Africa
South Africa University Application Deadlines
853 programs in South Africa still have an open application deadline for the 2026/2027 intakes; the next one closes on Aug 31. Deadlines below are grouped by month, soonest first, straight from what each university publishes on Global Admissions.
- Next deadline
- Aug 31
- Days left
- Today
- Programs open
- 853
- Universities
- 2
- Closing in 30 days
- 655
- Published dates
- 659
453 programs in South Africa close this week.
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Showing 20 of 853 deadlines, spread across 2 universities and 5 months so no single university fills the page.
12 of the 20 dates below are dates the university has published. The rest carry an est. mark: they are projected from last year's cycle while we confirm the current one, so treat them as approximate and check the program page.
August 2026
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Most of August 2026's deadlines are at University of Pretoria (453).
September 2026
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Most of September 2026's deadlines are at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (131) and University of Pretoria (71).
October 2026show / hide
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Most of October 2026's deadlines are at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (135) and University of Pretoria (2).
November 2026show / hide
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Most of November 2026's deadlines are at University of Pretoria (5).
February 2027show / hide
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Most of February 2027's deadlines are at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (56).
Universities with the most open deadlines in South Africa
Deadlines in South Africa change through the year
We'll email you when the South Africa dates on this page get close, and when universities confirm the ones still marked est.
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About these deadlines
Dates come from the intake periods universities publish for each program on Global Admissions (updated 2026-08-31) and refresh as universities update them. Dates marked est. are projected from last year's cycle while we confirm the current one, so treat them as approximate. Rolling-admission programs aren't listed — they accept applications year-round. Always confirm the date on the program page before planning your application. Once you have your dates, theapplication timeline builder turns them into a week-by-week plan.
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