to add Western College for TVET
Gauteng Dates to confirm Link to add

76 of the institutions listed here still need their 2027 application window captured. Until an institution publishes its dates, this page says so rather than guessing. Confirm on the institution's own website before you rely on any date.