CA(SA)
Chartered Accountant
Leadership, assurance, finance and complex business decisions.
Official SAICA guidance ↗Your accounting journey
can start here.
Understand the profession, identify a route, compare university options and prepare for higher education.
Different destinations.
One profession.
AGA(SA)
Associate General Accountant
Applying accounting and business competence across organisations.
Official SAICA guidance ↗AT(SA)
Accounting Technician
A practical workplace-focused starting point in accounting and finance.
Official SAICA guidance ↗Know what to search for.
Then verify.
BAccSc — Accounting Science
APS 44+, English level 5 and Mathematics level 6.
BCom specialising in Financial Accounting
Commerce minimums include English HL 50% or FAL 60%, and Mathematics 60%; selection rules apply.
BCom Accounting
Three-year and extended curriculum routes are offered. Check the latest programme table for subject levels and points.
Bachelor of Accounting
Bachelor endorsement, English level 4, Mathematics level 4 and APS 25 excluding Life Orientation.
Requirements change and meeting minimums does not guarantee admission. Check the current prospectus in the year you apply.
High school prepared you to pass.
University asks you to adapt.
Reset expectations
Difficulty is not proof that you do not belong.
Prepare before class
A lecture should not be your first contact with the work.
Practise actively
Attempt, mark, diagnose and redo.
Ask early
Use lecturers, tutors, peers and consultations before gaps grow.
Plan the full week
Give each demanding module a deliberate place.
Protect the person
Sleep, food, routine and support affect how you think.
Use what already
belongs to you.
The Department of Basic Education provides free CAPS-aligned guides, revision booklets, videos and past papers.
Mathematics
Mind the Gap Mathematics, NSC past papers and topic revision.
Accounting
Financial statements, cash flow, cost accounting, inventory and interpretation.
Business Studies
Paper 1 and Paper 2 revision booklets, videos and past papers.
Economics
Markets, revision materials, video tutorials and NSC papers.
You do not have to figure it out alone.
Learners can apply to be matched with an accounting student, trainee or professional mentor.