Find the right South African university.
Every public university in the country, organised by province, with the qualification types, campuses and courses each one actually offers.
24 universities found
Gauteng 7
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU)
Public University · SMU is South Africa's only stand-alone health sciences university, training doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and allied health professionals at its Ga-Rankuwa campus near Pretoria.
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
University of Technology · TUT is South Africa's largest residential university of technology, based in Pretoria, delivering career-oriented diplomas, higher certificates and technology-focused bachelor's degrees across seven faculties.
University of Johannesburg
Public University · A large, multi-campus public university in Johannesburg offering a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications across eight faculties.
University of Pretoria (UP)
Public University · One of South Africa's largest research-intensive universities, offering undergraduate and postgraduate study across nine faculties from its main campus in Hatfield, Pretoria.
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Public University · Unisa is Africa's largest open distance learning university, offering accredited undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications entirely by distance so students anywhere in South Africa (or abroad) can study without relocating or attending classes in person.
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
Public University · Wits is a research-intensive public university in the heart of Johannesburg, drawing on its mining-school origins to offer highly competitive undergraduate programmes across commerce, engineering, health sciences, humanities and science.
Vaal University of Technology (VUT)
University of Technology · Vaal University of Technology (VUT) is a public university of technology in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, offering career-focused diplomas and a smaller number of bachelor's degrees across science, engineering, management and human sciences.
Western Cape 3
Stellenbosch University (SU)
Public University · Stellenbosch University is a leading South African public research university based in the Western Cape, offering a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across ten faculties.
University of Cape Town
Public University · UCT is South Africa's oldest university and a leading African research institution offering a broad range of undergraduate degrees across six faculties in Cape Town.
University of the Western Cape
Public University · UWC is a public university based in Bellville, Cape Town, historically rooted in social justice and access to higher education, offering a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications.
KwaZulu-Natal 3
Durban University of Technology (DUT)
University of Technology · Durban University of Technology is a multi-campus public university of technology in KwaZulu-Natal offering career-focused higher certificates, diplomas and technology-oriented bachelor's degrees across six faculties.
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
Public University · UKZN is a large public research university spread across five campuses in KwaZulu-Natal, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through four academic colleges.
University of Zululand (UNIZULU)
Public University · The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) is a comprehensive public university in KwaZulu-Natal offering undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications across commerce, science and agriculture, arts, and education.
Eastern Cape 4
Nelson Mandela University (NMU)
Public University · A comprehensive public university based in Gqeberha and George, South Africa, offering higher certificates through to doctoral degrees across seven faculties.
Rhodes University (RU)
Public University · Rhodes University is a small, research-intensive public university in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, known for its close-knit residential community and strong undergraduate teaching across six faculties.
University of Fort Hare
Public University · A public university headquartered in Alice, Eastern Cape, with a major campus in East London, historically significant as one of Africa's oldest institutions of higher learning and organised into faculties covering the humanities, science and agriculture, commerce, education, law and health sciences.
Walter Sisulu University (WSU)
Public University · A comprehensive public university in South Africa's Eastern Cape, offering career-focused diplomas and degrees from campuses in Mthatha, Butterworth, Buffalo City and Komani.
Limpopo 2
University of Limpopo (UL)
Public University · A public university based in Sovenga (Mankweng), Limpopo, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across the faculties of Humanities, Management and Law, Science and Agriculture, and Health Sciences.
University of Venda (Univen)
Public University · A public university in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, offering undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications across health sciences, humanities and education, commerce and law, and science, engineering and agriculture.
