About TUT
In 2004, Tshwane University of Technology was formed by the merger of three technical colleges. Their merger aimed to make amends by providing an academic home and access to our communities for all of their students. They have rapidly grown to become the largest contact university in South Africa, with seven schools offering degrees in teaching, the humanities, business and administration, engineering and technology, and the arts. TUT is one of the top 1000 universities in the world, and its engineering programs rank in the top 300, according to Times Higher Education (THE). THE has us at number seven in South Africa as well.
TUT Online Applications
The following TUT Courses that don't require mathematics will be closing on 31 July for the 2026 academic year
2026 TUT Courses closing in July 2025
DIPLOMA IN COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 22
English (HL/FAL):3
Duration: 3years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Photographer employed by an organisation or doing freelance work: portraiture, advertising, fashion, press, editorial, industrial,
architecture, fine art.
DIPLOMA IN FASHION DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 20
English (HL/FAL): 3
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Fashion designer, pattern maker, pattern grader, costume designer, coordinator, buyer, illustrator, editor, presenter, CAD grader, quality controller, broker, entrepreneur, educator.
DIPLOMA IN FINE AND APPLIED ARTS
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 17
English (HL/FAL): 3
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Professional artist, curator, manufacturing designer, teacher,computer artist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, glass artist, ceramics artist,
photographer, sign painter, cartoonist.
DIPLOMA IN INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION DESIGN
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 24
English (HL/FAL): 4
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Design artist in the public and private sectors, e.g. layout artist, visualiser, illustrator, package designer. Producer, creative director, artdirector, technical director, games designer, interface designer and interactive writer.
DIPLOMA IN INTERIOR DESIGN
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 22
English (HL/FAL): 4
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 30 September
Recommended subject(s): Civil Technology, Design Studies, Engineering Graphics and
Design, and Visual Arts.
Possible careers:
Display designer, model builder, technical draughtsman, interior draughtsman, architectural illustrator, furniture designer, shop design-
er, residential and commercial interior designer.
DIPLOMA IN JEWELLERY DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 17
English (HL/FAL): 3
Duration: 3years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Manufacturing jeweller, jewellery designer, CAD designer, artist jeweller, sales representative as well as entry into other specialist fields
of the industry, for example diamond dealing or setting.
DIPLOMA IN MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 22
English (HL/FAL): 4
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Film/video producer, scriptwriter, director, film marketing manager, critic, producer, editor, lighting and camera person, production manager, self-employed.
DIPLOMA IN PERFORMING ARTS
Campus where offered: Arts Campus
APS: 20
English (HL/FAL): 4
Duration: 3years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
DANCE discipline stream: Choreographer, creative entrepreneur, dancer,
dance captain, performing arts maker, performing arts reviewer, theatre maker.
THEATRE ARTS & DESIGN discipline stream: Actor, applied theatre practition-
er, creative entrepreneur, lighting/sound operator, media performer (radio &
television), musical theatre performer, performing arts maker, performer.
HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN MUSIC
APS: 18
English (HL/FAL): 3
Duration: One year
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Performer, arranger for film, TV and radio and other electronic media, freelance musician, composer, musical director, record
producer, music teacher, performing/multimedia artist, researcher, music programme compiler, sound designer, session musician, music type setter.
DIPLOMA IN LEGAL SUPPORT
Campus where offered: Soshanguve South Campus
APS: 20
English (HL/FAL): 4
Other Language,: 3
Duration: 3years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Conveyancing secretaries, legal secretaries, paralegals in law firms, paralegals at justice centres (Legal Aid Board), paralegals at the
office of the Master of the Supreme Court, paralegals at the Deeds’ Office, paralegals at private companies such as Scorpion Legal Protection.
DIPLOMA IN LAW
Campus where offered: Mbombela
APS: 20
English (HL/FAL): 4
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 31 July
Possible careers:
Costs consultants at cost consulting firms, cost consultant proprietors, paralegals in law firms, paralegals at justice centres (Legal Aid
Board), paralegals at the office of the Master of the Supreme Court, paralegals at the Deeds’ Office, paralegals at private companies such as Scorpion Legal
Protection.
DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM
Campus where offered: Soshanguve North Campus
APS: 22
English (HL/FAL): 4
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 31 July
Recommended subjects: Geography, History, a third language and any
art-related subject.
Possible careers:
Journalist in print media, broadcasting, industrial and online journalism.
DIPLOMA IN LANGUAGE PRACTICE
Campus where offered: Soshanguve South Campus
APS: 20
English (HL/FAL): 4
Other language: 4
Duration: 3 years
Closing Date: 30 September
Recommended subject(s): Afrikaans, Northern Sotho, Setswana, Tsonga, Venda or Zulu.
Possible careers:
General language practitioner, translator, editor or proof reader, language adviser, consultant, technologist, editor/publisher, columnist,
writer, interpreter, language planner.
How to Apply at TUT
Required Application Fee
Your application form must be submitted with an R240 application fee. This fee is non-refundable in the event that your application is rejected and is used to cover the expense of processing it.