Red & Yellow Creative School of Business is a private school in Cape Town that teaches marketing, design, business and technology. It was founded in 1994 by a group of advertising leaders who wanted…
Study in Gauteng
Studying in Gauteng puts you at the centre of South Africa's largest concentration of higher-education options: seven public Universities, two of which are also dedicated Universities of Technology, cover everything from traditional academic degrees to career-focused, workplace-linked diplomas.
Eight public TVET Colleges operate
across the province, offering NC(V) and Report 191 qualifications from Grade 9 or 10 level, and Gauteng has its own public Nursing College for SANC-registered nurse training funded by the provincial health department.
By far the largest number of DHET-registered Private Colleges in the country are based here, giving learners the widest possible range of private-sector business, IT and occupational qualifications to choose from, alongside legal Home Schooling registration under the same national rules that apply in every other province.
Gauteng contributes more to South Africa's economy than any other province and is the country's undisputed economic hub — home to Johannesburg's financial and business sector and to Pretoria, the country's administrative capital. For students, that concentration of head offices, government departments and industry means more graduate opportunities, internships and workplace-based learning placements within easy reach than almost anywhere else in the country.
If you're relocating to Gauteng specifically to study, budget realistically for a higher cost of living than most other provinces — it's one of the trade-offs that comes with being the country's economic centre. Funding through NSFAS works the same way regardless of province, so it doesn't affect this decision either way.
Browse the institutions in Gauteng below to see the full range.
Distance Learning: 29 in Gauteng
Health and Fitness Professionals Academy, known as HFPA, is a private education provider in South Africa. It specialises in fitness, personal training, coaching and sport science qualifications, and…
The International Hotel School is a private hospitality and culinary school registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under registratio…
AAA School of Advertising is a private higher education institution registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training under certificate number 2000/HE07/015. It was set up in 1990 by th…
Home Schooling: 1 in Gauteng
UCT Online High School is a fully online high school for South African learners, run in partnership between the University of Cape Town and Valenture Institute, a global ed-tech company founded in 20…
Nursing Colleges: 5 in Gauteng
The University of Johannesburg is a public university formed in 2005 through the merger of the Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand, and the Soweto campus of Vista University. Its C…
The University of Pretoria is a public university in Gauteng that, in its own words, exists in accordance with the Higher Education Act 101 of 1997. It opened in 1908 in a small house with four profe…
The University of the Free State, known as UFS, is a public university whose history goes back to 1904, when it opened in Bloemfontein as Grey University College. Its faculty rule books state that it…
North-West University, known as the NWU, is a South African public university. It came into being on 1 January 2004, when the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the Universit…
Private Colleges: 11 in Gauteng
Red & Yellow Creative School of Business is a private school in Cape Town that teaches marketing, design, business and technology. It was founded in 1994 by a group of advertising leaders who wanted…
Artisan Training Institute, usually shortened to ATI, is a private technical training provider for engineering artisan trades. It states that it is accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Oc…
AAA School of Advertising is a private higher education institution registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training under certificate number 2000/HE07/015. It was set up in 1990 by th…
College SA is a private distance and online college that was known as Optimi College until 2026, when the group merged its Optimi College and IT Academy brands under the College SA name. The legal en…
Private Higher Institutions: 28 in Gauteng
The South African College of Applied Psychology, known as SACAP, is a private higher education institution registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a Private Higher Educatio…
TSIBA Business School is a private higher education institution based in Cape Town that has been teaching since 2004. It is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a privat…
The Academy of Sound Engineering, known as ASE, is a private higher education institution registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training under the Higher Education Act, 1997, holding…
IIE Rosebank International is an education brand owned by The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd, and until May 2026 it traded as Rosebank College. The Independent Institute of Education is…
TVET Colleges: 1 in Gauteng
False Bay TVET College is a public Technical and Vocational Education and Training college on the False Bay coast in the south of Cape Town, Western Cape. It forms part of the public TVET sector over…
Universities: 5 in Gauteng
The University of Johannesburg is a public university formed in 2005 through the merger of the Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand, and the Soweto campus of Vista University. Its C…
The University of Pretoria is a public university in Gauteng that, in its own words, exists in accordance with the Higher Education Act 101 of 1997. It opened in 1908 in a small house with four profe…
The University of the Free State, known as UFS, is a public university whose history goes back to 1904, when it opened in Bloemfontein as Grey University College. Its faculty rule books state that it…
North-West University, known as the NWU, is a South African public university. It came into being on 1 January 2004, when the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the Universit…
Universities of Technology: 1 in Gauteng
Vaal University of Technology, usually shortened to VUT, is a public higher education institution established in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act 101 of 1997). It opened in 1966 as a college fo…