Colleges and College Programmes Are Coming to the API

We are expanding the UniApplyForMe Labs API with two new endpoints: colleges and college programmes. They go live on 15 December 2026 and will be available on the Pro plan.

What is being added

GET /v1/data/colleges

Returns the full list of colleges on the platform, including public TVET colleges and private higher education institutions. Each college object includes the institution name, type, province, campuses, accreditations, application cycles with open and close dates, logo, banner image, website URL and application URL.

GET /v1/data/colleges/:idOrSlug/programmes

Returns all programmes offered by a specific college, with NQF levels, duration, stream, entry requirements, campus availability, delivery modes and career prospects.

GET /v1/data/colleges/:idOrSlug/programmes/:programmeSlug

Returns the full detail record for a single college programme, including subject requirements, campus mappings and postgraduate or NATED status flags.

What is in the data

At launch, the colleges dataset covers 20 institutions across six provinces, including public TVET colleges and private higher education institutions. The data includes over 550 programmes spanning NCV, NATED, Occupational Certificates, degrees, diplomas, higher certificates and postgraduate qualifications.

Every college record includes:

• Institution type (public TVET or private HE)
• Province and campus locations with addresses and contact details
• Accreditation bodies (DHET, CHE, Umalusi, QCTO, merSETA and others)
• 2027 application cycle data including open dates, close dates and application fees
• Programme-level entry requirements per subject

All data is sourced exclusively from official institution websites.

Who this is for

If you are building a student-facing platform, a school guidance tool, a career discovery product or an education data aggregator, this gives you structured, maintained college data through a single API rather than scraping or maintaining it yourself.

Combined with the existing Qualifications, Universities, Bursaries and APS Calculator endpoints already on Pro, you can now build a complete post-school pathway product covering both the university and college routes in one integration.

Plan and pricing

Colleges and college programmes will be available on the Pro plan at R799/month, alongside all existing Pro endpoints. No additional cost, no separate tier.

If you are already on Pro, the endpoints will be available to you automatically on 15 December 2026.

If you are not yet on Pro, you can upgrade at any time at console.labs.org.za.

What is coming after launch

We are continuing to add institutions. The roadmap includes more public TVET colleges across all nine provinces, additional private higher education institutions, and college-level bursary data. Application cycle data will be updated in real time as institutions publish their 2027 deadlines.