How To Apply for Unisa Health and Safety Courses

Do you want to study Health and Safety? The University of South Africa (Unisa) is one place you can study.

Unisa offers a Health and Safety related course in the form of their National Diploma in Safety Management. Within this course, the student will have to complete a Occupational Health and Safety Law module. 

This course is at NQF level 6 and will unfortunately only be offered until 2025 and only for students previously registered for this qualification.

How To Apply At Unisa

1. Go to: http://www.unisa.ac.za/
2. Click on Apply for admission
3. Click on the type of programme you would like to apply for
4. Click on Apply for admission again 
5. Read the information and click on "apply online"
6. From there you will be asked to fill in personal details 
7. Select the qualification you want to apply for
8. Complete all the required fields in the application form
9. Upload the required documents 
10. Submit your application 

All applicants starting a new qualification must upload all the required documents, which generally consists of the following:

• Copy of your school qualifications (eg Senior Certificate)
• Copy of your official tertiary academic record(s) (if applicable) (internet copies will not be accepted)
• Copy of your ID document (RSA students) or ID / passport (international students)
• Copy of your marriage certificate (if applicable) or divorce decree (if applicable)
• Sworn translations of documents if they are not in English or Afrikaans

You might need to pay an application fee using the bank details specified on Unisa's website. However, there are no application fees for Short Learning programmes. 

This fee is non-refundable even if you decide not to study through Unisa, do not qualify for admission to Unisa or cannot be offered a space due to limited spaces available.