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South African Qualifications API

2,000+ degree programmes with APS requirements

Search and filter all degree, diploma, and certificate programmes offered by South African public universities. Filter by APS score range, NQF level, and institution. Includes subject-specific requirements and career prospects.

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What is included

2,000+ Programmes

Every degree, diploma, and certificate offered by South African public universities.

APS Filtering

Filter by aps_min and aps_max to find programmes a student qualifies for.

Subject Requirements

Compulsory subjects, minimum levels, and minimum percentages per programme.

NQF Levels

Filter by NQF level from certificates to honours and postgraduate.

Career Prospects

Career outcome information for each qualification.

Full-text Search

Search by programme name across all universities simultaneously.

Available endpoints

GET/v1/data/qualificationsList qualifications

GET/v1/data/qualifications/:idGet qualification detail

GET/v1/data/qualifications/:id/requirementsGet qualification requirements

Example

Request

curl "https://api.labs.org.za/v1/data/qualifications?aps_min=27" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer labs_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "c7f0cf32-02f8-44ff-8f01-2ca92a4417f6",
      "title": "Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and FET Teaching: Mathematics",
      "aps_score": 27,
      "nqf_level": 7,
      "duration_years": 4,
      "qualification_type": "Bachelor's Degree",
      "delivery_mode": "Full-time",
      "saqa_id": null,
      "credits": 480,
      "updated_at": "2026-06-10T14:41:17.191Z",
      "university": {
        "id": "e67bc005-68f8-41b5-9849-38e0f9581efd",
        "name": "Central University of Technology",
        "short_name": "CUT"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "total": 2048, "page": 1, "per_page": 20 }
}

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