South African Citizens

International payments

Credit card payments

• Always quote your student number (EMPLID) when making payments.
• The preferred payment method is EFT or direct bank deposits.
• EFT payments will not reflect on the same day. 
• For the ABSA on-line banking page, click here for help setting up first-time on-line banking. Search with ‘UNI’ as ABSA listed beneficiary and choose the ‘University of Pretoria student’ option. This will reflect UP’s bank account number 214 000 0054 when making a payment and will allow you to use your student number as reference.

Please view your student account on the UP Portal Self Service for the amount payable. Students with no holds on their account may proceed with registration.

• Please upload your POP (Proof of Payment / deposit slip) in your Supporting Documentation folder on the UP Student Portal. On the “Student’s Supporting Documentation” screen under the option, ‘Relates to’ select ‘UPOnline Documents’. In the ‘Doc Type’ dropdown, select the 'Proof of Student Payment' document type and then upload the POP file. 
• Allow at least five working days for processing by your bank and retain the proof of payment (deposit slip).
• Do not email your deposit slip to UP. Emailing the deposit slip to UP will NOT reduce processing time at the University and will NOT allow same day services.

South African Citizens

All South African students should allow at least five working days for processing by your bank before the payment deadline and retain the proof of payment (POP - deposit slip).

International payments

If international students pay from the bank in their home country it may take up to 10 working days for the payment to reflect in UP's account. Please pay well in advance of the payment deadline.

International payments can be made using a credit card (provided you have 3D one-time PIN security in place with your own bank) on the University website, 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.

Credit card payments

For online credit card payments please click here.

Please note:  Please use browsers Chrome or Firefox to make your credit card payment. 

For UPOnline student tuition fee payments click on the Student Account button:

For queries on payments: SMAX is available on the UP student portal via URL https://uponline.up.ac.za/saw/ess

OR contact the UPOnline Contact Centre:

Telephone: Toll-free SA: 080 023 3720 or International: +27 12 140 0041

Email: [email protected]

Payment options: When it is not possible to make use of the above banking details for EFT payments,  you may use our on-line Credit Card payment system or Flywire.

Flywire Payment Option