Are you looking for a cheap university in South Africa for international students?
The cost of university in South Africa is relatively lower than most people outside the continent expect.
You will not believe how many of SA’s cheap higher learning institutions are internationally acknowledged as academic giants.
South Africa’s higher learning institutions are the best research institutions on the continent. Photo: @mkc.photo (modified by author)Source: Instagram
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List of cheap universities in South Africa
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Thetuition fee dependson the course and the career’s marketability and salary range.
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For instance, an engineering course costs more than a business course.
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Africanpublic universitiesare some of the cheapesttop-notch learning institutionson the continent.
Wits limited black students' administration in 1959. However, it still moulded some of Africa’s greatest leaders. Photo: @witsuniversitySource: Facebook
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University of Witwatersrand
(1st in SA and 176th worldwide)
The public institution was established in 1896.
Earn nursing, statistics, computer studies, mechanical, aeronautical, electrical and other engineering qualifications fromWits.
UCT was established in 1829 as the South African College, a boys' high school, but received a charter to become UCT in 1918. Photo: @exquisiteCapeSource: Facebook
UCT course fee is:
3.
It is in Stellenbosch and was the first school to make a microsatellite in Africa.
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Maties was the first college on the continent to sign the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to sciences and humanities knowledge. Photo: @stellenboschuniversitySource: Facebook
TheUKZN coursefee is:
5.
University of Pretoria
(4th in SA and 261st worldwide)
UP was established in 1908.
IT, engineering, dentistry, veterinary sciencesand more coursesare available at an affordable rate.
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Meanwhile, UCT and Stellenbosch were among the manycolleges in Cape Townsegregated for whites only.
The low-tuition-fee-charging college offers law, dentistry, community and health sciences, arts, education and more courses.
Rhodes University
(5th in SA and 700th worldwide)
It came into existence in 1904.
UKZN has five campuses in the province of KwaZulu Natal. Photo: @ukzn1Source: Facebook
Courses offered cover education, humanities, commerce, pharmacy, law and more.
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10.
The school is a multi-campus research institution with headquarters in Pretoria. Photo: @UnivofPretoriaSource: Facebook
You will find theology, agriculture, education, business, andmore courseshere.
UFS course fee is:
11.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
(12th in SA and 1311th worldwide)
It was named NMMU in 2017.
It was established as a partnership between TWR, RAU, and VU universities. Photo: @go2ujSource: Facebook
The course fee is also fair and reasonable.
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The institution’s course fee is:
15.
You will love the institutions' friendly students and educated professors.
Moreover, South African culture is fun to learn and easy to adapt to.
UWC is in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town. Photo: @SABCNewsWesternCapeSource: Facebook
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The leading public research school in South Africa was named after Cecile Rhodes in appreciation of the Rhodes Trust. Photo: @rhodesuniversitySource: Facebook
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The school was established in 2004 with its head office in the Potchefstroom campus. Photo: @northwestuSource: Facebook
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UFS became an independent institution in 1950 with a new name, UFS. Photo: @UFSUVSource: Facebook
NMMU came into existence in 2005 after PET merged with UPE. Photo: @MandelaUniSource: Facebook
Several African leaders, heads of republics, and Nobel Prize winners are this institution’s alumni. Photo: @Rev_MenteSource: Twitter
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The school is in Thohoyandou in Limpopo province. Photo: @phalanndwa6 (modified by author)Source: Twitter
The former Republic of Venda government established the UNIVEN in 1982. Photo: @193357067346886Source: Facebook
The school was established in 1960 at the north of the Tugela River in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo: @UNIZULUSource: Facebook
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