University of the Witwatersrand WITS Fees Structure 2022/2023
University of the Witwatersrand WITS Fees Structure – Read details below:
To learn about fees such as application fee, admission fee, tuition, and scholarships for University of the Witwatersrand WITS Programs, read full details below. If you have questions after reviewing this information, you may contact the Institute’s Admissions Office for more details.
The fees structure supports:
- Facilities, programs, and services that promote student involvement and that are complementary to, but not part of, instructional programs.
- Supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students, social and cultural activities and programs.
- Services related to campus life and campus community, and educational and career support services.
These policies and procedures are applicable to all students who officially register for programs at University of the Witwatersrand WITS. The institute reserves the right to change fees without prior notice to the student. However, fee changes are subject to approval by the Governing Council.
2022 Average Undergraduate Tuition Fees
The Fee summaries shown below do not include any additional charges.
Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management
Undergraduate – Average tuition fee for the first year of study (Excluding additional charges).
| BCom | R52170-R58810 |
| BEconSci | R51610-R54340 |
| BAccSci | R56300 |
| LLB | R45930 |
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Undergraduate – Average tuition fee for first year of study (Excluding additional charges).
| BAS | R64900 |
| BEngSc(BME) | R63430 |
| BEngSc(Digital Arts) | R55560 |
| BSc(CS) | R82040 |
| BSc(CS) in the field of Property Studies | R67560 |
| BSc(Eng) | R57770 |
| BSc(URP) | R64940 |
Additional Costs
Students must make provision for essential items that may include:
- Drawing kit
- Drawing board
- Books and stationery
- Calculator
Computer Fee charges are raised as follows: School of Architecture and Planning:
| – 1st Year | R2730 |
| – 2nd Year | R2730 |
| – 3rd Year | R2730 |
| – 4th Year (Including Honours) | R2730 |
School of Construction Economics and Management:
| – 1st Year | R2730 |
| – 2nd Year | R2730 |
| – 3rd Year | R2730 |
All Engineering Schools:
School of Chemical & Metallurgy Engineering School of Civil and Environmental Engineering School of Electrical and Information Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aeronautical and Industrial Engineering School of Mining Engineering
| – 1st Year | R1420 |
| – 2nd Year | R2040 |
| – 3rd Year | R3340 |
| – 4th Year | R3340 |
Faculty of Humanities
Undergraduate – Average tuition fee for first year of study (Excluding additional charges).
| BA | R47060-R62000 |
| Bachelor of Audiology | R58300 |
| BA Digital Arts | R51000 |
| BA(Theatre and Performance) | R51000 |
| BA(Fine Arts) | R58900 |
| BA(Film and Television) | R51880 |
| BMus | R52040 |
| B(Social Work) | R56550 |
| Bachelor of Speech-Lang Path | R58300 |
| BEd | R42720 – R47050 |
| Advanced Diploma in Tech and Vocational Teaching | R43260 |
Pearson Computer Laboratory Charges Bachelor of Arts
| Year of Study 1 | R165 |
| Year of Study 2 | R165 |
| Year of Study 3 | R165 |
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | R165 |
Faculty of Health Sciences
Undergraduate – Average tuition fee for the first year of study (Excluding additional charges).
| BDS | R70400 |
| MBBCh | R70350 |
| BNurs | R52460 |
| BPharm | R51140 |
| BHSc – Nursing | R43680 |
| BHSc – Other | R68580 |
| BSc(OT) | R61400 |
| BSc(Physiotherapy) | R60360 |
| BCMP | R61300 |
| BOHSc | R52130 |
Faculty of Science
Undergraduate – Average tuition fee for the first year of study (Excluding additional charges).
| BSc | R53000-R65500 |
2022 Average Postgraduate Tuition Fees
Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management
Postgraduate qualifications (Tuition Fee per program)(Excluding additional charges).
