Master's & doctoral degrees
Pay your study fees
Once you have completed and submitted your registration form, you must pay the fees that you calculated.
All fees must be paid into the Unisa official bank account with the correct reference number in order for the university to process your registration before the relevant closing date. For your convenience, we provide a variety of different payment methods.
Bursaries and student funding
Bursaries are available for master's and doctoral students. Please contact Unisa's Student Funding Directorate for more information.
Payment methods
For your convenience, we provide a variety of different payment methods.
In the case of electronic transfers, please ensure that the reference field is completed correctly. No cash or cheques will be accepted at any Unisa office. Cash can, however, be paid into the university’s bank account at any First National Bank branch.
Dishonoured payments
If a credit card is tendered as payment of the minimum amount which must accompany a student’s application for registration, and payment of that credit card is later returned unpaid by the bank, the student’s registration will be cancelled by the university and the student will be referred to the Unisa Disciplinary Committee.
Such registrations will not be reinstated unless the student's full tuition fees for the year or semester are paid in the form of cash or electronic transfer into the university's bank account, or via debit card payment at any of the Unisa regional offices before the relevant closing date.
On re-registration of the cancelled modules, the student’s account will be debited with a once-off administrative levy, per dishonoured transaction.
Overdue accounts and accounts handed over for collection
Unisa reserves the right not to render services to students who have prescribed and overdue debt. No student will be allowed to re-register with the university until all outstanding debt of previous registration periods has been settled in full. Students with long overdue balances on their accounts may be handed over to a third party for collection. Any collection / legal costs that may arise from the account being handed over will be for the account of the student. Payment or arrangements thereof of overdue accounts handed over for collection should be made with the collection company concerned.
2024 cancellation dates
Students registered for the research proposal module or a research master's and / or doctoral qualification may cancel their registration before 15 August 2024. Please note, however, that the full fee will be forfeited.
Last modified: 2023/12/09