An amount of R100 is payable when applying for admission as a student.
This amount is not applicable to the following groups of students:
– International students – click here to be redirected to the Stellenbosch University International (SUI) website.
– Students applying to the Stellenbosch University Business School (USB). Send inquiry to usbcom@usb.ac.za.
Application fees are not refundable under any circumstances.
Study fees
* estimated; subject to approval of budget by end of 2025/2026.
These amounts are not applicable to international students, with the exception of international students with valid permanent residency in South Africa and international students with refugee status – click hereto be redirected to the website of Stellenbosch University International.
Below follows a representative sample of the University’s instructional programmes along with the estimated study fees of each, per annum, as applicable in 2025/2026. These figures are simply meant as an estimate indication of the cost of study. For a more accurate indication of the cost, please compile a quote – see the link above the table below.
Please note that study-related additional costs, known as Module costs and Program costs (materials and laboratory fees and travelling expenses), calculated according to the amounts of 2025/2026 with the annual increase, are included in the amounts listed below; departments may alter these based on academic need. Estimates for text books (enquire at the academic departments), membership dues for academic and registered societies (R20 – R5 671), PSO fees for private students (R358), House fees for students in residences (R615) and parking fees are excluded.
For more detailed information on study fees, consult the Calendar 2025/2026, Part 3, Student Fees, which indicates the estimated cost of a selection of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
A copy of the Calendar 2025/2026, Part 3, Student Fees is available at the Enquiries Desk, Administration Building A, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, tel: +27 21 808-9111.
Request a more detailed Provisional Statement of Fees / Quotation (Undergraduate and Postgraduate, all years of registration)
| Course | Estimated amount in 2025/2026 for 1st year of Undergraduate study (unless stated otherwise) |
| BA | R43 160 |
| BA in Human Resource Management | R46 953 |
| BA in Development and Environment | R46 915 |
| BA (Law) | R52 620 |
| BA in Visual Arts | R43 722 |
| BA in Socio Informatics, Opt 2 | R50 827 |
| BA in Sport Science | R46 468 |
| BA in Drama and Theatre Studies | R42 877 |
| B of Music (BMus) | R46 693 |
| B in Social Work | 44 050 |
| BEd (Intermediate Phase Education) BEd (Foundation Phase Education) | R47 248 R44 122 |
| BSc | R54 020 |
| BSc in Earth Sciences | 58 114 |
| BSc in Human Life Sciences | 56 117 |
| BSc Agric | R47 179 |
| BScAgric in Grapevine and Wine Sciences | R51 300 |
| BAgric in Agricultural Business Management | R45 836 |
| BSc in Food Science | R51 147 |
| BSc in Forestry and Wood Science | R48 591 |
| BTh (Bachelor of Theology – Youth Work) | R43 342 |
| BDiv (Bachelor of Divinity) | R47 633 |
| LLB (Undergraduate) | R52 296 |
| LLB (Postgraduate, 2nd B degree), 1st of 2-yr | R47 657 |
| LLB (Postgraduate, 2nd B degree), 1st of 3-yr | R55 318 |
| Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) | R44 273 |
| BCom (Actuarial Science) | R66 648 |
| BCom (Law) | R55 268 |
| BCom (Industrial Psychology) | R49 245 |
| BCom (Mathematical Sciences) | R49 953 |
| BAcc | R49 304 |
| BAccLLB | R58 094 |
| Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) | R61 897 |
| BSc in Physiotherapy | R51 633 |
| BSc in Dietetics | R51 878 |
| Bachelor of Occupational Therapy | R53 523 |
| B achelor in Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy | R48 513 |
| Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery | R46 745 |
| MB ChB I | R68 657 |
| MB ChB II | R68 857 |
| MB ChB III | R68 657 |
| MB ChB IV | R59 711 |
| MB ChB V | R84 202 |
| MB ChB VI | R65 360 |
Click here for a PDF document with estimated study fees for 2025/2026
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