Diploma in Accounting (Financial Accounting) at Durban University of Technology

Programme overview

The Diploma in Accounting (NQF 6, code DIACC1) is a three-year full-time qualification giving applied accounting knowledge and skills for careers in accounting and business, covering reporting, taxation and management advisory services at accounting-technician level. It provides a basis for further learning and serves as progression towards South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) membership. It is offered on the Ritson Campus in Durban.

Faculty: Faculty of Accounting and Informatics | Department: Department of Financial Accounting | Duration: 3 years full-time | Study mode: full-time | Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

What you will study

Financial Accounting, Cost and Management Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Commercial and Advanced Law, Business Information Systems, Business Fundamentals, Micro- and Macro-Economics, Business Calculations, ICT Innovation, The Global Environment and Cornerstone 101 across three years.

Career pathways

Accounting technician, bookkeeper, accounts clerk, assistant financial accountant and financial accountant.

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Application information

Entry requirements

NSC with diploma entry (DUT rule G7: English 3 and four 20-credit subjects at 3): English 3 (Home Language) or 4 (First Additional Language); Mathematics 3, Mathematical Literacy 5 or Accounting 4; plus two further 20-credit subjects at 3 and one further recognised 20-credit subject at 3. Alternatively, a pass in four subjects of the DUT Accounting Bridging Course. Senior Certificate: English E (HG) or C (SG) and Mathematics E/D or Accounting D/C. NCV Level 4: 50% in three fundamental subjects including English and 60% in three compulsory vocational subjects. Meeting the minimum does not guarantee a place; selection depends on places available and may include an interview. Applicants with 24-25 points are placed on the four-year Extended Curriculum Programme and applicants with 26 points or more on the three-year programme. Mature-age route (DUT rule G7): applicants without the standard school-leaving qualification may be admitted if they turn 23 in the first year of registration and have at least three years' appropriate work experience and/or demonstrate capacity through a Senate-approved assessment (SATAP, Academic Literacies and English for Academic Purposes and/or a department-set written assessment); applications on this basis are due at least four months before the academic year starts.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Duration: 3 years

Apply through the official page: https://onlineapps.dut.ac.za/

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