| PGDip in Accountancy | R64440 |
| PGDip in Taxation | R47220 |
| PGDip n Specialised Accountancy | R54750 |
| PGDip Law | R41480 |
| PGDip in Business Admin | R97850 |
| PGDip in Management | R45710 – R96800 |
| PG Dip in Accountancy (Distance) | R64440 |
| PGDip in Business Admin (Distance) | R97850 |
| PG Dip in Management (Distance) | R55200 |
| BAccSciHons | R71060 |
| BEconSciHons | R46080 |
| BComHons | R41350-R51400 |
| MBA | R261100 |
| Masters of Commerce (Coursework and Research Report) | R72190-R76790 |
| Master of Economic Science (Coursework and Research Report) | R74640 |
| Master of Laws (Coursework and Research Report) | R73140-R74300 |
| Master of Management | R80050 – R171640 |
Research programmes per year of study |
|
| LLM by research, full-time | R23260 |
| LLM by research, full-time second term | R11700 |
| LLM by research, part-time | R15500 |
| LLM by research, part-time, second term | R8200 |
| MCom by research, full-time | R28800-R30000 |
| MCom by research, full-time, second term | R14600-R15200 |
| MCom by research, part-time | R18500-R19250 |
| MCom by research, part-time, second term | R12300-R12900 |
| MM by research, full-time | R36200 |
| MM by research, full-time, second term | R18100 |
| MM by research, part-time | R24140 |
| MM by research, part-time, second term | R12100 |
| PhD by research, full-time | R25000-R34000 |
| PhD by research, full-time, second term | R12600-R17000 |
| PhD by research, part-time | R16700-R22700 |
| PhD by research, part-time, second term | R8500-R11500 |
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Postgraduate qualifications – Average Tuition fee per programme (Excluding additional charges).
| PGDip(Eng) | R72900-R73060 |
| PGDipPDM(Property Development and Management) | R84090 |
| PGDipPlanning | R52490 |
| BAS(Hons) | R71990 |
| BSc(Hons)(CM) | R86740 |
| BSc(Hons)(QS) | R86740 |
| BSc(Hons)(URP) | R78190 |
| MArch(Prof) | R77170 |
| MEng (Prof) | R103590-R108050 |
| MSc(Building) | R95760-R96200 |
| MSc(DP) | R73100 |
| MSc(Eng) | R103520-R109570 |
| MSc(AeroEng (Embry-Riddle)(Over two years) | R222356 |
| MScBulkMaterialsHandling | R103520 |
| MSc (EngMan) | R103520 |
| MSc Industrial Eng | R103520 |
| MSc(MechEng) | R103520 |
| MSc(SysEng) | R103520 |
| MUD | R78880 |
| MUS | R78200-R78780 |
| Research Programmes per year of study | |
| Masters by research, full-time | R34400 |
| Masters by research, full-time, second term | R17290 |
| Masters by research, part-time | R22940 |
| Masters by research, part-time, second term | R11530 |
| PhD by research, full-time | R32710 |
| PhD by research, full-time, second term | R16470 |
| PhD by research, part-time | R21810 |
| PhD by research, part-time, second term | R10980 |
Faculty of Humanities
Postgraduate qualifications (Tuition Fee per programme) (Excluding additional charges).
| PGDA(Applied Drama and Theatre Studies) | R34000 |
| PGDA(Dance in Education, Communities and Social Contexts) | R34000 |
| PGDipIn- Interpreting | R66680 |
| PGDipIn- Translation | R34500 |
| PDE | R31800 |
| PDE(Deaf Education) | R33800 |
| PGCE FT | R43280 |
| PGCE PT | R43340 |
| PGDip(HE) | R33800 |
| PG Dip (Digital Educ and Online Teaching) | R33800 |
| BAHons | R38000 – R56130 |
| BA Hons in Translation – Interpreting | R68780 |
| BEd(Hons) | R41060 |
MA by coursework and research report
| – African Lang and Ling | R48080 |
| – African Literature | R48080 |
| – Applied Drama: Theatre in Education | R48080 |
| – Anthropology | R48080 |
| – Applied Ethics for Professionals | R72770 |
| – Contemporary Curatorial Practice | R48080 |
| – Critical Diversity Studies | R48080 |
| – Cultural Policy and Management | R48080 |
| – Demography and Population Studies | R48080 |
| – Development Studies | R48080 |
| – Drama Therapy | R48180 |
| – e-Science | R52240 |
| – French and Francophone Studies | R48080 |
| – Gender Studies | R48080 |
| – German Studies | R48080 |
| – Global South | R48080 |
| – Health Demography | R48080 |
| – Health Sociology | R48080 |
| – History | R48080 |
| – History and Film Documentary | R48080 |
| – History of Art | R48080 |
| – ICT Policy and Regulation | R61020 |
| – Interactive Media Design | R48200 |
| – International Relations | R48080 |
| – Italian Studies | R48080 |
