First year UKZN applications exceed available spaces
UKZN received 91 000 on-time undergraduate applications for approximately 8 770 first year places.
WITH the 2019 school year underway tomorrow, 9 January, universities around the country are bracing for the influx of students.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has received approximately 91 000 on-time undergraduate applications via the Central Applications Office (CAO) for approximately 8 770 first year places.
In a statement the institution said: “Our enrolment forecast for 2019 is approximately 45 000 for first year and returning students. Registration for undergraduate programme close on 2 March. “Applications for the 2019 Medical School intake closed on 30 June 2018 and applications for all other programmes closed on 30 September 2018.”
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Successful students would have received provisional acceptances during the course of the year. A final offer is made once we receive the final matriculation results in January 2019.
The most popular courses applied for by prospective students are:
- Social Work – 15 804
- Nursing – 14 668
- Bachelor of Laws – 11 953
- School of Education 11 418 applications for 800 first-year student placement
- Pharmacy – 10 851
- Dental Therapy – 7 433
- Medicine – 6 200 applications for 240 first-year places
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At the end of November 2018, approximately 4 725 provisional offers were made to applicants.
The minimum registration fee payable by self-funded students for the 2019 academic year is R3 750 for tuition only and R6 500 for tuition and residence accommodation.
