The University of South Africa (UNISA) is one of the largest open distance learning institutions in Africa and the world. Based in Pretoria, South Africa, UNISA offers a wide range of academic and vocational programs to students across the globe, making higher education accessible to individuals who may not be able to attend traditional universities. With a strong focus on flexibility and lifelong learning, UNISA serves over 300,000 students and plays a vital role in the development of education in Africa.
UNISA Second Semester Application for 2025
Applications for admission to limited undergraduate qualifications for the 2025 academic year to be open from 14 April to 9 May 2025.
Courses Currently Open Applications for 2025
UNISA has an impressive variety of programs open for late applications, including certificates, bachelor’s degrees, and specialized programs. Below are some highlights:
Advanced Certificates
- Advanced Certificate in Accounting Sciences (90017)
Diplomas
- Diploma in Accounting Sciences (98200)
- Diploma in Administrative Management (98216)
- Diploma in Agricultural Management (90097)
- Diploma in Animal Health (98026 - AHE)
- Diploma in Corrections Management (98218)
- Diploma in Explosives Management (98222)
- Diploma in Human Resource Management (98211)
- Diploma in Law (98750)
- Diploma in Marketing Management (98202)
- Diploma in Ornamental Horticulture (98025 - HOR)
- Diploma in Policing (98220)
- Diploma in Public Administration and Management (98203)
- Diploma in Security Management (98221)
- Diploma in Small Business Management (90073)
- Diploma in Tourism Management (98223)
Advanced Diploma
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Financial Accounting (98230 - FAC)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Internal Auditing (98230 - AUI)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Management Accounting (Revised Curriculum 2020) (98230 - MA1)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Taxation (98230 - TAX)
- Advanced Diploma in Agricultural Management (98027)
- Advanced Diploma in Animal Health (90112)
- Advanced Diploma in Explosives Management (90124)
- Advanced Diploma in Ornamental and Landscape Horticulture (90094)
- Advanced Diploma in Security Management (98235)
- Advanced Diploma in Tourism Management (90118)
Bachelor Degrees
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Financial Accounting (Revised Curriculum 2020) (98302 - FA1)
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Management Accounting (Revised Curriculum 2020) (98304 - MA1)
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Taxation (98318 - TAX)
- Bachelor of Administration (98315 - BAD)
- Bachelor of Arts African Politics and Economics (99311 - APE)
- Bachelor of Arts African Politics and Politics (99311 - APP)
- Bachelor of Arts Afrikaans and Economics (99311 - AEC)
- Bachelor of Arts Afrikaans and Private Law (99311 - AFL)
- Bachelor of Arts Anthropology and Communication Studies (99311 - ANS)
- Bachelor of Arts Anthropology and Economics (99311 - ANE)
- Bachelor of Arts Anthropology and History (99311 - ANH)
- Bachelor of Arts Anthropology and Linguistics (99311 - ANL)
- Bachelor of Arts Anthropology and Theology (99311 - ANT)
- Bachelor of Arts Arabic and Linguistics (99311 - ARL)
- Bachelor of Arts Arabic and Mandarin Chinese (99311 - AMC)
- Bachelor of Arts Arabic and Theology (99311 - ATH)
- Bachelor of Arts Art History and Ancient History (99311 - ANA)
- Bachelor of Arts Art History and Music in History and Society (99311 - AHS)
- Bachelor of Arts Development Studies and International Politics (99311 - DIP)
- Bachelor of Arts Development Studies and Philosophy (99311 - DPH)
- Bachelor of Arts Development Studies and Scripture (99311 - DSC)
- Bachelor of Arts French and Mandarin Chinese (99311 - FMC)
- Bachelor of Arts International Politics and Criminology (99311 - IPC)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and Afrikaans (99311 - LAF)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and Ancient History (99311 - LAH)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and Archives and Records Management (99311 - LAR)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and French (99311 - LFR)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and Geography (99311 - LGE)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and International Politics (99311 - LIP)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and Mandarin Chinese (99311 - LMC)
- Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and Theory of Literature (99311 - LTL)
- Bachelor of Arts Ministry and Music in History and Society (99311 - MHS)
- Bachelor of Arts Music in History and Society and Public Administration (99311 - MHP)
- Bachelor of Arts Philosophy and Theology (99311 - PHT)
- Bachelor of Arts Philosophy and Theory of Literature (99311 - PTL)
- Bachelor of Arts Politics and Anthropology (99311 - PAN)
- Bachelor of Arts Politics and Philosophy (99311 - PPH)
- Bachelor of Arts Politics and Religious Studies (99311 - PRS)
- Bachelor of Arts Politics and Theology (99311 - PTH)
- Bachelor of Arts Portuguese and French (99311 - POF)
- Bachelor of Arts Religious Studies and Anthropology (99311 - RSA)
- Bachelor of Arts Religious Studies and Philosophy (99311 - RSP)
- Bachelor of Arts Religious Studies and Sociology (99311 - RSS)
- Bachelor of Arts Theory of Literature and Music in History and Society (99311 - TMS)
- Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing (99313)
- Bachelor of Arts in Criminology (98681)
- Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies (99312)
- Bachelor of Arts in Forensic Science and Technology (90002)
- Bachelor of Arts in Police Science (98683)
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Leadership and Citizenship (99304)
- Bachelor of Business Administration (98316 - BBA)
