🇸🇩 How to apply to university in Sudan

Applications go through Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research — admission guide and e-application. Programmes usually start: One national round a year, after the Sudanese certificate results; studies start in the academic year that follows (2026–27 for the 2026 round).

Checked on 20 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.

The essentials

Application system: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research — admission guide and e-applicationHolders of the Sudanese certificate apply online, listing programmes in order of preference; the ministry nominates each applicant to one programme on their percentage.
When programmes start: One national round a year, after the Sudanese certificate results; studies start in the academic year that follows (2026–27 for the 2026 round)
International applicants: Foreign nationals are admitted outside the national competition: on grants allocated to their countries through a ministry committee, or on private fees up to half the planned places, paying in foreign currency as each institution decides.
Language: Arabic for most programmes; check the language of instruction with the institution

Key dates

The 2026 results file is dated 12 October 2026. The ministry has not yet published dates for the 2027 round; its admission rules provide a second round for applicants not nominated in the first, with the first round's percentage as the minimum.

The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.

Your checklist

The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in Sudan, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.

1.Read the ministry's admission guide: the general rules, the subjects each college counts, and the college codes.
2.Work out your admission percentage for the colleges you want — four compulsory subjects plus the three the college group sets.
3.Compare it with the percentages published for the 2026 round, in the list that matches your certificate (general, your state's quota, or the list for your country's certificate).
4.If you hold an Arab or foreign certificate, check that it is from the country's education ministry and has the seven subjects the rules require; private-school certificates are not accepted.
5.Apply on the ministry's e-application platform, listing programmes in order of preference.
6.Check the results list; if you are not nominated, see whether a second round opens.
7.Register at the institution you are nominated to, with your certificate and the documents it asks for.

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Next steps

Sources

Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 20 October 2026. Dates change every year.

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, admission rules (2026–27 guide)