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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

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Regulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016

Chapter 3 : Requirements for Registration

13. Foreign applicants

 

In the application contemplated in regulation 3, 4 and 5, a foreign applicant must submit proof that—

(a) its parent institution operates lawfully as a higher education institution and is accredited by the appropriate accrediting body in its country of origin;
(b) a qualification awarded in its name will be fully recognised by its parent institution and by the appropriate state authorities in its country of origin; and
(c) a student who is awarded its qualification will suffer no disadvantage if he or she applies to enrol for an appropriate advanced qualification in the parent institution.
(d) it is legally registered as a company in South Africa as contemplated in regulation 2(1)(a);