All amounts published are in South African Rand currency (ZAR).

This publication only refers to financial aspects of your studies.

International students have to ensure they are aware of all aspects pertaining to them to study at the University of Pretoria which can be found at www.up.ac.za/isd.

International levy

• The international levy for 2016 is R2700.
• This international levy is payable annually by all non-South African citizens who have Study Visas or Visitors Visas that are endorsed to allow study, including students who are citizens of SADC countries on these visas. This amount is payable in addition to the registration fee.
• Asylum seekers, refugees and diplomats stationed in South Africa, as well as permanent residents of South Africa only, are exempted from paying the international levy. See the table for the various fee factors.

International registration and tuition fees

• From 2016 international students will be required:

  • to pay a initial registration fee (which will form part of the total tuition fees due), before registration (see amounts in table below).

  •  to pay 50% of their full student account by 30 April, and the remainder by 31 July.

• Non-South African citizens (excluding students who are citizens of SADC countries) will be charged double the tuition fee of South African students (see cost factors in the table below), AND the International levy will be charged. (Except for research master’s or doctoral degrees, where only the local tuition fee will be required.)

• Students who are citizens of SADC countries will pay the same tuition fee as charged for South African citizens BUT also have to pay the international levy.

• Asylum seekers, refugees and diplomats stationed in South Africa, as well as permanent residents of South Africa only, are exempted from paying double tuition fees and are exempted from the international levy.

SADC countries

The SADC countries include Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

International payments can be made using a credit card (provided you have 3D security in place with your own bank), or by doing a SWIFT transfer from your bank in your own country. 

Please use the correct university bank account for the various international transactions.

International postgraduate students’ tuition fee factors: 

Medical aid for international students

All non-South African citizens, including students who are citizens from SADC countries, need to comply with the visa regulation as determined by the Immigration Act, 13 of 2002, amended by the Immigration Amendment Act, 13 of 2011. Revised immigration regulations came into effect on 26 May 2014.

Regulation 12(1) (f) determines the following:

• The University requires that the medical aid cover be valid for the full academic year for which you seek registration (January to December). Regardless of whether students are in the country or not (postgraduates), medical cover is required for the full duration that the Study Visa is issued. This does not apply to those on Visitor Visas, Asylum Seekers, Refugees or Diplomats.

• Take note:  Although you may, with another international insurance or medical product, secure a study visa from a South African visa issuing authority, the University of Pretoria, in accordance with the Immigration Act, does not recognise such medical cover for registration purposes.

The University of Pretoria will accept one of the medical service providers stated below.  Momentum Health offers weekly consultation sessions on the Hatfield Campus, International Students Division offices, Client Service Centre.  Students can join these schemes online.