Rhodes University Tuition Fees: 2024/2025

This is information containing Rhodes University, RU Tuition Fees Structure: 2024/2025. Authority of the institution has released the amount payable as school fees for Undergraduate programmes for the new academic session.   This is to inform all the prospective candidates offered provisional admission or probably seeking admission into the Rhodes University, RU for 2024/2025 academic session that the management of the institution has released the amount they are required to pay as acceptance fee. We specifically publish this information here today, for all people who need to know the current school fees of the Rhodes University, RU. Please note that if you have applied for admission to the Rhodes University, RU or if you are already a student, it is advised that you know the current tuition fees for all students, and this knowledge will help you, avoiding making mistakes that will cost you your admission.

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RHODES UNIVERSITY, RU SCHOOL FEES STRUCTURE FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

TUITION FEE OVERVIEW

There are two basic fees (tuition and residence) and some additional lesser fees (e.g. for handouts or special examination costs).  

1. Tuition fees for undergraduate degrees range from R39 493 to R71 387. 
2. Residence fees range from R78 488 to R82 403 for undergraduate residences and R93 009 for postgraduate residence. 

PAYMENT OPTIONS 

Payment options that are available follow, but please carefully note the payment due dates if you wish to be accommodated in residence. Registration will not be permitted if none of the options below have been taken up.  The Initial Fee is required upfront and cannot be paid by payment arrangement unless you opt for a Debit Order. 

Option 1 

SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS (excluding NSFAS)  Pay an Initial Fee Payment (roughly 10% of tuition fees and where applicable 25% of residence fees), by 20 January for returning students and 30 January for new first year students;  The Initial Fee Payment: 

• Tuition only: R6 190. Or 
• Tuition and Residence: R6 190 + R20 095 = R26 285.  

The balance of fees to be paid as set out below;  Tuition Residence 

• By Initial Fee Payment Due Date 21 Jan/03 Feb 10% 25% Paid A further 25% of fee amount by 31 Mar 35% 50% Paid 
• A further 25% of fee amount by 30 Jun 60% 75% Paid 
• A further 25% of fee amount by 30 Sep 85% 100% Paid 
• Any balance still outstanding 30 Nov 100% Paid 

Extras to be paid monthly per student fee statements. 

Option 2 

Make a direct deposit or internet transfer of the full tuition fee and if applicable, the full tuition and residence fee, prior to 20 January for returning students and before 30 January for new first year students. A 5% discount may be claimed in writing if you opt for this option. The discount cannot be applied to tuition or Residence fee separately they are considered the full fee when taken together. 

Option 3 

Arrange payment of the full fees by debit order with 11 monthly instalments from 1 February to 1 December. The debit order application form, obtainable from the Student Bureau, the Student Fees Office or on the Rhodes website under Studying, Fees and Financial Aid, must be completed and signed by the person whose bank account is to be debited and returned, together with all other documentation, to the Student Fees Office by 10 January. This may be done via email: debitorders@ru.ac.za or fax: 046 603 7019. Incomplete applications will not be considered, and the facility must be approved prior to 20 January. 

NSFAS STUDENTS 

Option 1: 

• This applies to all students who have been granted NSFAS funding 
• NSFAS students are not required to pay an Initial Fee Payment. 

Extras to be paid monthly per student fee statements. 

FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 

New and returning international students will be required to pay 50% of their tuition and residence fees for the year by 20 January for returning students and 30 January for new first year students.  The balance of fees to be paid by the 31 May .  Extras to be paid on receipt of student fee statements. 

International Students Initial Fee Payment:  Option 1

Tuition only R29 900  or  Tuition and residence R71 500  Option 2   Make a direct deposit or internet transfer of the full tuition fee and, if applicable, the full residence fee, prior to 20 January 2023 for returning students and 30 January 2023 for new first year students. A 5% discount may be claimed in writing if you opt for this option.  

