Admissions

Student selection, admission & enrolment

Fair, transparent selection aligned to the Institute admissions policy, with routes for school leavers, artisans, and working adults.

Entry routes

National Senior Certificate / equivalent

Programme-specific subjects (Mathematics, Physical Sciences, or Information Technology as required).

Artisan and TVET articulation

Nated, occupational, and EASTC Artisan College graduates may enter with credit where CAT rules allow.

RPL

Recognition of Prior Learning assesses workplace competence against programme outcomes. Fees and evidence packs are advised at application.

How applications work

Submit an online application with certified documents.
Admissions screens for minimum criteria and programme capacity.
Where required, complete a placement or language assessment.
Receive an offer, pay student fees, and enrol. Institute fee amounts are to be confirmed.
Eligible students are referred to EASTC Foundation for bursary support.

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Before you enrol

Courses, accommodation and accreditation

Published EASTC facts only. Where a fact is not on the sites, it is marked to be confirmed.

Course availability

EASTECH Institute lists higher certificates and degrees in Water Engineering, Information Technology, Cyber Security, and Digital Marketing. Modes on this site include contact, blended, distance, and work-integrated learning where the programme table says so. The news page says founding-cohort applications are open for 2026 in engineering, computing, and energy.

Institute fees, class sizes, and the next start date are to be confirmed.

EASTC Technocentric Varsity, the campus college, publishes short practical courses. Its 2026 brochure says new courses start every Monday, with Saturday part-time classes. The college FAQ states short courses at R11,250. The brochure also lists other prices. Those figures are not Institute tuition.

Institute programmes · Campus course list

Student accommodation

The EASTC 2026 brochure states shared accommodation at R2,100 for short courses only, and that students supply their own food and bedding. The college FAQ also states shared accommodation at R2,100, with 24-hour security at the premises and accommodation.

A room for EASTECH Institute higher-certificate or degree students is to be confirmed.

Accreditation

Institute programmes are designed to DHET standards. DHET registration and CHE programme accreditation for these Institute qualifications are to be confirmed.

EASTC Technocentric Varsity publishes accreditation number ACC17/07/00004 in its 2026 brochure, and eastech.co.za shows DHET 2019/FE07/D33. The brochure also labels some short training courses non-accredited. Those campus registrations are not published as covering Institute higher certificates or degrees.