University of South Africa UNISA Courses and Requirements
To secure admission at the UNISA prospective students must meet the University admission requirements for the specific academic year. The following are the admission requirements for admission at UNISA.
University of South Africa Admission Requirements
- Your admission to Unisa is dependent on you meeting the specific admission requirements for your chosen qualification. If you don’t meet these requirements, you may want to consider alternative qualifications. Click here to visit the qualifications page for undergraduate qualifications.
- Some Unisa qualifications have limited spaces available. Meeting the general and / specific admission requirements for a qualification does not guarantee that you will be offered a space for the current academic year.
Unisa Undergraduate qualifications
Get practical: How to select your qualification
You have now identified the qualifications linked to your career interests and future planning. The next step is to choose the qualification(s) for which you want to apply. This will enable Unisa to evaluate your application and advise you of the outcome.
Unisa’s undergraduate qualifications are offered at different NQF levels. You can apply for admission to two qualifications, so you may want to apply for a lower-level qualification in addition to your qualification of choice. If you want to apply for admission to a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree, for example, you may also want to apply for a higher certificate in the College of Economic and Management Sciences to ensure that you meet all the relevant admission requirements. As you progress with your application, you will get a better understanding of the qualification(s) for which you qualify for admission.
If you have completed a higher certificate and want to apply for admission to a diploma or degree, please click here for the list of related qualifications. Please note that completion of a lower-level qualification, such as a higher certificate, is not a guarantee that you will be admitted to the higher-level qualification (eg diploma or bachelor’s degree), as spaces are limited.
Click here for more information about Unisa’s general admission requirements (including equivalency tables for applicants who wrote matric before 2009 and applicants with foreign qualifications).
UNISA General admission requirements
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Courses and Programmes Offered at University of South Africa, UNISA
Higher Certificates
- Higher Certificate in Accounting Sciences (98201)
- Higher Certificate in Animal Welfare (90098)
- Higher Certificate in Archives and Records Management (98577)
- Higher Certificate in Banking (98225)
- Higher Certificate in Criminal Justice (90006)
- Higher Certificate in Economic and Management Sciences (98237)
- Higher Certificate in Education Foundation Phase and Intermediate Phase (90093 – FIP)
- Higher Certificate in Education Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching (90093 – SPF)
- Higher Certificate in Law (98751)
- Higher Certificate in Life and Environmental Sciences (98366)
- Higher Certificate in Marketing (98229)
- Higher Certificate in Mathematics and Statistics (90129)
- Higher Certificate in Physical Sciences (90101)
- Higher Certificate in Retailing (90014)
- Higher Certificate in Social Auxiliary Work (90011)
- Higher Certificate in Supervisory Management (90015)
- Higher Certificate in Tourism Management (98226)
Advanced Certificates
- Advanced Certificate in Accounting Sciences (90017)
- Advanced Certificate in Intermediate Phase Mathematics and English First Additional Language Teaching (90177)
Postgraduate Certificates
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Agriculture (90148 – AGR)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Art (90148 – ART)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Business Studies (90148 – BUS)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Consumer Studies (90148 – CON)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Economics (90148 – ECO)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Engineering Technology (90148 – ETC)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching English (90148 – ENG)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Financial Accounting (90148 – FAC)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Geography (90148 – GEO)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching History (90148 – HIS)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Hospitality Studies (90148 – HOS)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Information Computer Studies (90148 – ICA)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Languages (90148 – LAN)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Life Orientation (90148 – LOR)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Life Sciences (90148 – BIO)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Mathematical Literacy (90148 – MTL)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Mathematics (90148 – MAT)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Physical Sciences (90148 – PHS)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Religious Studies (90148 – REL)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching Tourism (90148 – TRM)
Diplomas
- Diploma in Accounting Sciences (98200)
- Diploma in Administrative Management (98216)
- Diploma in Agricultural Management (90097)
- Diploma in Animal Health (98026 – AHE)
- Diploma in Chemical Engineering (90130)
- Diploma in Civil Engineering (90137)
- Diploma in Corrections Management (98218)
- Diploma in Electrical Engineering (90138)
- Diploma in Explosives Management (98222)
