Readmissions

1. Academic year credit requirements refer to the percentage of credits that students must pass for each academic year (e.g. BSc first year, or BSc second year etc).
   
   Example
   If the total credits for compulsory modules of the relevant academic year amounts to 120 credits and the readmission requirement is that a student must pass 50% of the academic year’s credits, the student must pass 120 credits X 50% = 60 credits by the end of the academic year.
    
2. Cumulative credit requirements refer to the combined percentage of credits that students must pass for all the academic years that they have been registered for in a programme.
   
   Example
   If the combined credits for compulsory modules of each academic year (year 1 and year 2) amounts to 246 credits (the student is in their second year at SU in a BSc programme and the credits for BSc first year = 120 and BSc second year = 126) and the cumulative requirement is that a student must pass 70% of the cumulative credits, the student must pass 246 credits X 70% = 172 credits by the end of their second year.
    
3. Please CLICK HERE to view the credit requirements per faculty. Please further note that certain programme may have additional requirements. Please see the respective faculty yearbook for details. 
    
4. Exceptions
   If due to the relevant programme’s prerequisite or corequisite requirements, you are limited from taking the full credit load for a particular academic year and you have obtained at least 80% of credits taken in a particular academic year, the relevant faculty may grant you automatic readmission, even though you may not meet the relevant academic year and/or cumulative credit requirements fully.

1. Fully complete the Readmission Appeals Application on the Student Portal. Ensure that you have all information/documentation available before you submit the readmission application. The information you enter on the application form cannot be saved for further adjustments later on.
    
2. Please carefully read and follow the guidelines as stipulated.
    
3. If applicable, fully complete the readmission Medical/Healthcare Practitioner’s Report. Kindly note that this form must also be completed by your medical or healthcare practitioner. You should thus start the process as soon as possible to ensure the form is completed before the due date.
    
4. If applicable, fully complete the Programme Change Motivation form, which can be downloaded HERE. You should thus start the process as soon as possible to ensure the form is completed before the due date.
    
5. Pay the Readmission Appeals Application fee of R560. Please see below section for payment details.
    
6. Write your initials, surname, student number and the programme to which you are applying for readmission at the top of each page of the supporting documents that you include with your application to substantiate your request. Your supporting documents should then be scanned and uploaded with your application on SUNStudent.
    
7. Submit the application on the Student Portal with all supporting documents and proof of payment.
    
8. Readmission application enquiries may be submitted as follows:
    

The readmission appeals application fee of R560 can be deposited in the SU banking account or paid by internet transfer. Proof of payment must accompany your application. There are two banking options:​​

Payment with credit card or electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments 

• Go to the Undergraduate website
• Click on Fees
• Click on Student Fees online payments 

Internet banking payments made from Standard Bank banking services

• Select Payments, Pay Beneficiary, thereafter select: “Add new beneficiary”
• Under Business Directory select: “Company”
• Enter beneficiary name: Universiteit Stellenbosch and search
• Select: “Universiteit Stellenbosch – Studentegeld”
• Beneficiary details/references:
• ​Remember to enter under “Your details, My Reference”: Stellenbosch University
• Beneficiary reference: Student number

If you do not want to apply for readmission now – or if you do apply for readmission but are not readmitted – and you want to apply for readmission to SU in the future, you will first have to prove that you are capable of successful studies at a tertiary institution. For this purpose, you will have to pass applicable modules in your field of study, of the same standard and workload as those of the SU, to be considered for readmission to SU. You can do these modules at any university of your choice.

Clearly indicate on the readmission application form to which programme you wish to be readmitted. You may apply for readmission to the same or a different programme in the faculty where you were previously registered, or to a programme in a different faculty, but you are only allowed to apply for readmission to one programme. If your application for readmission to that programme is not successful, you will not be allowed to apply for readmission to a different programme, or as a special student.

Please note that if you were not previously registered for any of the following programmes, you are not eligible to apply for readmission to these specific programmes: ​​
 

• B of Social Work
• BA (Sport Science)
• BSc (Sport Science)
• BA (Law), BCom (Law), LLB, BAccLLB
• BSc (Food Science)
• MBChB
• BSc in Dietetics
• BSc in Physiotherapy
• B of Nursing
• B of Occupational Therap
• B of Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy
• BEd

This readmission offer does not include accommodation. It remains your responsibility to secure your own accommodation. The Student Accommodation Office will not be able to assist students with private accommodation if there is no funding available. Most of our funded students who are readmitted, also lost their funding. Readmitted students will also not be considered for residence as they do not meet the academic requirements. It is therefore necessary that students who are readmitted make their own accommodation arrangements