South Africa

Entry requirements

National Senior Certificate (with Matriculation endorsement) or IEB programme – five subjects at grade 3 or higher

National Higher Certificate, National Diploma or Diploma in Technology (DipTech)

Bachelors degree:

75-100% = First class
70-74% = 2.1
60-69% = 2.2

Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree

National Senior Certificate (with Matriculation endorsement) or IEB programme – five subjects at grade 3 or higher

Top-up programme

National Higher Certificate, National Diploma or Diploma in Technology (DipTech)

Postgraduate degree

Bachelors degree:

75-100% = First class
70-74% = 2.1
60-69% = 2.2

There are no in-country events currently scheduled.

We would love to meet you virtually, or in-person at a campus tour or open day. Take a look at our upcoming online events for international students below or book a virtual meeting.

Financial support available in your country

Andrew Beacham Award

Hartpury University has up to three awards available to talented South African and Zimbabwean rugby players. Awards are allocated based on selection by the Rugby Academy. Each award is worth a £1,500 reduction in each year tuition fees of an undergraduate degree programme.

Fees and scholarships

Regional Scholarships

A £1,000 reduction in first year tuition fees will automatically be awarded upon application to an undergraduate or postgraduate degree programme at Hartpury University. Regional Scholarships are automatically awarded to the select markets of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland and Turkey.

Fees and scholarships

Agriculture Bursary

A £2,000 reduction in each year of tuition fees will apply to international fee-paying students enrolling on an undergraduate or postgraduate Agriculture degree at Hartpury University in the 2024/25 academic year. For a 3-year degree, this amounts to an overall £6,000 reduction in total tuition fees.

Fees and scholarships

International Scholarships

Hartpury has a number of additional scholarships and bursaries available to support all students from outside the UK, including the International Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship.

Fees and scholarships

Wonga Matubatuba - BSc (Hons) Agriculture (with integrated placement year) graduate from Johannesburg, South Africa

Wonga successfully applied to join the Breaking Barriers Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) Scholarship scheme 2023, run in partnership with McDonald's UK and Ireland.

“I chose to study at Hartpury after being offered a Rugby scholarship there. I thought an Agriculture degree would really uplift my farming knowledge and help me back home commercially.

Hartpury is an amazing place with an amazing campus. You really get to know the people around you and make a close family.

As an international student leaving home for the first time, my classmates and tutors are really helping me in my learning and life in general – and sparked my love for agronomy!

The knowledge, real-life experience, and industry contacts I’m gaining at Hartpury are preparing me for my future. I’d love to continue studying and specialise in agricultural law or commercialise my family farm in South Africa – and Hartpury is making this possible.”

Wonga Matubatuba - BSc (Hons) Agriculture (with integrated placement year) graduate from Johannesburg, South Africa

Wonga successfully applied to join the Breaking Barriers Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) Scholarship scheme 2023, run in partnership with McDonald's UK and Ireland.

“I chose to study at Hartpury after being offered a Rugby scholarship there. I thought an Agriculture degree would really uplift my farming knowledge and help me back home commercially.

Hartpury is an amazing place with an amazing campus. You really get to know the people around you and make a close family.

As an international student leaving home for the first time, my classmates and tutors are really helping me in my learning and life in general – and sparked my love for agronomy!

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