Higher Education Institutions Enrolment (2017 - 2019)
Science, Engineering & Technology

The chart shows higher overall enrolment numbers in 2019 than 2018 for SET degrees at all universities, with the exception of a decline in enrolments for UKZN and UCT. The Durban University of Technology (DUT) had the highest number of new enrolments compared to the previous year, with 1,536 more students enrolled than in 2018. The University of Witwatersrand (Wits) had the highest reduction in the number of new students enrolled for SET degrees in 2019 compared to 2018, with 683 fewer new students. Overall, the University of Pretoria (UP) had the highest enrolment for SET degrees in both 2018 and 2019 with enrolment numbers of 25,841 and 25,866 , respectively.