FOR SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS
South African international students have always been coming to Belarus for their higher education in different areas of study, and almost at every state university, South African students have a good presence.
International South African students mostly come to Belarus to study medical courses at general medicine and nursing faculties.
For 2024–2025, there are also South African international students applying for admission to medical and engineering faculties.
South Africa is a hub of foreign nationals, and from different African countries, foreigners reside there, and they often send their children to Belarus for their higher education.
Belarus always warmly accepts international students from South Africa at all state engineering and medical universities.
International South African students come to Belarus for their medical education from different cities in South Africa.
General medicine and nursing are their favorite degree programs, and at these two medical faculties, South African international students have always had a good presence.
South African international students also join other faculties in Belarus, like engineering and business courses, as well as social science degree programs.
BELARUS STUDENT VISA FOR SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONALS
There is an Embassy of Belarus in South Africa, where South African international students apply for their Belarus student visas once they have been accepted by the migration department and have with them an official study invitation.
International South African students once receive the study invitation from Belarus, collect the rest of the required documents for lodging their Belarus study visa application, and apply for a student visa at the Embassy of Belarus in South Africa.
The Belarusian study visa issuance time is normally 2 weeks once a complete visa file has been submitted by the South African national.
All South African international students apply for their Belarus visas themselves, without any intermediary agent in South Africa.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR BELARUS STUDENTS VISAS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
1:Travel passport
2: Official study invitation by the migration department in Belarus
3: All original educational documents
4:Birth certificate
5:Travel insurance
6: Filled visa application form
7: Medical fitness certificate by any registered doctor with his or her signature and stamp
8:Photographs
ADMISSION PROCESS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS IN BELARUS
International South African students who have completed secondary school are eligible to apply for admission in Belarus for their medical or engineering courses.
Documents for admission are accepted by scan and are assessed by admissions staff within 2 days.
Eligible applicants send their admission fee, and their documents are forwarded to the migration department for the issuance of an official study invitation, which takes 2 weeks to be processed.
Once issued, a study invitation is sent to the international applicant through courier service, as he or she must provide the original study invitation for lodging a Belarus visa application at the Embassy of Belarus in South Africa.
Admissions for all foreign nationals are issued by the migration department in Belarus, not by the universities or colleges like in other European countries.
For eligibility assessment, admissions staff require the secondary school certificate copy for undergraduate courses admission by scan with a travel passport copy, while for masters courses admission, a bachelor degree copy is also required for assessment.
SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS IN BELARUS COMING FROM DIFFERENT CITIES
Cape Town is the most populated city in South Africa, and from this city, many South African international students come to Belarus every year to study at medical and engineering universities for their desired degree courses.
There are not only South African nationals who come to Belarus for their higher education, but many other nationals also reside in Cape Town, and they also join Belarus for their higher education.
In Belarus, at almost all state universities, these residents of Cape Town have always studied, and they have a brilliant academic record.
Durban is the second-largest city in South Africa, and medical and engineering international students from South Africa come to Belarus for their higher education at state-owned universities.
In Durban, many nationalities reside among South African nationals, and from Durban, different nationalities also come to Belarus to study nursing, general medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and specialization courses in the area of medicine.
These residents of Durban in South Africa also come to study their engineering courses in Belarus, and Belarus warmly accepts them at its state universities.
Johannesburg is the business hub of South Africa and the most beautiful city in the country.
Johannesburg is the third largest city in South Africa in population among other cities, and from this city many international South African students come to Belarus and study at different medical, engineering, and business faculties.
A list of engineering universities in Belarus is also found on this website, along with an application link.
South African international students have a great academic record in Belarus, and they are every year welcomed warmly at state universities.
International students from South Africa who receive a study invitation from Belarus apply for their Belarus visas at the Embassy of Belarus in South Africa.
Soweto is the 4th largest populated city in South Africa, and South African international students from Soweto City also apply every year in Belarus for admission to state universities.
As compared to the first three populated cities of South Africa, of course, from Soweto, fewer South African international students come to Belarus to study at medical and engineering universities, but there are more every year.
No matter from which city of South Africa these international medical students or international engineering students come from, they are more accepted at state universities located in different cities in Belarus.
Pretoria is the fifth-populated city in South Africa, and many South African international students in Belarus come from Pretoria.
The Belarus Embassy in South Africa is also located in the city of Pretoria, so these residents of Pretoria, who receive a study invitation from Belarus, apply for their Belarus visa in Pretoria.
In Belarus, almost at every medical and engineering university, residents of Pretoria have been studying, and among these South African international students, there are the most nursing students.
All these South African international students are admitted to Belarus at one of the state universities, provided they have passed their secondary school.
We welcome students from South Africa to Belarus for their higher education at medical and engineering faculties, and they may contact us freely anytime through the following contact details:
Ph,WhatsApp: +380506742243
Email: studyabroadbelarus@gmail.com