- Diploma in Grade R Teaching (90173)
- Diploma in Human Resource Management (98211)
- Diploma in Industrial Engineering (90136)
- Diploma in Information Technology (98806 – ITE)
- Diploma in Law (98750)
- Diploma in Local Government Finance (90083)
- Diploma in Marketing Management (98202)
- Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (90132)
- Diploma in Mining Engineering (90140)
- Diploma in Nature Conservation (98024 – NCO)
- Diploma in Ornamental Horticulture (98025 – HOR)
- Diploma in Policing (98220)
- Diploma in Public Administration and Management (98203)
- Diploma in Public Relations (90077)
- Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology (90141)
- Diploma in Safety Management (90107)
- Diploma in Security Management (98221)
- Diploma in Small Business Management (90073)
- Diploma in Tourism Management (98223)
Advanced Diploma
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Certificate in The Theory of Accounting (Revised Curriculum 2020) (98230 – CT1)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Financial Accounting (98230 – FAC)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Internal Auditing (98230 – AUI)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Management Accounting (Revised Curriculum 2020) (98230 – MA1)
- Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences Taxation (98230 – TAX)
- Advanced Diploma in Agricultural Management (98027)
- Advanced Diploma in Animal Health (90112)
- Advanced Diploma in Chemical Engineering (90128)
- Advanced Diploma in Computer Integrated Education (90165)
- Advanced Diploma in Education in Intermediate Phase Mathematics Teaching (90113)
- Advanced Diploma in Electrical Engineering in Power Engineering (90126)
- Advanced Diploma in Electrical Engineering in Telecommunications (90127)
- Advanced Diploma in Engineering Technology in Civil Engineering (90142)
- Advanced Diploma in Explosives Management (90124)
- Advanced Diploma in Industrial Engineering (90134)
- Advanced Diploma in Information Resource Management (90007)
- Advanced Diploma in Intermediate Phase Natural Science and Technology Education (90162)
- Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (90133)
- Advanced Diploma in Mining Engineering (90131)
- Advanced Diploma in Nature Conservation (98028)
- Advanced Diploma in Ornamental and Landscape Horticulture (90094)
- Advanced Diploma in Security Management (98235)
- Advanced Diploma in Senior Phase Natural Science Education (90166)
- Advanced Diploma in Tourism Management (90118)
Bachelor Degrees
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Financial Accounting (Revised Curriculum 2020) (98302 – FA1)
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Internal Auditing (98303 – AUI)
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Management Accounting (Revised Curriculum 2020) (98304 – MA1)
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Taxation (98318 – TAX)
- Bachelor of Administration (98315 – BAD)
- Bachelor of Administration in Human Settlements Management (90016 – HSM)
- Bachelor of Arts (99311)
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Science (98051)
- Bachelor of Arts in Community Development (98618)
- Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing (99313)
- Bachelor of Arts in Criminology (98681)
- Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies (99312)
- Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Management (98055)
- Bachelor of Arts in Forensic Science and Technology (90002)
- Bachelor of Arts in Government, Administration and Development (99301)
- Bachelor of Arts in International Relations (99302)
- Bachelor of Arts in Police Science (98683)
- Bachelor of Arts in Policy Studies (99303)
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Leadership and Citizenship (99304)
- Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (90079)
- Bachelor of Arts in Visual Multimedia Arts (90091)
- Bachelor of Business Administration (98316 – BBA)
- Bachelor of Commerce (98314 – GEN)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Business Informatics (98300 – BIS)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management (98310 – BSM)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Economics (98305 – ECS)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurship (90106 – ENT)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management (98306 – FMN)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource Management (98307 – HRM)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Industrial and Organisational Psychology (98308 – IOP)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Law (90123 – LAW)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Management (98301 – MKT)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Public Procurement Management (98767 – PPM)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Quantitative Management Revised Curriculum 2019 (98311 – QMA)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Supply Chain and Operations Management (98766 – SCM)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Tourism Management (98312 – TRT)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Transport and Logistics (98313 – TRL)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Fashion Retail Management (98005 – FAR)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Fashion Small-Business Management (98005 – FSB)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Food Service Management (98005 – FSM)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Food and Clothing (98005 – FCL)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Food and Nutrition (98005 – FNU)
- Bachelor of Consumer Science Hospitality Management (98005 – HOM)
- Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase Teaching (90102)
- Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase Teaching (90103)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Agriculture Management and Life Sciences (90104 – AML)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Art and Life Orientation (90104 – ARP)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Agriculture and Management (90104 – AGM)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Art and Languages (90104 – ARL)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Computer Application Technology (90104 – CAT)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Consumer Studies (90104 – CON)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Economics and Management Science (90104 – EMS)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Financial Accounting (90104 – FAC)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Geography and Languages (90104 – GEL)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: History and Geography (90104 – HIG)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Hospitality Studies and Business Studies (90104 – HSB)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Hospitality Studies and Tourism (90104 – HST)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Information Technology (90104 – IFT)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Language (90104 – LAN)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Life Orientation and Language (90104 – LOL)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Life Science and Mathematics (90104 – LSM)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Life Sciences (90104 – BIO)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Mathematical Literacy and Economics (90104 – MLE)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Mathematics Literacy and Financial Accounting (90104 – MFA)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Mathematics and English (90104 – MTE)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Physical Science and Mathematics (90104 – PSM)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Religious Studies (90104 – RES)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Technology (90104 – TEC)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Tourism and Geography (90104 – TRG)
- Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching School subject combination: Tourism and Management (90104 – TRM)
- Bachelor of Information Science (99310)
- Bachelor of Laws (98680 – NEW)
- Bachelor of Music (90089)
- Bachelor of Science Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (98801 – AMC)
- Bachelor of Science Applied Mathematics and Physics (98801 – AMP)
- Bachelor of Science Applied Mathematics and Statistics (98801 – AMS)
- Bachelor of Science Chemistry and Applied Mathematics (98801 – CAM)
- Bachelor of Science Chemistry and Computer Science (98801 – CCS)
- Bachelor of Science Chemistry and Information Systems (98801 – CIS)
- Bachelor of Science Chemistry and Physics (98801 – CAP)
- Bachelor of Science Chemistry and Statistics (98801 – CAS)
- Bachelor of Science General (98801 – GEN)
- Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (98801 – MAM)
- Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Chemistry (98801 – MAC)
- Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Computer Science (98801 – MCS)
- Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Information Systems (98801 – MIS)
- Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Physics (98801 – MAP)
- Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Statistics (98801 – MAS)
- Bachelor of Science Statistics and Physics (98801 – STP)
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science Agricultural Business and Management (90082 – ABM)
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science Animal Science (90082 – ANS)
- Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science Plant Science (90082 – PLS)
- Bachelor of Science in Computing (98906 – COM)
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management Botany (98052 – EBO)
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management Chemistry (98052 – ECH)
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management Zoology (98052 – EZO)
- Bachelor of Science in Informatics (98907 – INF)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry (or Physiology or Microbiology) with Business Management (98053 – BBM)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Botany (98053 – BAB)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Microbiology (98053 – BAM)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Physiology (98053 – BAP)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biochemistry and Zoology (98053 – BAZ)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biomedical Sciences (98053 – BMI)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Biotechnology (98053 – BIT)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Botany and Microbiology (98053 – BNM)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Botany and Zoology (with Geography) (98053 – BZG)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Genetics and Zoology (or Botany, Microbiology, Physiology or Biochemistry) (98053 – GZB)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Microbiology and Physiology (98053 – MAP)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Microbiology and Zoology (98053 – MAZ)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Physiology and Zoology (98053 – PAZ)
- Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences Psychology and Physiology (with Genetics) (98053 – PPG)
- Bachelor of Social Work (90088)
- Bachelor of Theology (90160)
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