UKZN Application Dates 2027: When to Apply to UKZN
- Applications open
- Not yet confirmed
- General closing date
- Not yet confirmed - check the official site
- Early deadlines
- Not yet confirmed
- Application fee
- Not confirmed - check the official portal
- NBT required
- UKZN does not generally require the NBTs.
UKZN's application information page could not be read directly during this build. UKZN shares the CAO with DUT, MUT and UNIZULU, and CAO programme closing dates vary by programme, so confirm yours specifically. Rather than repeat a date from a news site or another calculator, this page shows nothing until the institution itself confirms it.
Check UKZN's official application page →One application, several universities
UKZN applies through the CAO, the Central Applications Office shared by Durban University of Technology, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mangosuthu University of Technology and the University of Zululand. One CAO form and one administration fee can carry choices at several of those institutions, which makes it the cheapest way to spread your risk across KwaZulu-Natal.
The catch is that CAO closing dates are set per programme, not per university, so two choices on the same form can have different deadlines. Check the date for each programme you list.
Universities change closing dates, and many close applications early once a programme is full. Some also stop taking applications for individual programmes while the general window is still open. Treat every date here as a prompt to check the official portal, not as a guarantee that you still have time.
Know your UKZN score before you apply
UKZN scores your best 6 subjects (Life Orientation excluded) on a 1-8 scale, maximum 48. Where 90-100% = 8, then 7/6/5/4/3/2/1 down the bands.