University of Stellenbosch Tuition Fee 2024

University of Stellenbosch Tuition Fee 2024

Study fees


* estimated; subject to approval of budget by end of 2016.

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 here to 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 2024. These figures are simply meant as a rough indication of the cost of tuition. For a more accurate indication of the cost, please refer to the relevant tables in the Calendar 2024, Part 3. You can request a quote – see the link above the table. 

Please note that study-related additional costs as for materials and laboratory fees and travelling expenses, calculated according to the amounts of 2016 with the annual increase, are included in the amounts listed below; departments may alter these based on academic need.  Estimates for text books (refer to the academic departments), membership dues for academic and registered societies (R50 – R200), PSO fees for private students (R297) and parking fees are excluded.

For more detailed information on study fees cost, consult the full version of the Calendar 2024, Part 3, which indicates undergraduate and postgraduate fees and study-related additional fees per module.  The study fees and related costs of most postgraduate programmes are also indicated per module in the Calendar 2024, Part 3. The estimated cost of a selection of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes also appears as fees per programme per year in the Calendar 2024, Part 3.

An abbreviated version of the Calendar 2024, Part 3, (excluding study-related additional fees per module) can also be requested from 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 2024 for 1st year of Undergraduate study (unless stated otherwise)
BA R35 387
BA (Law) R42 524
BA Visual Arts R34 703
B Drama and Theatre Studies R34 310
BMus R38 637
BEd (Gen Educ)(Inter/Senior)(Foundation) R34 283
BSc R42 783
BSc Agric R40 386
BSc Food Science R42 142
BSc Forestry & Wood Science,
1st – 3rd year, per year
R41 662
BSc Forestry & Wood Science, 4th year, per year R47 759
BTh R35 220
BDiv R38 979
LLB (Undergraduate) R42 374
LLB (Postgraduate, 2nd B degree), 1st of 2-yr R38 889
LLB (Postgraduate, 2nd B degree), 1st of 3-yr R44 545
BCom R35 332
BCom (Actuarial Science) R51 146
BCom (with Law subjects) R43 971
BAcc I – II, per year R40 997
BAcc III R43 901
BAccLLB R46 110
BEng (extended curriculum) R52 057
BSc in Physiotherapy R42 213
BSc in Dietetics R43 620
B of Occupational Therapy R41 669
B in Speech-Language and
Hearing Therapy
R39 566
MB ChB I R55 132
MB ChB II R54 756
MB ChB III R54 951
MB ChB IV R49 718
MB ChB V R70 056
MB ChB VI R55 489

Click here for PDF document with 2024 tuition fees