2027 intake

Opening & closing dates,
all in one place.

When each South African public university opens and closes applications for the 2027 academic year — so you're not hunting through 15 different websites to find out.

These dates move — confirm before you rely on them Application windows get extended, split by faculty, or announced late almost every year. This table reflects the most recent published dates as of when this page was last checked (August 2026) for the 2027 intake. Always confirm the exact date on the university's own page before treating a deadline as final.
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Compiled from multiple 2026-published sources for the 2027 intake, cross-checked against each other. Where sources disagreed, the range or earliest closing date is shown — treat that as "apply by," not "safe until." CAO-administered KZN institutions (UKZN, DUT, MUT, UNIZULU) share one closing date via cao.ac.za.