Surcharge for International students (compulsory additional charge for all International students) 

	Undergraduates:	Postgraduates:
From SADC countries	R12 017	R8 151
From Africa (excl. SADC)	R15 348	R10 155
Elsewhere	R17 067	R12 017

Cost of meals: 

Meals for Oppidans (Students who live off-campus) 

• Meal options available are breakfast, lunch and supper on weekdays and weekends. The costs vary: Breakfast R18.12 Lunch/Supper 48.76 (each)  

Meals for residence students: 

• Breakfast R13.85 Lunch/Supper R32.62 (each) 

EXAMINATION FEES 

Must be paid at the start of each semester for ordinary examinations written by students returning to write on extended DP certificates.  Students who fail to provide acceptable identification at examinations will be fined R330.00 per exam session.   

GENERAL FEES 

New students- SA and International		2023 Fees
Application fee: up to 30 September (SA and International applicants)		100
Tuition Acceptance Fee (non- refundable)		800
Residence Acceptance Fee (non-refundable )		1,000
Initial Fee Payments
Returning students – SA and International
Initial Fee Payments
Master’s Internship research: Psychology		4,010
PhD retrospective registration	per year	18,563
Late registration: not in attendance on prescribed date		1,791
Examination fees
Supplementary examinations:
Per course or half course		1,414
Per subsidiary course (PGCE)		389
Extended DP examinations – per course		1,414
– per half course		877
Extended DP Initial Fee Payment		772
Initial Fee Payment: Special categories including upgrading NCP’s		772
Current Students:
Transcripts (First academic transcript request, no charge, each for the June and December examination session. Any further request)		85
Transcripts with Course Outlines		95
Alumni:
Cost of Transcript		150
Cost of Course Outline		15
Cost of Letters of Completion		60
Cost of Transcript and Letters of Completion		210
Cost of Transcript with Course Outlines		165
Re-scrutiny		2,169
Copy of Script		241
Other Penalties/Levies
Foreign Drafts Levy/ Dishonored Cheques/ Unpaid Debit Order		235
Failure to produce ID at examinations/Cell phone ringing at exams		345

TUITION FEES PER ANNUM 

FULL-TIME BACHELORS DEGREES
		2023 Fees
BA (Please note: students not registered for BJourn who take Journ 2,3,or 4 courses will be charged the BJourn degree fee)		55 233
BA Foundation Course : first two years	per year	40 089
BBusSc
First three years	per year	60 428
Fourth year		48 403
BCom		60 428
BCom Foundation Course: first two years	per year	43 652
BEcon		60 428
BEd		55 162
BFineArt	see also other fees	55 233
BJourn (Please note: the equipment levy for students studying Journalism 2, 3, 4 & Diploma has been included in the Journalism tuition fee)
First year		55 233
Second year (includes equipment levy)		64 810
Third year (includes equipment levy)		69 680
Fourth year (includes equipment levy)		71 387
BMus : all years of study (see also other fees)	per year	58 500
BPharm
First year (Professional Indemnity, SAPC Registration, Professional Coat, Handouts and Printing Material)		59 588
Second year (Professional Indemnity, SAPC Annual Fee, Handouts and Printing Material)		63 305
Third year (Professional Indemnity, SAPC Annual Fee, Handouts and Printing Material)		64 800
Fourth year (SAPC Annual Fee, Handouts and Printing Material)		67 965
BSc		57 461
BSc Foundation Course: first two years	per year	39 493
BSc (Information Systems)		60 428
BScD (Software Development)		60 428
BSocSc		55 233
BSocSc : Foundation Course	per year	40 089
LLB		61 959
Please note: A student who takes Comp Sci 2 or 3 or Information Systems 2 or 3 and is NOT registered for a BBusSc, BCom, BEcon, BSc (InfSys) or BScD degree will be charged an additional tuition fee of R2 740.00

     

Residence fees during vacations:    April recess: (Inc. meals)    Early arrivals or late departures: (Inc. meals)	per day per day	248    154
MISCELLANEOUS FEES      Loss of room key    Failure to return room key : the end of 2nd and 4th terms    Loss of cupboard key    Additional length bed		286    286        563    154

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