University of Stellenbosch Registration 2024-2025

New students

Please note that copies of certificates, even if they are certified as true copies of the originals, will not be accepted if the original documents are not shown.

a) National Senior Certificate or IEB examinations

If you wrote the final school examination at the end of 2019, you must provide:

•the original Advice of Results of the NSC or IEB examinations that was received from the relevant education authority and a photocopy thereof. If you wrote the final school examinations prior to the end of 2019, you must provide:

•the original Advice of Results of the NSC or IEB examinations that was received from the relevant education authority and a photocopy thereof; and

•your original NSC and a photocopy thereof.

b)Other school systems

If you studied in a different school system than the South African NSC or IEB systems, you must provide at registration:

•the original school-leaving certificate of the school system concerned and a photocopy thereof; and

•the original certificate of university exemption, issued by the South African Matriculation Board, and a photocopy thereof.

If you are still waiting for a result, an arrangement for conditional registration will be made.

c) Other universities

If you are a first-year new student who studied at other universities, you must provide:

•the abovementioned certificates; and

•your original academic record and certificate of good conduct and photocopies thereof.

If you are a postgraduate new student who studied at other universities, you must provide:

•your original academic record and degree certificate and photocopies thereof.

2.2Returning students

Outstanding documents

Returning students who have not yet presented their proof of admission documents (original NSC and/or certificates of other education authorities) will only be allowed to register if they submit their original outstanding proof of admission documents prior to or at registration.