Unisa Registration Short Courses

Unisa Registration Short Courses 2025

Unisa Short Courses Application Date 2025:

UNISA’s Short Learning Programmes (SLPs) are practical, non-degree courses designed to quickly build skills and knowledge in specific subject areas. These programs aim to enhance or expand students’ expertise by focusing on key foundational concepts. The SLPs follow a just enough learning approach, meaning they are tailored to meet a student’s specific learning goals or job-related needs.

Registration with Unisa Short Courses is meant to meet practical demands by offering learners practical skills that may be applied immediately in their personal and professional lives. These courses guarantee that learners stay ahead in today’s competitive job market, whether it’s building competence in a specific software application, mastering project management techniques, or developing communication and leadership abilities.

Unisa’s short courses cover a diverse range of topics and sectors. There is almost certainly a short course accessible to meet individual interests and professional goals in business, computer technology, health sciences, education, finance, law, or creative arts.

Short courses at Unisa are non-degree courses, which implies that upon completion, they do not lead to a formal academic degree. Instead, they concentrate on imparting practical and useful information pertinent to certain sectors or areas of interest.

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Unisa Short Courses Application Date 2025

Application and registration for Unisa’s Short Learning Programmes will be open from 10 January to 15 March 2025.

Short Courses And Programs Offered At Unisa

Below is a list of Short courses offered at Unisa:

Advanced Course:

Advanced Course in Diplomacy Studies (77116)
Advanced Course in Good Governance in Africa (77112)
Advanced Course in Humanitarian and Development Leadership (77119)
Advanced Course in Intelligence Management (77115)
Advanced Course in Security Management on the African Continent within a Global Context (77117)
Advanced Course in Thought Leadership for Africa’s Renewal (77114)

Advanced Programme:

Advanced Programme in Dynamics of Peace and Conflict in Africa (77118)
Advanced Programme in Policy Making and Analysis for Africa’s Development (77113)

Course:

Course in Fundamental Accounting (70866)
Course in Taxation (70971)
Course in The Application of Climate-Smart Agriculture as a Sustainable Agricultural Practice (77098)
Course in the Introduction to Corporate Governance (71978)

Programme:

Programme in Accelerated Public Management Development (76643)
Programme in Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Project Management (ODL) (72524)
Programme in Disaster Management (ODL) (72532)
Programme in Fundamentals Aspects of Children’s Rights (77111)
Programme in Local Government Management (ODL) (76082)
Programme in Public Administration and Management (ODL) (76777)

Short Course:

Short Course in English for Speechwriting (76908)
Short Course in I-SET Robotics Components and Pedagogy (76820)
Short Course in I-SET Robotics Fundamentals (77067)
Short Course in I-SET Robotics Problem-solving, Data and Debugging (76984)
Short Course in I-SET Robotics for the Future (77068)
Short Course in Refugee Law and Humanitarian Support (72877)
Short Course in the Introduction to Agribusiness Management (72621)
Short Course in the Orientation and Background to HIV Aids Care and Counselling (76968)
Short Course in the Psychology of Mentorship (76815)

Workshop/seminar:

Emotional Intelligence Workshop: Barriers to Emotional Intelligence (76784)
Emotional Intelligence Workshop: Self Awareness (76783)
Emotional Intelligence Workshop: Self about Others (76785)
English Empowerment Workshop (76801)
Workshop in Advanced Archives and Records Management (AARM) (77704)
Workshop in Basic Archives and Records Management (BARM) (77702)
Workshop in Business Writing Skills (76198)
Workshop in Improving the Quality in the Health Care Services in South Africa (77065)
Workshop in Intermediate Archives and Records Management (IARM) (77703)
Workshop in Nutrition and Food Safety (76602)
Workshop in Stress Management (76771)

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Who Is Eligible To Register For Unisa Short Courses

Everyone wanting to start a new Short Learning Programme must register for admission. This includes

first-time Unisa applicants.
Unisa students changing to a new Short Learning Programme.
applicants who previously applied for admission and were not offered a space.

What You Need To Register For Unisa Short Course

To register for Unisa short courses for the 2025 academic year, you will need:

You must apply online for all Short Learning Programmes.
You may apply for a maximum of two Short Learning Programmes, ranked in order of preference (although you may only register for one should both your applications be successful).
You must accept or decline the offer within the prescribed period indicated in your offer letter. If you do not accept
Unisa’s offer within the prescribed period, Unisa will withdraw your offer and give your place to another applicant.

Unisa Registration Documents For Short Courses

All registrants starting a new qualification must upload all the required supporting documents, which generally consist of the following:

Copy of your school qualifications (eg National 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
Any additional documents as may be required for a specific Short Learning Programme

READ: Short Courses Offered At Unisa 2025-2026

Unisa Registration Process for Short Courses

follow the below steps to register for a short course at Unisa:

Enter your student number in the block provided and follow the links.
Check your contact details on the screen and change any incorrect details.
Enter the module(s) for which you want to register. Ensure that you meet all the prerequisites and co-requisites for the module(s) you have selected. Also, ensure that you have correctly entered the module code(s).
If you select structured / coursework master’s degree modules, please check Unisa’s provisional examination timetable to ensure that there are no examination date clashes.
If you submit your registration without payment, you will be temporarily registered, but your registration will not be finalised until the university has received the minimum registration fee within the relevant registration period (ie you will only be registered once Unisa has received your study fees). The fee information / minimum amount payable relevant to your qualification will be displayed once you have completed your online registration process.
If you have applied for funding, but it has not yet been approved or allocated, you are advised to pay your study fees so that your registration can be finalised. You can request a refund from Finance once your bursary is approved.

UNISA Contact Infomation

Please contact Unisa at the following address:

Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria
Sunnyside campus (applications, registrations & learning centre):
Cnr Justice Mahomed & Steve Biko Streets, Sunnyside, Pretoria
Tel: 0800 005 311
Email: unisa@whistleblowing.co.za

All registered Unisa students get a free myLife e-mail account. Important information, notices and updates are sent exclusively to this account, so you must check it regularly. For compliance with the POPI Act, once you are registered as a student, all correspondence with the university must be made on the myLife e-mail account. Visit the official website of UNISA for more information.

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