Registration for Unisa’s Short Learning Programmes is now open.

What do I need to know before I apply?

• You must apply online for all Short Learning Programmes.  
• You may apply for a maximum of two Short Learning Programmes, ranked in order of preference (although you may only register for one should both your applications be successful).
• You must accept or decline the offer within the prescribed period of time indicated in your offer letter. If you do not accept Unisa’s offer within the prescribed period of time, Unisa will withdraw your offer and give your place to another applicant.

Kindly Check your documents & confirm that you are ready to apply

• that I have a valid e-mail address and cellphone number, and I accept that Unisa will communicate with me during the application process using this e-mail address and cellphone number.
  Please ensure that you provide only one e-mail address and one cellphone number during the application process.

All registered Unisa students get a free myLife e-mail account. Important information, notices and updates are sent exclusively to this account, so you must check it regularly. For compliance with the POPI Act, once you are registered as a student, all correspondence with the university must be made on the myLife e-mail account. Failure to do so would mean that UNISA is not obliged to respond to your communication as that might expose it to non-compliance with the Act.

Kindly take this Important note:

• Please ensure that you provide only one e-mail address and one cellphone number during the application process.
• Unisa provides all registered students with a free myLife e-mail address. Important information, notices and updates are sent exclusively to this account, so it’s very important that you check it regularly. 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.

Documents needed for Applying

All applicants starting a new qualification must upload all the required supporting documents, which generally consist of the following:

• Copy of your school qualifications (eg National Senior Certificate)
• Copy of your official tertiary academic record(s) (if applicable) (internet copies will not be accepted)
• Copy of your ID document (RSA students) or ID/passport (international students)
• Copy of your marriage certificate (if applicable) or divorce decree (if applicable)
• Sworn translations of documents if they are not in English or Afrikaans
• Any additional documents as may be required for a specific Short Learning Programme

Unisa reserves the right to request original documents and/or to verify the correctness of submitted documents at any time. Submitting fraudulent documents is a criminal offence in terms of the Student Disciplinary Code.

I am sure that my documents are scanned according to the rules

Follow the instructions carefully when completing the online application process. Only upload the required documents as individual files and not a complete set of documents as one file.

• Files are not larger than 2MB (2048KB) each.
• Only black and white documents may be submitted.
• Only the following file types are allowed: PDF (Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format file), DOC (Word document file) or TIF (image file)