- Bachelor of Commerce (98314 - GEN)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Business Informatics (98300 - BIS)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management (98310 - BSM)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Economics (98305 - ECS)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Economics Quantitative Economics (98305 - QEC)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurship (90106 - ENT)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management (98306 - FMN)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource Management (98307 - HRM)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Industrial and Organisational Psychology (98308 - IOP)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Law (90123 - LAW)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Management (98301 - MKT)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Quantitative Management (98311 - QMA)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Tourism Management (98312 - TRT)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Transport and Logistics (98313 - TRL)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Fashion Retail Management (98005 - FAR)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Fashion Small-Business Management (98005 - FSB)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Food Service Management (98005 - FSM)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Food and Clothing (98005 - FCL)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Food and Nutrition (98005 - FNU)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Hospitality Management (98005 - HOM)
- Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Teaching School subject combination: Mathematics and Social Science (90103 - MSS)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Agriculture and Management (90104 - AGM)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Consumer Studies (90104 - CON)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Financial Accounting (90104 - FAC)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Hospitality Studies and Business Studies (90104 - HSB)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Hospitality Studies and Tourism (90104 - HST)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Information Technology (90104 - IFT)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Mathematical Literacy and Economics (90104 - MLE)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Mathematical Literacy and Financial Accounting (90104 - MFA)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Religious Studies (90104 - RES)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Tourism and Management (90104 - TRM)
- Bachelor of Laws (98680 - NEW)
- Bachelor of Music (90089)
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science Agricultural Business and Management (90082 - ABM)
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science Animal Science (90082 - ANS)
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science Plant Science (90082 - PLS)
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management Botany (98052 - EBO)
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management Chemistry (98052 - ECH)
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management Zoology (98052 - EZO)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry (or Physiology or Microbiology) with Business Management (98053 - BBM)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Botany (98053 - BAB)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Microbiology (98053 - BAM)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Physiology (98053 - BAP)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Zoology (98053 - BAZ)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biomedical Sciences (98053 - BMI)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biotechnology (98053 - BIT)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Botany and Microbiology (98053 - BNM)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Botany and Zoology (with Geography) (98053 - BZG)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Genetics and Zoology (or Botany, Microbiology, Physiology or Biochemistry) (98053 - GZB)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Microbiology and Physiology (98053 - MAP)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Microbiology and Zoology (98053 - MAZ)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Physiology and Zoology (98053 - PAZ)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Psychology and Physiology (with Genetics) (98053 - PPG)
- Bachelor of Theology (90160)
Why Choose UNISA?
UNISA is a leader in distance learning, making it an ideal choice for those balancing work, family, and education. With its reputation as a top online college, students gain access to flexible schedules, a wide range of online courses, and world-class faculty.
The Benefits of Online Learning
In today’s digital age, pursuing education through an online university offers unparalleled flexibility. UNISA’s robust online platform allows you to attend lectures, access resources, and participate in discussions from anywhere in the world. This is particularly advantageous for working professionals or those considering furthering their studies with an MBA or other advanced qualifications.
For insights on the best online universities in South Africa, check out this article: Online Universities in South Africa for 2025.
With the deadline for late applications fast approaching, act now to secure your place. Whether you're eyeing a career in business school, science, arts, or technology, UNISA provides a pathway to success. Start your journey toward academic and professional excellence today!
For more information, visit the UNISA admissions page or contact their support team for assistance.