2026 Final admission

2026 Final admission for first-time entering undergraduate students

We will extend a final offer based on your final Grade 12 results, which will be released in January 2026. You will have a two-day window to accept the offer before it expires. Keep a close eye on your email for updates and be sure to check your online status using the Applicant Portal >>.

Please ensure that you continuously monitor the status of your Student Contract >> on your applicant portal once it has been uploaded. Also note, this process is not applicable to students who were registered at SU in 2025.

You will only be able to register after accepting your final offer and receiving your login credentials (which will be sent in a separate communication), once the official registration period opens.

Please note that the final admissions and subsequent communication will be processed from Tuesday 13 January 2026 onwards.

Reconsideration of unsuccessful applicants for 2026 intake on condition that space is available

Faculty	Conditions for reconsiderations	Manner of applying and/or contact person for reconsideration:
AgriScience	Will reconsider for mainstream and ECP (after final Grade 12 results are available). Unsuccessful applicants of other faculties who applied at SU and meet the admission requirements of programmes offered by AgriSciences.	The form for reconsideration is available here. The link will open the day after receipt of the Grade 12 results.
Arts and Social Sciences	No reconsiderations for selection programmes (Visual Arts, Drama, Music, Social Work and all ECP programmes). \| Will reconsider unsuccessful candidates with average of 68%+ for programmes other than mentioned above.	The form for reconsideration is available here. The link will open on 12 January and will close on 30 January 2026
Economic and Management Sciences	Will reconsider applicants with an average of 80% + Maths 80%. (This will include students who have applied for admission to a programme offered at SU but would prefer to transfer to EMS.) If an applicant received a conditional offer from EMS but did not accept the offer, EMS will reconsider the applicant.	An online reconsideration form will be available from 15 January at 08:00 to 29 January at 17:00 This link must be completed for reconsideration, as no other reconsideration requests will be considered.
Education	Only applicants on waiting list will be considered.
Engineering	Applicants with 80%+ in Gr 12 will be considered	Reconsideration for BEng main stream or ECP: If you would like us to reconsider you for a space in the BEng main stream or extended curriculum programmes, please add your details here. The link will be made available on 20 January. Please do not complete the online form if you have already accepted a conditional offer to a BEng programme. We will automatically reconsider candidates for final admission that: - accepted a conditional offer; OR - have a waitlist status.
Law	Only applicants on waiting list will be considered.	Add details to the waiting list here: Take note that the applicants on the waiting list will only be considered if there are spaces available in the programme. Applicants on the waiting list will be ranked according to academic merit and will be contacted by email in February 2025, if selected, once the formal registration period for the newcomer students has passed.
Medicine and Health Sciences	Applicants who are already waitlisted will automatically be reconsidered based on their final matric results. Applicants who did not originally meet the admission requirements but who improve their results after the release of final NSC (or equivalent) marks may request to be placed on the waiting list. Placement will depend on academic ranking and available programme spaces.	Requests to be placed on the waiting list must be submitted to the Undergraduate Selection Office ([email protected]) after the release of the matric results, before the end of January.
Science	An online link will be made available on 5 January 2026.	The form for reconsideration is available on here:
Theology	Only applicants with 60%+ in Gr 12 will be reconsidered for admission to mainstream programmes. Applicants who are currently admitted for ECP (55–59%) will be considered for mainstream if the Grade 12 results are 60%+. Reconsiderations for ECP will be considered if space is available, on condition that the average for the final Grade 12 results is 55%+.	Alexia de Freitas ([email protected])