Unisa online registration

By | February 13, 2021


Unisa online registration – Registering online is not as tedious as you probably thought. Find below the various registrations at Unisa. Please pay attention to the various courses their respective dates.

Undergraduate qualifications (higher certificates, diplomas & degrees, advanced certificates, advanced diplomas, BTechs & postgraduate certificates), honours degrees & postgraduate diplomas:

  • Semester & year modules (including CTA): 3 January – 7 February 2021
  • Students writing year module exams in January/February 2021: 3 January – 7 March 2021

Master’s & doctoral degrees: 3 January – 29 March 2021



  • Applicants (new applicants & Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer online. Unisa reserves the right to not process and / or to cancel your registration if it is found that you were incorrectly admitted to a qualification.
  • Re-registering students must register for the 2021 academic year during the relevant registration period.

Unisa online Registration

Undergraduate registration

(higher certificates, advanced certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas, BTech & degrees, including the Postgraduate Certificate in Education [PGCE])

  Registrations open Registrations close Final date for initial minimum payment so that your registration can be finalised

Semester 1

Semester 1 registration (semester and year modules) 3 January 2021 7 February 2021 7 February 2021
Year registrations for students who write examinations in January / February 2021 3 January 2021 7 March 2021 7 March 2021

Semester 2

New and currently returning students 9 June 2021 26 June 2021 31 July 2021
Student awaiting results 9 June 2021 24 July 2021 31 July 2021
Self-help centres are open from 08:00 – 15:30 week days, and from 08:00 – 11:30 on official Saturdays.Official Saturdays open: 11 and 18 January 2021 & 18 July 2021

Honours degrees & postgraduate diplomas: registration for these qualifications may only be submitted online

(excluding the Postgraduate Certificate in Education [PGCE])

  Registrations open Registrations close Final date for initial minimum payment so that your registration can be finalised

Semester 1

Semester 1 registration (semester and year modules, including CTA) 3 January 2021 7 February 2021 7 February 2021
Year registrations for students who write examinations in January/ February 2021 3 January 2021 7 March 2021 7 March 2021

Semester 2

New and currently returning students (for qualifications with semester modules) 9 June 2021 26 June 2021 31 July 2021
Student awaiting results (for qualifications with semester modules) 9 June 2021 24 July 2021 31 July 2021
Contact details for honours degrees and postgraduate diplomas
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences: [email protected]
College of Accounting Sciences: [email protected]
College of Economic and Management Sciences: [email protected]
College of Education: [email protected]
College of Human Sciences:[email protected]
College of Law: [email protected]
College of Science, Engineering and Technology: [email protected]