Business
The BCom (Financial Planning) (NQF 7, 385 credits, SAQA 99642) covers economics, investment management and financial planning. The programme is approved by the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI) as a Recognised Education Provider for the Financial Services Advisor designation and is FSCA accredited.
Faculty: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences | Duration: Minimum 3 years, maximum 7 years | Study mode: distance | Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Economics, financial management, financial accounting and business and investment management.
Typical careers include long- and short-term insurance, financial planning, economics and financial management.
NSC endorsed for degree study with Afrikaans 50%, Mathematics 50% and Accounting 50%. Accounting at Grade 12 is required, but a minimum of 60% for Mathematics is considered where Accounting was not taken, given a good overall academic profile; also a USAf exemption certificate or a Higher Certificate in a corresponding field.
ZAR 65,875 a year (2027). Stated Year 1 module-cost total for 2027 in the payment-options table (costs are per year of study; later years are listed separately). A R8,000 non-refundable registration fee applies to the full-time campus model. Programme costs exclude textbooks. Source
Applications for the 2027 academic year are online only. Closing dates: all undergraduate programmes, all higher certificates, postgraduate diplomas, the Advanced Diploma in Project Management and the LLM close on 29 January 2027. BAHons (Media and Communication), BComHons (Business Management) and BEdHons (Curriculum Studies) close on 8 January 2027. The PGCE (Senior Phase and FET Teaching) closes on 20 November 2026 (full-time) and 18 December 2026 (part-time). Credit applications close on 8 January 2027 and non-degree purposes on 15 January 2027.
The application fee is R500 (non-refundable if studies are cancelled); applications are submitted on the online portal with certified documents not older than three months.
Apply through the official page: https://akademia.ac.za/doen-aansoek/
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