WITS University Postgraduate School admission or entry requirement

The admission process

Applicants are encouraged to apply online, for the detailed step by step guide to apply click here
Certain programmes, eg Psychology, Management etc, require additional departmental forms these will be listed on your to do list on the student self-service portal. Please complete these additional forms as the application is not complete until this is done and ensure you provide all the requested supporting documentation within the time frames for submission of the documentation. Applications that remain incomplete are withdrawn by the University. The Additional Departmental Forms are found here.
It should be noted that no more than two choices of degree and/or diploma are permitted.
All documentation required by the University must be uploaded via the Self Service Portal https://self-service.wits.ac.za. The University would request for the duly certified hard copies of all academic qualifications only if your application to study is successful.
All postgraduate applicants are required to pay an application fee of R200. Current University of the Witwatersrand students who apply online are not liable for this fee.
Once the application is complete in terms of the requested documentation, the application is then referred to the relevant School for assessment. Applicants can monitor the progress of their applications via the Self Service Portal https://self-service.wits.ac.za Note that all communication that is generated as part of your application is sent to you via e-mail and can also be found on the Self Service Portal (Main Menu-Self-Service-Wits Student Self-Service –Communication). No correspondence is posted to applicants.
Selections for programmes that have a limited intake but attract a large number of applications may only finalize the application at the end of the academic year when all applications have closed.
Applicants that are requested to provide an Academic Transcript and Degree Certificate are reminded that we require these documents for all tertiary qualifications, please note that credit certificates or statement of results are not acceptable. Applicants that are currently studying would be required to upload the Final Academic Record only once the final results become available towards the end of the academic year