UNISA Postgraduate Online Application Form
Applications for admission to honours degrees and postgraduate diplomas for the 2023 academic year
Everyone wanting to start a new qualification must apply for admission, including first-time Unisa applicants, Unisa students changing to a new qualification and/or changing the specialisation of their current qualification, and applicants in their final year of an undergraduate qualification who wish to continue with postgraduate studies.
All applications for admission must be submitted online. No self-help stations will be available for applications at the regional offices.
Admission to a qualification is not automatic. It will depend on whether you comply with the admission requirements and if space is available.
Only complete applications (application fee paid, if applicable, and all supporting documents successfully uploaded) will be processed.
Students who obtained qualifications outside the borders of South Africa must have their qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and upload a SAQA certificate of evaluation during the application process (https://www.saqa.org.za).
Please note:
If you are a first-time Unisa applicant and do not have a myLife e-mail address, Unisa will communicate with you via the e-mail address and cellphone number you provided during the application period.
If you were previously registered with Unisa, Unisa will send the outcome of your application to your myLife e-mail account. Please check this e-mail account regularly for information. If you have forgotten your myUnisa/myLife password, please go to myUnisa (https://my.unisa.ac.za) to update your password.
Unisa provides all registered students with a free myLife e-mail address. It is your responsibility to activate your myLife e-mail account as soon as your registration is finalised. Your myLife e-mail account will be the only e-mail account recognised by Unisa for official correspondence to and from the university, and will remain the official primary e-mail address on record at Unisa. Click here for Unisa’s rules for students.
Contact information for honours degrees & postgraduate diplomas:
All honours/postgraduate diploma applications and enquiries must be submitted online. For any enquiries, please use the e-mail address of the college under which your qualification resides (eg if you choose the Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences, you should use the cashons@unisa.ac.za e-mail address). Please do not send multiple e-mails or an e-mail to more than one e-mail address.
College of Accounting Sciences: cashons@unisa.ac.za
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences: sciencehons@unisa.ac.za
College of Education: eduhons@unisa.ac.za
College of Economic and Management Sciences: econhons@unisa.ac.za
College of Human Sciences: artshons@unisa.ac.za
College of Law: lawhons@unisa.ac.za
College of Science, Engineering and Technology: sciencehons@unisa.ac.za
Graduate School of Business Leadership: SBLPGD@unisa.ac.za