This is information containing the University of Cape Town (UCT) Application & Registration Fees: 2025/2026. Authority of the institution has released the amount payable as application and registration fees for undergraduate, postgraduate, certificate, professional & diploma programs for the new academic session.
This is to inform all the prospective candidates offered provisional admission or probably seeking admission into the University of Cape Town (UCT) for 2025 academic session that the management of the institution has released the amount they are required to pay as fees for application form and registration (when given admission). We specifically publish this information here today, for all people who need to know the current Application as well as the registration fees of UCT. Please note that if you have applied for admission to the University of Cape Town or if you are already a student, it is advised that you know the current registration fees for all students, and this knowledge will help you, avoiding making mistakes that will cost you your admission.
UCT APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION FEES FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
UCT Application fees
The relevant application fee should accompany all applications:
Note
- Application fees will not be refunded. Paying an application fee does not mean that your application will be successful.
- The application fee may be paid by cash, credit card, direct bank deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT). Cash payments must be made at the Cashiers Office, Kramer Building, Middle Campus, UCT.
Credit card payments must be made online. - EFT payments for all degrees/diplomas EXCEPT GSB must be made to the following account:
Beneficiary: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN – No.1 Sundries Account
Bank: Standard Bank SA Ltd
Branch: Rondebosch, Western Cape
Branch Code: 025009
Account: 071503854
Swift code (for international payments): SBZAZAJJ
Reference Number: 11196, applicant number (you will receive your applicant number when your application is captured).
E.g. 11196 ABCDEF001.
(This reference number must be entered on the appropriate bank form.) - *EFT payments for the GSB (Graduate School of Business) programmes must be made to the following account:
Beneficiary: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN – No.9 GSB Account
Bank: Standard Bank SA Ltd
Branch: Rondebosch, Western Cape
Branch Code: 025009
Account: 072953004
Swift code (for international payments): SBZAZAJJ
GSB Reference Number: GSB, applicant’s first name, applicant’s last name.
E.g. GSB Betty Brown
(This reference number must be entered on the appropriate bank form.) - Application fees should be paid in South African Rands, except when applying for a GSB qualification from outside the SADC region, in which case payment should be in US dollars.
- UCT graduates are exempt from paying an application fee, except in the case of GSB qualifications.
UCT Acceptance deposit
If you are offered a place on one of the following programmes offered by the Graduate School of Business, you will be asked to pay an acceptance deposit as reflected below. Acceptance deposits are not payable for any other programmes at UCT.
Acceptance fees are non-refundable and will be credited to your student-fee account. Remember to quote your new student number when making this payment. Acceptance fees are currently:
| Master of Business Administration: South African/African applicants | R15 000 |
| Master of Business Administration: International applicants | R30 000 |
| Associate in Management (AIM) | R5 000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA): South African/African applicants | R10 000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA): International applicants | R20 000 |
| Executive Master of Business Administration: South African/African applicants | R15 000 |
| Executive Master of Business Administration: International applicants | R30 000 |
UCT Registration Fees
- Please as at the time of the publication of this post, the University of Cape Town (UCT) does not charge any fee for registration.
- Students are only required to make an initial payment towards the total cost of their tuition fees & student accommodation.
- Once it’s released we’ll keep you informed.
- Please keep checking on this site inorder not to miss out on updates on the UCT registration fees.
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