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Higher Education in South Africa

Introduction
South Africa (SA) is a “third world” country with a quality of life that far exceeds those of many “first world” countries.  For a country that is renowned for its exports of gold, silver, and many more valuable materials, it is totally self-sufficient and has a population of approx. 50 million people. Furthermore, it is a country with a deep history, rich in culture, and has risen out of its Apartheid era to become a leading nation.

Education
South Africa has a high quality of tertiary education, with several very good universities to choose from (see below), situated in a number of uniquely different cities.  The education system itself, is based on the British system of research-based teaching.

Like the UK, the level of fees applied depends upon the country the student resides in at the time of application. Students from the South African Development Countries [SADC] (i.e. Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe) are considered as home students. The fees charged for these students are as follows:

FEES FOR STUDENTS FROM SADC COUNTRIES ONLY 

Univeristy

Degree

Masters

PhD

Accommodation

Others

University of Cape Town

$3,500

$1,450*

$900**

$3,000

$2,500***

Stellenbosh University (*)

$4,000

 

 

 

 

University of Western Cape

$2,000

$2,000

$3,000

$3,000

$2,500***

University of South Africa (UNISA)

$2,000

$1,500

$1,500

$3,000

$2,500***

Wits University (**)

 

 

 

 

 

Rhodes University, Grahamstown (**)

 

 

 

 

 

University of Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein (**)

 

 

 

 

 

University of Natal, Durban (**)

 

 

 

 

 

  
* $1,000 per course & $450 for dissertation     
** $900 per year of study       
*** This is dependent on the living style of the person and includes books   
(*) Estimated as brochures not available at the time
(**) No information available at the time of going to print

However, students from non-SADC countries are treated as foreign students making the fee base much higher.  However, these fees are cheaper by comparison for foreign students going to UK and US universities. Typical examples of foreign fee structures are shown in the following table:   
   
FEES FOR STUDENTS FROM COUNTRIES OTHER THAN SADC ONLY 

University

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