Credit and exemptions for the UCT LLB Degree 

External transferring students

Applicants for the postgraduate and undergraduate LLB degree stream who are currently registered at another university’s Faculty of Law and who wish to be considered for admission to UCT's Faculty of Law should note the following:

  1. The minimum period for completion of the LLB degree at UCT is two (2) years, assuming that some courses completed elsewhere can be credited towards the degree.
  2. The Law Faculty will grant credit for courses completed at another university, assuming these are considered equivalent to those offered at the University of Cape Town. The decision is entirely at the discretion of Senate whether courses completed elsewhere are granted credit and exemption.

Process for submitting credit transfer applications | DEADLINE: 11 February 2026

Download and complete the UCT aca036 form and submit this as a word document

Attach the following as annexures to the word document, in a single pdf:

  • your transcript showing your grades
  • detailed course outlines/reading lists from your previous institution for the courses for which you wish to obtain credits and exemptions - these will be used to determine whether they are equivalent to the courses offered at UCT. Sworn translations are required for transcripts and syllabi details when these are not in English or Afrikaans.
  • your acceptance letter from UCT Law.

Please email the full single pdf to law-externalcreditstransfers@uct.ac.za with your student number in the subject line and in the body of the email.

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. Fees for exemption from a course and/or credit for a course completed at another university are charged per course or half course (see Fees Handbook rule 3.4).
  2. If you are applying for a credit for a course in another Faculty, ie. Humanities or Commerce, then you need to contact them directly to enquire what their administrative process is by emailing Humanities Undergrad or Commerce Undergrad, as applicable.

Internal transferring students

A UCT student who has not been excluded from another Faculty within UCT may be considered for admission to the Faculty of Law for the purpose of taking or completing the LLB degree, provided the applicant satisfies the requirements for admission to the degree programme into which the student seeks transfer. Successful applicants may be granted credits or exemptions or both for courses already completed, up to a maximum of four full courses (or the equivalent).