Traditional universities:

• University of Cape Town, (Cape Town)
• University of Fort Hare, (Alice), (East London)
• University of the Free State, (Bloemfontein)
• University of KwaZulu-Natal, (Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pinetown, Westville)
• University of Limpopo, (Polokwane, Ga-Rankuwa)
• North-West University, (Mafikeng, Mankwe, Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark)
• University of Pretoria, (Pretoria)
• Rhodes University, (Grahamstown)
• University of Stellenbosch, (Stellenbosch)
• University of the Western Cape, (Cape Town)
• University of the Witwatersrand, (Johannesburg)

Comprehensive universities:

• University of Johannesburg, (Johannesburg)
• Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, (Port Elizabeth)
• University of South Africa, (Pretoria - Distance Education)
• University of Venda, (Thohoyandou)
• Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science, (Buffalo City, Butterworth, Mthatha, Queenstown)
• University of Zululand, (Empangeni)

Universities of technology:

• Cape Peninsula University of Technology, (Bellville, Cape Town)
• Central University of Technology, (Bloemfontein, Welkom)
• Durban University of Technology, (Durban, Pietermaritzburg)
• Mangosuthu University of Technology, (Durban)
• Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria)
• Vaal University of Technology, (Vanderbijlpark)