Fees
Full degree studies: Overview
SADC students
For the purposes of tuition fees, UCT charges citizens and permanent residents from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries the same fees as it charges local South Africans. This is in line with recommendations contained in the SADC Protocol on Education and Training (1997).
The SADC member countries are: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Students from the rest of the world are liable for international fees.
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Non-SADC (rest of the world) students liable for international fees
Previously accounts were in US dollars (US$). From 2006, accounts have been in South African rands (ZAR). Accounts will comprise the sum of two components:
- Course fees - these will be dependent on courses selected. Each course has its own charge, and your course fees component will be the sum of the costs of all the courses that you register for.
- International term fee - this is the international fee component levied by UCT, in ZAR. This is a per-annum fee. A list of these international term fees is given below.
Minimum Payments - these are due prior to registration or by 03 February 2012, whichever date occurs first.:
| Undergraduate degrees full-time international fee paying students | R60 000 |
| Honours degrees full-time international fee paying students | R60 000 |
| Masters full-time international fee paying students | R39 000 |
| PhD full-time international fee paying students | R34 780 |
Please check the UCT fees handbook for prices per course, and rules surrounding payments, residence and international term fees.
List of international term fees (levied in addition to course based fees):
| Undergraduate degrees (all faculties) | R27 500 |
| Honours degrees (all faculties) | R27 500 |
| Diplomas (Law faculty) | R11 500 |
| Diplomas (Health science Int. research ethics) | R11 500 |
| Diplomas (all other faculties/programmes) | R27 500 |
| Master's (Law) | R11 500 |
| Master's (all other faculties) | R22 500 |
| Doctoral (PhD) (Law faculty) | R11 500 |
| Doctoral (PhD) (all other faculties) | R22 500 |