| – Journalism and Media Studies | R48080 |
| – Labour, Economic and Dev Sociology | R48080 |
| -Labour Policy and Globalisation | R48080 |
| – Linguistics | R48080 |
| – Literary Theory and Crit Prac | R48080 |
| – Migration and Displacement | R48080 |
| – Modern and Contemporary Literature | R48080 |
| – Organisational and Institutional Studies | R48080 |
| – Organisational Psychology | R59200 |
| – Philosophy | R48080 |
| – Political Studies | R48080 |
| – Politics and Gender | R48080 |
| – Psychology | R59460 |
| – Publishing Studies | R48080 |
| – Social Development | R54920 |
| – Sociology | R48080 |
| – Social and Psyc Research | R59460 |
| MA(Audiology) | R41840 |
| MA(Clin Psych)(over two years of study) | R76980 |
| MA(Comm-based Counselling Psych)(over two years of study) | R76980 |
| MA(Heritage) | R48080 |
| MA Theatre and Performance | R48080 |
| MA(Translation)(Interpreting) | R85310 |
| MA(Translation)(Translation) | R56830 |
| MA(Social Work) in the field of Occ Social Work | R53870 |
| MA(Social Work) in the field of School Social Work | R53870 |
| MA(Speech Pathology) | R41840 |
| MEd by coursework and research report (General) | R37020 |
| Med (Ed Psychology) | R65750 |
Research Programmes (per year of study)
| Masters by research, full-time | R28140 |
| Masters by research, full-time, second term | R14280 |
| Masters by research, part-time | R18760 |
| Masters by research, part-time, second term | R9520 |
| PhD by research, full-time | R25330-R27870 |
| PhD by research, full-time, second term | R12870 – R14180 |
| PhD by research, part-time | R16890-R18580 |
| PhD by research, part-time, second term | R8580 – R9460 |
| MEd by research, full-time | R29080 |
| MEd by research, full-time, second term | R14800 |
| MEd by research, part-time | R19390 |
| MEd by research, part-time, second term | R9870 |
| PhD by research, full-time | R26070 |
| PhD by research, full-time, second term | R13300 |
| PhD by research, part-time | R17380 |
| PhD by research, part-time, second term | R8670 |
Faculty of Health Sciences
Postgraduate qualifications (Tuition Fee per programme) (Excluding additional charges).
| PGDip Occupational Therapy | R48270 |
| PDip Child Health | R55530 – R57080 |
| PGDipHS Management | R54160 |
| PGDip in Physiotherapy | R44360 |
| PGDip Occupational Health | R31300 |
| PDip Public Health | R49560 – R50030 |
| PDip Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | R41900 |
| PDip HS Education | R34520 |
| Honours | R47240 – R51500 |
(MDent and MMed holders of approved posts are entitled to 90% Remission of fees) (Excluding additional charges).
| M Dent (per year of study) | R73000 – R85000 |
| MMed (per year of study) | R66000 – R100700 |
| MPH | R67120 |
| MHSc (Ed) | R84680 |
| MSc(Dent) | R76040 |
| MScMed | R54600 – R81040 |
| MSc (Epi) | R66960 |
| MSC OT by Coursework and research report | R55660 |
| MSc Physio by coursework and research report | R52160 |
| MSc Nursing | R53240 |
| Research Programmes (per year of study) | |
| – Masters by Research, full-time | R35960 |
| – Masters by Research , full-time, second term | R18190 |
| – Masters by Research, part-time | R23980 |
| – Masters by Research, part-time, second term | R12130 |
| –PhD by Research, full-time | R31270 |
| – PhD by Research, full-time, second term | R15800 |
| – PhD by Research, part-time | R20850 |
| – PhD by Research, part-time, second term | R10540 |
Faculty of Science
Postgraduate qualifications (Tuition Fee per programme) (Excluding additional charges).
| Honours | R42000-48000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma : Enterprise Risk Management | R47000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma : Science Radiation | R50000 |
| MSc by coursework and research report | R40100-82000 |
| Research programmes (per year of study) | |
| MSc by research, full-time | R26100-36000 |
| MSc by research, full-time, second term | R13300-18200 |
| MSc by research, part-time | R17400-24100 |
| MSc by research, part-time, second term | R9400-12200 |
| PhD by research, full-time | R24900-27800 |
| PhD by research, full-time, second term | R12500-13900 |
| PhD by research, part-time | R13500-14100 |
| PhD by research, part-time, second term | R8320-9300 |