Wits announces fee increases for 2017
5 December 2016
Johannesburg - The University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed its fee increase will be limited to an average of 8% for the 2017 academic year.
Tuition and residence fees will increase by 8% which also applies to international students, the institution said in a statement.
“The only exception is for postgraduate programmes run in the Wits School of Governance, where tuition fees will increase by 9.5%. These increases are in line with the recommendations made by the state in September this year,” the statement reads.
In September, Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande announced that university fees may not exceed an 8% increase in response to mass student protests against fees.